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    - store procedure return result I got a SP to do the insert update, if the insert statment is completed, i would like to return a variable to indicated whether the insert is sucess or not. How can I do this ?? Thanks a lot . Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210873
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    - Foxisapi won't launch COM application Here is my situation: VFP 6.0, 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.x2.testServer In the event log I get: The HTTP server encountered an unhandled exception while processing the ISAPI Application 'foxisapi + 0x1E96 + 0xD8CF25C5' It must be a permissions problem. So within the component services I have set: The COM permissions on "My computer" are set to Allow Access and Launch for the IUSR account Under DCOM config the COM server is set to use the defaults for security I am thinking that maybe it is the permissions on the common directory, because Foxisapi writes a file to that directory. I have set the directory to "web sharing" with read/write permissions. I don't know what else I can do. Can anyone help? Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210867
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    - How to find the VFP version used to compile a prg and to build a com dll? Hi all, Is there a way I can find the VFP version used to compile a fxp and to build a COM+ dll? Thankx. Nadee. Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210866
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    - Outlook Read Email Does Not Run The Form I tried posting this to the Outlook forum with no responses.... I have a custom Email form I have designed with a button on it. However, I notice that when I double click on a form in my inbox the custom form is loaded so that I can read the Email on the custom form. But, the button won't work unless I then click Form, Run this form. Isn't there a way that I can make the button work automatically when the user reads their Email so that they can just click the button rather than click Form, Run this form and then click the button. I'm guessing that maybe Microsoft did this so that scripts won't run but I'm wondering if there is an easy way to activate that button. Thanks Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210863
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    - Showing Microsoft Outlook's Inbox Hello - I am trying to find a way to show Outlook's Inbox. I already know how to use FindWindow to flip over to Outlook but it just flips over to whatever window is present which could be the calendar, tasks, etc. I'm wondering if there is a way to make it show the Inbox. Thanks. Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210862
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    - Images and VFP9 I am in the process of moving from VFP7 to VFP9. One problem I have encountered is graphic images on my forms look like crap in 9 when running on Windows 2000 Terminal Server. Granted W2K only supports up to 256 colors, but my VFP7 images looked OK. Any suggestions? I have already tried SET PALETTE OFF, but this does nothing. BMP's look the best, and GIF's look really horrible. All the images are 256. Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210859
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    - HyperlinkButton opens hyperlink minimized I am creating a small form with Hyperlinks to sites our intranet uses. The difficulty I am having is finding out how to have the hyper link open and take focus. When the user clicks the link, I would like it to open IE full screen so they can see what they clicked on. right now it is minimized to the start bar. I looked at the code ont he sample hyperlink.scx, and theirs doe the same thing. Dan Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210858
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    - VFP Linked Sql Server deleted records I created a linked server to vfp from SQL server. I have no problem querying records with one exception. I can't seem to filter out deleted records. I'm using the VFP 8 Oledb driver. Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210854
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    - foxexpress dos Does anyone have a copy foxexpress for dos (2.6 or 2.7) to post (or sell)? The f1tech does not sell it any more and I can't find it any where on the internet. Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210843
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    - _ShellExecute Error 5? I have one user (XP SP2) of an application that gets a return value of 5 from shellexecute. The program is attempting to run an "FDF" file. The file association appears to be okay. In fact if I click on the selected file it open in Acrobat Reader as expected. The documentation for shellexecute mentions the following: 2 = Bad Association (for example, invalid URL) 29 = Failure to load application 30 = Application is busy 31 = No application association No mention of 5. Anyone have any idea what 5 represents? Dave Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210842
