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I want to find out if there is a way to programatically change the TextBox Properties of a Report Form. My users want to BOLD the text in a Grid's single TextBox by clicking on some button. I don't think that this will be too hard by using DynamicFontBold and, at the same time, I should be...

My users want me to change the Backcolor on a Grid's Row when a record is printed. Consequently I give them a intermediary selection form prior to Printing with the following choices: * Print * Preview * Cancel And, based on their choice, I execute the appropriate REPORT FORM MyReport...

I also posted this question on the Informix 4GL forum since I was not sure where I might have the best luck in finding an answer. I apologize in advance for the duplicity. ================================ I have a VFP7 application which uses Remote Views (a utilization of ODBC) to access data...

I have a VFP7 application which uses Remote Views (a utilization of ODBC) to access data within a Informix database running on a Linux box. For the most part the Remote Views work well. However there are a few Informix tables which have a field (rowid) in it which is "hidden". While all the...

I have a VFP7 application which uses Remote Views to access data within a Informix database running on a Linux box. For the most part the Remote Views work well. However there are a few tables which have a field (rowid) in it which is "hidden". While all the other fields show up, this...

Without creating a totally new custom class, can I just add a new property to the VFP7 existing TextBox Base Class. I would like to add a Property to hold the TextBox's Original Value (from When method) which can be later compared against the possible New value (in Valid method). Like Marcia...

I have 2 related tables: Table_1 Table_2 Field1 Field1 Field2 ABC ABC Tom ABC Carol --------------------------------- DEF DEF Jane DEF Bill --------------------------------- XYZ XYZ Leane...

For those of us using Visual Foxpro's Form Designer instead of 'true' OOP, I would like to know if there is a way to change the Form's Checkbox to a larger size. I can change the Font for the Caption to a larger size, but the box itself and its check do not seem to change accordingly. Is there...

1. Is there a way to determine if a Database is Open? I want to use: SET DATABASE TO <DBCName> But before doing that I want to test to ensure that the DBC is OPEN. If I attempt to execute the command and the DBC is not Open, an error is generated. 2. Is there a way to get a listing...

I am attempting to convert some VB code into VFP7 and I could use some advice. One line of code wants me to do an OR with a Hex value and end up with a value in the PT_STRING8 format. I can do the OR with BITOR() and I can certainly to the numeric-to-string conversion with STR(), but I have...

I can get on to the FTP Server, but my data resides on a different drive within the server. Changing directories within the login drive is no problem. But is there a way to programatically change drives within the FTP Server? Or to initiate an FTP upload or download to a different drive...

I was refered to some VB code that I am attempting to convert to work in my VFP7 application. set sItem = CreateObject(&quot;Redemption.SafeMailItem&quot;) sItem.Item = MailItem tag = sItem.GetIDsFromNames(&quot;{00020386-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}&quot;, &quot;From&quot;) tag = tag or...

Here are 2 related questions concering use of Databases within an application. 1. Can more than a single Database be concurrently open at the same time? 2. If so, is there a way to Close one (and only one) of them when no longer needed? Thanks, I_Forgot

I have a Form using PageFrame containing 3 &quot;Tab&quot; pages. When the user completes data entry they click on the COMMIT button on the 3rd Tab page. Upon completion of the COMMIT operation I re-initialize the Form parameters to enable the next input. And I want to return the user's...

As a former FPW application developer I have gotten used to being able to count on variable values across the whole host of Screen/Form snippetts via Scope as long as the variables were defined in the Startup snippett or earlier in a calling program. Now that I am working in VFP 6 & 7 I am...

Based on all of the previous postings concerning the use of InstallShield Express, I guess that I am not alone in not fully understanding what to include and what to avoid including. The other postings only confused the issue. Perhaps when read as it applies to a specific issue, they made...

This is my first attempt to use OLE objects on a Form and have some questions. I have put 2 MS DatePick OLE objects onto my form representing FirstDate and LastDate. My Control Source for these objects are mdFirstDate and mdLastDate respectively. And setting these variables does...

I have a Grid on a Form. The form works fine and most of the Grid's columns behave as expected, but one of them is a problem. The Grid displays record values from a table. The Grid uses the RecordSource = Tmp_Invt RecordSourceType = Alias The Grid is displaying 6 columns. Each Text...

I have a Client/Server application where the Server side is another box (Linux) running an active real-time application unto itself. I capture a &quot;snap-shot&quot; of a Remote table, make calculations based on the data, determine a &quot;delta&quot; for specific record values and then need...

I am having a great deal of difficulty addressing objects on a formset. When I do a &quot;functional convert&quot; of a FPW screen to VFP6 or 7 it creates a formset with my screen 'objects' displayed. My problem is that when I attempt to use one of the objects VFP tells me that it does not...