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Microsoft: Visual FoxPro FAQ Index

FAQ Index

Activex

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
Change VFP Object Font Style using MSComDlg   faq184-4495 AirCon 25 Nov 03 2.0 / 1
Clear BG and longer labels for ListView Icons  faq184-4950 wgcs 16 Mar 04 --
Commandbutton picture in any position  faq184-3837 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 8.0 / 4
How to change the background color of a commandbutton   faq184-3534 mgagnon 5 May 03 5.1 / 9
Run VBScript or JavaScript in VFP  faq184-4257 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 9.8 / 4
Webcam Video Capture  faq184-3891 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 8.1 / 8
 

API

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
How to dial a phone number  faq184-5303 mgagnon 14 Jul 05 6.0 / 2
 

API Functions

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
A function to synchronize your Local-System-Time to your Server-System-Time?   faq184-3505 agit72 27 Apr 03 8.0 / 4
Alternate Method to Set local Time from Server   faq184-3536 rgbean 5 May 03 10.0 / 1
API Structures & Pointers - Get Host & IP Example  faq184-3854 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 9.5 / 2
Change a file's Attributes? (System, Readonly, Hidden, Archive, etc)   faq184-3327 wgcs 1 Dec 03 7.2 / 6
Change a File's Date and Time? (ie. "Touch")  faq184-3997 wgcs 6 Aug 03 --
Change the color of the title bars in all forms   faq184-6071 mgagnon 6 Oct 05 --
Email/Website Hyperlinks on a Form  faq184-3889 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 6.0 / 2
Find the current Time Zone name and Offest Bias   faq184-3322 wgcs 12 Mar 03 --
Force Window to Front (not blink in taskbar)  faq184-4262 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 6.7 / 3
Get Path To Windows Special Folders (such as Desktop)  faq184-4264 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 8.6 / 5
Get Systems Directory   faq184-4306 jimoo 21 Oct 03 5.5 / 2
How can I get the DOS Errorlevel from executed program?   faq184-2788 wgcs 20 Nov 02 --
How can I open a file, using the default application for that file?   faq184-3945 EricDenDoop 29 Jul 03 10.0 / 2
how can I read and write to an inifile using API calls   faq184-2916 Baldwin 21 Dec 02 6.9 / 8
How do I display the Windows Version   faq184-2695 rgbean 5 May 03 9.0 / 1
How do I get a third-party application window to appear inside VFP instead of in the Windows desktop?   faq184-2555 wgcs 12 Mar 03 8.9 / 12
How long the system is running since last boot   faq184-4405 AirCon 8 Nov 03 5.5 / 2
How to bring up a Dial-up connection   faq184-3593 mgagnon 17 May 03 8.0 / 1
How to Close Annoying Third Party Application Windows   faq184-2677 wgcs 30 Oct 02 10.0 / 1
How to Close Annoying Third Party Application Windows   faq184-2725 wgcs 7 Nov 02 --
How to copy an active form and paste into a Word document   faq184-4212 mgagnon 23 Sep 03 8.0 / 1
How to create a VFP FLL with Visual C(++)  faq184-6347 rob444 16 Jul 06 7.0 / 3
How to create office header files in VFP   faq184-2749 cdms 11 Nov 02 7.0 / 4
How to determine Cancel was used with the printer prompt   faq184-3770 mgagnon 24 Jun 03 10.0 / 1
How to determine what application are iconified on the taskbar.  faq184-5470 mgagnon 10 Oct 04 --
How to disable the "X" in a Word application   faq184-5636 mgagnon 23 Jan 05 9.0 / 1
How to lock a file using an API function   faq184-2414 mgagnon 8 Sep 02 10.0 / 2
How to Place Icons on menu items in a form?   faq184-2733 wgcs 7 Nov 02 --
How to Play a WAV file Sound  faq184-4522 wgcs 26 Jun 06 --
How to print the content of a RichText activex using the Selprint function.  faq184-5014 mgagnon 4 Apr 04 7.7 / 3
How to register a file type and icon with Windows?   faq184-3946 EricDenDoop 29 Jul 03 10.0 / 1
How to retreive HTML code from a web page   faq184-3447 mgagnon 13 Apr 03 4.0 / 1
How to secure your Word document when opening them in VFP.   faq184-4513 mgagnon 30 Nov 03 --
How to simulate a mouse click in VFP   faq184-5407 mgagnon 25 Aug 04 9.5 / 2
How to use Microsoft's On-Screen Keyboard  faq184-5102 mgagnon 28 May 04 10.0 / 1
How to use the Google Translator with API calls   faq184-5372 mgagnon 11 Aug 04 10.0 / 1
How to verify the existance of a DLL   faq184-6069 mgagnon 1 Oct 05 5.5 / 2
Minimize All Windows (Show Desktop)  faq184-4263 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 --
one instance of program without use of WINDOW TITLE   faq184-2442 danceman 21 Feb 03 9.7 / 3
Only one instance of an application  faq184-1767 mgagnon 24 Jan 05 7.5 / 11
Open and Close CD Drawer(s)  faq184-4261 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 8.8 / 5
Print screen function.  faq184-4912 mgagnon 6 Mar 04 10.0 / 2
Read the Windows Registry   faq184-4674 jimoo 6 Jan 04 6.7 / 3
Use Windows API to find file   faq184-5763 danceman 19 Mar 05 9.0 / 1
VFP Memory Management - SetProcessWorkingSetSize   faq184-7597 dagair 14 Nov 12 --
 

