RE: Best way to have multiple projects open simultaneously?

2016-03-07 Thread Dave Crozier
[mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Michael Oke, II Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2016 12:27 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: Best way to have multiple projects open simultaneously? Source code control is a must no matter how many projects you are working on or how elaborate they

RE: Best way to have multiple projects open simultaneously?

2016-03-05 Thread Richard Caruso
Michael Oke, II Sent: Saturday, March 05, 2016 12:27 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: Best way to have multiple projects open simultaneously? Source code control is a must no matter how many projects you are working on or how elaborate they are. While I guess that zip files could be used, I

Re: Best way to have multiple projects open simultaneously?

2016-03-05 Thread Michael Oke, II
Source code control is a must no matter how many projects you are working on or how elaborate they are. While I guess that zip files could be used, I can't imagine the hassle that that would require. - Michael Oke, II oke...@gmail.com 661-349-6221 ---

Re: Best way to have multiple projects open simultaneously?

2016-03-04 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-03-04 06:34, Ted Roche wrote: On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 6:06 AM, Dave Crozier 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 p

RE: Best way to have multiple projects open simultaneously?

2016-03-04 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-03-04 06:06, Dave Crozier wrote: Also you can, of course, drag and drop from one project to another with no problems.. Something "obvious" which is often overlooked!! Dave That's what I was thinking! Wondered why no one else had mentioned that earlier!

Re: Best way to have multiple projects open simultaneously?

2016-03-04 Thread Joe Yoder
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 i

Re: Best way to have multiple projects open simultaneously?

2016-03-04 Thread Ted Roche
On Fri, Mar 4, 2016 at 6:06 AM, Dave Crozier 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

RE: Best way to have multiple projects open simultaneously?

2016-03-04 Thread Dave Crozier
ubject: Re: Best way to have multiple projects open simultaneously? Project files are just dbf's - years ago I wrote some fairly simple code to copy or move a project and all its components. I never tried to merge two together, but it should be doable. Have a look at the contents of a proj

Re: Best way to have multiple projects open simultaneously?

2016-03-03 Thread AndyHC
Project files are just dbf's - years ago I wrote some fairly simple code to copy or move a project and all its components. I never tried to merge two together, but it should be doable. Have a look at the contents of a project file, it's fairly easy to work out what's what. On 03/03/2016 20:

RE: Best way to have multiple projects open simultaneously?

2016-03-03 Thread Dave Crozier
If you open two instances of VFP it tells you immediately if you try to open the same project in both sessions... exclusive access to the project "dbf" table is required. Dave -Original Message- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Joe Yoder Sent: 03 March 2016 1

Re: Best way to have multiple projects open simultaneously?

2016-03-03 Thread Peter Cushing
On 03/03/2016 14:11, Joe Yoder wrote: I have code in several projects that I want to drop into a new one. I assume there is a way to have multiple VFP projects open at the same time, 1. Create new folder (with subfolders if necessary) 2. Copy code into new locations 3. Open visual fox 4. set d

RE: Best way to have multiple projects open simultaneously?

2016-03-03 Thread Kurt Wendt
Joe - I open up multiple Projects in the same session without a problem. And, if you have Two monitors - I have opened up VFP - and I simply Stretched it across both Monitors. OR - yes, open 2 instances of VFP - and have 1 open on each monitor. No biggie... Regards, Kurt Wendt Consultant Tel.