RE: VFP 9 SP 2 on Windows 8

2014-04-27 Thread Allen
Just change the permissions for program files Al -Original Message- I'm not sure I understand your point, Ken. The rule, "Don't use C:\Program Files to store your DBF's", should be followed because if you don't your program won't work. And that rule didn't come from Microsoft, it came f

RE: VFP 9 SP 2 on Windows 8

2014-04-27 Thread Ken Dibble
The rule, "Don't use C:\Program Files to store your DBF's", should be followed because if you don't your program won't work. And that rule didn't come from Microsoft, it came from folks like Doug Hennig figuring out how to cope with the rule that DID come from MS, namely, "We've decided to p

RE: VFP 9 SP 2 on Windows 8

2014-04-27 Thread Dan Covill
I'm not sure I understand your point, Ken. The rule, "Don't use C:\Program Files to store your DBF's", should be followed because if you don't your program won't work. And that rule didn't come from Microsoft, it came from folks like Doug Hennig figuring out how to cope with the rule that DID

Re: VFP 9 SP 2 on Windows 8

2014-04-27 Thread Ken Dibble
> Don't use "C:\Program Files" and "C:\Program Files (x86)" to store your > DBFs. > They are read-only in Vi$ta, 7 & 8. Try "C:\ProgramData"! > -- This rule was made in 2006 and it still has to be repeated? Ostriches Unite! Do you always follow rules just because som

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-27 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
Thanks I just learned one thing the hardway about the columncount so i called it a day and i would cry in my beer if i had any I didnt want the user going to those last four columns so i turned it to three and it looked good so i made a copy of the form and somewhere in all that i lost my valid r

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-27 Thread Frank Cazabon
On 26/04/2014 10:38 PM, Geoff Flight wrote: I still don't understand 'sparse' and whenever I add a checkbox I need to mess around with it. :) If there are multiple controls in a column with one set as the active control and sparse is .T. then only the current row will show the active control.

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-27 Thread Frank Cazabon
On 26/04/2014 02:04 PM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote: 2. Use the builder to add your columns (fields) You can get to all the columns by setting the columncount property of the grid. You'll then need to manually set the control source for each column. That's pretty much what the wizard did for you

Re: Print Job Disappears

2014-04-27 Thread Frank Cazabon
On 26/04/2014 09:05 AM, Aida I. Rivera-Benítez wrote: Maybe some program like this or an antivirus is running that is blocking the print job. Thanks, the PCs are pretty locked down in terms of what gets installed but I'll double check if something like that is happening. -- Frank. Fran

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-27 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
I hear you on the web development ache. On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Alan Bourke wrote: > > > On Sun, Apr 27, 2014, at 07:11 PM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote: > > what language? > > > > Well, I'd say if you can come up with a ASP.NET server-side grid that: > > * Supports Web Forms, MVC and Razor

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-27 Thread Alan Bourke
On Sun, Apr 27, 2014, at 07:11 PM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote: > what language? > Well, I'd say if you can come up with a ASP.NET server-side grid that: * Supports Web Forms, MVC and Razor views and Twitter Bootstrap and HTML5 * Supports binding to object data sources, JSON * Supports paging, so

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-27 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
what language? I'm looking for something I can develop and sell so that maybe I can make a living in these unemployable days. On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Alan Bourke wrote: > Think they're bad in VFP, try finding one that works in a web > application that doesn't require 4 weeks of learni

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-27 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
for those following along with an interest in grids, believe it or not, this seems to have fixed it. You can download the compiled exe at http://www.VirgilBierschwale.com in a bit ( I need to zip it and upload it after testing a few more things) if you want to play with it to see what I'm doing, a

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-27 Thread Alan Bourke
Think they're bad in VFP, try finding one that works in a web application that doesn't require 4 weeks of learning how to set it up, or paying Telerik or someone a grand for theirs. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://