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Over the last few weeks I have started receiving reports of errors from users of our software. I normally write code that follows the deletion of a record from a table with a PACK command to permanently remove the deleted record. Some users are now reporting that following deletion of a record...

I need help on how to get started with sending and receiving calls from VFP9 to an API located on the Internet without an IE browser window opening. This is the URL I need to send and receive for: http://api2.fastsms.co.uk/api/api.php I need to be able to capture the numeric value returned...

Has anyone else come across a problem with dates in Windows XP? Although I find my VFP application runs fine and accepts any date under Windows 2000 I have a couple of users who run under Winsows XP and a date earlier that 01/01/1601 (?) will not display and causes strange effects in grids such...

I am using VFP to produce the body of an email message from a table. The table contains 2 columns, a code and a value. Examples might be: Scode Svalue 1000 1234 1001 5678 1002 Apple I am producing the formatted body along the following lines: lcBody= "" FOR i= 1 TO 3 lcBody= lcBody...

I need email functions, for use within a VFP 8 application, as follows: 1. Send email from VFP where the body of the email is generated from VFP and can run to several hundred short lines consisting of codes/values. 2. Retrieve emails sent from a specific email address. Having received them...

I have a user experiencing problems with a VFP application on Windows XP Pro. The app was installed by an administrator but is being used by a user who does not have admin privileges. The app creates a directory on the local machine and a free table within that directory. It appears that the...

I am just trying out installation of a VFP executable created with VFP8 after having previously had no problem with VFP7. I built the project using InstallShield as before and used the VFP8 merge module. The installation worked fine under Windows XP and the application ran as it should...

Hi I have a grid with 2 comboboxes in it. Combo2 has its RowSource rebuilt depending on the value entered in Combo1. If the user enters a value in Combo1 the RowSource of Combo2 is a subset of all possible values that relate to the value entered. There must be a value selected in Combo2 so...

Can anyone help get me started on customising the VFP Report Wizard? I would like to be able to include it in my own executable file and cusomise it - help, logo and so on. I have found the project in the Tools\xsource folder and have looked at it. I can't figure out how to use the stub...

Hi All I am trying to get a shortcut menu to work on a form that has a grid on it. Tried using the right click event on the form which worked fine unless you were over the grid in which case nothing happened. Then put code in the right click event of the grid and nothing happened. Found I...

Hi Does anyone know the syntax for sending commands such as: Selection.GoTo What:=wdGoToField, Name:="Date" to Microsoft Word from VFP? Where arguments are assigned like this I keep getting either "Unknown command" or "Syntax error" messages. Thanks in advance...

Hi Does anyone know how to get context-sensitive help to work? I have tried working through the suggested way in the help file, but when I call a topic from VFP or when I test it in HHA itself I get the message: HH_HELP_CONTEXT called without a [MAP] section There is a MAP section there in...

Hi I have spent most of the day checking postings to the forum on how to use Microsoft Word from VFP and have ended the day pretty confused. What I want to do is to use a Word file with database fields on it saved as a template. I then want VFP to get Word to open a new document from the...

Hi Everyone I am having a problem with the SelStart property in an edit box. I have an edit box on a form in which text is entered. I am using the SelStart property to be able to insert text at the cursor position. Everything is fine until you insert one or more carriage returns. If you then...

Hi My application uses data stored on a server on a LAN. The data is a VFP database and the server runs Windows NT. So far I have been opening the tables by using the mapped network drive letter without creating a connection. Am I right in thinking I don't need to create a connection for this...

Hi I have a report that has a colour bitmap on it. I have found with 2 different colour printers that when I send the report to the colour printer the printer is switched to greyscale mode instead of colour. When printing from other software such as Microsoft Word, colour mode is selected by...

Hi When using a table on a network is there any way that I can check if the table is already being USEd by another user before I try to open it? For example, to carry out housekeeping by PACKing a table to get rid of deleted records, I want to open the table for EXCLUSIVE use. If the table is...

Hi I have a data entry form which contains, amongst other things, a combo box and a "New" command button. When the user clicks on New, a BEGIN TRANSACTION is issued and an APPEND BLANK. The combo box allows the user to enter a new code (Primary Key). The data for the combo box is a...

Hi I am new to using VFP on a network having written all my previous apps on a standalone with local tables, etc., so I have never had to get to grips with FLOCK() and so on. Now I have an app to write for a network where the VFP data will be stored on the server and the EXE will be on each...

Hi Everyone I'm new here, so forgive me if this question has been asked before. I want users to be able to edit reports in an application by using the MODIFY REPORT command, but I want to be sure that the Report Controls Toolbar is opened when they do this. Is there any way this can be done...