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• Joachim Juell report temp file not found

  I need to create a simple report, nothing fancy. Just to preview some memo fields. This is the code I use. lcFile = "C:\VFP_Projects\Reports\MyReport.FRX" SET DIRECTORY TO "C:\VFP_Projects\TEMPORARYFILES\" CREATE REPORT (lcFile) FROM (ALIAS()) FIELDS memo1 The second line (set directory to) should be explained. I get an error that a temp file c:\\VFP_Projects\Data\...\000035e10062.tmp no found. Options are "Loca ...Show All

• colin please change language of typing

  Hi All, How can I change the language of typing from the program (which API function is called and how) instead of changing the language directly from taskbar with mouse Thx for your advise. Sandor Torok Hungary #define KLF_ACTIVATE         0x00000001 declare integer LoadKeyboardLayout in win32api string, integer nHKL = LoadKeyboardLayout("0000040e", KLF_ACTIVATE) && Hung ...Show All

• Rago Application Design

  Ok I'm new to VFP all together so I am looking for some reassurance in a design issue I have currently. So far- I have to pull info from an ODBC connection (SQL server) yet that doesn't contain all the info that my boss wants for a personnel database. Nor is it normalized in my opinion. Yet I can work with some of the info that is in it. So I created a table that contains the info that doesn't exist in the ODBC table & then joined the two ...Show All

• cipher nemo MyEditor (Edit Control) Validation in VFP-9: STOPPING Menus, etc?

  I'm trying to *stay within myEdit control(s)* until *pProcessing* is finished. I seek *better ways*, per se, from any of you (besides making the form(s) modal). Here are some of my awkward (non-bulletproof) workarounds. In myEditor.VALID ... If pProcessing This.SetFocus * Return .F. Endif To STOP Menus... In _msysmenu: set skip for pProcessing (for every menu bar()... ) OR SET SYSMENU SAVE SET SYSMENU TO ...when pProcessing is finished SET ...Show All

• Nasenbaer How do I synchronize my workstation system clock with the server clock?

  good day to everybody I wanted that my workstation clock will be updated at the server just at the click of a button. So, How do I synchronize the system clock in my workstation with the system clock at the server using vfp .  Thank you very much for the help Here's one way: How to use the NetRemoteTOD function to obtain date and time information from a server http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249716/EN-US/ Another way is for you to c ...Show All

• dbeyer 2.5 Compatible font for VFP9

  Hi all; I have asked others before, but no helpful answer: What fornt should I use in my VFP application so older command would produce the exact results as in the old 2.5 DOS app I have tried many different options and none are spaced right. I have been told to use monospaced fonts but nothing works... Any ideas Thanks. Aleniko, Monospaced works (like Courier New). However they're true ty ...Show All

• simmonsj_98 memo file corrupt

  I am getting error 41: "memo file 'name' missing or invalid on one of my tables. Before I did something stupid I want to hear if there are any established ways to salvage the situation. I am getting this error when I am trying to use the file programmatically and also when I browse the table in browser. HOWEVER, in the browser I can read all the memo fields. I can open them up and also they appear in speedtips (It may be a dBase term): I ...Show All

• racka4279 AutoHideScrollbar Property.

  http://www.code-magazine.com/focus/article.aspx quickid=0404052&page=2 Hello Guys, While reading the above mentioned article i came across a problem. The article talks about the AutoHideScrollbar Property Value to be 2, but i have only two options in this property(0 & 1). Is there something wrong. Jitendra Shahani The 2 is definitely missing, and an exception is thrown if you attempt to set the value ...Show All

• shameed2 Inserting and Updating images file from VFP9 to SQL Server 2005

  i am developing a form where i am collecting personal information such as name, address and signature of the person as a bmp file........ i am saving the data in the SQL Server 2005 . My front end is VFP 9 forms. i am building a SQL query to insert the record....... the prob that i m facing is that  i cannot concatenate the image type with the SQL string that i m building the insert works fine if i dont try to insert the image the imag ...Show All

• chief_druid_tma how to use input from html page

  hi i want to put all data into dbf through my browser how could it be done in visual foxpro. br aamir I think you need to provide a bit more data on this.  Is the database that you are trying to enter into on the web server.  Or are you trying to do this on a local database on the client   IbneRasheed wrote: hi i want to put all data into dbf through my browser how could it be done in visual foxpro. b ...Show All

• systech Source is out of date

  This is what I see when I open the debugger' Trace window . Right before I begin any execution but after the form with all the controls and all associated prg files is brought up. I want to know what source it is talking about. Is it source code In which sense is it out of date Is it my source code or FoxPro's in some way I may believe that I perhaps use some operators that have been deprecated but there is no indication where to look. I ...Show All

• JerryPG _screen.ContinuousScroll problem

  I noticed this problem just this morning after spending many hundred hours debugging my app for the past few months when everything worked just fine. This is the setup which is hardly unusual. There is a function in a prg file and a Click method that calls it. There are a couple of print statements like: "coimng out of the function: "+numeric_id and such in the function(s) and one in the Click method. All output is character s ...Show All

• Jay Madore editbox programmatic change

  I am looking for an easy way to determine if I've made interactive change in an editor box. The issue is that there are about 16 controls on a container, they are initialized from a table record thus their values at activate time generally are not trivial default. I have to save the changes with a SAVE button if I made any but I want this button's click method to quickly determine which control values have been changed. I do not want to do REPLA ...Show All

• JLeBert about a project in VFP9

  Please tell me, is a diferent if I create a project (with Project manager) after I have all elements of my aplication (data base, tables, forms, reports, menu, etc) and I will include them in new project, or I must create a project, before I will start to create any componets of aplication Thank you. As Tamar and Craig already said the order is either way. I want to expand on it a bit. If you star ...Show All

• hillarie branyan How to upgrade a menu from FoxPro for DOS

  I'm a very old, retired, CCOBOL and ASSEMBLY programmer with some experience with dBase and FoxPro from the command window. A charity has asked me to get an old FoxPro for DOS program working on a donated used computer which contains VFP6.0. I have gone over the data files and they seem to be OK. The indexes have been converted to CDX type and that works. The old DOS program worked by relying on append and browse commands which all work. The nee ...Show All