Data dissapears from screen when upgrading to version 8

I am upgrading from version 5 to 8. When I drag my cursor over some fields on
the form, the data dissapears. I read in the notes that Themes could be
responsible. I'm guessing it must be some property setting.
Does any one have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Jim.

Fred
Fri Oct 22 10:16:42 CDT 2004

_SCREEN.Themes=.F.

You'll see this problem if you're still trying to run old @SAY type code,
but you shouldn't have been doing that if you were coming from VFP5, right?

--
Fred
Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP


"Jim Robb" <JimRobb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7F9F445F-0E11-4895-A418-BBBB83890414@microsoft.com...
>I am upgrading from version 5 to 8. When I drag my cursor over some fields
>on
> the form, the data dissapears. I read in the notes that Themes could be
> responsible. I'm guessing it must be some property setting.
> Does any one have any suggestions?
> Thanks,
> Jim.
>

JimRobb
Fri Oct 22 12:27:02 CDT 2004


I'm not a FoxPro programmer but have been tasked with this upgrade. I don't
see any @say code. When I edit the form State_ma, I double click on the
field's I've figured out are the culprits and I find some code. At the top I
put
State_ma.Themes=.F.
Is this correct, because I did that, rebuilt the project and created an .exe
file.
The problem still persists.
How come some forms have code behind them and others don't?
Thanks for your help,
Jim.
"Fred Taylor" wrote:

> _SCREEN.Themes=.F.
>
> You'll see this problem if you're still trying to run old @SAY type code,
> but you shouldn't have been doing that if you were coming from VFP5, right?
>
> --
> Fred
> Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP
>
>
> "Jim Robb" <JimRobb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7F9F445F-0E11-4895-A418-BBBB83890414@microsoft.com...
> >I am upgrading from version 5 to 8. When I drag my cursor over some fields
> >on
> > the form, the data dissapears. I read in the notes that Themes could be
> > responsible. I'm guessing it must be some property setting.
> > Does any one have any suggestions?
> > Thanks,
> > Jim.
> >
>
>
>

Jack
Fri Oct 22 12:38:44 CDT 2004

No that is not correct. You put the code in some method, and the code
you added will only be executed when the method executes, which might
be never.

Click on the form, open the Properties window, and change the Themes
property to .F.

On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:27:02 -0700, "Jim Robb"
<JimRobb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>
>I'm not a FoxPro programmer but have been tasked with this upgrade. I don't
>see any @say code. When I edit the form State_ma, I double click on the
>field's I've figured out are the culprits and I find some code. At the top I
>put
> State_ma.Themes=.F.
>Is this correct, because I did that, rebuilt the project and created an .exe
>file.
>The problem still persists.
>How come some forms have code behind them and others don't?
>Thanks for your help,
>Jim.
>"Fred Taylor" wrote:
>
>> _SCREEN.Themes=.F.
>>
>> You'll see this problem if you're still trying to run old @SAY type code,
>> but you shouldn't have been doing that if you were coming from VFP5, right?
>>
>> --
>> Fred
>> Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP
>>
>>
>> "Jim Robb" <JimRobb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:7F9F445F-0E11-4895-A418-BBBB83890414@microsoft.com...
>> >I am upgrading from version 5 to 8. When I drag my cursor over some fields
>> >on
>> > the form, the data dissapears. I read in the notes that Themes could be
>> > responsible. I'm guessing it must be some property setting.
>> > Does any one have any suggestions?
>> > Thanks,
>> > Jim.
>> >
>>
>>
>>

JimRobb
Fri Oct 22 13:47:05 CDT 2004

Thanks, I did that. This may sound stupid but must I re-compile the form
(excuse the terminology but I'm a mainframe programmer). I rebuilt the
project and .exe file but I get the same results.
Thanks,
Jim.

"Jack Jackson" wrote:

> No that is not correct. You put the code in some method, and the code
> you added will only be executed when the method executes, which might
> be never.
>
> Click on the form, open the Properties window, and change the Themes
> property to .F.
>
> On Fri, 22 Oct 2004 10:27:02 -0700, "Jim Robb"
> <JimRobb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >
> >I'm not a FoxPro programmer but have been tasked with this upgrade. I don't
> >see any @say code. When I edit the form State_ma, I double click on the
> >field's I've figured out are the culprits and I find some code. At the top I
> >put
> > State_ma.Themes=.F.
> >Is this correct, because I did that, rebuilt the project and created an .exe
> >file.
> >The problem still persists.
> >How come some forms have code behind them and others don't?
> >Thanks for your help,
> >Jim.
> >"Fred Taylor" wrote:
> >
> >> _SCREEN.Themes=.F.
> >>
> >> You'll see this problem if you're still trying to run old @SAY type code,
> >> but you shouldn't have been doing that if you were coming from VFP5, right?
> >>
> >> --
> >> Fred
> >> Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP
> >>
> >>
> >> "Jim Robb" <JimRobb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:7F9F445F-0E11-4895-A418-BBBB83890414@microsoft.com...
> >> >I am upgrading from version 5 to 8. When I drag my cursor over some fields
> >> >on
> >> > the form, the data dissapears. I read in the notes that Themes could be
> >> > responsible. I'm guessing it must be some property setting.
> >> > Does any one have any suggestions?
> >> > Thanks,
> >> > Jim.
> >> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>

