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When I use the command APPEND FROM ... CSV there is an assumption that the first record contains field names. I would prefer to do this without involving field names at all. There doesn't appear to be any option for this. Is that true ? Don

I am appending data from a comma delimited file and everything works fine except for the fact that one of the fields contains more than 254 characters (the limit for a text field). So, I tried changing the field in the target file to a memo field. Now, nothing comes in to that field. Is that...

I need to put the data which is presently in a comma delimited (CVS) file into a Foxpro table. What is the most efficient way of accomplishing this. Without further direction I am left to creating the Foxpro file using the CREATE command and then using APPEND FROM to pull the data into the...

I am using the limited version of Installshield which comes free with Visual Foxpro 9 to create an installation which consists of a single file containing only a wait statement. After using the installation CD that I created to install the application and execute it, I get the message .. Cannot...

I have software that was written some time ago in a previous version of VFP. I am not sure of the version but it may have been as far back as Version 6. I am not attempting to rebuild it in version 9. It chokes on this line of code: scatter memvar to aMother I checked the help but couldn't...

I have some vfp code in which I have created a Word Document via automation and when I print it I would like to attach another existing Word document to the end of that document and print it with the page numbers continuing as though it was a part of the first document. The second document may...

Many moons ago ... some (if not all) database languages engaged in a practice known as "garbage collection" where they would take time away from the specific tasks of the application to clean up various residues of data left over from previous processing. This could take considerable time...

I have a report that utilizes a bitmap graphic (.bmp) and has been displaying properly for years. Recently, we tried (unsuccessfully) to install some scanning software on a particular machine and now when the report is run the graphic shows up as a miniature of the size it is meant to show as...

I have a table within a word document and I wish to place a signature in a cell that contains a particular line of text. I would like to do a search and replace to accomplish this but find no way to replace text with a graphic. Any help on this ? Don

I am having difficulty getting a form to show up on top of the forms on my desktop. I am calling it from another form but it keeps going behind the calling form. I have tried every combination of ALWAYS ON TOP / ALWAYS ON THE BOTTOM for both forms but no cigar yet. I thought Zorder might be a...

I have a document in which there exists a textbox with some text in it. I am using automation to add text to the document but would also like to change the text within the textbox on a particular page or section. My problem is that I have no idea how to address the textbox. It was part of a...

I have a form with 2 pages on a pageframe. I would like to allow the user to press a key which will toggle the active page from one to the other. What might be the best means to accomplish this ? Don

I have a report on which I have dropped an OLE Picture. However, I would like to allow the users to periodically (Not often) change the FILE that is associated with that picture. They may need to do this once each 6 months. I would like to give them a place in the software to designate the...

I have been down this road before somewhere but cannot find anything about it by searching so I will ask again. I have a combobox with the 2nd column bound to a numeric field value. This does not work. The second column of the combobox is actually a numeric value but the combobox changes it...

I am about ready to purchase a 3rd party application framework. Promatrix, Maxframe, etc ... I do not use the database container feature of VFP and do not wish to. Any opinions from those that have taken the plunge ? Don

I have a situation in which I have several reports which I wish to print without having the user select a printer for each report. I wish to select a printer for the first report and then have all subsequent reports sent to that printer automatically. set printer to getprinter() would seem to...

I am new to this xhtml stuff so this may be elementary but here goes anyway. I am trying to adhere to STRICT xhtml 1.0 guidelines. From everything I have observed, the way to assign the background color of the body of a document is through this method: <body background-color: blue>blah blah...

When I create the executable (EXE) file for my applications I always include all of the FRX (report) files within the executable. I wish to continue with this practice. However, I have a need to have a few of those FRX files be external to the EXE so another application can use it. Is there...

I am trying to understand how Sharepoint works with regard to editing files. I am finding that if I edit a file and then save it, it many times does not show those edits for an unknown amount of time or until I exit sharepoint and then go back in. Is there some sort of delay involved with this...

I am trying to keep a group of paragraphs together when the Word document is paginated. The KeepTogether property seems to be the ticket. My plan is to define a range when I am at the beginning of my group of paragraphs, save the START property of that range, Then insert my various paragraphs...