subject:"GetFile\(\) issue"

Re: GetFile() issue

2018-11-08 Thread Gene Wirchenko

At 11:41 2018-11-07, Ted Roche  wrote:

On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 2:13 PM Gene Wirchenko  wrote:

Ted Roche:

> >SETs often have global effects which make their local use frustrating.
>
>   I have not found it so, but one must be careful.

Well, OP had a classic case, where the SET is saved, changed, and reset in
a very small snippet of code, but if other code runs in the meantime
(timers, in that case, or menu code or LostFocus events) that depend on the
global setting, confusion results.

 I can see timers giving problems -- thankfully, I do not use 
them -- but LostFocus?  Isn't that just in the normal sequence of 
events?  Why would it give trouble?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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Re: GetFile() issue

2018-11-08 Thread Thierry Nivelet

slight difference with getFile(), however nothing a 'standard' user 
would ever notice…


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Le 08/11/2018 à 17:12, Dave Crozier a écrit :

Thiery,
Great spot... I hadn't noticed that in the help file. Makes the job even 
easier, put inside a try.. catch... endtry to catch the error if no file chosen 
and return back empty string makes it perform in exactly the same way as 
GetFile().

Thanks a million!

Dave Crozier
Software Development Manager
Flexipol Packaging Ltd.

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Sent: 08 November 2018 16:01
To: profoxt...@leafe.com
Subject: Re: GetFile() issue

You can provide a 'full path' and a file skeleton without changing cd:

? LocFile("C:\\*.prg")

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Le 08/11/2018 à 16:16, Dave Crozier a écrit :

Thiery,
Problem with Locfile is you can't search outside the VFP default folder or the path as 
defined in the "set path ..." command.

We want to allow the user to put/get the files from anywhere on the network, 
but start them off with a preferred starting point.

Dave Crozier
Software Development Manager
Flexipol Packaging Ltd.

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Nivelet
Sent: 07 November 2018 11:14
To: profoxt...@leafe.com
Subject: Re: GetFile() issue

use locfile() instead?

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Le 07/11/2018 à 11:56, Dave Crozier a écrit :

Hi folks,
Just had an issue that has been bugging me for a while and I now why but I 
haven’t got a solution to hand… so maybe you can help.

In lots of places we allow users to export their reports and
spreadsheet results onto their own personal “C” drives. And to do
this I implement

… default folder set in prior coding

cOld_Folder = SYS(5) + SYS(2003)
set default to  cFile = Getfile(……..)
set default to (cOld_Folder)

This code allows the user to be programmatically placed in the suggested folder 
to save/open files.

Unknown to me after all these years, the set default to command has an effect 
on the whole of the VFP thread not just the DataSession you are in. 
Unfortunately for me I have a number of regular timers running that check 
whether any particular file or process is locked, or the system is available 
for use i.e. it can sometimes auto log out the user  to allow system 
maintenance for example. The timers open tables and expect to be in the base 
folder of the application but issuing the above coding changes the base folder 
for ALL the application, hence throwing errors as the tables (all held relative 
to the application folder) cannot be found in the new location.

So, if you action the Getfile() command and stay in the dialogue for a period 
of time during which the timers fire, then the timer coding cannot open it’s 
tables as you are no longer where it expects you to be.

Looking at the help file ( OK, I should have looked at it years ago!!) it 
states:
“The SET DEFAULT command is not supported in either single or multithreaded DLL 
servers. This command changes the default directory of the entire process, so 
all threads which are part of the process are affected. Use the 
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Re: GetFile() issue

2018-11-08 Thread Gianni Turri

Warning, it adds the selected folder to the VFP PATH!

Gianni

On Thu, 8 Nov 2018 16:12:48 +, Dave Crozier  wrote:

Thiery,
Great spot... I hadn't noticed that in the help file. Makes the job even 
easier, put inside a try.. catch... endtry to catch the error if no file chosen 
and return back empty string makes it perform in exactly the same way as 
GetFile().

Thanks a million!

Dave Crozier
Software Development Manager
Flexipol Packaging Ltd.

?


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From: ProfoxTech  On Behalf Of Thierry Nivelet
Sent: 08 November 2018 16:01
To: profoxt...@leafe.com
Subject: Re: GetFile() issue

You can provide a 'full path' and a file skeleton without changing cd:

? LocFile("C:\\*.prg")