Automation

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
How to create a Windows service  faq184-6355 baltman 28 Sep 06 2.0 / 1
How to get the last page number (or page count) of a PDF document   faq184-5313 mgagnon 17 Jul 04 10.0 / 1
How to pre-fill an e-mail with your e-mail default program   faq184-5145 mgagnon 19 May 04 --
How to retrieve the content of a Web Page   faq184-5156 mgagnon 24 May 04 9.0 / 2
How to retrieve the content of a Web Page  faq184-5279 mgagnon 14 Jul 04 --
How to save a web Page in a MHTML (web archive ) format.   faq184-5510 mgagnon 6 Nov 04 --
How to save a web page in mhtml (web archive) format, version 2   faq184-6636 OlafDoschke 27 Apr 07 10.0 / 1
How to send e-mail using CDO and checking the connection status first.  faq184-4969 mgagnon 8 Sep 08 6.4 / 5
Import DB from MS Access  faq184-5002 baltman 28 Sep 06 5.0 / 2
Name/Address Parsing Outlook OOP-Style   faq184-5790 craigsboyd 1 Apr 05 10.0 / 1
 

CLASS

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
A Progress Bar or Thermometer Class   faq184-5535 ramani 16 Nov 04 1.0 / 1
How do I create a SuperMover class?  faq184-5668 ChrisRChamberlain 10 Feb 05 --
 

Classes and Objects

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
A Changeable columns width listbox   faq184-2606 viettla 19 Oct 02 10.0 / 1
A utility to reset the Base classes chosen as a derived class in your forms and insert the inroduced classes. And more to imagine !   faq184-2849 ramani 5 Dec 02 --
A way to insert your own class from Forms Control Toolbar   faq184-2850 ramani 5 Dec 02 1.5 / 2
A way to redefine your class and make it a subclass of another class.   faq184-2851 ramani 5 Dec 02 --
Better Date\Datetime Controls  faq184-3913 craigsboyd 31 Mar 05 6.7 / 6
Build a .NET DLL and use it in VFP   faq184-3836 craigsboyd 22 Jul 03 7.0 / 1
Email with Attachment - Freeware JMail  faq184-3835 craigsboyd 21 Dec 04 5.0 / 5
Fatal Error or GP Fault on shutdown or Quit Visual Foxpro   faq184-2074 AbidAliShikary 24 Jun 02 --
Grid reconstruction behaviour and how to avoid it   faq184-937 TomasDill 25 Jul 01 7.9 / 11
How can I save an object's properties (serialize), then restore them later (deserialize)?   faq184-5922 wgcs 16 Jun 05 --
How can I save/restore control settings in a toolbar   faq184-4731 ChrisRChamberlain 18 Jan 04 --
How to create a DLL in VFP   faq184-3381 mgagnon 4 Nov 03 5.7 / 10
How to put grid on the form programmatically  faq184-449 TomasDill 2 Feb 01 8.0 / 10
How to subclass classses   faq184-2409 mgagnon 2 Nov 02 2.0 / 1
How to use the Outline Control Activex to show a directory .   faq184-3096 mgagnon 30 Jan 03 10.0 / 1
Multiselect Records in a Grid - Basic Example  faq184-3831 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 5.3 / 8
Trap Cursor Movement in a Text Box on a Form.   faq184-4397 TeknoSoftInc 6 Nov 03 9.0 / 1
 

Client-Server and ODBC

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
How do you connect to remote data sources via ODBC?  faq184-65 foxdev 7 Jun 00 6.6 / 29
How to return a value from a server stored procedure  faq184-70 foxdev 8 Jun 00 7.5 / 11
 

Coding and Syntax

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
How can I pass a Recordset from Visual Foxpro to Crystal Reports using a Stored Procedure for the SQL query?  faq184-464 LeonelSanchezJr 7 Feb 01 5.8 / 8
How do I create appointments in groupwise   faq184-4861 nickpatel 19 Feb 04 --
How to assign code to event in run-time?   faq184-928 TomasDill 23 Jul 01 6.4 / 5
How to merge new table into existing table  faq184-6687 myearwood 25 Jul 07 9.0 / 1
How to organize broadcast messages for controls on form  faq184-223 TomasDill 13 Sep 00 4.0 / 2
Intellisense and #DEFINE  faq184-4208 MikeLewis 16 Nov 06 9.5 / 2
Writing Code in Runtime?   faq184-1697 baltman 26 Mar 02 7.5 / 2
 

