ProFox February 2022

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Back from the Dead & MS PowerApps...
by Kurt ＠ Gmail 28 Feb '22

28 Feb '22

Hey there folks, I know its been a while since many of you last heard from me. Yeah, I used to be Very Active on this forum some years ago. I did manage to get an Awesome 3D Printing job last year in July, it was Truly my Dream Job. And, that's not an exaggeration. But, alas - situation went FUBAR, and the co. let go 40% of workforce between Cali & Texas operations - including me... So, I'm Back to Searching for a job, and also back to maybe being a little more active on here. As I'm now looking at programming jobs, as well as 3D Printing related jobs. Anyway, I came across this job listing, which of course mentioned FoxPro. But, then it also mentioned MS PowerApps. I'd Never heard of that. And, a quick search seems to show you can do Drag&Drop screen design, with little coding required. As such, I was curious to know if Anyone here had any experience with that!?!? OK, its back to the job search now. I look forward to hearing back from the Hive Mind here. Regards, Kurt

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Problem moving controls on a form at runtime
by paul.newton.hudl＠gmail.com 27 Feb '22

27 Feb '22

Hi all I am trying to reposition controls on a form at runtime and all is working well, except for one control (Microsoft Web Browser olecontrol). I can adjust its width and height, but whatever I have tried fails to move the control to a new Top and Left position on the form. I have tried setting Top and Left on the control and its object (i.e. on MyOLEControl and on MyOLEControl.Object. I have tried in the form Init, in the form Activate and from a command button Click event after the form has displayed. All to no avail. Am I missing something here? I can probably resolve the problem by putting the oleControl inside a container and then moving the container, but I would rather not have to do that. Many thanks Paul Newton --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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No classes in REGISTRY.VCX
by paul.newton.hudl＠gmail.com 24 Feb '22

24 Feb '22

Hi all When I open REGISTRY.VCX from its usual location (in folder FFC), there are no classes present. I have a good copy elsewhere and when I open it the expected classes are there. So, I copied the VCX and VCT from the good location to the FFC folder but still opening it from FFC there are no classes present. The VFP home folder is excluded from virus checking. I am completely baffled (and very, very frustrated) . Paul Newton --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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Report to Microsoft PDF Printer creates text as images.
by Alan Bourke 22 Feb '22

22 Feb '22

We have a customer who when printing a particular report from a Visual Foxpro application sometimes selects the Microsoft PDF Printer (installed with MS Office). This then prompts for a PDF file to save the report output to. They then open the PDF in Acrobat Reader or whatever and need to select and copy some text from it. The problem is that sometimes the PDF is rendered as an image so no individual elements are selectable in Acrobat Reader. All fonts on the layout are standard Arial. There are no settings on the PDF printer to adjust and nothing on the VFP side that I can see would affect it. Replicating this process with the report layouts in question on my PC works fine. Has anyone ever come across this ? -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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VFP code window contents to HTML - request for help/collaboration
by paul.newton.hudl＠gmail.com 19 Feb '22

19 Feb '22

Hi all I am working on a project which I hope may be of interest to VFP developers and which I intend to make available on Eds downloads section (if I can get it working properly). It is designed to: Use the clipboard to copy code from an open code window Fetch the contents of the clipboard as RTF Convert the RTF to HTML and display it in a web browser control It could be helpful in two ways: 1. To experiment with different colours and styles, change them and see the results immediately. You can change several areas (Keywords etc) and having made the changes (either one at a time or all at once) see their effect on the code in the web browser (instead of that stupid little preview that you get in Tools~Options~Editor) 2. The resulting HTML could be copied to the clipboard and pasted straight into, for example, a web page or blog. At the moment the RTF to HTML conversion itself makes use of a third party control (TextDynamic). Not only is this control complete overkill for what is needed, but it is also eye-wateringly expensive (as in £ hundreds). So I have put together (from various sources) a C#/.NET application to do the conversion and it builds successfully. However stepping through the code I get to a point where there seems to be a problem (not an error, just not doing what I tell it to do ). The relevant part of the code is based on HtmlToXamlDemo.HtmlFromXamlConverter.WriteFlowDocument(System.Xml.XmlTextRea der, System.Xml.XmlTextWriter) Example (csharpcodi.com) <https://www.csharpcodi.com/csharp-examples/HtmlToXamlDemo.HtmlFromXamlConve rter.WriteFlowDocument(System.Xml.XmlTextReader,%20System.Xml.XmlTextWriter) /> If anybody would be prepared to work on this with me, or to help me move forward, would they please contact me off-list. Many thanks Paul Newton --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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Problem installing Thor
by paul.newton.hudl＠gmail.com 17 Feb '22

17 Feb '22

Hi all I have followed the install instructions and I have Thor.APP and the "Source" folder in Home().\Tools\Thor. When I run Thor.App it complains that MenuDefintions.FPT is missing or invalid BUT instead of referring to .Tools\Thor\Source\Tables (where I can open the table without a problem) it is expecting to find MenuDefinitions in .Tools\Thor\Thor\Tables As usual, any help will be much appreciated. Paul Newton --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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Update and summary of findings: Syntax highlighting, registry settings and Tools~Options~Editor settings
by paul.newton.hudl＠gmail.com 15 Feb '22

