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  • InstallShield vaporized project? (neophyte user)
    by lowellnelson
    11 Replies
    Last post by Rick Borup
      • I generated a VFP prg and build an exe version which run without errors. I then attempted to use InstallShield to prepare for distribution to another site (I am completely inexperienced with InstallShield), but the test installation halted before completion and provided an error code. NOW I FIND THAT MY PROJECT, WITH ALL TABLES, FORMS, AND REPORTS NO LONGER EXISTS. Have I so offended the InstallSh
  • Copy File Error in Visual FoxPro 7?
    by Paul B Walker
    7 Replies
    Last post by Tamar E. Granor
      • When a COPY File Command is executed and a space is in either a folder name or a file name, the instruction is unable to handle it. I have tried a technique to put in " quote marks in the manner '"<path><filename>"' but then it gives me a syntax error. Is this a bug or am I entering the full path and filename wrongly If this is a known bug, is there a patch for it If not
  • Help with code for updating table on website
    by Jim Holloway
    10 Replies
    Last post by Stuart Dunkeld
      • This is the code I am attempting to usw to add/edit date in a free table on my website. It opens the table fine and will display what is already in the table, but any changes I try to make do not arent being saved. I dont get any errors. Any help USE \\www.infotizer.com\lotterydata\NewData.dbf SET SAFETY OFF SELECT NewData INDEX ON state TO IdxState SET SAFETY ON SELECT StateLinks SET ORD
  • How to delete records in both parent and child tables?
    by Lightening
    4 Replies
    Last post by Naomi Nosonovsky
      • In VFP9, we can Delete from ChildTable where...... select ......from ParentTable .... In VFP6, how can I do the similar Can we use Set relation to..... How
  • Guidance on designing data access classes
    by Darren Woodford
    12 Replies
    Last post by Darren Woodford
      • I am developing a COM server to access 3rd party VFP tables and present them to calling client applications, particularly MS Access 2000/2003. I would like some guidance please on designing the data access classes. At the moment I have a real mishmash of business and data routines. With the plethora of data access techniques available in VFP I am somewhat paralised by indecision. I realise
  • Automation with Excel Graphing
    by Satish33
    3 Replies
    Last post by MarciaAkins
      • Hi all, My output is an excel sheet with the graph in it designed from my Foxpro. It works perfect but I am having a small problem in formatting my graph, I am getting an error " unable to set the SeriesCollection property of the series class " My excel graph contains bar and line representation with tow secondary axis, there are some three bar representation and three l
  • Foxpro7 crashing with "fatal error exception code=c0000005 ..."
    by Endre E
    10 Replies
    Last post by AndyKr
      • Hi I have a tricky issue in my VFP7 application. At least tricky for me.  The application is crashing with fatal error C0000005. Sometimes I see a message like this one in the eventlog: "Faulting application <appname>.exe, version 1.4.82.0, faulting module ntdll.dll, version 5.1.2600.2180, fault address 0x00010f29.". Sometimes the application just hangs. I also see the Windows e
  • Array incrementing
    by Kadrin
    4 Replies
    Last post by Kadrin
      • Hello, Here is the scenario, I am adding up totals for counties in a certain state. The order of the counties is mixed up and counties can show up more then once with a different amount. I need to put those numbers and their county into an array. My problem is how to go about checking to see if the county is already loaded in the array so that I can add it to that total. Thank you, Kadrin
  • FoxPro Ver 8 problem with Ver 7 form doc
    by Old Foxpro Dood
    14 Replies
    Last post by AndyKr
      • I work for government and unfortunately we are a little behind on versions, but I do have a problem which my dbase,sco foxbase, microsoftfox brain can't handle. A project was created in Ver 7 with no compilation or execution errors prevelant. When proj is opened in Ver 8 and a particular form is opened the error displayed says "SYNTAX ERROR 10" .... my old feeble brain has tried debugger
  • Using server's date/time.
    by Aleniko29139
    6 Replies
    Last post by Aleniko
      • Hi; Is there a way to make VFP use the server's date/time in the different date functions I have XP stations on Win2003 server and some machines sometimes have a messed up date. Transactions are updated with the incorrect date because the stations are not set to the right date / time. Thanks, Aleniko
  • field valid method
    by NILKAMAL
    7 Replies
    Last post by CetinBasoz
      • pl.help what i am doing wrong cos when i add new dl_no( my field name) it same message coming " already exists" i want to seek dl_no in checkcust table and if found get the message and focus on same field and if not the go to next field SELECT CHECKCUST SET ORDER TO DL_NO && DL_NO SEEK dl_no IF FOUND() =messagebox("ALREADY EXISTS") return .F. ELSE END
  • Ideas for accessing a remote table
    by Aleniko
    12 Replies
    Last post by Aleniko
      • Hi all; I am going to distribute an application to a few dozen customers. I would like to have a way for these sites to read/post info to a mysql table on the internet. Is there a way I can connect to a remote table but in such a way that the username and password for the connection would be hidden and secure I would also like to have the means of changing the password to the Mysql database and ha
  • search with option
    by NILKAMAL
    14 Replies
    Last post by NILKAMAL
      • hi! can some one help me for this i want to creat search form as below 1) option button - fielda 2) option button- fieldb 3) option button - field c here is i place one textbox for user can put value and search button to search and if record found then go to my my form with this value thanks
  • Window going blank!
