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• Mariano Iglesias VFP9 SP1 Public Beta now online.

  Get it here: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx familyid=1c06e35d-10a2-4a05-84fc-495b3a73ecf7&displaylang=en . ...Show All

• JaysonC MSComctlLib.TreeCtrl.2 Problem

  Working with the treeView Control I ran into an unexpected problem. It appears to be impossible to collapse a node branch programmatically. Collapse is an event, not a method and when I tried to use it as a method I could not get anywhere. I also tried to employ DblClick with the same negative result--the tree does not budge. Aside from Collapse I will need Expand as a method not event, although I am using it as even already. The expansion ...Show All

• Noremac Encryption Questions

  I have written two Functions one for encryption and one for Decryption (using _crypt.vcx), I would like to encrypt all data in my app . I have a few Questions… 1) When creating my tables what do I use for datatypes 2) What about indexing Do I index on Decypt(field1). 3) What about SQL Do I do Select Decypt(field1), Decypt(field2)… 4) What about select * . Is it supposed to be this big of a pain or am I just going ...Show All

• Rance Downer Grid headers default mouse pointers etc...

  Hi all; I am creating grids in my forms by dropping a table into the form. The default header's mouse icon is a down arrow which misleads the user into thinking that the column can be sorted. Is there a way to change this default so it doesn't have the down arrow Thx. Dave; That goes without saying... But my question is how to make it so I don't need to go over my 45 fields in the grid and d ...Show All

• Richard0610 Ken Levy's October Letter

  Ken has posted his monthly newsletter for October. There is some very good stuff here, so take a look: October letter at http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/letters/ . This month's letter contains information about new content online about Visual FoxPro 9.0, news about the SP1 for Visual FoxPro 9.0 beta download, more in-depth information about Microsoft's roadmap for Visual FoxPro, plus recent content and community news.     The ...Show All

• Rosomak_7 making irregular shaped forms in VFP 9.0

  hi guys...i want to create an irregularly shaped form...what is the easiest and simplest way for me to create one thanks guys :) http://craigbailey.blogspot.com/2006/06/vfp-another-visual-foxpro-blogger.html Dave M. See the provided sample in Task Pane Manager / Solution Samples / New in VFP8.0 / Creating Irregularly Shaped Windows. The sample form is contained in irregular.scx HTH &n ...Show All

• ken handzik Foxisapi won't launch COM application

  Here is my situation: I am running with XP PRO. http://localhost/common/Foxisapi.dll/RESET & STATUS work properly COM server is out-of-process exe COM server can be loaded directly from Fox with: o = create("bulkm.x2") o.testServer()            && This works But when I try to launch it from within IE I get "page cannot be displayed" http://localhost/common/foxisapi.dll/bulkm. ...Show All

• SharonF Menu Pad Name Errors VFP80 - VFP90

  Has anyone had any errors migrating the VFP80 menus to VFP90   I have two applications where the strangest errors have occurred.  I use the generated menu pad names in my application to call various menu options.  This had always worked fine on previous versions.  I am developing in XP. In VFP90, on BOTH my applications, the menus migrated from VFP80 to VFP90 with a strange anomoly.  Both applications call for Accounting ...Show All

• Marcelo Battagliese Form clattered at design time. How to change pages?

  With many controls added to a form I am beginning to sense a problem. During runtime many controls will be invisible on the first page but when subsequent pages are chosen they will appear. It is determined programmatically. I do not see an option to choose pages at design time. It would allow me to see some controls much better. In Visual dBASE Plus such convenience if taken for granted and much appreciated. How can I do it here Thanks. ...Show All

• emari Moving from VFP 5.0 to client/server

  I currently have an application that was written in VFP 5.0 and running on Windows XP machines with the database stored on a Windows 2000 server. It was first installed in 2000 and has had modules added, the most recent being 6 months ago.  However, I have been having some problems with the program seeing that the database sizes has grown considerably with at least 2 tables having over 20000 records.  The hardware technician has ...Show All

• DerPhilipp 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. Dave; Not sure why to do set disp to vga25... I'm refering to print ...Show All

• BSohante VFP9 Multiple Detail Bands and Page Overflow

  I have a complex report that has one parent table and 5 child tables. All children have multiple records for each parent. In testing I found two problems for which I have found no reported bugs/work arounds: 1) If a detail band (say band 4) is at the end of the page, and there is not enough room for band 5, it will push band 5 to the next page, but only one record will print. Just one record. Records 2- never print. I ca ...Show All

• tec-goblin sys(2015) Conversion back to System Date Time

  I'm working on a project to do some analysis, and difference between versions of ClassLibraries (VCX/VCT), Screens (SCX/SCT), Projects (PJX/PJT), Etc... I'm looking at the Uniqueid field which is a sys(2015) type of value, which is based on a given system date time.  I've seen an article that explains how to reverse the value back to the date time, but I just can't find it anymore. Can anyone help me with a sample of what I need for this co ...Show All

• ahmed Abd-El Atty video control

  While waiting for answers to my other post I tried to play with a video control. It gives me an error I cannot understand: cFileName = JUSTSTEM ( JUSTFNAME ( cLine )) THISFORM . O_VIDEOPLAYER1 . cfilename = cLine THISFORM . O_VIDEOPLAYER1 . playvideo ( cFileName , 100 , 100 ) cLine is the complete path to an .AVI file. The error is that "no parameter statement is found" Is anybody familiar ...Show All

• Am X Screen refresh issues on network

  Hi All, Our application is a desktop application that can be accessed by multiple users by connecting over LAN or thru remote desktop sharing tools like Citrix. Some of the screens have a refresh timer such that if user A has added data on that screen, user B should be able to see it after a fixed interval automatically. This works on most LAN networks. But often it happens that the screen for user C connected thru Citrix will never refresh! Thu ...Show All