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    - textbox date format I have picked my brain to bits and I can't figure this out. Maybe someone can help me. There is a grid and underneath this grid there is a textbox that is called txtSearch. So users type the word they are searching for and hit Seek. Now when you have ordered the grid by last name the txtSearch is fine. When you click on the Date column, the txtSearch now has / / indicating a date format. When you hit on the Last name column one more time, the / / do not disappear. I can not get it to. Do you know where this formatting is set and why I can't get rid of the two forward slashes? I just want to be able to say something like txtSearch.Clear or something. Thanks in Advance. Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210838
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    - Another question that doesn't really belong here but since you are my people.... Hello and thanks in advance for the help. In WinXP (or most other Win OS's) you can go to START->SETTINGS->PRINTERS right click on the printer and choose "SET AS DEFAULT" Is there a way to do this in code from VFP? Thanks again, Jeff Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210829
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    - Put Object on _Screen in front In VFP 8, I created a container class and added it to the screen with _screen.AddObject to use it as a Status Bar. But it is possible to drag VFP windows over it. In the Original VFP-Status Bar you can't. So my question: Is it possible to put the container in Front ? I tried Z-Order but this didn't help or is the Screen and the object on it always in the back ? Thanks -Florian Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210826
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    - vcx to prg How can I save a vcx file as a prg programatically without using the class browser. Is it possible? thanks in advance Dave Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210824
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    - create failure in select command Hi, need some help... Have following code in the init-method of a form: **************************************** * Ladda kunderz **************************************** SELECT DISTINCT a.kunkey ; FROM qpkart a ; WHERE a.kunkey != "Z Extra" ; AND a.kunkey != "Z OddStuff"; AND a.kunkey != " "; INTO ARRAY kunderz ORDER BY a.kunkey artkzx = ' ' m.kund = ' ' m.artnrz = 0 m.memo1 = '' m.memo2 = '' m.memo3 = '' m.sign = '' m.datum = 0 **************************************** When I try to execute the form with the DO command I get the error-message: "KUNDERZ" is not an array. I have been reading the VFP help file and see following sentence: "If an array does not exist and the SQL SELECT Statement returns one or more records, the command creates an array. An existing array is re-created to accommodate the query results." Can't see what I have done wrong.... Patrik Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210821
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    - how could i add controls to my grid columns ? hey i am finding very difficult to add controls like button or checkbox in the column. I am using vfp9, eventhough i have seen the example control.sct in sample i could not do it... so please let me know the detail process to add it... -- Message posted via http://www.dbmonster.com Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210818
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    - Barcode - scanning from com3 Hi, I have a barcode scanner (SF51 manufacturer Intermec) It work's with bluetooth and is installed on com3. To let it works in windows you can youse Hyperteminal and set the incomming port to com3. To use it in notepad you have to youse the accessibility from windows and set the serial port to com3. on this way he works like a wedge scanner. the data from the scanner is than in QWERTY but in belgium we all work with AZERTY (this is could be a bug in windows). is it possible to use the scanner in fox using the com3 using MScomm. Does someone has an example. Thanks in advance Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210815
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    - Import (not append) CSV file? Import (not append) CSV file? I know how to Append from a CSV comma delimited file to an existing database, but that requires 1) determining how many fields are needed 2) making sure each field is long enough to accomodate whatever length data may be found in the CSV file etc. 3) creating the table 4) Doing the actual append Is there a a) way within Visual FoxPro 6 itself or b) free third party utility that will quickly convert a CSV file to a FoxPro .dbf with 1)the proper number of fields 2) minimum required field length so as to avoid any data truncation for each field? John "J.J." Jackson Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210803
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    - BeforeNavigate2 won't fire for HTTP Post I am using the "Microsoft Web Brower" control (shdocvw.dll version 6.0.2900.2180) on a VFP 8 form. The BeforeNavigate2 event fires fine for any links I place in the HTML - but posting a form with a submit button will not fire it. I have been able to put an HTML form button with an onclick() that navigates (and fires the event), but I want to use submit so the same HTML works in both VFP and in a C++ environment too. Yes, to my great disappointment, the HTTP Post works in C++. Has anyone gotten an HTTP Post to fire the BeforeNavigate2 event in VFP? Thanks, gracious dudes and dudettes ... - Sean Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210802
