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Hey all, I'm writing an app that will be used by 'field' personnel on portable devices. I am researching some Windows 10 tablets and would like input on pros, cons, etc. Any experiences or preferences anyone has with VFP apps - not a full VFP/IDE install - on tablets. -Dave Summers-...

My scenario: I am developing a monitoring app (VFP 9 on Windows 7 64 bit) to run in the background on several hundred computers. All it does is periodically check internet connectivity by pinging some preconfigured IP addresses. If need be, it resets the VPN connection and re-establishes...

I have an issue with print spooling while printing cards using a DataCard printer. These are member cards with a number and mag stripe on the back that members swipe in a card reader. What happens is for some reason the app (custom, in-house app) will print a few cards then jobs will get...

If by chance anyone has linked to or references the "Fox Stuff" page on my web site, please update/replace the old link: http://www.davesummers.net/foxprolinks.htm with this new one: http://www.dave-summers.net/foxprolinks.htm I somehow manged to let my old domain expire and some ________ from...

I've created and added databases to projects, but I have yet to move a database and tables from one server to another. Any gotcha's I need to look for? More specifically, I wasn't sure if backlinks had servers and paths in them or if when tables reside in the same folder as the database...

Here's my scenario. I have a legacy app which was originally developed using FP 2.x which I have almost finished re-developing in VFP9. Part of this app is used for issuing membership/loyalty cards. On the front of the card is printed the member name and number. On the back is a magnetic strip...

I have poked around some using google etc, but haven't seen any reasoning behind another issue I'm having. A Timer control on a VFP 9 form works fine on an XP or Server 2003 machine, but seems to quit working (Timer event stops firing at the set interval) on a Windows 7 machine. It will run for...

Okay, this one has me stumped. For the life of me, I cannot figure out how to stop my application from creating FOXUSER.DBF/FPT in the default startup directory. In fact, while trying to run a VFP version of an .EXE in the same directory as a Fox 2.x version, I get the followinf error...

Create two arrays 10 elements each. One empty (dest), and one with 10 numbers (source). Get a random number from 1 to 10 and grab the associated number from source, and place it in dest in element 1. Then remove that number from source by shifting all larger numbers down one row. Now grab a...

I have a form with one pagefram which contains 10 pages. One of the pages has a caption which reads "User Maint." On my XP machine, the caption is fine in both the IDE and .EXE. On my Windows 7 machine however, the caption reads ".User Maint" (Note the placement of the ".") If I change...

Okay, this is a new one on me. I recently switched development machines and the new one came with Windows 7 installed. I also have VFP 9 SP2 installed. For the most part, I have had minor unexpected issues with VFP. However, I stumbled onto a couple things today that have me puzzled. One...

We have several pc's connected and authenticating via a Remote Access Server. On these pc's, there are shares designated which are accessible by using local machine admin accounts. The trouble is, they were working fine with service pack 2. We 'upgraded' to service pack 3 and those shares...

I have Visual Foxpro code which in its simplest form looks like this: oExec = CreateObject('trapiexec') oExec.runapp('clock') It is contained in a push button Click event on a menu so the user can easily start the clock on the handheld device when it is docked, so they can set the correct...

I'm using VFP 9 and InstallShield Express v5.0 on an XP Pro box. I get a notice saying InstallShield 12 Express is available. Have any of you upgraded yet? Any pros? Cons? -Dave Summers- [cheers] Even more Fox stuff at: http://www.davesummers.net/foxprolinks.htm

Would you kind folks enlighten me as to the strengths and weaknesses of Crystal Reports as compared to using the VFP 9 report writer? What are the advantages? Benefits? Drawbacks? I am only vaguely familiar with CR and don't have good answers when asked my opinion of it. Frankly, I...

The link below goes to an article released 3/1 as a sort of plug for the Sedna project. I'm glad the article is somewhat positive about Sedna, but I have to disagree with most of the rest of the article. http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,2180,1932912,00.asp -Dave Summers-...

Hi folks, What we're trying to do is narrow down the spam without removing valid mail (which has already been an issue). We have x-wall installed, and rather than having x-wall delete the spam, we want it to get forwarded to the user's 'junk' folder. They can then do their own monitoring and...

I have put together an FAQ on using the status bar active-x control. It is a little more versitile than the built in VFP status bar but not documented all that well. Some points this FAQ covers are: 1- I added a status bar control, I need more panels. 2- I have panels, I need text. 3- Too...

I have posted a new FAQ: Conversion Functions: Dec,Hex,Binary,Oct Back and Forth faq184-4461 There have been requests for conversion functions, so I lumped some together. Please take a look and tell me what you think. Unlike slighthaze's form version 'Bin - Dec - Hex - RGB Converter ', these...

I have written an FAQ for an error routine. Although the issue has been addressed here before, I haven't seen a full solution posted as an FAQ. So take a look when you get a chance. "I need a user friendly error routine " faq182-4156 -Dave S.- [cheers] Even more Fox stuff...