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  1. zimbaliza

    Random record loss in Multiuser environment

    Here is a bit of code from our POS System, (saving bit) we run on Novell 4.11 Network sizes are 5-30 users Invoices 1,000-20,000 a day per site (35 sites) Is almost the same except we lock before appending is rare to loose transactions, only looses are if the site has a power cut or the server...
  2. zimbaliza

    can different foxpro share database?

    You could look at Foxpro for Unix running under linux, you could then centralise everything with telnet sessions into the main server, would require a few changes to your FPD App, We have had a play with it here, actually runs faster under linux/(sco emulation) than fpd (same hardware) kinda...
  3. zimbaliza

    search multiple fields at once

    We do this with PhDbase (3rd Party index) Full Text Index/Seacrch Technology for Foxpro it creates it's own index, index is very fast. (altho is kinda slow to create) (well on a 386 anything is slow) PhDbase III Korenthal Associates (search for it on the web should be able to find it) it cost...
  4. zimbaliza

    FoxPro 2.5 (DOS) VERY SLOW on Network!

    hmm, I think FPD can handle more than 16 megs, FPW 2.6 had the problem with 16 megs and above, not FPD. (well I run FPD under DOS! nothing else), can run it under NT, if I am to lazy to boot to dos.... Only thing I can think of it... maybe the app isn't in enchanced mode i.e. foxr...
  5. zimbaliza

    Losing data sent to Star 300 receipt printer.

    Hi ya you may find that it is your port settings, we have the same problems with our POS system on some older equipment aka 386sx25's and alike, is normally fixed with (we use Dos 5.0,6.22) AUTOEXEC.BAT MODE COM1:9600,n,8,1 can change it down in speed to 300, altho the printer preforms...
  6. zimbaliza

    AGAIN ALL WORK AREAS IN USE

    in your shortcut or whatever you fire fox up with make sure you have a +X (to put it in Extended fox) i.e. FOX +X or FOXR +X NEWAPP.APP Hope it helps Zim
  7. zimbaliza

    Check if Server is ON (Lantastic)

    To Check to see if the network is still going.. I look for a file.. see if I can open it on the network drive... and have on the ON ERROR (do the bit for no network)... on my version, I had the app hooked into the autoexec.bat and call nibble.bat if the network failed... I changed the...
  8. zimbaliza

    PROTECT SOURCE CODE

    Damn, we have over 40 sites... running foxpro 2.5 for dos point of sale system, company's sales are 240 million or so would have.... 500-600 users all of head offices marketing/pricebook databases are all foxpro 2.6 for windows... some 2.5 for dos.... everything has been developed inhouse...
  9. zimbaliza

    Insufficient emory problem in foxpro2.6 for dos

    hmmm, only time I have ever had this happen was when I wasen't using enhanced mode... make sure you fire your apps up with foxr prog1.app +X or prog1.exe +X Otherswise your app (may)just be using your 610k memory! Have had it happen on one of our other sites... running a 386sx 25 with 4...
  10. zimbaliza

    Programto send characters using a serial port to open a cashdraw

    Ok, here is a bit of code out of our invoicing module for firing a cash draw... (foxpro for dos) Fires 2 Different ways.... If cm_getreg("POS") = "O" is firing though an OKIPos 80 Thermal receipt printer and the other is firing though a star receipt printer.. (star SP300's...
  11. zimbaliza

    Database Corruption on networked data

    We kinda have the same problem here.... we use novell 4.2 servers, hardware ranging from 386sx25 4meg Ram to Celeron 500's 64megs, under foxpro for Dos 2.5b, (40 sites, retail enviroment) clients are VLM and Client32 we have 2 problems, one is where records disappear, (i.e. in a browse...
  12. zimbaliza

    Development Time

    Darn, must be me or something, or i have been programming in Fox too long, but nothing takes me very long at all, have been programming in fox for 6 1/2 years, mostly maintaince, and a few new projects.... and have a HUGE code base! :) It did take a bit to get used to fox's screen sets and...
  13. zimbaliza

    files over 2 gig

    Just tried under Foxpro 2.6a for windows... have managed to get the dbf to 2 gigs.... with an index, after that.... Fox Die's..... haven't got any dos partitions > 2 gigs, to test how fpd will handle it, but I think it would be the same, fox will just stop. I would archive the data, or...
  14. zimbaliza

    "Internal Consistency Error" in FP2.6 Win98/Noverll 4.11

    Check your memlimits in your config.fpw file you will probably find you are using over 16 megs memlimit=40,16000,16000 I have mine set to above, if I use anymore, It crashes when it "use's all the memory", I think I read a faq about it, something to do with fox's memory handling...
  15. zimbaliza

    HELP! Panasonic KX-P1124 Driver in FPD2.6 DOS

    aaaahhh, your not printing on toliet paper then, ok... I have the KXP-P1124i Quick Reference Card if you want Can look for the manual if you want, (should have it somewhere, but don't really want to scan it all in) the only thing you could change will probably be the page length, we have it...
  16. zimbaliza

    Link to Mapi

    I managed to do it once, but it was under Windows 3.11 with a microsoft mail client, died as soon as people went to windows 95+..... (using the exchange client) dll changed or something... was along time ago.... I only had it basically sending a short e-mail from a users machine, if they did a...
  17. zimbaliza

    HELP! Panasonic KX-P1124 Driver in FPD2.6 DOS

    Why do people need drivers for Foxpro for dos? Have I missed something?? We use Panasonic KXP1124 & KXP2124 (24 dot Matrix Printers) at a few of our sites (20 or so) for invoice printers, Foxpro 2.5 Point of sale system. (dos) Unless you are doing some strange stuff, other than bold, changing...
  18. zimbaliza

    FPW 2.6a Memlimits > 16 megs = internal inconsistany error

    From a Faq I read a few weeks ago from dgrewe > It looks like the maximum amount of memory that FPW can > handle is about 16 Megabytes. If more memory is alocated > and there is a large set of data, some memory > transgression occurrs. Since Windows 2000 manage the > memory of applications...
  19. zimbaliza

    Developer License for FoxPro 2.5b

    You could Downgrade from a Visual Foxpro Professional Licence? We do it alot here when upgrading sites, (MS Dos isn't available) so we just downgrade Win95/98 to Dos, It should still be available tho... I have seen Foxpro for Unix for Sale a few years ago on the web... Zim
  20. zimbaliza

    CAN YOU SPOOL DOS JOBS........

    If it is a novell network, you could try something like an nprint Should hopefully work Zim

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