Thanks guys for all the advice! Ted's warning is good to know - the possibility of tangled memo fields resulting from what I anticipate doing for this project tells me that I will want to use a different approach for future projects!
I have now successfully opened multiple projects in a single instance of VFP and started copying click events etc from test code to the actual project. Thanks again - Joe On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 6:34 AM, Ted Roche <tedro...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 6:06 AM, Dave Crozier <da...@flexipol.co.uk> wrote: > > Also you can, of course, drag and drop from one project to another with > no problems.. Something "obvious" which is often overlooked!! > > > > You can, though I generally advise against it. There's a bug that pops > up rarely where two projects, or two forms, or two class libraries > open at the same time can get their memo fields hopelessly mangled or > blanked. Your only resort at that point is to find backups. > > My advice: > > 1. Get your software in source code control, so you have at least one > source of backup. Hint: source code control is much easier than you > think. ZIP files are NOT source code control. > > 2. Use the file manager to make a new folder with the source you want > in your project. > > 3. Add a MAIN.PRG that points to the resources you need. > > 4. Create a new project by BUILD PROJECT FROM MAIN.PRG > > 5. If you have resources that aren't pulled in by #4, you need to > figure out how to make that happen. Hint: EXTERNAL is your friend. > This is what the command is for. > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cabqednua2_nyx-wx3p4ow_q0u0b3o+p80duhc3fu5jesf+f...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