COM and Automation

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
A guide to finding com component methods and properties   faq184-2215 danceman 22 Jul 02 5.7 / 9
A sample form for outlook email handling   faq184-3808 ramani 30 Jun 03 9.5 / 4
Automatic MS Office to PDF Module   faq184-4349 baltman 28 Oct 03 10.0 / 1
create table and field listing of database tables in excel   faq184-2256 danceman 30 Jul 02 7.3 / 4
create table and field listing of database tables in excel   faq184-2257 danceman 30 Jul 02 --
Creating Form as COM Server in VFP 7 to be used in VB   faq184-2061 Walid 19 Jun 02 --
Do I have to "RUN RegSvr32.exe" to register an ActiveX OCX file?   faq184-2813 wgcs 23 Jan 03 9.3 / 3
Excel - How to do Automation from VFP  faq184-4428 jimoo 9 Apr 04 8.1 / 13
Excel Automation Sort   faq184-4848 jmcd0719 13 Feb 04 10.0 / 1
Export (groups of) DBFs to Excel Workbook QUICKLY  faq184-3005 baltman 9 Feb 07 5.1 / 10
Export a Crystal Report to a different format without prompt   faq184-3331 mgagnon 14 Mar 03 6.7 / 3
How can I run a Crystal Reports report from VFP?  faq184-306 foxdev 28 Nov 00 7.3 / 29
How can I send an Email using OUTLOOK from VFP?   faq184-766 ramani 16 Oct 02 7.5 / 29
How can I suppress the MS Word print progress dialog   faq184-2859 ChrisRChamberlain 13 Jan 03 8.0 / 1
How can I use a record from a DBF and send it with other variables to an email but with spaces between paragraphs   faq184-4441 keepingbusy 17 Nov 03 --
How to Automate a Task in Outlook   faq184-1771 mgagnon 20 Oct 02 9.4 / 5
How to Automate a Task in Outlook using a template   faq184-1772 mgagnon 13 May 03 --
How to avoid the security patch check of Outlook XP   faq184-1856 mgagnon 16 Nov 03 8.0 / 2
How to bypass the limitation of 16,383 of Excel   faq184-2617 mgagnon 23 Oct 02 9.6 / 5
How to create a chart via Excel Automation   faq184-4255 mgagnon 4 Oct 03 6.0 / 2
How to create office header files in VFP   faq184-1928 cdms 16 May 02 --
How to find and replace in Word Document   faq184-3475 mgagnon 20 Apr 03 9.5 / 2
How to find the properties and methods of an Office Application Automation Object   faq184-1737 wgcs 5 Apr 02 7.6 / 7
How to integrate Crystal Reports 8.5 (RDC)   faq184-3039 hoosier121 17 Jan 03 8.4 / 8
How to open Internet Explorer via automation   faq184-1770 mgagnon 5 May 03 8.3 / 4
How to pass information from a table to an email using more than one record  faq184-4890 keepingbusy 12 Feb 05 1.0 / 1
How to Programmatically Send Fax in SBS   faq184-2557 Peping 14 Jan 04 --
How to Programmatically Send Fax in SBS   faq184-2591 Peping 16 Oct 02 5.0 / 3
How to retrieve attachments from e-mails via Automation   faq184-2838 mgagnon 3 Dec 02 7.0 / 4
How to send e-mail Automating CDO  faq184-1768 mgagnon 19 Jan 05 6.9 / 24
How to send e-mail using MAPI session  faq184-1769 mgagnon 29 Aug 04 6.1 / 19
How to use Office Web Components to create a chart.   faq184-3303 mgagnon 10 Mar 03 3.0 / 1
How to use the Internet Explorer's preview to view a report   faq184-3503 mgagnon 16 Jun 03 2.0 / 2
How to use XML (parser) to create Custom Outlook Views ?   faq184-4049 Docpro777 20 Aug 03 --
HTML to Excel Converter   faq184-4393 baltman 4 Nov 03 --
Mail merge Word Document to Database   faq184-2410 danceman 7 Sep 02 6.7 / 3
Microsoft's Mappoint - Create a Datamap  faq184-3886 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 --
moving excel worksheet  faq184-2259 danceman 25 Jan 07 --
Running the web-browser in a VFP form.  faq184-4092 jimoo 27 Apr 11 10.0 / 1
Sending HTML email using Outlook from VFP   faq184-1700 itflash 27 Mar 02 8.7 / 9
Useful Excel Automation examples.   faq184-4266 mgagnon 8 Oct 03 6.1 / 14
Usefull functions with Outlook Automation  faq184-3894 mgagnon 7 Jan 05 8.1 / 32
Using Microsoft Windows Script in Visual FoxPro   faq184-2977 mgagnon 7 May 03 8.1 / 8
Word SpellChecker Example  faq184-4258 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 10.0 / 1
Word SpellChecker example (Version 2)   faq184-4292 mgagnon 11 Oct 03 --
Word SpellChecker Example (Version 3)   faq184-4482 jimoo 23 Nov 03 --
XML DOM - Is it installed   faq184-4385 jimoo 3 Nov 03 --
 

