Re: VFP9: Windows 8

2013-02-17 Thread Man-wai Chang
Take a look at Control Panel\Appearance and Personalisation\Fonts\Font settings On Sun, Feb 17, 2013 at 10:01 PM, Desmond Lloyd desmond.ll...@gmail.com wrote: Got an odd one, maybe it's a momentary lapse of reason. In any event. Client just got some new Windows 8 machines. The application I

Re: VFP9 windows 8

2012-07-26 Thread Man-wai Chang
Your app should not touch anything into c:\windows\system32 and other system folders. On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Allen pro...@gatwicksoftware.com wrote: Well that was a surprise. Loaded a VFP exe on Windows 8 and it worked. Once. Then it says about not being able to open a dbf in

RE: VFP9 windows 8

2012-07-26 Thread Allen
It doesn't. But if you don't fill in the shortcut Start in it seems not to give that choice even though the full path to the exe is given. Once Start in is filled correctly the problem goes away. Al -Original Message- Your app should not touch anything into c:\windows\system32 and other

Re: VFP9 windows 8

2012-07-26 Thread Stephen Russell
On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 6:13 AM, Allen pro...@gatwicksoftware.com wrote: It doesn't. But if you don't fill in the shortcut Start in it seems not to give that choice even though the full path to the exe is given. Once Start in is filled correctly the problem goes away. Al -Original

RE: VFP9 windows 8

2012-07-26 Thread Allen
That's exactly what it still does even thought the full path is in the target Al -Original Message- I remember this happening way back in the 90s. I was trying to do a com app for reindexing SBT tables on the server instead of dragging them across the network. I knew what folder my

RE: VFP9 windows 8

2012-07-26 Thread John Harvey
] On Behalf Of Allen Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2012 9:28 AM To: profox@leafe.com Subject: RE: VFP9 windows 8 That's exactly what it still does even thought the full path is in the target Al -Original Message- I remember this happening way back in the 90s. I was trying to do a com app

Re: VFP9 windows 8

2012-07-26 Thread Dan Covill
On 07/25/12 09:08, Allen wrote: They seem to be in program files (x86)/common files/Microsoft shared/VFP as normal. Only thing I can think of is the c runtime which could well be in system32. Back in VFP6 days I and my (former) partners decided to put the run-times in the same directory as

Re: VFP9 windows 8

2012-07-26 Thread Jean Laeremans
I still do it that way. A+ jml On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Dan Covill dcov...@san.rr.com wrote: On 07/25/12 09:08, Allen wrote: They seem to be in program files (x86)/common files/Microsoft shared/VFP as normal. Only thing I can think of is the c runtime which could well be in system32.

Re: VFP9 windows 8

2012-07-26 Thread Jeff Johnson
On 07/26/2012 12:55 PM, Jean Laeremans wrote: I still do it that way. A+ jml On Thu, Jul 26, 2012 at 9:17 PM, Dan Covill dcov...@san.rr.com wrote: On 07/25/12 09:08, Allen wrote: They seem to be in program files (x86)/common files/Microsoft shared/VFP as normal. Only thing I can think of

VFP9 windows 8

2012-07-25 Thread Allen
Well that was a surprise. Loaded a VFP exe on Windows 8 and it worked. Once. Then it says about not being able to open a dbf in windows/system32. WFT I do not even put a table there. Looks like Windows 8 is going to be harder than windows 7 to work with Bugger Al

Re: VFP9 windows 8

2012-07-25 Thread Alan Bourke
I installed our product on it and it worked fine. I would hope the windows\system32 thing is a permissions issue, and DBF files shouldn't be in there anyway. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

RE: VFP9 windows 8

2012-07-25 Thread Tracy Pearson
Allen wrote on 2012-07-25: Well that was a surprise. Loaded a VFP exe on Windows 8 and it worked. Once. Then it says about not being able to open a dbf in windows/system32. WFT I do not even put a table there. Looks like Windows 8 is going to be harder than windows 7 to work with Bugger

Re: VFP9 windows 8

2012-07-25 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 7/25/2012 9:46 AM, Alan Bourke wrote: I installed our product on it and it worked fine. I would hope the windows\system32 thing is a permissions issue, and DBF files shouldn't be in there anyway. I'm glad I don't use DBFs anymore! -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC

RE: VFP9 windows 8

2012-07-25 Thread John Harvey
That's a security thang. John -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Allen Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2012 8:35 AM To: profox@leafe.com Subject: VFP9 windows 8 Well that was a surprise. Loaded a VFP exe on Windows 8

RE: VFP9 windows 8

2012-07-25 Thread Allen
: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Tracy Pearson Sent: 25 July 2012 15:50 To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: RE: VFP9 windows 8 Allen wrote on 2012-07-25: Well that was a surprise. Loaded a VFP exe on Windows 8 and it worked. Once. Then it says about

Re: VFP9 windows 8

2012-07-25 Thread Fred Taylor
: RE: VFP9 windows 8 Allen wrote on 2012-07-25: Well that was a surprise. Loaded a VFP exe on Windows 8 and it worked. Once. Then it says about not being able to open a dbf in windows/system32. WFT I do not even put a table there. Looks like Windows 8 is going to be harder than

RE: VFP9 windows 8

2012-07-25 Thread Allen
July 2012 18:01 To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: VFP9 windows 8 Is system32 where you have the VFP runtime installed? Fred ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version

RE: VFP9 windows 8

2012-07-25 Thread Tracy Pearson
Allen wrote on 2012-07-25: I do have a config built in with resource off. The reason turned out to be the start in for the shortcut. Fun to find in windows 8. Once I fixed it as the same directory as the exe all was well. I don't know why it starts in system32 though. That's just daft