TonySper
Fri Oct 22 15:31:27 CDT 2004

Jim,
Shut off the themes at the start of your main program. I used this:

* SHUT OFF THEMES IN WINDOWS XP
_screen.Themes =.F.
SYS(2700,0)

Works OK for me.
Never had any problems converting from DOS to FPW, then to VFP3, then
VFP5 then to VFP6 but when I went to VFP8 I had the same problem as
you are having now. I also went into each screen and shut off the
themes = .F.
Tony

"Jim Robb" <JimRobb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:7F9F445F-0E11-4895-A418-BBBB83890414@microsoft.com...
I am upgrading from version 5 to 8. When I drag my cursor over some
fields on
the form, the data dissapears. I read in the notes that Themes could
be
responsible. I'm guessing it must be some property setting.
Does any one have any suggestions?
Thanks,
Jim.

JimRobb
Tue Oct 26 08:39:04 CDT 2004

Hi Tony,
Thanks for your reply.
I made the change to the main program and the screen. I'm obviously skipping
a necessary step. Once I've made the change, what do I do next to make sure
the change is picked up?
For example, do I have to recompile the program, rebuild the project and the
.exe file? Is that right or is there something else?
Thanks,
Jim.

"TonySper" wrote:

> Jim,
> Shut off the themes at the start of your main program. I used this:
>
> * SHUT OFF THEMES IN WINDOWS XP
> _screen.Themes =.F.
> SYS(2700,0)
>
> Works OK for me.
> Never had any problems converting from DOS to FPW, then to VFP3, then
> VFP5 then to VFP6 but when I went to VFP8 I had the same problem as
> you are having now. I also went into each screen and shut off the
> themes = .F.
> Tony
>
> "Jim Robb" <JimRobb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7F9F445F-0E11-4895-A418-BBBB83890414@microsoft.com...
> I am upgrading from version 5 to 8. When I drag my cursor over some
> fields on
> the form, the data dissapears. I read in the notes that Themes could
> be
> responsible. I'm guessing it must be some property setting.
> Does any one have any suggestions?
> Thanks,
> Jim.
>
>
>

TonySper
Tue Oct 26 19:52:53 CDT 2004

Jim,
If you change the main program and still have the old .exe file the
old exe file will try and run and you will not have the changes made.
You must redo the project and then make up a new .exe file to run
before any changes will take effect. What I do when I am changing the
software is I get rid of the old .exe file by either deleting it or
changing the name of the file if you are afraid to lose it. Then when
you run the program it will run on the .prg file which makes up a new
.fxp file that the program runs from. Each time you make a change and
run the program from the command screen a new .fxp file is generated
as long as you do not have a .exe file in the directory.
Sorry to get back to you late but I had a problem with my dsl line and
could not get into the net.
Tony


"Jim Robb" <JimRobb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:E5C5AFA2-2772-450A-B707-E899318594EE@microsoft.com...
Hi Tony,
Thanks for your reply.
I made the change to the main program and the screen. I'm obviously
skipping
a necessary step. Once I've made the change, what do I do next to make
sure
the change is picked up?
For example, do I have to recompile the program, rebuild the project
and the
.exe file? Is that right or is there something else?
Thanks,
Jim.

"TonySper" wrote:

> Jim,
> Shut off the themes at the start of your main program. I used this:
>
> * SHUT OFF THEMES IN WINDOWS XP
> _screen.Themes =.F.
> SYS(2700,0)
>
> Works OK for me.
> Never had any problems converting from DOS to FPW, then to VFP3,
> then
> VFP5 then to VFP6 but when I went to VFP8 I had the same problem as
> you are having now. I also went into each screen and shut off the
> themes = .F.
> Tony
>
> "Jim Robb" <JimRobb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:7F9F445F-0E11-4895-A418-BBBB83890414@microsoft.com...
> I am upgrading from version 5 to 8. When I drag my cursor over some
> fields on
> the form, the data dissapears. I read in the notes that Themes could
> be
> responsible. I'm guessing it must be some property setting.
> Does any one have any suggestions?
> Thanks,
> Jim.
>
>
>

JimRobb
Wed Oct 27 07:33:06 CDT 2004

Tony,
That's exactly what was happening. I was rebuilding the project and .exe
file but they weren't going where I thought they were. I deleted the .exe
file and moved the new one in and now everything works fine.
Thanks for your help.
Jim.

