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  1. Menglish

    Field appears then disappers when the field is left...

    I have an old program running. I find the customer, scatter memvar and then using @...Say to view. I am displaying this information on the screen: Ship To: Ship Address: Ship City,State,Zip: When the fields display, "Ship To:" doesn't display until the field is entered...
  2. Menglish

    Error Loading a Form

    I finished a form yesterday and when I went to edit it today, I get the following error message: "Error loading file - record number 13 <or one of its members>. Parent: Expression evaluated to an illegal value." Any ideas about how to avoid re-writing? Thanks, Millard
  3. Menglish

    Visual FoxPro Problem or Windows 7 Problem?

    I am using Visual FoxPro 9.0, SP2 and Windows 7 operating system. Lately, I have clients (customers)and myself having a problem with a form operating erratically. I have a phone field with the mask 999-999-9999. It has been working fine for a couple of years. Today it quit working and only...
  4. Menglish

    Time Cards - Entering Data in friendly format

    This should be very simple but I have drawn a blank. I want to have a data entry form for Time Cards. They will be entered on Saturday for the previous week. I can lay out the screen but using DateTime function makes the screen far too intimidating. I would like to have a time in and a time...
  5. Menglish

    How do I disable everything in a form?

    I need to disable all txt, cmd & etc. until a txt field losses focus (VendId) from an entry, then turn on all other fields. IU know how to turn each one off individually, but I know there is a command that will do this. Thanks for any suggestions... Millard
  6. Menglish

    Inconsistent problem in finding a record...

    I have a client who has been running the same procedure for about four years. Now, when searching for an invoice number, it cannot find it. I can exit VFP (9) and reload and it will find it. If I repeat this procedure it may or may not find it again. It is very inconsistent. I checked and...
  7. Menglish

    How do I Store Video in a Table?

    I know XLS and pictures can be stored in a General field, but how about a video clip? I need to download from a Police unit dash mounted video camera. I can edit the video and get and save the portion I need but I need the ability to search through a table and pick out the one needed. Can I do...
  8. Menglish

    Windows losing focus

    I am having a problem with programs losing focus. I can be in a browser, WORD, Excel or a DOS based program and my Windows XP Pro will lose focus. I can click on the screen and regain focus but myprogram blink right back off or not lose focus for an hour or two. It is not consistent. Any ideas...
  9. Menglish

    Cannot delete a network printer or delete printjob...

    I have a network printer that is attempting to print. I cannot delete it nor purge the printjob. Currently, it is taking 100% of the processor resources. I tried deleting, purging the print job, renaming the printer and nothing works. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Millard
  10. Menglish

    W2K & Printing from FoxPro DOS

    I was running three computers running using W98SE (2) and one using W2K and printing invoices from FoxPro DOS (2.6a). One computer was in an office (W2K) and the other two (W98) are in another building and sharing a printer (invoices). After updating the two W98 computers to W2K, I cannot share...
  11. Menglish

    Menu items disappear (PRG)

    I just installed VFP 8.0 and when I run my program (menu.prg) the selections disappear until I put my pointed over them, then that one item reappaears. I deleted all FXP and recompiled all the prgs but it still does them same thing. The forms operated normally. Any &quot;quick-fix&quot; ideas...
  12. Menglish

    Grid - Display selected fields from 2nd Table

    I have two tables linked by custnum. On a form I show (table 1) Customer No., address, etc. I have a grid displaying table 2. The table has about 30 fields and I want to select 7 to display. If I do not issue &quot;thisform.Grid1.recordsource='2'&quot; then the grid does not display. If I...
  13. Menglish

    Show only 3 fields in Grid

    I am trying to show only three fields in my grid and they are not in the table field order. I use properties and select the three fields and have the grid properties set to 3 columns but when I run the form, it lists the fields in the order of the tables fields and adds the bottom scroll bar. I...
  14. Menglish

    FoxPro or Windows XP Problem

    When I create an EXE file from VFP 6.0 or 7.0 and attemp to run it using a shortcut from the desktop, I get the FoxPro error message &quot;Error locating the config file--bad path?&quot; and this is before the PRG loads. After this, the program runs fine. My question is; Is this a Windows...
  15. Menglish

    Calling a Form from a Form and Switching Back

    I have been searching through the FAQ's but have been unable to resolve my problem. I am in Form1, and when the command button is clicked, I issue to command: thisform.visible=.F. do form2 read events and this works fine. Now is my problem. When I close form2 with...
  16. Menglish

    Prevent multiple sessions of FoxPro

    I have a client who daily opens multiple sessions of FoxPro with obvious results. What is the procedure (through the registry?) of preventing this. Any and all help will be appreciated. Millard
  17. Menglish

    How to print a Memo field in a Report

    How do you print a multi-lined memo field in a report form when an &quot;Enter&quot; key has been used in the memo field? All I can print is the first line. I cannot find this in key searches or FAQ's. Thanks for any help. Millard
  18. Menglish

    Problem with update in XP and Novell

    I have two customers with FoxPro 6.0 installed in two different locations. One system is Windows XP home and the other is Novell. In both situations, FoxPro would not run and updates. On the XP system, I ran the uninstaller and FoxPro would work okay. I did NOT try reinstalling FoxPro 6.0...
  19. Menglish

    Enter Data into Memo from a Form

    I have avoided using memo fields as they have given me a problem in the past but I need to enter data into a memo field from a form. Everything on my form works fine (designing a proposal for AC company) except the memo field. From the form I just want to enter the proposal terms, save it and...
  20. Menglish

    Need help converting multiple sheets to VFP

    I have a company that has been keep their records in Excel and want everything converted to Visual foxPro. They have an entry for each day, file:Jan. 31 entries,File Feb. 28 entries, etc. Is there a way I can convert these without having to do one sheet at a time. I have very little experience...

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