Thanks to everyone that offered help and suggestions. With combination of your ideas, I was able to get this working like I wanted. In case there are others who like me haven't taken the time to work this out here's exactly what I did:
1) Created a shortcut to VFP9.exe in my project folder. 2) Edited the shortcut to add "-C.\CONFIG.FPW" (without quotes) to the end of the target line to force VFP to use the CONFIG.fpw in the current directory. 3) Edit the Config.FPW to add "DEFAULT = x:\path\to\project\file" (without quotes) NOTE: I have tested without this line and it still changes the default folder to the correct location so this is probably unnecessary, but it is an explicit path reference. 4) Edit the Config.FPW to add 'COMMAND = MODIFY PROJECT "project.pjx"' (without single quotes) to open the project file. I didn't use the startup option because I'm using Thor and I didn't want to overwrite the startup instruction to load Thor. This way they coexist thor opens first and then my project file. All of this emulates what I get when I double-click on a .pjx file AND it gets me the ability to open multiple projects at the same time. This is one of those things I've thought should be possible, but just hadn't taken the time to work it all out. Thanks for the help everyone! All things considered it was definitely worth the time to resolve these issues! PS: I was also able to retro fit this start up process to VFP6 on the same computer to prevent VFP9 from opening when I really intended for VFP6 to open. This process also solve the problem of VFP6 trying to open the .pjx as an executable file. The biggest difference I found on VFP6 is that I had to use full path names in the Config.fpw file rather than '.' or relative paths for the default and command lines. Paul H. Tarver Tarver Program Consultants, Inc. Email: p...@tpcqpc.com -----Original Message----- From: Fernando D. Bozzo [mailto:fdbo...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, May 12, 2017 5:38 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: RE: Running Multiple Instances of VFP 9 Well, in that case you can create a shortcut in every root dir project that starts a vfp9.exe in this directory, so depending on which directory you double-click the shortcut, the corresponding config.fpw is loaded. I use something similar to this to open vfp9 sessions on different default directories El 13/5/2017 0:22, "Paul H. Tarver" <p...@tpcqpc.com> escribió: > I guess the deal is that if I open VFP by clicking on a .PJX file, it > seems to always open in the same dev environment, but if I open VFP by > clicking on the VFP icon, I can get a new development environment. The > challenge is that because I work on so many different projects I use > unique config.fpw files to set the paths and other custom settings for > each project. That means if I start the project from the folder where > the config.fpw is located, all the settings are controlled by the > config.fpw stored in that folder. However, if I start the program from > the icon, it loads the standard default settings which are not > necessarily what I need for each specific project. > > I think what I was really asking was whether there was a setting that > would force VFP to open new projects in a new development environment. > Kind of like right clicking on a link and choosing to open the page in > a new tab or a new window. > > Paul H. Tarver > Tarver Program Consultants, Inc. > Email: p...@tpcqpc.com > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard Kaye [mailto:rk...@invaluable.com] > Sent: Friday, May 12, 2017 2:21 PM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: RE: Running Multiple Instances of VFP 9 > > Sure. I do it all the time. It should just work unless you have your > environment setup with some dependencies on exclusive access. > > -- > > rk > > -----Original Message----- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of > Paul H. > Tarver > Sent: Friday, May 12, 2017 3:19 PM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: Running Multiple Instances of VFP 9 > > Does anyone know if there is a way to run multiple instances of the > VFP development environment on the same computer. I run into this need > from time to time, but I've not taken a lot of time to research it. > > I know I can run multiple instances of a compiled VFP program, but > every time I try to open multiple VFP projects, it simply brings the > existing dev window forward and opens each project within the same > development environment. > > Short of running virtual machines, is this even possible? > > Paul H. Tarver > Tarver Program Consultants, Inc. > <mailto:p...@tpcqpc.com> p...@tpcqpc.com > [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/1a0f01d2cc22$3c3e5cc0$b4bb1640$@tpcqpc.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.