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Le 08/11/2018 à 16:16, Dave Crozier a écrit :
> Thiery,
> Problem with Locfile is you can't search outside the VFP default folder or 
> the path as defined in the "set path ..." command.
>
> We want to allow the user to put/get the files from anywhere on the network, 
> but start them off with a preferred starting point.
>
> Dave Crozier
> Software Development Manager
> Flexipol Packaging Ltd.
>
> ?
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ProfoxTech  On Behalf Of Thierry 
> Nivelet
> Sent: 07 November 2018 11:14
> To: profoxt...@leafe.com
> Subject: Re: GetFile() issue
>
> use locfile() instead?
>
> Thierry Nivelet
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> Le 07/11/2018 à 11:56, Dave Crozier a écrit :
>> Hi folks,
>> Just had an issue that has been bugging me for a while and I now why but I 
>> havent got a solution to hand so maybe you can help.
>>
>> In lots of places we allow users to export their reports and 
>> spreadsheet results onto their own personal C drives. And to do 
>> this I implement
>>
>>  default folder set in prior coding
>>
>> cOld_Folder = SYS(5) + SYS(2003)
>> set default to  cFile = Getfile(..) 
>> set default to (cOld_Folder)
>>
>> This code allows the user to be programmatically placed in the suggested 
>> folder to save/open files.
>>
>> Unknown to me after all these years, the set default to command has an 
>> effect on the whole of the VFP thread not just the DataSession you are in. 
>> Unfortunately for me I have a number of regular timers running that check 
>> whether any particular file or process is locked, or the system is available 
>> for use i.e. it can sometimes auto log out the user  to allow system 
>> maintenance for example. The timers open tables and expect to be in the base 
>> folder of the application but issuing the above coding changes the base 
>> folder for ALL the application, hence throwing errors as the tables (all 
>> held relative to the application folder) cannot be found in the new location.
>>
>> So, if you action the Getfile() command and stay in the dialogue for a 
>> period of time during which the timers fire, then the timer coding cannot 
>> open its tables as you are no longer where it expects you to be.
>>
>> Looking at the help file ( OK, I should have looked at it years ago!!) it 
>> states:
>> The SET DEFAULT command is not supported in either single or multithreaded 
>> DLL servers. This command changes the default directory of the entire 
>> process, so all threads which are part of the process are affected. Use the 
>> mk:@MSITStore:c:\program%20files%20(x86)\microsoft%20visual%20foxpro%209\dv_foxhelp.chm::/html/047f2e74-3552-43b7-a18d-ee2c7dd2db6e.htm
>>  in DLL servers, in place of CD and CHDIR.
>> The pertinent fact being: Th

RE: GetFile() issue

2018-11-08 Thread Dave Crozier

Thiery,
Great spot... I hadn't noticed that in the help file. Makes the job even 
easier, put inside a try.. catch... endtry to catch the error if no file chosen 
and return back empty string makes it perform in exactly the same way as 
GetFile().

Thanks a million!

Dave Crozier
Software Development Manager
Flexipol Packaging Ltd.

﴾⚆ᨎ⚆﴿


-Original Message-
From: ProfoxTech  On Behalf Of Thierry Nivelet
Sent: 08 November 2018 16:01
To: profoxt...@leafe.com
Subject: Re: GetFile() issue

You can provide a 'full path' and a file skeleton without changing cd:

? LocFile("C:\\*.prg")

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Le 08/11/2018 à 16:16, Dave Crozier a écrit :
> Thiery,
> Problem with Locfile is you can't search outside the VFP default folder or 
> the path as defined in the "set path ..." command.
>
> We want to allow the user to put/get the files from anywhere on the network, 
> but start them off with a preferred starting point.
>
> Dave Crozier
> Software Development Manager
> Flexipol Packaging Ltd.
>
> ﴾⚆ᨎ⚆﴿
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ProfoxTech  On Behalf Of Thierry 
> Nivelet
> Sent: 07 November 2018 11:14
> To: profoxt...@leafe.com
> Subject: Re: GetFile() issue
>
> use locfile() instead?
>
> Thierry Nivelet
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> Le 07/11/2018 à 11:56, Dave Crozier a écrit :
>> Hi folks,
>> Just had an issue that has been bugging me for a while and I now why but I 
>> haven’t got a solution to hand… so maybe you can help.
>>
>> In lots of places we allow users to export their reports and 
>> spreadsheet results onto their own personal “C” drives. And to do 
>> this I implement
>>
>> … default folder set in prior coding
>>
>> cOld_Folder = SYS(5) + SYS(2003)
>> set default to  cFile = Getfile(……..) 
>> set default to (cOld_Folder)
>>
>> This code allows the user to be programmatically placed in the suggested 
>> folder to save/open files.
>>
>> Unknown to me after all these years, the set default to command has an 
>> effect on the whole of the VFP thread not just the DataSession you are in. 
>> Unfortunately for me I have a number of regular timers running that check 
>> whether any particular file or process is locked, or the system is available 
>> for use i.e. it can sometimes auto log out the user  to allow system 
>> maintenance for example. The timers open tables and expect to be in the base 
>> folder of the application but issuing the above coding changes the base 
>> folder for ALL the application, hence throwing errors as the tables (all 
>> held relative to the application folder) cannot be found in the new location.
>>
>> So, if you action the Getfile() command and stay in the dialogue for a 
>> period of time during which the timers fire, then the timer coding cannot 
>> open it’s tables as you are no longer where it expects you to be.
>>
>> Looking at the help file ( OK, I should have looked at it years ago!!) it 
>> states:
>> “The SET DEFAULT command is not supported in either single or multithreaded 
>> DLL servers. This command changes the default directory of the entire 
>> process, so all threads which are part of the process are affected. Use the 
>> mk:@MSITStore:c:\program%20files%20(x86)\microsoft%20visual%20foxpro%209\dv_foxhelp.chm::/html/047f2e74-3552-43b7-a18d-ee2c7dd2db6e.htm
>>  in DLL servers, in place of CD and CHDIR.”
>> The pertinent fact being: This command changes the default directory of the 
>> entire process, so all threads which are part of the process ar

Re: GetFile() issue

2018-11-08 Thread Thierry Nivelet


You can provide a 'full path' and a file skeleton without changing cd:

? LocFile("C:\\*.prg")

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Le 08/11/2018 à 16:16, Dave Crozier a écrit :

Thiery,
Problem with Locfile is you can't search outside the VFP default folder or the path as 
defined in the "set path ..." command.

We want to allow the user to put/get the files from anywhere on the network, 
but start them off with a preferred starting point.

Dave Crozier
Software Development Manager
Flexipol Packaging Ltd.

