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  • How to create a calendar in report?
    by Lightening
    9 Replies
    Last post by Naomi Nosonovsky
      • Trying to create an event calendar in VFP6 report Have a table with 2 columns, cText, dDate Created a group based on Week(dDate) -- group by every week. Add 7 fields for dDate value across a row, with each like iif( dow(dDate)=1, " "+SUBS(DTOC(DDATE),4,2) +" Sunday","") iif( dow(dDate)=2, " "+SUBS(DTOC(DDATE),4,2) +" Mon
  • Object assisted report in dot matrix printers
    by Junar
    2 Replies
    Last post by dni
      • I encountered a problem using object assisted reporting. Preview works fine but when I tried printing it in dot matrix printers like Epson FX-890 or Epson LQ-2170, it printed smaller fonts and the whole letter size paper was only printed 3/4 of its size, what could be the problem To further determine the cause of the problem, I tried printing it using report behavior 80 and it came
  • invisible form
    by RavindraPatil
    5 Replies
    Last post by RavindraPatil
      • Dear friends, I use vfp 6. I have a form with 10 fields and a grid. When I run the form. The form is not displayed at all. But it is there. Because after each tab the cursor moves to the next field. I can see only blinking cursor and neither form nor the fields. please help
  • how do i disable the windows logo key?
    by Madix_t
    14 Replies
    Last post by Madix_t
      • good day to all experts... my internet monitoring system runs fine in more than a year now, but recently i encounter a problem in a latest internet games. At first my form as a wall paper will be always at the top of all open programs at the desktop. When dis-abled at the server that's the time they can use the workstation. but one user yesterday found a hole in my system, that when
  • Problem with Browser activex control
    by Malcolm Bisset
    4 Replies
    Last post by Malcolm Bisset
      • I have a vfp form with a browser activex control (which I've named ole1). I use the browser to display an html page which uses javascript to create a text editor object like this: var oFCKeditor = new FCKeditor( 'FCKeditor1' ) And then (again in javascript) I can set up the text to be edited like this: oFCKeditor.Value = "Some html <b>text</b> here" Is there a
  • How to keep VFP standard toolbar up all the time?
    by Lightening
    11 Replies
    Last post by dni
      • After I run my app. in the command window, the toolbar disappeared. I have to click View --> ToolBars --> Standard to pull it out. It is VFP 6. In VFP9, you may use: show window standard I am thinking of changing some default setting under the tools menu.
  • Microsoft is going open-source the core portions of the Visual FoxPro DBMS!
    by Fernando D. Bozzo
    12 Replies
    Last post by Fernando D. Bozzo
      • I want to be between the first ones to bring this news: http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1759,2105307,00.asp !Can't believe that! Best regards, Fernando D. Bozzo
  • why does Read Events release Main window
    by Hao Q.
    14 Replies
    Last post by Hao Q.
      • Sorry if this topic has been brought up before... I'm working project, which I set the main window as modeless. In order to prevent the form to be released at the time of initialization, I put THIS.SHOW and Read Events in Main.Init. However, after the form is initialized, the object main for main window is released from the memory (I view status of variables in the debugger window). If I'd like t
  • Validations
    by Ahsan Amin
    11 Replies
    Last post by CetinBasoz
      • I am trying to validate numeric and character type data, entered by user in textboxes placed on the form. Can any expert tell me which functions to use or you could tell me what should i type index button of VFPs help to find all type of data validation functions
  • VFP7 crashes with "Fatal error: Exception code=C0000005" during data import from Excel
    by FoxUser7
    3 Replies
    Last post by Carl Warner
      • I'm using the following statements for reading from a multiple-sheet Excel file: CREATE CURSOR Main (ID N(3,0), SUBID N(3,0), DESC C(60), D C(128), E C(10), F C(10), G C(10), H C(10), I C(10), J C(10), K C(10), L C(10), M C(10), N C(10), O C(10), P C(10), Q C(10) ) APPEND FROM (cFile) TYPE XL5 SHEET "cSheet_n" with cSheet_n = sheet names of the current spreadsheet.
  • stupid (?!?) function
    by Annonnymus
    5 Replies
    Last post by Naomi Nosonovsky
      • i got this code: x= RECCOUNT () DO WHILE ( RECNO ()+1<x) IF stop=1 EXIT ENDIF nui= ATc (def,var1) &&the prob IF (nui>0) thisform .list2. additem (cuv) ENDIF SKIP enddo nui is >0 only for the first check ;after that it always returns 0,and several of my def (memo) values contain var1
  • Foxpro Power!
    by sanaltsk
    9 Replies
    Last post by Docpro777
      • Hai Everybody, I jus wanted to have some sort of opinion poll from u people. IS FOXPRO ONE OF THE POWERFUL TOOL AVAILABLE NOW In my opinion its really powerful and very much useful even now i am very much found of it....