15 Feb '22

Hi everybody I make no apologies for reposting under a different subject but I think it is necessary to avoid confusion. After carrying out a series of tests, and restarting VFP each time I make a change, I can summarise my findings as follows (what I expect is the settings I can see in the Registry Editor) Summary 1. Sometimes my code window is not what I expect, but the sample code window is what I expect and yet the colour dropdowns do not reflect either (the colour dropdowns do not even agree with the sample code window) 2. Sometimes my code window and the sample code window are both what I expect but the colour dropdowns do not reflect the same 3. Generally speaking the sample code window IS what I expect even when my code window and the colour dropdowns are NOT what I expect I am wondering if VFP's highlighting in my code windows is "remembering" something from somewhere which is overriding the registry settings? The only thing I can seem to reply upon is the sample code window in the options dialog. Any thoughts, comments or ideas will be highly appreciated. Many thanks. Paul Newton --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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RE: VFP code editor syntax highlighting not working properly (totally screwed up) - NOT SOLVED
by paul.newton.hudl＠gmail.com 15 Feb '22

15 Feb '22

Hi Richard Further investigation shows that there is still a problem. I am carrying more tests as methodically as possible and will post my findings when I have finished. I have changed the subject line accordingly. Paul -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech <profoxtech-bounces(a)leafe.com> On Behalf Of Richard Kaye Sent: 15 February 2022 14:58 To: profoxtech(a)leafe.com Subject: RE: VFP code editor syntax highlighting not working properly (totally screwed up) - SOLVED Let's try this again... Nice! -- rk From: ProfoxTech <profoxtech-bounces(a)leafe.com> On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2022 8:01 AM To: profoxtech(a)leafe.com Subject: Re: VFP code editor syntax highlighting not working properly (totally screwed up) - SOLVED On Tue, 15 Feb 2022, at 11:54 AM, paul.newton.hudl(a)gmail.com<mailto:paul.newton.hudl@gmail.com> wrote: > Is there/might there be a way to force VFP to respect the changed > colours immediately? =SYS(3056,1) "Forces Visual FoxPro to read its registry settings again and update itself with the current registry settings, or to write its settings to the registry." -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server]

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VFP code editor syntax highlighting not working properly (totally screwed up) - SOLVED
by paul.newton.hudl＠gmail.com 15 Feb '22

15 Feb '22

Hi all Although the problem has been fixed, I thought this may be helpful and/or of interest to some of you. I have also added at the bottom a REQUEST FOR HELP regarding when changes to colour settings take effect (if anybody thinks that should be a different thread, I will post another message for that) I have recently been experimenting with different colours in the code editor. I have been using VFP's own Tools~Options~Editor and have also been importing .REG files. Everything has been working fine until this morning (I have made no changes this morning). I have tried "Reset All" and importing/merging a .REG file. I exported the VFP Options from Registry Editor and this is what the .REG contained (only relevant entries) Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\VisualFoxPro\9.0\Options] "EditorCommentColor"="RGB(0,128,0,255,255,255), NoAuto, Auto" "EditorKeywordColor"="RGB(0,0,255,255,255,255), NoAuto, Auto" "EditorConstantColor"="RGB(0,0,0,255,255,255), Auto, Auto" "EditorNormalColor"="RGB(0,0,0,255,255,255), Auto, Auto" "EditorOperatorColor"="RGB(0,0,0,255,255,255), Auto, Auto" "EditorStringColor"="RGB(0,0,0,255,255,255), Auto, Auto" "EditorVariableColor"="RGB(0,0,0,255,255,255), Auto, Auto" "EditorCommentStyle"="-1" "EditorKeywordStyle"="-1" "EditorConstantStyle"="-1" "EditorNormalStyle"="-1" "EditorOperatorStyle"="-1" "EditorStringStyle"="-1" "EditorVariableStyle"="-1" Just after I started this message, I had another thought - in Registry Editor, delete all the Editor colour entries and start over. Hey presto, that solved the problem. REQUEST FOR HELP When I make changes to colours using Tools~Options~Editor, the changes take effect immediately. If I change one or more colours *from within* VFP by modifying the registry entries. The changes only take effect after restarting VFP. Is there/might there be a way to force VFP to respect the changed colours immediately? Many thanks Paul Newton --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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Problem with bbControls and MFC70.DLL
by paul.newton.hudl＠gmail.com 13 Feb '22

13 Feb '22

Hi all I am trying to install a couple of Bela Bodec's ActiveX controls but the OCXs fail to load - "Unable to load OCX!" I know that MFC70.DLL is required and I have a copy which came with the controls but I am not sure what to do with it: Which place(s) should I copy it to (I am running Win 10) and will I need to register it with REGSVR32? I have already tried to run REGSVR32 against MFC70.DLL in its present location but that also fails ("The module MFC70.DLL failed to load"). Many thanks Paul Newton --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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