﴾⚆ᨎ⚆﴿


-Original Message-
From: ProfoxTech  On Behalf Of Thierry Nivelet
Sent: 07 November 2018 11:14
To: profoxt...@leafe.com
Subject: Re: GetFile() issue

use locfile() instead?

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Le 07/11/2018 à 11:56, Dave Crozier a écrit :

Hi folks,
Just had an issue that has been bugging me for a while and I now why but I 
haven’t got a solution to hand… so maybe you can help.

In lots of places we allow users to export their reports and
spreadsheet results onto their own personal “C” drives. And to do this
I implement

… default folder set in prior coding

cOld_Folder = SYS(5) + SYS(2003)
set default to  cFile = Getfile(……..)
set default to (cOld_Folder)

This code allows the user to be programmatically placed in the suggested folder 
to save/open files.

Unknown to me after all these years, the set default to command has an effect 
on the whole of the VFP thread not just the DataSession you are in. 
Unfortunately for me I have a number of regular timers running that check 
whether any particular file or process is locked, or the system is available 
for use i.e. it can sometimes auto log out the user  to allow system 
maintenance for example. The timers open tables and expect to be in the base 
folder of the application but issuing the above coding changes the base folder 
for ALL the application, hence throwing errors as the tables (all held relative 
to the application folder) cannot be found in the new location.

So, if you action the Getfile() command and stay in the dialogue for a period 
of time during which the timers fire, then the timer coding cannot open it’s 
tables as you are no longer where it expects you to be.

Looking at the help file ( OK, I should have looked at it years ago!!) it 
states:
“The SET DEFAULT command is not supported in either single or multithreaded DLL 
servers. This command changes the default directory of the entire process, so 
all threads which are part of the process are affected. Use the 
mk:@MSITStore:c:\program%20files%20(x86)\microsoft%20visual%20foxpro%209\dv_foxhelp.chm::/html/047f2e74-3552-43b7-a18d-ee2c7dd2db6e.htm
 in DLL servers, in place of CD and CHDIR.”
The pertinent fact being: This command changes the default directory of the 
entire process, so all threads which are part of the process are affected. The 
same thing goes for CD and Chdir so using those as replacements is not an 
option unfortunately.

Has anyone any ideas as to how to produce a dialogue for saving/opening a file 
which doesn’t require the “set default to ” instruction?

I can modify all the timers to open tables based upon absolute paths but this 
would be a mega change which I am trying to avoid. Of course I could roll my 
own Getfile() unless anyone has one available!!!

All suggestions accepted, thanks in anticipation.

Dave Crozier
Software Development Manager
Flexipol Packaging Ltd.

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RE: GetFile() issue

2018-11-08 Thread Dave Crozier

Thiery,
Problem with Locfile is you can't search outside the VFP default folder or the 
path as defined in the "set path ..." command.

We want to allow the user to put/get the files from anywhere on the network, 
but start them off with a preferred starting point.

Dave Crozier
Software Development Manager
Flexipol Packaging Ltd.

﴾⚆ᨎ⚆﴿


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From: ProfoxTech  On Behalf Of Thierry Nivelet
Sent: 07 November 2018 11:14
To: profoxt...@leafe.com
Subject: Re: GetFile() issue

use locfile() instead?

Thierry Nivelet
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Le 07/11/2018 à 11:56, Dave Crozier a écrit :
> Hi folks,
> Just had an issue that has been bugging me for a while and I now why but I 
> haven’t got a solution to hand… so maybe you can help.
>
> In lots of places we allow users to export their reports and 
> spreadsheet results onto their own personal “C” drives. And to do this 
> I implement
>
> … default folder set in prior coding
>
> cOld_Folder = SYS(5) + SYS(2003)
> set default to  cFile = Getfile(……..) 
> set default to (cOld_Folder)
>
> This code allows the user to be programmatically placed in the suggested 
> folder to save/open files.
>
> Unknown to me after all these years, the set default to command has an effect 
> on the whole of the VFP thread not just the DataSession you are in. 
> Unfortunately for me I have a number of regular timers running that check 
> whether any particular file or process is locked, or the system is available 
> for use i.e. it can sometimes auto log out the user  to allow system 
> maintenance for example. The timers open tables and expect to be in the base 
> folder of the application but issuing the above coding changes the base 
> folder for ALL the application, hence throwing errors as the tables (all held 
> relative to the application folder) cannot be found in the new location.
>
> So, if you action the Getfile() command and stay in the dialogue for a period 
> of time during which the timers fire, then the timer coding cannot open it’s 
> tables as you are no longer where it expects you to be.
>
> Looking at the help file ( OK, I should have looked at it years ago!!) it 
> states:
> “The SET DEFAULT command is not supported in either single or multithreaded 
> DLL servers. This command changes the default directory of the entire 
> process, so all threads which are part of the process are affected. Use the 
> mk:@MSITStore:c:\program%20files%20(x86)\microsoft%20visual%20foxpro%209\dv_foxhelp.chm::/html/047f2e74-3552-43b7-a18d-ee2c7dd2db6e.htm
>  in DLL servers, in place of CD and CHDIR.”
> The pertinent fact being: This command changes the default directory of the 
> entire process, so all threads which are part of the process are affected. 
> The same thing goes for CD and Chdir so using those as replacements is not an 
> option unfortunately.
>
> Has anyone any ideas as to how to produce a dialogue for saving/opening a 
> file which doesn’t require the “set default to ” instruction?
>
> I can modify all the timers to open tables based upon absolute paths but this 
> would be a mega change which I am trying to avoid. Of course I could roll my 
> own Getfile() unless anyone has one available!!!
>
> All suggestions accepted, thanks in anticipation.
>
> Dave Crozier
> Software Development Manager
> Flexipol Packaging Ltd.
>
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RE: GetFile() issue

2018-11-08 Thread Dave Crozier

Peter,
Yes, we try to please!! The problem with doing it using GetDir is that they end 
up having two dialogue boxes as opposed to one (one for the folder, one for the 
name). Let's say we want our users to feel wanted and loved. even though we 
DON'T love them sometimes!!!

