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• brusi Report Question with multiple detail lines

  We have a report that has 4 groupings. What we need to count is really the number of group records, not detail records in each group. We would like to count the number of distinct models in the inventory. Then under these distinct models are different Model Numbers that point to slightly different versions of the car. For example: LINCOLN VEHICLES (GROUP 1) Aviator Models: (GROUP 2) MODEL CODE : UAB878 (GROUP 3) Stock Number, Color, Mod ...Show All

• DanScan topmost window

  Good day to everyone... My problem is about the active mainform of my application which is top level form.  All settings has already been set, compiled with no errors and deployed at the workstation.  This small VFP program is just to warn me at the server if a certain workstation is already on-line.  But when the user start any on-line games, and I wanted to send message to him, my little vfp program will not show's up ...Show All

• Padmav VFP 8 Classes

  I need to create a class in VFP 8. I have create the class and I have put it in a *.vcx file. The problem is that I need to add properties that are specific to the newly created class. How do I add properties to a class in design mode Thanks in advance How do I open the class designer >How do I add properties to a class in design mode Visually: When the Class Designer is open, go to the Class Menu and y ...Show All

• YingWorkOnDSL Windows Service

  How create Windows Service in VFP 6 Thank you To run a VFP application as a service you need a helper application like SRVANY.EXE from the Windows Resource Kit. However, VFP 6 is not the most suitable version to do this. While you can turn a VFP 6 EXE into a service, it's very difficult to make it run stable, because VFP 6 was designed with desktop applications in mind. VFP 9 is much better in this regard. ...Show All

• John Dekker a bit of array related confusion

  I am having trouble figuring out how you increment arrays. To illustrate what I mean, I want to show how easily it is done in Visual dBase. You declare a = new array (); then you can say a.add ("Andy Kramer"); the next statement might be a.add("Cindy"). You've got a one dimensional array with two elements in it. Naturally, array is an object. Here you've got AINS() which inserts an element in an array kicking out the last element which i ...Show All

• Dave Wilson - MSFT _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

• JeffOzvold Deactivate Popup

  Dear Sir, There are two command buttons on Form1. On the MouseMove event of command1, I use following codes this.setfocus LOCAL SELE1 SELE1=0 DEFINE POPUP ABC SHORTCUT RELATIVE FROM 8,77 to 14,109 TITLE 'I N P U T S' DEFINE BAR 1 OF ABC PROMPT '\<1- Receipt Voucher'FONT "Verdana",10 COLOR ,RGB(0,0,255,0,255,128) DEFINE BAR 2 OF ABC PROMPT '\<2- Payment Voucher'FONT "Verdana",10 COLOR ,RGB(0,0,255,0,255,128) DEFINE BAR 3 OF ABC PROMPT '\& ...Show All

• BusyDay Cannot 'USE' two tables in VFP90 - XP ONLY?

  I am using a stand-alone exe in VFP90 and I am trying to create a new form with the following in the init: SELECT 0 USE 'accntdb' ALIAS 'accntdb' SELECT 0 USE 'presetdb' ALIAS 'presetdb' I am compiling with VFP90 S/P 1.  Now, this will open both tables when run on Win2K just fine, but when run on XP (latest s/p) only the data in the 'presetdb' table is visible in the browser.  The alias is still recognized, but ther ...Show All

• Student_I BLINK

  Looking at the result of DISPLAY STATUS command I found that my "BLINK" was ON. I cannot find anywhere in the help any mentioning of it. I am very much interested in exploiting this property, I assume it is a property somehwere My hunch is that if blink is on for let say a textbox then the color of this textbox will change rythmically or something. There was a comparable property in Visual dBase though I've never used it ...Show All

• Konay MSChart

  I have to make line chart to print it in a report form. I'm using MsChart.Graph in VFP6, can someone tell me where can I find information on MsGraph as this is a special report I'll do I'd rather not having to buy a book. Thanks for your help in advance can someone tell me where can I find information on MsGraph You can go to my web site and download the session I gave on "Creating Graphs In VFP" The white paper and code samples i ...Show All

• Ushanta ODBC & text to columns

  I have created a Remote View that pulls from an ODBC connection in my DB. I have a field that is within the ODBC named employee_name where the name appears like so- SMITH;JOE L or SMITH JR;JOE L .  I want to execute a similar function that is used in Excel- text to columns where the data can be "split" into different columns depending on the delimeters (; or a space etc...) Is there a function similiar to this in VFP 9.0   I would hate ...Show All

• Aknght Trouble with "report designer" windows

  I have a trouble with my "report designer" windows : 1. Open a report with modify report 2. Undock a toolbar to reduce the number of line of toolbar and the report move to the top 3. I can't move the report until I choose a object in the report. What can I do Where can I found some documentation about foxuser.dbf Thanks you and sorry for my english... Fabien Fabian, Well, th ...Show All

• Mark Langan Very nice!

  Hello anyone, it's very nice to see Microsoft enhancing their community activities. Go for it! Providing a forum platform is one of the best aspects a company might offer. Thanks. I hope that this one doesn't compete the ones at Compuserve or UniversalThread. Sincerely, JoKi Yes, nice forum. Congrats.   Jochen Kirstaetter wrote: I hope that this one doesn't compete the ones at Compuserve or UniversalThread. But p ...Show All

• Dennis Vroegop Bug in VFP 9? Adding an object to an array with AddObject.

  We have this base class that basically implements a collection (I know there are collections in VFP, but we can't change this overnight). Part of the process is to add an object to an array. This code word flawlessly on VFP6 for years. this.ItemCount = this.ItemCount + 1 Dimension this.Item[this.ItemCount] Local cItemPlace cItemPlace = "Item[" + LTrim(Str(this.ItemCount)) + "]" this.AddObject(cItemPlace, this.ItemClassName, &tInitParame ...Show All

• alomay _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