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    - Question about TableValidate Hello ! What does ( Set TableValidate to 4 ) do? I dont find any documentation about using the 4 in that command Thanks Eliseo Negrin Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210795
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    - clipper and vfp filelocking ignored ! Hi, Can somebody confirm this or has a testing environment with Clipper and Vfp8. Open a table in vfp8. place a lock on the table. en try to change/add a record with Clipper. Clipper can alter and add records on the locked table in Vfp ?!? Is this normal ! I can only test it with a program (3th party) made in Clipper and Vfp8. So maybe there is something wrong with the 3th party program and not with the way Clipper handle vfp tables. Kind regards and thanks in advance. christophe -- \|||/ (o o) ----ooO-(_)-Ooo------------- Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210791
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    - Getting number of e-mails programatically Our ISP collects all of our incoming mails, and every 15 minutes the POP3 connector of SBS downloads the mails, but sometimes the download does not work, so I would like to run a tiny program that tells me how many mails we have queued at our ISP. How should that program look like? Walter Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210780
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    - How to make the group in the same page I am making a report using VFP 6.0 I want the whole group printing on the same page. i.e. Don't split the group Header + Detail + Footer into different page. OR Don't split the group Header / Footer into different page. There's some Memo field in the Band and I have to select Stretch for this Memo. The VFP would print the first two line on the first page and the rest lines in the next page. How to make the Memo on the Same page. Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210778
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    - Problem with SELECT [alias] I have a screen which has a list of calls and actions, listed by the latest date. Each 'call' can be handled alone or I can create an 'action' related to this call. I use 4 tables in a database. 'Calls' which may have a bunch of 'Call_Interventions', and 'Actions' which may also have a bunch of 'Action_Interventions' (both have a SET RELATION). So, from that screen, I click on an action ID and I open another screen which list the details on that action and a list of interventions, if there are any. This works fine. For the call, I have the same process. I click on a call ID and this should open the call details screen with a series of interventions done by the operator. I do a 'SELECT Calls' but the 'select' curiously stays on the 'Actions' database. I placed a bunch of 'SELECT Calls' in the calling screen, in the Init, in the function that refreshes some specific area of the screen, but it stays on 'Actions'. Curiously, the Call data is OK but I have all the call interventions instead of only those related to this call. By looking at the Data Session, I see that both relations are still in effect. Actually, if I click on 'Calls' manually, it works. It works also when I run it in Debug/trace... strange and frustrating. Can you help? (I hope I am clear enough...) Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210766
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    - WebService question Dear All I put xml string as a parameter to methods in my web service. Each method have to parse the xml string to get the value from the cursor for parameter. May I put the parse routine to init() so it run at every method call ? Thanks for your help Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210753
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    - Print job status Hello, How can I check if I have any left job into printer queue, before I close my VFP applications.(nr of jobs) Thanks in advance, Mark Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210750
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    - Request for a Network Test Software I have created a VFP software with file share data on a Windows XP as a server But in some time, the database would corrupt very seriously. The error is mostly the crosslink in the Memo File Pointer or caused some record in the database full of strange character. I suspect the problem is caused by the Network Problem. But the Network is not deployed by me. And the network guys said the network is perfect, the problem is caused by the software. Is there any Network Stress test software on this platform ? Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210740
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    - compile a exe file My program used a dll file exterior. There are two part exe and dll in my programe.How do compiled a exe file that include the dll file? Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210739