Anyway I have solved the problem by using an API call to the M$ Common dialogue 
DLL which works fine so far.

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From: ProFox  On Behalf Of Peter Cushing
Sent: 08 November 2018 14:55
To: profox@leafe.com
Subject: Re: GetFile() issue

On 08/11/2018 14:35, Dave Crozier wrote:
> Peter,
> Mainly to place them into a folder where you preferably want them to put/get 
> the file from rather than them being able to navigate around the PC & Network.
>
>
Hi Dave,

You are far too nice to your users!  We make them navigate the network for 
stuff like that.
If you chose a standard name for the report name you could use 
GETDIR('c:\somefolder','select input/output folder'), which does allow you to 
specify where it starts.

Peter

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Re: GetFile() issue

2018-11-08 Thread Fernando D. Bozzo

Hi Dave:

I think that have a simple solution for the GetFile() problem.
Try this:

oo  = CreateObject("visualfoxpro.application")
oo.DoCmd("cd 'c:\desa'")
? oo.Eval("getfile()")
oo.Release()

Works ok and do not change main VFP default dir.




El jue., 8 nov. 2018 a las 15:38, Dave Crozier ()
escribió:

> Gene,
> The problem if you are using GetFile() is that if you use the set default
> then open the dialogue and then keep the dialogue open for a few seconds,
> any background process/thread will pick up the new default location before
> you set it back after you close the dialogue.
>
> Dave Crozier
> Software Development Manager
> Flexipol Packaging Ltd.
>
> ﴾⚆ᨎ⚆﴿
>
>
>
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> -Original Message-
> From: ProfoxTech  On Behalf Of Gene
> Wirchenko
> Sent: 07 November 2018 19:13
> To: profoxt...@leafe.com
> Subject: Re: GetFile() issue
>
> At 07:08 2018-11-07, Ted Roche  wrote:
> >On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 5:57 AM Dave Crozier 
> wrote:
> >
> > > Unknown to me after all these years, the set default to command has
> > > an effect on the whole of the VFP thread not just the DataSession you
> are in.
> >
> >To quote my co-author, "Computer language purists object to SET
> >commands for a pretty straightforward reason: the formation of the
> >infinite-state machine. Although that sounds cool,..." (
> >https://www.tedroche.com/hackfox7/s4g126.html)
>
>   That URL was wrong in your post as it included the closing paren.
> Oddly, Eudora excluded it in this reply.
>
> >SETs often have global effects which make their local use frustrating.
>
>   I have not found it so, but one must be careful.
>
>   If I change a global setting SET (as opposed, say, to a SET ORDER),
> I either set the setting back as soon as I can or I have a procedure for
> doing the modified function requiring the different SET value.  One must be
> careful about this stuff.
>
> >Three things:
> >
> >1. If you were rewriting the app, you'd store a "Data Directory" in
> >your global settings table and precede all your file open commands with
> that.
> >That makes it INCREDIBLY easy to have a test mode that just switches
> >that setting. But you're not re-writing your app, s

Re: GetFile() issue

2018-11-08 Thread Peter Cushing

On 08/11/2018 14:35, Dave Crozier wrote:

Peter,
Mainly to place them into a folder where you preferably want them to put/get the
file from rather than them being able to navigate around the PC & Network.

Hi Dave,

You are far too nice to your users! We make them navigate the network
for stuff like that.
If you chose a standard name for the report name you could use
GETDIR('c:\somefolder','select input/output folder'), which does allow
you to specify where it starts.

Peter

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RE: GetFile() issue

2018-11-08 Thread Dave Crozier

Gene,
The problem if you are using GetFile() is that if you use the set default then 
open the dialogue and then keep the dialogue open for a few seconds, any 
background process/thread will pick up the new default location before you set 
it back after you close the dialogue.

Dave Crozier
Software Development Manager
Flexipol Packaging Ltd.

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ordinary course of its business. Until such time as the property in the goods 
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-Original Message-
From: ProfoxTech  On Behalf Of Gene Wirchenko
Sent: 07 November 2018 19:13
To: profoxt...@leafe.com
Subject: Re: GetFile() issue

At 07:08 2018-11-07, Ted Roche  wrote:
>On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 5:57 AM Dave Crozier  wrote:
>
> > Unknown to me after all these years, the set default to command has 
> > an effect on the whole of the VFP thread not just the DataSession you are 
> > in.
>
>To quote my co-author, "Computer language purists object to SET 
>commands for a pretty straightforward reason: the formation of the 
>infinite-state machine. Although that sounds cool,..." (
>https://www.tedroche.com/hackfox7/s4g126.html)

  That URL was wrong in your post as it included the closing paren.  Oddly, 
Eudora excluded it in this reply.

>SETs often have global effects which make their local use frustrating.

  I have not found it so, but one must be careful.

  If I change a global setting SET (as opposed, say, to a SET ORDER), I 
either set the setting back as soon as I can or I have a procedure for doing 
the modified function requiring the different SET value.  One must be careful 
about this stuff.

