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  1. beedubau

    RE: Inno compiler

    I have been using Inno for a number of years. Now in my latest usage I fail to get the program name on the taskbar icon when my VFP program is running. I've never experienced this before and don't know where to look. Can anyone help Beedub
  2. beedubau

    similar Hand coded forms

    I have a number of similar forms - the only differences are the composition of a grid and a label caption. Each form has 7 identical buttons coded as this example ADD OBJECT cmdexit AS COMMANDBUTTON WITH ; TOP = 300 + 450, ; LEFT = 400 + 650, ; HEIGHT = 27, ; WIDTH = 84, ; FONTBOLD...
  3. beedubau

    limitations of getfile()

    With chr length of 254 it seems difficult to allow a user to see and select ANY extensions that may be pertinent. eg GETFILE("JPG","BMP","GIF","TIF","PCX","PNG","Image Files") isn't allowed. I need to allow Audio files Video files as well in a separate getfile() and the same thing occurs...
  4. beedubau

    Grid Row and column coloring

    I have hand coded grid on a form. I have a textbox control in Column 2 I want to use both alternate rows in grey and a particular column in another constant colour incolumn 2. THIS.SETALL("dynamicbackcolor","IIF(MOD(recno(), 2) = 0, RGB(192,192,192), RGB(255,255,255))")...
  5. beedubau

    Finding drive size

    I am using oFSO = CREATEOBJ('Scripting.FileSystemObject') oDrive = oFSO.GetDrive(CHR(I)+":") oSize = TRANSFORM(oDrive.TotalSize) to find drive sizes ( with some further processing to get say 35.6 GB. The value of oSize for my 250GB drive is **********.********* Is there any way to get...
  6. beedubau

    Adding cmdOK button from buttons.vcx to a form

    I haven't used this class before. I do not know how to incorporate the cmdOK button from this class into my app. I am having trouble closing a form (s) and want to try this. I have copied the files buttons.* into my prg folder for the app. I have added buttons class to my app. Now what -...
  7. beedubau

    Testing for presence of DLLs on a PC

    I would like to use the following code to try to test if required dlls are installed. PARAMETERS mydll DECLARE INTEGER FreeLibrary IN kernel32; INTEGER hLibModule ?isDLLAvailable(mydll) FUNCTION isDLLAvailable(DllFilename) LOCAL hModule hModule = LoadLibrary(DllFilename) IF hModule >...
  8. beedubau

    Help with Report Toolbar

    I am trying to get faq1252-4982 working. I have a number of questions. 1 I can not locate the "On entry" band of the page header of the report - how do I get there 2 My existing Report code creates a window and shows the report full screen in the app window - I want to keep this - how 3...
  9. beedubau

    Verifying folder exists (local and network)

    I am using a routine setfileattrib * Author: William GC Steinford 2003 * Takes a file and a list of attributes to change on the file, and does the change to confirm that a folder exists as a list of paths has been saved containing a 'project' - some of which might no longer exist. This...
  10. beedubau

    Creating a reindex prg on 'foreign' tables

    My app operates on and writes to a single table (from many)in a master 'foreign' application installed on my users' PC. My app is a tool which provides facilities not available in the 'master'in relation to images that are pathed in one table. I open the one table without using the index in...
  11. beedubau

    Form not closing

    Background. My App is designed in a Wizard metaphor. It has a Main form with a page frame which remains on screen until the [Quit] button is clicked. From the pages of the page frame a variety of other forms and/or prgs are started. Some of these forms appear in the debugger all the time...
  12. beedubau

    width of combo box dropdown

    How can I restrict the length of the dropdown list in a combobox. Such as with KEYBOARD '{F4}' It comes out as the full field length ( a filepath ) where the paths table has a field length of 254.This is there in case a VERY long path structure is chosen. ( Genealogists have these). But I...
  13. beedubau

    labels on pageframe

    I have just seen my app on a PC where the labels on a pageframe show with a background color which is different than that of the 'grey' page frame. I changed all the labels to transparent backstyle but they still appear the same. Can I specify a colour for the background of a page frame? Is...
  14. beedubau

    Simple CSS file - spacing problem

    This is my first attempt at using css. I have 6 heading styles in my css. I find that the <hn> element causes a CR. As I wish to use a separate style for say an item and one for the contents like <h1>Drawer 1 : <h2>Loose files <h1>Drawer 2 : <h2>Accounting etc These items are got from a...
  15. beedubau

    SQL in VFP9

    I'm tearing my hair out! I have the following in vfp6 which has been running for some years [code] SELECT DISTINCT idexhibit,I.dsid AS DSID_bw,I.id_person AS tmg_ID,; I.xname AS xname_bw,Thumb AS Thumb_a,TEXT AS Text_bw,; id_source,I.PRIMARY AS...
  16. beedubau

    Getting drive name

    I have a USB device ( Seagate ) which I have named SEATHUMB - thus I get "SEATHUMB(E:)" in My Computer. Is it possible to get this name in VFP? Regards bryan
  17. beedubau

    Dealing with fractions

    The 3rd party control I am using presents Exif shutter speed values as both say 1/60 and 10/600 depending on camera. As the former is the normal way to present the shutter speed, is there a way to check if the value is in the second form and then convert to the first?. The output is a chr...
  18. beedubau

    Bringing a control to the front

    I have a complex hand coded form on which a 20mm textbox sits just above a grid. When the contents of the textbox are larger than the visible control area I enlarge the control via a button. How do I make this enlarge on top of the underlying grid ie 'bring to front'? regards Bryan
  19. beedubau

    Copy File command looses case in filename

    AFAI can see, Copy File command looses case in filename. I use the same variable for the filename as a web page name and that transfers correctly. 14b4HarryPotterandtheamazingCape.htm 14b4harrypotterandtheamazingcape.jpg How can I control this. In genealogy people use mixed case a lot...
  20. beedubau

    checking if a card reader drive has folders

    I am still attempting to read media files from a media drive. I have the code FOR I = 4 TO 26 && Loop through drive letters D thru Z cDRIVE = CHR(I + 64) nDTYPE = DRIVETYPE(cDRIVE) && Determine drive type IF nDTYPE = 2 && Floppy drive or card reader slot IF validpath(cDRIVE...

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