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    - Biometrics / Microsoft Fingerprint Reader Re; Microsoft Fingerprint Reader Does anyone out there have any experience programmatically communicating with this device via VFP? Is there an API? Alec Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210731
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    - Question about GRID Hello there, please help ! 1) How can I tell the grid to go down one row without pressing the down key? Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210722
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    - SQL Update in VFP7.0? I've got two tables, identical structures, and want to update rows in the first from matching but "later" (ie edited later) rows in the second. I'd like to do it "properly", ie with SQL and not just one row at a time. The help vaguely implies that I might be able to do this ("subqueries are supported" it says). I'm trying to do something like : UPDATE FirstTable SET <all the fields using corresponding fields in the second table> WHERE (SELECT * from SecondTable WHERE <id fields match>) which VFP tells me is an illegal use of the subquery. Can anyone tell me how to do this, or if I can't (in 7). If the latter, will 8 or 9 do it? Regards Mark Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210713
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    - Copy to XLS limitation Hello, I'm using VFP 6.0, Is there any way I can copy more than 16,383 records to an Excel file. The "copy to" command only copies 16,383 records at a time and my file has more than 300 thousand records. Any helps are greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance, Nancy Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210712
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    - - How do I rename print-to-file filename at runtime? I am trying to convert a bunch of different format files (.jpg/.pdf/.doc) to .pcl (print-to-file) in a batch procedure. I've used shellexecute to open the files (with an associated application) and then send them to a printer that is set up to print to a particular file name (myprint.pcl). In particular, The printer is configured to a particular file name local port (c:\print_files\myprint.pcl) so that, if anything is sent to this printer, the output is redirected to this particular file (not the printer itself). The problem with this is that myprint.pcl is overwritten every time a new file is being sent for printing. How can I get this resolved i.e. how can I rename the default file name (myprint.pcl to say my_batch_file_name.pcl) at runtime before printing to it? Ideally, I would be looking for an API that would allow me to control this parameter (read-write) at runtime and, of course, a sample would be highly desirable. Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210702
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    - Word automation I need to open a word document, read a multi column table and translate it into a table in Foxpro. Anyone knows where I can find sample code for this? Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210698
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    - Tmpfiles (vfp7) How can I force an application (runtime, using vfp7r.dll) to store its tempfiles in a specific folder? According to the help system the solution is to include a line in config.fpw like tmpfiles=d:\temp I have done so, and put the config.fpw in the applicaiton folder - it simply does not work. The application is still creating the tempfiles in C:\DOCUME~1\<user>\LOCALS~1\Temp What am I doing wrong? Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210697
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    - how to open pdf file using vfp9 Hey i am beginer to vfp9. i had designed a help file in pdf file now i want to open it using vfp9. So, please help me.i will be thankful if somebody provide me the full code.... -- Message posted via http://www.dbmonster.com Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210689
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    - earlier combobox in a grid problem Could any one confirm the bug I mentioned on 4/23/05 please. does anyone have a work around for such a problem? thanks Hutch -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Are you still wasting your time with spam?... There is a solution!" Protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector The most powerful anti-spam software available. http://mail.spaminspector.com Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210685
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    - Dynamic SQL question i am using Dynamic SQL . print @sql <- It will show the statment if there is an error , Now, How can i show the statment even there is an error EXEC (@sql) Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210674
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    - Coordination with IE I'm writing a password manager and need to trap the DocumentComplete event in all open browser windows. I've been toying around with different ways to do this, such as writing a BHO in c++, (I'm not sure you could write one in vfp) but I was wondering if thier is any easy way to trap this event that I am over looking? Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210672