>Three things:
>
>1. If you were rewriting the app, you'd store a "Data Directory" in 
>your global settings table and precede all your file open commands with that.
>That makes it INCREDIBLY easy to have a test mode that just switches 
>that setting. But you're not re-writing your app, so...

  I did that for a few programs where I needed to get to a different set of 
data.  I am glad that it was only a few.

[snip]

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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RE: GetFile() issue

2018-11-08 Thread Dave Crozier

Peter,
Mainly to place them into a folder where you preferably want them to put/get 
the file from rather than them being able to navigate around the PC & Network.

Dave Crozier
Software Development Manager
Flexipol Packaging Ltd.

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-Original Message-
From: ProFox  On Behalf Of Peter Cushing
Sent: 08 November 2018 13:21
To: profox@leafe.com
Subject: Re: GetFile() issue

Hi Dave,

I never change my default folder when the app is running and for things like 
output folders or getting data I usually just get the user to select the folder 
with :

cImport = GETDIR('','Select upload folder')

You can then ask for every report or save this for their session and keep 
outputting to this folder.

Not quite sure why you need to change the default folder?

Peter

On 07/11/2018 10:56, Dave Crozier wrote:
> Hi folks,
> Just had an issue that has been bugging me for a while and I now why but I 
> haven’t got a solution to hand… so maybe you can help.
>
> In lots of places we allow users to export their reports and 
> spreadsheet results onto their own personal “C” drives. And to do this 
> I implement
>
> … default folder set in prior coding
>
> cOld_Folder = SYS(5) + SYS(2003)
> set default to  cFile = Getfile(……..) 
> set default to (cOld_Folder)
>
> This code allows the user to be programmatically placed in the suggested 
> folder to save/open files.
>
> Unknown to me after all these years, the set default to command has an effect 
> on the whole of the VFP thread not just the DataSession you are in. 
> Unfortunately for me I have a number of regular timers running that check 
> whether any particular file or process is locked, or the system is available 
> for use i.e. it can sometimes auto log out the user  to allow system 
> maintenance for example. The timers open tables and expect to be in the base 
> folder of the application but issuing the above coding changes the base 
> folder for ALL the application, hence throwing errors as the tables (all held 
> relative to the application folder) cannot be found in the new location.
>
> So, if you action the Getfile() command and stay in the dialogue for a period 
> of time during which the timers fire, then the timer coding cannot open it’s 
> tables as you are no longer where it expects you to be.
>
> Looking at the help file ( OK, I should have looked at it years ago!!) it 
> states:
> “The SET DEFAULT command is not supported in either single or multithreaded 
> DLL servers. This command changes the default directory of the entire 
> process, so all threads which are part of the process are affected. Use the 
> mk:@MSITStore:c:\program%20files%20(x86)\microsoft%20visual%20foxpro%209\dv_foxhelp.chm::/html/047f2e74-3552-43b7-a18d-ee2c7dd2db6e.htm
>  in DLL servers, in place of CD and CHDIR.”
> The pertinent fact being: This command changes the default directory of the 
> entire process, so all threads which are part of the process are affected. 
> The same thing goes for CD and Chdir so using those as replacements is not an 
> option unfortunately.
>
> Has anyone any ideas as to how to produce a dialogue for saving/opening a 
> file which doesn’t require the “set default to ” instruction?
>
> I can modify all the timers to open tables based upon absolute paths but this 
> would be a mega change which I am trying to avoid. Of course I could roll my 
> own Getfile() unless anyone has one available!!!
>
> All suggestions accepted, thanks in anticipation.
>
> Dave Crozier
> Software Development Manager
> Flexipol Packaging Ltd.
>
> ﴾⚆ᨎ⚆﴿
>
>
>
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> E dcroz...@flexipol.co.uk
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> Lancashire, BB4 5HH
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Re: GetFile() issue

2018-11-08 Thread Fernando D. Bozzo

Changing default folder temporarily is an old trick to make getfile() start
at it by default because there is no other way to do it with getfile()

Normally it's encapsulated in a method (like select_dir or similar) with
code that save actual dir, select dest dir, prompts user with getfile,
restores actual_dir and returns selected file.

All this is normally to minimize user errors selecting through directories


El jue., 8 nov. 2018 14:21, Peter Cushing 
escribió:

