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Hi all. I have a memo field in a DBF that holds up to 5 lines of an address. I would like to create a cursor file with the 5 extracted lines of character data and export that to an Excel file, but I seem to be having a few problems with the MLINE function. Is there a better way? Thanks. Andy.

Hi all. I would like to turn off the sounds made during running of my application, say when user clicks on a "Save" button, or an information message is displayed. I've tried adding SET BELL OFF to my startup program but this doesn't seem to make any difference. Many thanks. Andy.

Hi all. What is the best way to convert a form from FoxPro2.6 to VFP9? Thanks.

Hi all. I have an application written in VFP9 and it is installed using the Windows Installer and InstallShield. What I would like to do is make it so you can successfully install the application ONCE ONLY. After successful install the software doesn't install anymore. Is there a code or error...

Hi all. I have a SQL Select statement and I want to select only the records where the "activity" character field contains a pre-defined string. The code is like: SELECT * FROM table ; WHERE THISFORM.activity_search.Value$table.activity=.T. ; INTO CURSOR tmpcursor Will that do it, because it...

Hi all. I have written an application using VFP9 and it is installed using the InstallShield FoxPro Ltd version. I specify a shortcut icon and I include this icon on the startup disk, but on some machines (laptops in particular) it reverts to something completely different. I have to find a way...

Hi all. When "previewing" a report, can the Preview Toolbar be suppressed leaving the user to scroll through the report instead of clicking from page to page? Andy.

Hi all. I have an install program written using the InstallShield for FoxPro v5.0 - and I have specified that the desktop icon should be a certain file. When the application is installed on some machines the icon is different (it somehow adopts the icon that is the windows installer icon). Why...

Hi all. Having installed an application, I want to get the file path to the database files. During the install, the user can change the destination directory if they want to. I've tried using the FULLPATH function, but it doesn't return the full path - and I know the file I specify as one of the...

Hi all. I'm just getting to know the ins and outs of VFP9, and I have to write a report that is about three or four pages long and has NO "detail" (repeating) data lines. If I create the report in the HEADER or FOOTER areas it just says the report is "too big"! What would be my best options...

Hi all. I have a text box which has the current score (a changing number) in it. I want it to be READ ONLY or DISABLED - but depending on the score I want the backcolor to change. ?

Hi all. I have a grid and one of the columns of the grid is a number (a running total) - and I want to add color to the grid - if the total is zero to 3 I want the cell to be green - if 4-5 I want it to be amber (orange) - above 5 red. Like traffic lights really. Based on the value of the total...

Hi All. I have a simple form that has a NEXT button for displaying the next record. It initialises OK (displays the first record on file) then when you press the next button (which effectively just SKIP 1 and displays the next record) the pointer has gone to the record number AFTER the EOF. As...

Hi all. I've written a thread on this subject before, but I'm still having problems. I can't stop the FOXUSER files from appearing on the desktop when I run my application. I've tried SET RESOURCE pathname\FOXUSER to no avail. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Andy.

Hi all. I am installing a VFP9 application with InstallShield - works fine on most installs - but sometimes it crashes out of the install saying "Cannot find msvcr71.dll". This file is definitely there, in the INSTALLDIR. Anyone else had this problem? Thanks. Andy.

Hi all. If you install and run an exe application in VFP9, is there any way to stop the FOXUSER files from appearing on the desktop? Andy.

Hi. I am trying to produce an installation CD for my first professional application written in VFP9. I have been struggling with InstallShield Ltd Edt. for a couple of weeks now - you pop the disk in to the machine and the installation process starts fine automatically - then - half way (or so)...

Hi. When running my application on a machine with a laserjet printer, I preview my reports and when I come to print them it says "Error Loading Printer Driver". One report bombs me out completely with "Fatal Error: Exception Code=C0000005@"date" ". Any ideas? It runs fine on other machines...

Hi. I have a report that is 3 pages long, with header info and a summary at the end - there is no detail info as such (repetative data) but there are lots of fields and complicated designs involved - keeps saying the report is too big for header or detail or footer section - is there a better...

Hi. I've set up an application exe file on another machine with all the relevant libs, data etc. and SET PATH to the correct data folder - but when I run the application absolutely NOTHING happens? There's nothing silly in the main program. I build the EXE on my machine and copy it over on CD...