"TonySper" wrote:

> Jim,
> If you change the main program and still have the old .exe file the
> old exe file will try and run and you will not have the changes made.
> You must redo the project and then make up a new .exe file to run
> before any changes will take effect. What I do when I am changing the
> software is I get rid of the old .exe file by either deleting it or
> changing the name of the file if you are afraid to lose it. Then when
> you run the program it will run on the .prg file which makes up a new
> ..fxp file that the program runs from. Each time you make a change and
> run the program from the command screen a new .fxp file is generated
> as long as you do not have a .exe file in the directory.
> Sorry to get back to you late but I had a problem with my dsl line and
> could not get into the net.
> Tony
>
>
> "Jim Robb" <JimRobb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E5C5AFA2-2772-450A-B707-E899318594EE@microsoft.com...
> Hi Tony,
> Thanks for your reply.
> I made the change to the main program and the screen. I'm obviously
> skipping
> a necessary step. Once I've made the change, what do I do next to make
> sure
> the change is picked up?
> For example, do I have to recompile the program, rebuild the project
> and the
> ..exe file? Is that right or is there something else?
> Thanks,
> Jim.
>
> "TonySper" wrote:
>
> > Jim,
> > Shut off the themes at the start of your main program. I used this:
> >
> > * SHUT OFF THEMES IN WINDOWS XP
> > _screen.Themes =.F.
> > SYS(2700,0)
> >
> > Works OK for me.
> > Never had any problems converting from DOS to FPW, then to VFP3,
> > then
> > VFP5 then to VFP6 but when I went to VFP8 I had the same problem as
> > you are having now. I also went into each screen and shut off the
> > themes = .F.
> > Tony
> >
> > "Jim Robb" <JimRobb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:7F9F445F-0E11-4895-A418-BBBB83890414@microsoft.com...
> > I am upgrading from version 5 to 8. When I drag my cursor over some
> > fields on
> > the form, the data dissapears. I read in the notes that Themes could
> > be
> > responsible. I'm guessing it must be some property setting.
> > Does any one have any suggestions?
> > Thanks,
> > Jim.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>

TonySper
Wed Oct 27 17:29:27 CDT 2004

You are very welcome. Some day you may be able to help me.
TonySper

"Jim Robb" <JimRobb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:F39F3C6C-B026-455B-873F-E2FD0AB3642D@microsoft.com...
Tony,
That's exactly what was happening. I was rebuilding the project and
.exe
file but they weren't going where I thought they were. I deleted the
.exe
file and moved the new one in and now everything works fine.
Thanks for your help.
Jim.

"TonySper" wrote:

> Jim,
> If you change the main program and still have the old .exe file the
> old exe file will try and run and you will not have the changes
> made.
> You must redo the project and then make up a new .exe file to run
> before any changes will take effect. What I do when I am changing
> the
> software is I get rid of the old .exe file by either deleting it or
> changing the name of the file if you are afraid to lose it. Then
> when
> you run the program it will run on the .prg file which makes up a
> new
> ..fxp file that the program runs from. Each time you make a change
> and
> run the program from the command screen a new .fxp file is generated
> as long as you do not have a .exe file in the directory.
> Sorry to get back to you late but I had a problem with my dsl line
> and
> could not get into the net.
> Tony
>
>
> "Jim Robb" <JimRobb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:E5C5AFA2-2772-450A-B707-E899318594EE@microsoft.com...
> Hi Tony,
> Thanks for your reply.
> I made the change to the main program and the screen. I'm obviously
> skipping
> a necessary step. Once I've made the change, what do I do next to
> make
> sure
> the change is picked up?
> For example, do I have to recompile the program, rebuild the project
> and the
> ..exe file? Is that right or is there something else?
> Thanks,
> Jim.
>
> "TonySper" wrote:
>
> > Jim,
> > Shut off the themes at the start of your main program. I used
> > this:
> >
> > * SHUT OFF THEMES IN WINDOWS XP
> > _screen.Themes =.F.
> > SYS(2700,0)
> >
> > Works OK for me.
> > Never had any problems converting from DOS to FPW, then to VFP3,
> > then
> > VFP5 then to VFP6 but when I went to VFP8 I had the same problem
> > as
> > you are having now. I also went into each screen and shut off the
> > themes = .F.
> > Tony
> >
> > "Jim Robb" <JimRobb@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:7F9F445F-0E11-4895-A418-BBBB83890414@microsoft.com...
> > I am upgrading from version 5 to 8. When I drag my cursor over
> > some
> > fields on
> > the form, the data dissapears. I read in the notes that Themes
> > could
> > be
> > responsible. I'm guessing it must be some property setting.
> > Does any one have any suggestions?
> > Thanks,
> > Jim.
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>