> Hi Dave,
>
> I never change my default folder when the app is running and for things
> like output folders or getting data I usually just get the user to
> select the folder with :
>
> cImport = GETDIR('','Select upload folder')
>
> You can then ask for every report or save this for their session and
> keep outputting to this folder.
>
> Not quite sure why you need to change the default folder?
>
> Peter
>
> On 07/11/2018 10:56, Dave Crozier wrote:
> > Hi folks,
> > Just had an issue that has been bugging me for a while and I now why but
> I haven’t got a solution to hand… so maybe you can help.
> >
> > In lots of places we allow users to export their reports and spreadsheet
> results onto their own personal “C” drives. And to do this I implement
> >
> > … default folder set in prior coding
> >
> > cOld_Folder = SYS(5) + SYS(2003)
> > set default to 
> > cFile = Getfile(……..)
> > set default to (cOld_Folder)
> >
> > This code allows the user to be programmatically placed in the suggested
> folder to save/open files.
> >
> > Unknown to me after all these years, the set default to command has an
> effect on the whole of the VFP thread not just the DataSession you are in.
> Unfortunately for me I have a number of regular timers running that check
> whether any particular file or process is locked, or the system is
> available for use i.e. it can sometimes auto log out the user  to allow
> system maintenance for example. The timers open tables and expect to be in
> the base folder of the application but issuing the above coding changes the
> base folder for ALL the application, hence throwing errors as the tables
> (all held relative to the application folder) cannot be found in the new
> location.
> >
> > So, if you action the Getfile() command and stay in the dialogue for a
> period of time during which the timers fire, then the timer coding cannot
> open it’s tables as you are no longer where it expects you to be.
> >
> > Looking at the help file ( OK, I should have looked at it years ago!!)
> it states:
> > “The SET DEFAULT command is not supported in either single or
> multithreaded DLL servers. This command changes the default directory of
> the entire process, so all threads which are part of the process are
> affected. Use the 
> mk:@MSITStore:c:\program%20files%20(x86)\microsoft%20visual%20foxpro%209\dv_foxhelp.chm::/html/047f2e74-3552-43b7-a18d-ee2c7dd2db6e.htm
> in DLL servers, in place of CD and CHDIR.”
> > The pertinent fact being: This command changes the default directory of
> the entire process, so all threads which are part of the process are
> affected. The same thing goes for CD and Chdir so using those as
> replacements is not an option unfortunately.
> >
> > Has anyone any ideas as to how to produce a dialogue for saving/opening
> a file which doesn’t require the “set default to ” instruction?
> >
> > I can modify all the timers to open tables based upon absolute paths but
> this would be a mega change which I am trying to avoid. Of course I could
> roll my own Getfile() unless anyone has one available!!!
> >
> > All suggestions accepted, thanks in anticipation.
> >
> > Dave Crozier
> > Software Development Manager
> > Flexipol Packaging Ltd.
> >
> > ﴾⚆ᨎ⚆﴿
> >
> >
> >
> > Flexipol® Packaging Ltd
> > T 01706 222 792
> > E dcroz...@flexipol.co.uk
> > W https://www.flexipol.co.uk/
> > Follow us:
> > Unit 14 Bentwood Road, Carrs Industrial Estate, Haslingden, Lancashire,
> BB4 5HH
> >
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> person or organisation to whom it is addressed. Its contents are
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> >
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> minimise the risk of virus transmission through email and therefore any
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> you are advised to run your own virus check before opening any attachments
> received as Flexipol Packaging Ltd will not in any event accept any
> liability whatsoever once an e-mail and/or any attachment is received.
> >
> >   It is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that they have
> adequate virus protection.
> >
> >
>

Re: GetFile() issue

2018-11-08 Thread Peter Cushing

Hi Dave,

I never change my default folder when the app is running and for things
like output folders or getting data I usually just get the user to
select the folder with :

cImport = GETDIR('','Select upload folder')

You can then ask for every report or save this for their session and
keep outputting to this folder.

Not quite sure why you need to change the default folder?

Peter

On 07/11/2018 10:56, Dave Crozier wrote:

Hi folks,
Just had an issue that has been bugging me for a while and I now why but I
haven’t got a solution to hand… so maybe you can help.

In lots of places we allow users to export their reports and spreadsheet
results onto their own personal “C” drives. And to do this I implement

… default folder set in prior coding

cOld_Folder = SYS(5) + SYS(2003)
set default to
cFile = Getfile(……..)
set default to (cOld_Folder)

This code allows the user to be programmatically placed in the suggested folder
to save/open files.

Unknown to me after all these years, the set default to command has an effect
on the whole of the VFP thread not just the DataSession you are in.
Unfortunately for me I have a number of regular timers running that check
whether any particular file or process is locked, or the system is available
for use i.e. it can sometimes auto log out the user to allow system
maintenance for example. The timers open tables and expect to be in the base
folder of the application but issuing the above coding changes the base folder
for ALL the application, hence throwing errors as the tables (all held relative
to the application folder) cannot be found in the new location.

So, if you action the Getfile() command and stay in the dialogue for a period
of time during which the timers fire, then the timer coding cannot open it’s
tables as you are no longer where it expects you to be.

Looking at the help file ( OK, I should have looked at it years ago!!) it
states:
“The SET DEFAULT command is not supported in either single or multithreaded DLL
servers. This command changes the default directory of the entire process, so
all threads which are part of the process are affected. Use the
mk:@MSITStore:c:\program%20files%20(x86)\microsoft%20visual%20foxpro%209\dv_foxhelp.chm::/html/047f2e74-3552-43b7-a18d-ee2c7dd2db6e.htm
in DLL servers, in place of CD and CHDIR.”
The pertinent fact being: This command changes the default directory of the
entire process, so all threads which are part of the process are affected. The
same thing goes for CD and Chdir so using those as replacements is not an
option unfortunately.

Has anyone any ideas as to how to produce a dialogue for saving/opening a file
which doesn’t require the “set default to ” instruction?

I can modify all the timers to open tables based upon absolute paths but this
would be a mega change which I am trying to avoid. Of course I could roll my
own Getfile() unless anyone has one available!!!

All suggestions accepted, thanks in anticipation.

Dave Crozier
Software Development Manager
Flexipol Packaging Ltd.

﴾⚆ᨎ⚆﴿

Flexipol® Packaging Ltd
T 01706 222 792
E dcroz...@flexipol.co.uk
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Re: GetFile() issue

2018-11-07 Thread Ted Roche

On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 2:13 PM Gene Wirchenko  wrote:

>
>   That URL was wrong in your post as it included the closing
> paren.  Oddly, Eudora excluded it in this reply.
>

Mayhaps your email reader parsed it wrong, as I sent plain text and it
works fine on my end.

