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• BRao line/column numbers are not displayed

  In the status bar of my source code editor there are no column or line numbers. I go to Edit-->Properties and the checkbox "show line/column position" is properly checked. The help says that the numbers aren't displayed if wordwrap enabled. It is unaccessible in my editor properties dialog box. I cannot enable it because it dimmed. What else is missing here Thanks. Thank you David, I will do it. There is still another problem with ...Show All

• Jonathon H. Index on Deleted() VS .NOT. Deleted()

  Which is best for performance index on deleted() tag del or index on not deleted() tag notdel Thanks Right wOOdy. I neglected to mention BINARY. It is always a good thing (tm) when we have a better solution in VFP! :)   intel4: That is a very tricky question. Both Stuart and Cetin are correct in their answers. Deleted() is better than NOT Deleted() as the latter ...Show All

• IgorB 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   Madix_t wrote: 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 s ...Show All

• Garethvdl _urlcombobox problem

  I am trying to use this object since it offers much convenience as opposed to shellexecute. This is the problem I run into. When I issue commands in INIT: THIS.AddItem ("www.msn.com",1,1) THIS.AddItem("www.yahoo.com",2,1) THIS.AddItem("www.pdr.net",3,1) The items appear in combobox doubled. This set of urls is repeated twice! Not every url is doubled individualy but the whole set of three urls. This i ...Show All

• timmed Automated Testing

  Does anyone know of any programs that will work with FoxPro for automated testing.  Programs like WinRunner won't see objects in each window, just each window. Vince Look at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp url=/library/en-us/fox7help/html/fotskusingautomatedtestharness.asp http://www.foxunit.org/ Maybe these can help you. I hope so...I've run across a co ...Show All

• Galen Murdock Enhancement Request: Ability to pass cursors as parameters

  The ability to pass a cursor to a method of an object belonging to another data session would be a great addition for a future versions of VFP. Today, we have to resort to arrays, which is kind of a kludge, or CursorToXML/XMLToCursor, which is way too slow for large data sets. If cursor could be passed between data sessions, n-tier apps would benefit greatly. Any thoughts Eyvind. It's actually very easy. Look ...Show All

• mmahmood Preview container toolbar doesn't respond

  Hi: I'm creating a report that contains several chained reports. The obtained report is OK The problem is that I can't to do any actions with the bar. PreviewContainer. ToolbarIsVisible = .T. OK I'm able to change some properties: Caption, ZoomLevel, etc. That's also OK. I'm able to scroll pages with keyboard or mouse clicking to the Preview container screen. That's also runs OK. But the problem is that toolbar do not react anyway to a mouse cli ...Show All

• Jack M Time format saved a character field

  Hi, Can somebody pls help me figure out how am i going to compute the time format such as this one "05:32:44" saved in a character field. The output should also be a time format not like this one when i'm summing up all the records "190:119:255". The time is in this format Hour:Minute:Second. I will appreciate very much if somebody can help me on this. Thank you in advance Hi, Im the table i ha ...Show All

• Claudio Aguilar problem with physical sorting

  Hello , my name is victor , and i have a problem ! i am beginner in VFP9 , and i would like to put a question. I try to do a little program wich will help me to see better our employment. I tried to do a table , and to sort workers by theyer names from "A" to "Z", but it doesn`t work. The code is like this : USE tabel_de_baza.dbf SORT TO tabel_de_baza1.dbf ON nume_pren /A USE tabel_de_baza1.dbf List Use. ...Show All

• DavidWhite 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. You could use a webbrowser cont ...Show All

• roothekoo How to show images(pictures) in RTF control??? (like chat...)

  I am not able to insert a picture in RTF control. I am using following code: thisform.rtfcontrol.oleobjects.add(,,"mypicture.gif","paint.picture") When I execute this command a picture viewer appears. When I close it a object with a title "mypicture.gif" appears in the RTF control. I want to see a picture not a name of the file without loading a picture viewer window. Thanks a lot. You are going about ...Show All

• Funkyavocado delete record

  this question seems to be ... but I tried many times to do it but I couldn't . I'm using VFP 6.0 . I created a form and take data from mytable . After that I created Del button and wrote a small code in Click event . This is my code : if messagebox("Do you want to del this record ",36,"Notice")=6 delete thisform.refresh and the result is 0 record deleted . I don't know why . Is this related to "primary key" from mytable . If someboby ...Show All

• Gerald Beuchelt How to access VFP popup errors?

  Hi all I am writing an external application which can detect Foxpro errors. The problem I am having is the native VFP error popup. I can not access the message text in that popup. Windows API can only return the handle and the title of the main popup window. It does not detect any children of that window. Sample: Is there a way that I can access to the "Variable 'A' is not found." text message from an external app This screen shot is a sample: ...Show All

• J.Eubangus cannot update cursor < > since it is read-only

  I am getting this error message at RUNTIME ONLY in startMode = 4. In interactive mode (starMode = 0) everything works fine. This message comes from a secondary form that I use to select email addresses. They are stored in a table with a few fields. I dedicated one of them as a markup field meaning that if that address is selected in a combobox it is marked, the table is updated as TABLEUPDATE (1). I mean, it is supposed to be updated. It is not ...Show All

• Bassie Query help

  I am trying to form a query in foxpro. I have two tables tab1 and tab2. I like to basically join the fld1 value from tab1 to the column name(named same as these values) in tab2 and get corresponding values for them. My idea of putting in a loop and incrementing the field name seems complicated. I really appreciate if someone can show light on this. tab1 column names id,fld1 values a1,200604 a1,200602 a1,200510 a2,200601 a2,200509 ...Show All