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My perspective on VFP is a bit more optimistic. I feel the language itself still has potential beyond VFP9, but clearly not from Microsoft. Even if nobody successfully creates a new platform that can run my old code, I'm fine with that because I've come to appreciate the fact that it's stable...

Although I don't use West Wind, your error suggest that you do, and Rick Strahl's support forum points to two potential causes, either the library is not in the path, or that it's not using the .Net components as the documentation says it should. The wildcard here is whether it's not compatible...

I neglected to address this. I love to express my Christian faith in my projects by placing Easter Eggs here and there that display messages about my faith and to express my gratitude. I keep putting two of my Christian passion projects on hold. One was called FindingFaith.Com, the other was...

My transition from 2.6 to Visual FoxPro was relatively painless. Initially, it was the exact same code, with a few extra lines at the top to change the default font for the screen to something that would let my old code fit properly with a fixed width font that gave me at least 80 columns and 25...

I'm 59, and I definitely lack the concentration I used to have, but I still code every morning, which is when my brain works best. I completely understand how you feel about this. I've got more than a few passion projects I keep plugging away at that I want to exist long after I retire and...

I replied recently to a similar question and most likely this has a similar cause. Datatype mismatches can only mean one thing, something you are storing in a control is trying to be placed in a field that does not match it. You can assign any value to a variable or a control and it will never...

For what it's worth, if you manage to build something that can run exiting code I wouldn't expect it to be free and many of us would gladly support it by paying for it. I've seen some people write about the potential of copyright issues, but just remember, the xBase language is not copyrighted...

Ditto for C# or VB variants, but I wouldn't be able to use them for a huge percentage of my projects unless there was a way to migrate code, screens, libraries and reports. What I'd really love is simply a new platform that is still as close to VFP as possible, including PRGs, report files and...

As a rule of thumb, the dropdown will only select something if the value in the table matches one exact value in the list. If it doesn't match anything exactly, nothing will be selected. Technically, there can be more than one match, but it will use the first one it finds. If you can select...

That one sentence explains it perfectly. There is no other cause possible. The table has a type. The textbox does not have a type until you either set an initial value in the designer, or programatically via Textbox.value = (something) before the form becomes active, where whatever you put...

I love the concept of FoxInCloud, but I've always worried about the logistics of where and how to host it, and that it essentially runs on top of the same FoxPro runtimes, which I love and hate the idea of. I did some fun experiments by installing just the FoxPro OLE drivers, then creating a...

That's exactly right. Believe it or not, I still have some legacy code that uses @ SAY / GETs in sections and the approach I used there was to clear the screen, create an endless loop with DO WHILE .T. that paints the screen with all sorts of conditional variations and continues to loop after...

I didn't notice the version. Since 2.6 lacks properties, methods, and events, you will only be abled to do what you're asking if you create your own environment where you track the status in a variable, then generate the screens on the fly in some sort of loop. For example, if you paint the...

Microsoft has frustrated me for decades as they keep pushing developers to entirely different paradigms, then drop support a few years later. I jumped on COM and .ASP as soon as it came out, only to abandon boatloads of code when ASP.NET / ASPX replaced it. Then I focused on ASPX with VB. I...

I think VFPA is using newer C++ Runtimes too, and it's basically identical to the last official release, with some bug fixes. The developer also got rid of the 2GB file limit, but that's not a concern for me. I still won't use it in production, if at some point Microsoft discontinues support...

Two things: 1. To know for sure what is going on there... put this in front of the line that is failing: MESSAGEBOX("thisform.iznos2.value is type: " +VARTYPE(thisform.iznos2.value)) I created this to illustrate what it will look like when I don't assign a value before using it... it's C...

When debugging complex forms with lots of controls and fields, one approach is to isolate just one control that doesn't seem to work onto a test form so you eliminate any chain reactions that come from the complex forms with a lot of controls. It's when you have a simple form with a single...

I'm sorry, I was trying to simplify by using essentially Pseudo code, since I don't know the name of your button, or where it is. If the button is on the top of a form, it would read: If Thisform.MyButton.Enabled If it's someplace inside another control such as a container or in a page within...

PS... In my response, I was assuming the OP was not intending to put code like this in the same button that is being clicked, otherwise there would be no need to check the status of the button, and it definitely couldn't be reversed by clicking the same button. For what it's worth, I like using...

I agree. I just wanted the easiest way to illustrate reading the value and setting the value, so I opted for simple independent IF and = lines to make it easy to read.