> >SETs often have global effects which make their local use frustrating.
>
>   I have not found it so, but one must be careful.
>

Well, OP had a classic case, where the SET is saved, changed, and reset in
a very small snippet of code, but if other code runs in the meantime
(timers, in that case, or menu code or LostFocus events) that depend on the
global setting, confusion results.

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Re: GetFile() issue

2018-11-07 Thread Gene Wirchenko

At 07:08 2018-11-07, Ted Roche  wrote:

On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 5:57 AM Dave Crozier  wrote:

> Unknown to me after all these years, the set default to command has an
> effect on the whole of the VFP thread not just the DataSession you are in.

To quote my co-author, "Computer language purists object to SET commands
for a pretty straightforward reason: the formation of the infinite-state
machine. Although that sounds cool,..." (
https://www.tedroche.com/hackfox7/s4g126.html)

 That URL was wrong in your post as it included the closing 
paren.  Oddly, Eudora excluded it in this reply.

SETs often have global effects which make their local use frustrating.

 I have not found it so, but one must be careful.

 If I change a global setting SET (as opposed, say, to a SET 
ORDER), I either set the setting back as soon as I can or I have a 
procedure for doing the modified function requiring the different SET 
value.  One must be careful about this stuff.

Three things:

1. If you were rewriting the app, you'd store a "Data Directory" in your
global settings table and precede all your file open commands with that.
That makes it INCREDIBLY easy to have a test mode that just switches that
setting. But you're not re-writing your app, so...

 I did that for a few programs where I needed to get to a 
different set of data.  I am glad that it was only a few.

[snip]

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

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Re: GetFile() issue

2018-11-07 Thread Ted Roche

On Wed, Nov 7, 2018 at 5:57 AM Dave Crozier  wrote:

> Unknown to me after all these years, the set default to command has an
> effect on the whole of the VFP thread not just the DataSession you are in.

To quote my co-author, "Computer language purists object to SET commands
for a pretty straightforward reason: the formation of the infinite-state
machine. Although that sounds cool,..." (
https://www.tedroche.com/hackfox7/s4g126.html)

SETs often have global effects which make their local use frustrating.

Three things:

1. If you were rewriting the app, you'd store a "Data Directory" in your
global settings table and precede all your file open commands with that.
That makes it INCREDIBLY easy to have a test mode that just switches that
setting. But you're not re-writing your app, so...

2. Adding another GLOBAL to solve this issue is putting out fire with fire,
but if you had your data directory in your SET PATH, would that solve
the problem?

3. I think you can replace the GetFile() command locally with one from the
Common Dialog set, which gives you finer control. I believe Doug Hennig
wrote a white paper on this one. (
http://doughennig.com/Papers/Pub/ModernUI.pdf)

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Re: GetFile() issue

2018-11-07 Thread Frank Cazabon

Does the _commonfolder class in _system.vcx help you out?

I use it like this:

LOCAL loCommonFolder AS _commonfolder OF _system.vcx

m.loCommonFolder = CREATEOBJECT("_commonfolder")
#DEFINE CSIDL_PERSONAL 0x0005 && My Documents
#DEFINE CSIDL_APPDATA 0x001a && name>\Application Data

m.lcFolder = ADDBS(m.loCommonFolder.getfolder(CSIDL_PERSONAL))

Frank.

Frank Cazabon

On 07/11/2018 06:56 AM, Dave Crozier wrote:

Hi folks,
Just had an issue that has been bugging me for a while and I now why but I
haven’t got a solution to hand… so maybe you can help.

In lots of places we allow users to export their reports and spreadsheet
results onto their own personal “C” drives. And to do this I implement

… default folder set in prior coding

cOld_Folder = SYS(5) + SYS(2003)
set default to
cFile = Getfile(……..)
set default to (cOld_Folder)

This code allows the user to be programmatically placed in the suggested folder
to save/open files.

Has anyone any ideas as to how to produce a dialogue for saving/opening a file
which doesn’t require the “set default to ” instruction?

All suggestions accepted, thanks in anticipation.

Dave Crozier
Software Development Manager
Flexipol Packaging Ltd.

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Re: GetFile() issue

2018-11-07 Thread Alan Bourke

maybe check out the GetSaveFileName() function in the Vfp2c32 library (Github) 

"Creates a Save dialog box that lets the user specify the drive, directory, and 
name of a file to save.

GetSaveFileName([nFlags [, cFileFilters [, cFileName [, cInitialDirectory [, 
cDialogTitle [, nFlagsEx [, cCallbackFunc]]])"


Or maybe this which I got from the ApiViewer project on GitHub, which is a nice 
database of the old news2news site:

oShell = CREATEOBJECT("Shell.Application")
oFolder = oShell.Application.BrowseForFolder(_screen.HWnd,;
 "Select Folder", 1, "c:\Program Files")

That would open the dialog with the 'c:\program files' folder selected.