  • Proper practice - using class properties in forms/reports.
    by Aleniko
    11 Replies
    Last post by dereck27
      • Hi all; A pretty simple question: lets assume I have a class which is used for entering a range (customers, dates etc). It consists of 2 text boxes. I am dropping this class into a form which is producing a report. My question: What is the common/best way of accessing the control source of the textboxes in the class I can do any of the following: - Access them directly by their relative names (ie
  • Side effects of leaving SET STEP ON in code
    by FoxCreek
    13 Replies
    Last post by Tamar E. Granor
      • If we forget to remove a SUSPEND command before deploying a VFP program, the program will throw an error saying ˇ°Feature not available.ˇ± However, if we forget to remove a ˇ°SET STEP ONˇ± command, the deployed program will not error, but will function as desired, acting as if the ˇ°SET STEP ONˇ± was not in the code. Are there any known ˇ°side effectsˇ± of leaving a ˇ°SET STEP ONˇ± command i
  • Record Pointer Position
    by Ahsan Amin
    4 Replies
    Last post by MarciaAkins
      • I have a form that contains navigation button. I want to enable or disable the button according to the position of cursor/record pointer e.g i want don't to enable move previous and go first record button if the pointer is on first record.
  • Foxpro version compatibility
    by Econdoc
    2 Replies
    Last post by Alex Feldstein
      • I have many applications written in Visual Foxpro 6.0. I probably should upgrade to Version 9.0. My major concern is whether my old applications will run in Version 9. Can someone advise me Will I have problems How major Thanks.
  • FoxPro Source Code Analysis
    by Allen CPSI
    3 Replies
    Last post by Tamar E. Granor
      • I have a client with a custom written FoxPro application that runs their business. The architect of the system experienced some medical conditions and is no longer availabe. They have a FoxPro programmer who is capible of writing FoxPro programs and performing modifications on existing programs. I am not familiar with FoxPro, although I have designed many application systems. What I seek i
  • Errors running FoxPro Stored procedures in .NET windows app
    by TechMate
    10 Replies
    Last post by TechMate
      • Hi I want to run a stored procedure in user selected database which basically creates two new tables to be persisted in the same database. I am able to call this stored procedure but I keep getting the same error "One or more errors occurred during processing of command." There are no details of what the error is specifically about. I am able to run the same stored procedure using Mic
  • Opening VFP tables with Fox2.6 (Dos)
    by Foxmonkey
    9 Replies
    Last post by CetinBasoz
      • Hello. I am a novice user of Foxpro, occaisionally using Foxpro 2.6 for Dos for data manipulation. I am wondering if there is an easy and free way to convert DBF files produced with Visual Foxpro with 2.6D. We get batches of files that are produced by some later version (it signs a "30" in byte zero of the header, while our tables have the "03"). I get a message stating it is
  • Primary Key Set up
    by AlexBB
    10 Replies
    Last post by AlexBB
      • I have a very pessimistic view on the FoxPro prospects in Vista. Nothing is working and it does not seem to make any sense even trying to fix it. Just too many things are screwed up. So I've decided to use my VFPOLEDB databases, write completely new C# ADO .NET code for handling all operations that before in XP were done by FoxPro Code. In order to do it I have to set up primary keys on my tables.
  • C++ to VFP Translation?
    by Cody King
    14 Replies
    Last post by CChalom
      • First, I'll have to admit that my coding skills have been unused for several years now, but this is one thing I believe that VFP should handle no problem. Here is the setup: This program gets data from an A to D board and it utilizes DLPORTIO.DLL to address the parallel port and go thru 8 channels. (I know.... old school...but that's why I got it!) I've done the Declare statements t
  • Locate Command
    by Ahsan Amin
    7 Replies
    Last post by hangover
      • I have to locate the CourseID field from a table. I have a combo box that list the CourseName field. CourseID CourseName ------------- ------------------- 1 SE 2 VFP 3 ASP Now if use select VFP from the Combo i want the courseid 2. I am using the follwoing code LOCATE FOR a_Courses.CourseName = thisform.cb
  • SQL loader to discard first row
    by myra
    1 Replies
    Last post by dni
      • Hi I'm working on SQLLDR from UnixBox to Oracle DB and im loading a csv file with header on the first row how can I eliminate and tell to my controlfile to start on the 2nd line instead. thanks!
  • Using VFoxPro 9 and SQL to create a table
    by Zaphod2003
    9 Replies
    Last post by Zaphod2003
      • Can someone tell me what's wrong with this code CREATE TABLE countries( ; id n(10,0) PRIMARY KEY , ; ccode c(2) UNIQUE , ; CHECK ( LEN ( ALLTRIM (ccode))=2) ; ERROR "Currency code must be 2 characters", ; currency n(10,0), ; CHECK ( currency >0), ; cname c(30) UNIQUE ; ) I have indentified the problem to be with the code CHECK (
  • Conversion of Foxprow.exe screens to vfp9
    by Bob DuPuy
    4 Replies
    Last post by Bob DuPuy
      • I have run the conversion utility to move a conventional foxpro for woindows 2.6 app to vfp9. I did not Visual forms option. The new scx forms seem to run just fine with one exception: When I drag the mouse pointer across a command button, the form blanks out and turns grey, but does not close the form or terminate the read, because I can poke around and locate and execute the "hidden" c