    by KarenSW
    2 Replies
    Last post by KarenSW
      • I am developing an application originaly written in dBase. It is currently compiled using VFP6. with no problems When I compile in VFP8 and use an old fashioned window (ACTIVATE WINDOW) any movement with the mouse over certain input fields causes the whole window to go blank. Moving the mouse over the window gives glimpses of the fields when it runs over them. The following command causes
  • Append problem
    by dvidal
    3 Replies
    Last post by dni
      • Hi, I have a problem with append command. In a pc, I have to write the file name enclosed by quotation marks. For example: append from "pepe". I want to know how to change fox settings to write: append from pepe Thanks,
  • VFP9 application in same network with email server & VOIPs
    by Daniel CW Tan
    10 Replies
    Last post by Daniel CW Tan
      • Hello All. I am currently having a VFP9 application shared in a network that also include VOIP telephony & email servers. Up to 30 users in all. The VFP9 "exe" file is only 3Mb and the database files totalling 5Mb. It seems that the VFP9 application runs awfully slow at times while the others runs fine. Could the VFP9 application the main reason why the slowness . Ho
  • buffering and locking issues
    by jmom
    9 Replies
    Last post by CetinBasoz
      • In my project my form has a pessimistic row buffering. I did that so when many people are doing data entry at the same time, they do not collide and be on the record at the same time. Before CursorSetProperty("Buffering",2,"alias") when we hit the textbutton "add" it would act like we were on the same record in the table. We wanted to avoid this. I believe this wou
  • userprompt
    by Dhabu
    4 Replies
    Last post by Naomi Nosonovsky
      • How to promt user to enter the date in prg file. once it is entered i would like to save it to variable. I am using vfp6.0
  • send sms through VFP
    by vptmarg
    2 Replies
    Last post by vptmarg
      • hi everybody i want to send sms using VFP. any body cna help me rgds ved Prakash Triapthi
  • VFP MVPs - Please Contact Me
    by Joe Morel - MSFT
    4 Replies
    Last post by CChalom
      • To all VFP MVPs: If you do not currently have moderator permissions in this forum and would like them, please send me some email at joemorel AT microsoft DOT com. I've noticed situations in which you might like to create some sticky announcements or FAQ posts, and I'd like to help you get the tools you need to make these forums work for your community. Thanks all!
  • Any way to print multiple copies of a report from within the reportlistener
    by ControlNode
    5 Replies
    Last post by Naomi Nosonovsky
      • I have a table that the reportlistener uses for determining the printer that a report is sent to and that is working fine, but now the requirement has been added to adjust the number of copies of a report to print, or to disable a report all together. The settings screen and table have been updated to support "Print Count". The disabled part seams easy, if the Print Count = 0 have loadre
  • fast / draft mode printing in vfp
    by RavindraPatil
    14 Replies
    Last post by CetinBasoz
      • Dear friends, can we print in draft mode as in DOS by using vfp report writer -Ravi
  • Visual FoxPro MLSYSLCK: Cound NOT Create Lock File Error
    by CindyF
    1 Replies
    Last post by dni
      • I copied a FoxPro program to a computer, and after entering User Name and Password, I get this error. It says to hit any key to continue. When I do so, the program shuts down. Can anyone tell me how to fix this problem
  • Foxpro's Dirty Little Secret?
    by rHowe11
    8 Replies
    Last post by rHowe11
      • Arrgg! If I had a dime for every hour I've spent wrestling with Foxpro's error handling paradigm... Here's a new gotcha: Apparently, when an error occurs in a combo box valid event handler, and the error is handled by a try/catch block outside of the form, a reference to the combo object is stored in some mystery memory location, preventing the combo box (and thus the form) from being destro
  • Form Variables
    by cdaviduik
    5 Replies
    Last post by MarciaAkins
      • I am passing two variables to a form, then using them to initialize values in the form using the init method. The first line of the init method is: PARAMETERS EFIELD, ETABLE I am able to access the variables EFIELD and ETABLE without a problem within the init method but I also want to access them when another method is called on the same form, say for instance a button press. Any ideas on how to d