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On Wed, 7 Nov 2018, at 10:56 AM, Dave Crozier wrote:
> Hi folks,
> Just had an issue that has been bugging me for a while and I now why but 
> I haven’t got a solution to hand… so maybe you can help.
> 
> In lots of places we allow users to export their reports and spreadsheet 
> results onto their own personal “C” drives. And to do this I implement 
> 
> … default folder set in prior coding
> 
> cOld_Folder = SYS(5) + SYS(2003)
> set default to 
> cFile = Getfile(……..)
> set default to (cOld_Folder)
> 
> This code allows the user to be programmatically placed in the suggested 
> folder to save/open files.
> 
> Unknown to me after all these years, the set default to command has an 
> effect on the whole of the VFP thread not just the DataSession you are 
> in. Unfortunately for me I have a number of regular timers running that 
> check whether any particular file or process is locked, or the system is 
> available for use i.e. it can sometimes auto log out the user  to allow 
> system maintenance for example. The timers open tables and expect to be 
> in the base folder of the application but issuing the above coding 
> changes the base folder for ALL the application, hence throwing errors 
> as the tables (all held relative to the application folder) cannot be 
> found in the new location.
> 
> So, if you action the Getfile() command and stay in the dialogue for a 
> period of time during which the timers fire, then the timer coding 
> cannot open it’s tables as you are no longer where it expects you to be.
> 
> Looking at the help file ( OK, I should have looked at it years ago!!) 
> it states:
> “The SET DEFAULT command is not supported in either single or 
> multithreaded DLL servers. This command changes the default directory of 
> the entire process, so all threads which are part of the process are 
> affected. Use the mk:@MSITStore:c:\program%20files%20(x86)\microsoft
> %20visual%20foxpro
> %209\dv_foxhelp.chm::/html/047f2e74-3552-43b7-a18d-ee2c7dd2db6e.htm in 
> DLL servers, in place of CD and CHDIR.”
> The pertinent fact being: This command changes the default directory of 
> the entire process, so all threads which are part of the process are 
> affected. The same thing goes for CD and Chdir so using those as 
> replacements is not an option unfortunately.
> 
> Has anyone any ideas as to how to produce a dialogue for saving/opening 
> a file which doesn’t require the “set default to ” instruction?
> 
> I can modify all the timers to open tables based upon absolute paths but 
> this would be a mega change which I am trying to avoid. Of course I 
> could roll my own Getfile() unless anyone has one available!!!
> 
> All suggestions accepted, thanks in anticipation.
> 
> Dave Crozier
> Software Development Manager
> Flexipol Packaging Ltd.
> 
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Re: GetFile() issue

2018-11-07 Thread Thierry Nivelet

use locfile() instead?

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Le 07/11/2018 à 11:56, Dave Crozier a écrit :

Hi folks,
Just had an issue that has been bugging me for a while and I now why but I
haven’t got a solution to hand… so maybe you can help.

In lots of places we allow users to export their reports and spreadsheet
results onto their own personal “C” drives. And to do this I implement

… default folder set in prior coding

cOld_Folder = SYS(5) + SYS(2003)
set default to
cFile = Getfile(……..)
set default to (cOld_Folder)

This code allows the user to be programmatically placed in the suggested folder
to save/open files.

Has anyone any ideas as to how to produce a dialogue for saving/opening a file
which doesn’t require the “set default to ” instruction?

All suggestions accepted, thanks in anticipation.

Dave Crozier
Software Development Manager
Flexipol Packaging Ltd.

﴾⚆ᨎ⚆﴿

Flexipol® Packaging Ltd
T 01706 222 792
E dcroz...@flexipol.co.uk
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GetFile() issue

2018-11-07 Thread Dave Crozier

Hi folks,
Just had an issue that has been bugging me for a while and I now why but I 
haven’t got a solution to hand… so maybe you can help.

In lots of places we allow users to export their reports and spreadsheet 
results onto their own personal “C” drives. And to do this I implement 

… default folder set in prior coding

cOld_Folder = SYS(5) + SYS(2003)
set default to 
cFile = Getfile(……..)
set default to (cOld_Folder)

This code allows the user to be programmatically placed in the suggested folder 
to save/open files.

Unknown to me after all these years, the set default to command has an effect 
on the whole of the VFP thread not just the DataSession you are in. 
Unfortunately for me I have a number of regular timers running that check 
whether any particular file or process is locked, or the system is available 
for use i.e. it can sometimes auto log out the user  to allow system 
maintenance for example. The timers open tables and expect to be in the base 
folder of the application but issuing the above coding changes the base folder 
for ALL the application, hence throwing errors as the tables (all held relative 
to the application folder) cannot be found in the new location.

So, if you action the Getfile() command and stay in the dialogue for a period 
of time during which the timers fire, then the timer coding cannot open it’s 
tables as you are no longer where it expects you to be.

Looking at the help file ( OK, I should have looked at it years ago!!) it 
states:
“The SET DEFAULT command is not supported in either single or multithreaded DLL 
servers. This command changes the default directory of the entire process, so 
all threads which are part of the process are affected. Use the 
mk:@MSITStore:c:\program%20files%20(x86)\microsoft%20visual%20foxpro%209\dv_foxhelp.chm::/html/047f2e74-3552-43b7-a18d-ee2c7dd2db6e.htm
 in DLL servers, in place of CD and CHDIR.”
The pertinent fact being: This command changes the default directory of the 
entire process, so all threads which are part of the process are affected. The 
same thing goes for CD and Chdir so using those as replacements is not an 
option unfortunately.

Has anyone any ideas as to how to produce a dialogue for saving/opening a file 
which doesn’t require the “set default to ” instruction?

I can modify all the timers to open tables based upon absolute paths but this 
would be a mega change which I am trying to avoid. Of course I could roll my 
own Getfile() unless anyone has one available!!!

All suggestions accepted, thanks in anticipation.

Dave Crozier
Software Development Manager
Flexipol Packaging Ltd.

﴾⚆ᨎ⚆﴿



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