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    - Data problem I have an application created with VFP6 and is now upgraded to VFP7 that uses data which was originally created in Access then imported into VF6. The data is then manipulated (in VFP6) then sent to me to test with the application. The application was nearly bug free. We had been testing it for a little over a month. Once I entered the new data all sorts of bugs arose. It was as if we never debugged it. Certain code stopped working and needs to be re-written, etc. Some were valid bugs that just never displayed regardless of the machine it was put on, but with the new data it finally displays. Most of the issues were data saving issues. I'm only given a few days for turn-around for data testing. How can I prevent this massive breakage? Will VFP9 help? I read that strange things may happen if using one version of VFP to create the tables and another to use the data. That seems to be true, but I do know this was happening when we were both using VFP6. It just didn't seem quite as massive. Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210670
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    - Does vfp9 have runtime engine I have the opportunity to convert a Clipper program from 1987 to Visual FoxPro 9. This will be a multiuser, network application. Is there a runtime engine for VFP9? Will each VFP9 user need to purchase a license of some sort? Thanks. -- steve at work ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Posted via http://www.codecomments.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210662
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    - getcolor() - bug? Hi, Can anyone confirm the following behaviour with this code. Right-click the RecordMarker on the left hand side of the grid. Select a color, then OK. Grid highlight color changes, but clicking onto another record doesn't work. Then click the Windows taskbar and it corrects itself. I'm using XP/Pro SP1 and VFP9. Thanks, Neil ** start code ** close databases create table mytable (fld1 c(1), gridcol n(10)) for i1 = 0 to 25 insert into mytable values (chr(asc("A") + i1), rgb(255,255,255)) next go top loform = createobject("browse_select") with loForm .NewObject("cmdExit","cmdExitClass") .NewObject("grdBrowse", "grdMembClass") .grdBrowse.RecordSource = "mytable" .grdBrowse.ColumnCount = 2 for i1 = 1 to .grdBrowse.ColumnCount lcColumnColor = '.grdBrowse.Column' + transform(i1) + '.DynamicBackColor' &lcColumnColor = "gridcol" next endwith loForm.Show(1) ****************** define class cmdExitClass as CommandButton Top = 540 Left = 10 Width = 60 Height = 24 Visible = .t. Cancel = .t. Caption = "Exit" procedure Click ThisForm.Hide() endproc enddefine ****************** define class colTextClass AS Column add object header1 as hdrMembClass add object text2 as colTextBox Visible = .t. ReadOnly = .f. CurrentControl = "text2" enddefine ****************** define class hdrMembClass as Header ForeColor = rgb(255,255,255) BackColor = rgb(0,0,0) FontBold = .t. procedure MouseDown lparameters nButton, nShift, nXCoord, nYCoord This.Parent.Parent.MouseDown(nButton, nShift, nXCoord, nYCoord) endproc enddefine ****************** define class grdMembClass as Grid Visible = .t. DeleteMark = .f. ReadOnly = .f. RecordSourceType = 1 Top = 10 Left = 10 Width = 980 Height = 520 GridLines = 3 SplitBar = .f. HeaderHeight = 23 procedure AfterRowColChange lparameters nColIndex This.Refresh() endproc procedure MouseDown lparameters nButton, nShift, nXCoord, nYCoord local lnWhere, lnRelRow, lnRelCol, lnX, lcColumn store 0 to lnWhere, lnRelRow, lnRelCol This.GridHitTest(nXCoord, nYCoord, @lnWhere, @lnRelRow, @lnRelCol) ThisForm.cClickState = transform(nButton) + transform(lnWhere) ** color picker on right click on RecordMark ** if ThisForm.cClickState = '212' lnGridCol = getcolor(gridcol) if lnGridCol >= 0 replace gridcol with lnGridCol This.Refresh() endif endif endproc enddefine ****************** define class browse_select as Form Top = 0 Left = 0 Height = 580 Width = 1000 cClickState = "" procedure Unload close databases endproc enddefine Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210659
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    - Combobox in a grid problem Hi all, I use VFP 9, in VFP 8 this problem didn't exist. In earlier postings we determined that this behavior is a bug, but I want to see if any one found a fix or a way to work around the problem. Here is the problem If you put a grid on a form (or on a page of a pageframe), and insert a combobox control in one of the columns and change the CurrentControl property to point to the ComboBox, the following will happen: 1- if the Combobox control style is set to 0 (dropdowncombo), the Combobox will only show the first 8 characters of the field 2- if the Combobox control style is set to 2 (dropdownlist), it will show the entire field. However, in both instances, the control doesn't refresh when you click on it and select an item. nothing appears in the combobox till after you move to a different column or a different record. My suggestion is to try it keeping this in mind: the combobox point to a field in a related table. Thank you, Hutch Elassaad -- --------------------------------------------------------------------- "Are you still wasting your time with spam?... There is a solution!" Protected by GIANT Company's Spam Inspector The most powerful anti-spam software available. http://mail.spaminspector.com Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210658
