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• Tony1059 multiple instance of a form

   i try this sample from "solution samples" titled RUN MULTIPLE INSTANCE OF A FORM.  There is that launcher form and a button for multiple instance of a form.   Now suppose at the launcher form i put a field for a computation result.  The result comes from one instance of a form which i put a field for computation of a certain calculation,  How could i send back the result to that launcher form, wh ...Show All

• R-man OWC11.PivotTable

  I've tried to play with MSGraph for some time and after not getting very far yet (although I got some graphs) I downloaded MS Office Pro 2003 enterprise Edition and found out that there seem to be richer controls out there. In particular I am trying to work with OWC11.ChartSpace , OWC11.PivotTable and OWC11.SprreadSheet . I have resigned to the fact that I would have to use MS Excel Spreadsheet as an interim container between my tables and the g ...Show All

• mikelaw Connecting VFP applications on Wide Area Network (Client-Server).

  How do I connect VFP Application running on windows Small Buisness Server through WAN For Hardware: HP server with Xeon processor, 2GB Ram & 80 GB SCSI HDD is ok, but if you want a better system, get a server with at least dual processor, 2GB RAM min., HOTPLUGABLE SCSCI HDD 73GB X 3 or higher capacity, configure it to use RAID level 1/5, install the system OS and data separately on the  ...Show All

• John Doherty Determining nXYCOORDINATES for the Typing Cursor (Insertion Point) in myEditBox.Selstart

  (to help with an autotext class in an editfield) I'd prefer not to use Mouse Cursor Coordinates nor myEditBox.Selstart Derivations. Both frequently elude the Typing Cursor in myEditBox.SELSTART ... (See code below) (Intellisense pinpoints nXYCOORDINATES of the selstart in Native VFP-9 editors) Is _WGetCursor() a solution here Thanks, Philip *Failing Code: lnXY= (this.Width * this.height /(70000)) &&1 lLineIncr=lnXY*pLoadedSelStart/8.5+ ...Show All

• Ellswogs Window Background to Default

  Is there a way to get the form background to change color automatically when the user changes themes in Windows XP. The form only has an RGB setting. For example, when the user switches to Windows Classic the Form background should automatically change from light brown to grey. The buttons change color automatically I think because they have a Color Scheme property but the forms do not. You're welcome. I ...Show All

• Clark008 Converting FoxPro application to a SQL server backend

  Hi We would like to convert an existing FoxPro application to a SQL database. If possible, we would like to do it in multiple-phases. For example, Is it possible to keep the UI as is and convert the code and the table to SQLin the first phase And for the first phase, we would like to translate the code and the table to SQL. Is this a viable strategy If not, what should we be doing Craig I totally agree with you -- that ...Show All

• shya pulling data from one field and making a new column out of it

  Hi all!!! I have two fields, work_id and sp_id. All sp_id's are related to the work_id's ie. work_id sp_id 1 000 3 000 3 111 5 111 9 000 9 111 i need the data to be listed by the work_id, then in another colum have it state whether it is one sp_id, the other sp_id or both sp_id work_id sp_id 1 000 3 both 5 111 9 both any insight life is short ...Show All

• testvoid Registering a Visual FoxPro driver in SQL

  Hi... Not sure if this is the right place but we have a problem registering a Visual Foxpro driver in SQL. The driver does not appear on the initial drop down list and so we have added it manually using regsvr32. All seems fine until we try to access the server when we get error 7403 Could not locate registry entry for OLE DB provider 'VFPOLEDB' Any ideas or advice gratefully received... Hope I have all the details, but it is happening ...Show All

• Phil C error registrated COM object as MULTI-THREADED COM SERVER DLL

  Hi! on Visual FoxPro 6.0 I created COM object (my_com.dll) as MULTI-THREADED COM SERVER DLL. but when I try registrated COM object I got the error regsvr32 my_com.dll "DllRegisterServer in my_com.dll failed. Return Code was: 0x80004005" Why Hi.  First of all, you should be on VFP6SP5.  I'm assuming it works on the machine you compiled on(it gets registered when you compile it) and you're now distributing to another mac ...Show All

• han VFP to show UPS tracking info.

  Hi; I have a place in my app where I populate a grid with various info including a txtbox that stores a UPS tracking #. I'd like to make this 'clickable' so it opens up a web browser to show the ups tracking info from the UPS site. I would need to do the same for fedex. I have no idea where to begin. Any pointers and ideas would be greatly apreciated. Aleniko. put a hyperlink on the form.... ...Show All

• DCoulter createobject("mappoint.application)

  VFP (9.0) I am experimenting with mappoint for a stevedoring company. I am having problems with the Createobject("mappoint.application") When I execute the code I get the error message ‘Class definition MAPPOINT.APPLICATION is not found.” When I search the registry for MAPPOINT.APPLICATION I find nothing In the registry I see all kind of references to MapPoint but nothing to Mappoint.Application the ...Show All

• PETER I formset=>deployment=>etc.

  Hi there, As a part of an effort to deploy and application I have been trying to do a few tricks. They have been suggested previously by Cetin and Tamar especially. The code is placed in a .prg file. I tried a few things. oNewInstance = CREATEOBJECT('FormSet') oNewInstance.NewObject ("urls","form") <= secondary, child form oNewInstance.NewObject ("cPlusIntrnals","form") <= main form oNe ...Show All

• Amit Banerjee - MSFT how to export MLINE(aMemo,2) to EXCEL ?

  Hi Sir, cFname="c:\fligh.xls" COPY TO &cFname FIELDS ;    ID, NAME, MLINE(ADDRESS,2) ;  && address will be ignore/empty in excel    TYPE XLS since Vfox9 need a field name, so what is the easy way to export part of memo field thanks. You probably will have better results if you first query the original cursor, then export. SELECT ID, NAME, ;        CAST(MLINE(Address ...Show All

• averatecman MS Access ".ldb"

    hello all I use mdb as my app's DB file, when my app first run, a ".ldb" file the name as same as my DB file appears. I had written the code  to del the .ldb file when my app exit but everytime i open the app(exe) it appears again .  Is there anyway can move the ".ldb"  to the windows temp folder not in my app(exe) current folder .thanks! Dele ...Show All

• squirrel_sc Active Foxpro Pages Setup Problem

  I tried to install the Full Setup of Active Foxpro Pages (afpages) on my Windows 2000 Server. It gave errors of not being able to locate gdiplus.dll or msvcr71.dll. When I tried going into the Active Foxpro Pages control center, I got an error that "Cannot locate the Microsoft Visual Foxpro support library." This is a computer without any native Foxpro installed. I then tried installing both the VFP7 run-time files and the VFP 9 f ...Show All