Wow RK - thanks for all that feedback. I'm going to dig back into it tomorrow when I get back to work. Looking forward to seeing what the FoxRef value is supposed to be, and also looking at the videos.
Will keep you posted on my progress. Thanks again! -K On Mon, May 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM Richard Kaye <[email protected]> wrote: > You can find it in his 50 ways to launch a tool video. Roughly 12 minutes > in. > > https://github.com/VFPX/Thor/blob/master/Docs/Thor_videos.md > > -- > > rk > > From: ProfoxTech <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Kurt Wendt > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2025 4:47 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Code Ref Tool is Broken... > > Well, I know the tools menu is _MTOOLS > > I found out - if I run this command: ?PRMBAR('_MTOOLS', > GETBAR('_MTOOLS',14)) > > I actually get this as the results: Code References > > Which is good. > > Now, when you said - "how-to for adding a custom menu to the standard > sysmenu" - did you really mean adding a custom menu ITEM? As I did manage > to add a menu item already. And, using that Same technique - I can Force > the "Code References" menu item back to the way it should be. > > But, yeah - if _FOXREF contains what VFP is trying to run - I should be > able to simply print out the value in that variable - to see what it is > running. Correct? Cause - if I do it now - it holds a blank value. > > Which does not seem right... > ________________________________________ > From: ProFox on behalf of Richard Kaye > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2025 4:33 PM > To: mailto:[email protected] > Subject: RE: Code Ref Tool is Broken... > > Reading documentation; always good times. 😊 > > Per the Help the thing that gets run from the standard VFP menu is stored > in _FOXREF system variable. > > I know Jim had a whole how-to for adding a custom menu to the standard > sysmenu that was driven out of Thor. Just don't recall where... > > -- > rk > > From: ProfoxTech <mailto:[email protected]> On Behalf Of Kurt > Wendt > Sent: Monday, May 19, 2025 4:10 PM > To: mailto:[email protected] > Subject: Re: Code Ref Tool is Broken... > > Yes - RK - I have been spending HOURS in the VFP Help file today - trying > to track down how to look at what VFP is trying to run when I try to run > Code Ref from the Tool menu. But, so far I can not find an answer. Also, I > think other strange things are happening. > > I actually turned to my new Best Buddy Claude for assistance. But, so far > - striking out. A Lot of the things he is suggesting is not working - even > things that VFP help says should work a certain way - is not. I WAS - using > the help of Claude - able to Add a New menu item under Tools. I essentially > had it run the original FoxRef.app - and that works. So, I could add GoFish > to the menu that was. I'm just frustrated that I can't seem to determine > what is happening when I use the current Code References menu item. > > It's VERY Frustrating! Ugh... > _______________________________________________ > Post Messages to: mailto:[email protected] > Subscription Maintenance: > https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/v4tnCPNM9zIKgqVqU6tpfxh385?domain=mail.leafe.com > OT-free version of this list: > https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/qXxeCQWN26HkVmZmUAuxfGtd62?domain=mail.leafe.com > Searchable Archive: > https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/M4lACR6M0PhvY8Z8IQCqf1euVG?domain=leafe.com > This message: > https://url.us.m.mimecastprotect.com/s/q8cSCVO5k7sxB1Q1hEFRfEUnXm?domain=leafe.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. [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/caamusvgzpcgznnhi0jfan0-5jf8jaquly6d7i-z03fw_-+-...@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.