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    - low level format i/o thro vfp9 Dear member this matter is posted before, but not received a proper result yet. I have added a charecter to the end of abc.dbf (vfp9 version) file thro following code. i added only chr(4) in the file. the dbf file have no memo field LOCAL nHandler nHandler = FOPEN('abc.dbf', 2) FSEEK(nHandler, 4) FWRITE(nHandler, CHR(4)) FCLOSE(nHandler) i would like to bring back to its original position as dbf file with out loosing any data. if any body can help me in this regard pls. post with line by line thanks in advance sameer Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210653
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    - renaming directory Dear members Does anybody knows how to rename a directory which is having files thro vfp9 program Thanks in advance sameer Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210632
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    - SourceSafe issues continued Right, let's continue this topic because I'm still not clear on a few issues. Our "build master" updated the master project (PJM) in VSS. We have a dozen developers that need to update their project. How do they do this? "Joining the project" is what we do because it is the only way we know how. It is very slow and causes the user doing so to check out the PJM, preventing anyone else from doing this. User A "joins" project. VSS automatically checks out the PJM to this person. This is just not right. User A does not need the PJM, and VSS should not check it out to them. User B, C, D....J all want to do the same, but no one else can because you can't "join" the project if the PJM is checked out to someone else. When this happens, it takes all morning for everyone to get the most current project because they have to do it one at a time. We can't "update project", because overwrites the PJM with old project settings. Update Project goes from local VFP to VSS, and we want to go from VSS to VFP. Getting latest does not update the PJT/PJX, and without an updated PJT/PJX you cannot truely get latest from within VFP. Getting latest simply gets latest version of files project is aware of. We've been going back and forth, back and forth, and the tech leads want to get rid of the PJM and just store the PJX/PJT in sourcesafe because (from their perspective) the VSS/VFP interface is such a kluge. I'm not sure I disagree, but then I'm not a VSS expert. Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210630
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    - Close application Hi, I want to close "test.exe" application from my VFP application. I'm using VFP 6.0 SP5. Any ideea how I can control the test.exe from my VFP application. Test.exe is not a VFP exe. Thanks, Mark Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210623
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    - bug: Method code disappearing? I just moved all my products up to VFP 9 (from VFP 8). I have noticed that occasionally in newly added controls, the method code I write gets deleted. This appears to happen only in newly added controls when I rebuild the executable. Every line of code I write is wiped out, however, all property settings remain unchanged. When I go back and fix the code, everything works great. Until, bingo. It happens again. Please help! -Tod McKenna PS In my 10+ years with VFP, I've never seen anything like this before VFP9 Windows 2000 Prof SP4 Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210622
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    - how to delete a charecter thro' low level format i had changed a DBF file by using following low level format. Is there any way to regain its original position as dbf by using similier code LOCAL nRecCount, nLogicalSize, nPhysicalSize, nHandler, i nHandler = FOPEN('invgrp.dbf', 2) FSEEK(nHandler, 4) FWRITE(nHandler, CHR(4)) FCLOSE(nHandler) if anybody knows, how to rectify this. sameer Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210605
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    - Export ........ type xl5 Hi Guys When I export a dbf to an excel file the dates come over as dd-mmm-yy e.g. 21-oct-05 How do I get it to export in dd/mm/yyyy format? Tried excel formating but it has no effect. Thanks Steve Tag: Servoy & Firebird learning curve compared to FoxPro Tag: 210604

Goldmine 7.0 (CRM) is moving away from xBase, will ship with Open
Source SQL DBMS called Firebird (similar to Interbase) as alternative
to MS SQL Server version of their product.

I'm not much of a programmer, and the only programming language I have
ever come close to mastering is/was FoxPro (VFP 6).

I have thought of learning Filemaker Pro but since Goldmine is
probably going to be my CRM of choice and version 7 will nolonger use
dBase I'm faced with learning more about Firebird and wondering what I
would use to access the underlying data in addition to or outside of
Goldmine.

I lean towards FoxPro only because I'm familiar with it already.

Interested in opinions / comparisons of FoxPro and Firebird, and also
a FoxPro users perspective on Servoy as an RAD tool.
John "J.J." Jackson

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