Combo Box

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
How can I create a SuperCombo?  faq184-1891 ChrisRChamberlain 19 Dec 06 6.4 / 9
How to create a "auto-fill" style combobox AND allows to add value not found   faq184-1792 mgagnon 7 Jul 03 8.2 / 14
How to create an "auto-fill" combox (Like internet explorer) in a prg format   faq184-1812 mgagnon 23 Jun 03 7.0 / 5
 

Compression

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
Create .ZIP files in VFP with NO ActiveX, and No $  faq184-5400 wgcs 20 Aug 04 --
How to Add Compression to a VFP Program Without ActiveX, Without $  faq184-2070 wgcs 19 Aug 04 7.8 / 8
 

Databases and tables

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
Add or Remove DSN  faq184-4064 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 10.0 / 2
Altering / Modifying Client Tables   faq184-4104 jimoo 5 Sep 03 2.0 / 1
are the tables the same?   faq184-2128 danceman 12 Aug 02 2.0 / 2
Copy database with tables and views.   faq184-1671 738262 21 Mar 02 1.0 / 1
Exactly what is in that 4-byte memo field in the DBF?   faq184-7460 rlawrence 21 Mar 11 --
Extracts Structure of all DBFS from Projects   faq184-2888 ramani 16 Dec 02 9.0 / 2
How do I update the Database Schema of a Distributed Application?   faq184-2510 wgcs 26 Sep 02 9.0 / 1
How to avoid (Connection Busy) error when using remote views   faq184-6296 steveb7 11 May 06 --
How to deal with "Memo file is missing or invalid” errors  faq184-5641 MikeLewis 26 Dec 06 8.0 / 3
How to organize auto-increment key field in VFP?  faq184-259 TomasDill 18 Oct 00 7.3 / 11
How to read a DBF Header and get info about it  faq184-3162 rob444 6 Apr 05 8.4 / 5
How to retrieve the table structure from all the tables in a Database   faq184-3774 mgagnon 21 Aug 03 9.2 / 5
ReBuild your CDX index files  faq184-1033 ramani 19 Nov 04 8.5 / 13
Remove CDX reference from table   faq184-4352 rob444 25 Oct 03 --
Remove dbc reference by program   faq184-4351 rob444 25 Oct 03 --
TRANSACTION PROCESSING   faq184-2456 danceman 15 Sep 02 6.0 / 2
Utility to copy DBFs from one DBC to another DBC   faq184-629 ramani 8 Apr 01 7.0 / 1
Utility to set up the view Captions etc as in parent Tables.   faq184-2820 ramani 30 Nov 02 --
 

Debugging and Tuning

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
How do I use ASSERTS to test for errors?  faq184-62 foxdev 7 Jun 00 8.2 / 15
How do I use Coverage to determine the slow parts of my application?  faq184-63 foxdev 21 Feb 07 8.8 / 14
How to manage entries in the watch window  faq184-3796 MikeLewis 16 Nov 06 10.0 / 1
Produce a listing describing the executing environment for post-mortem debugging and tech-support   faq184-4542 wgcs 4 Dec 03 5.0 / 1
Why do single letter Object variables behave unpredictably?   faq184-1914 wgcs 13 May 02 9.0 / 1
 

Developer Tools

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
A form to compare two different versions of a form.   faq184-4512 ramani 29 Nov 03 1.0 / 1
A MESSAGEBOX Wizard  faq184-5599 FatSlug 19 Jan 05 9.5 / 4
Integrating FoxSpell with VFP Applications   faq184-5626 GriffMG 19 Jan 05 --
Protect your apps/functions with a dll   faq184-4964 baltman 19 Mar 04 2.5 / 2
 

Excel

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
Graphing With Excel Function  faq184-5013 baltman 28 Sep 06 9.5 / 2
 

Forms

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
Asynchronous MESSAGEBOX  faq184-6192 ChrisRChamberlain 6 Feb 06 10.0 / 1
Display images and messages from a VFP menu in a statusbar  faq184-6469 ChrisRChamberlain 19 Nov 06 --
How can I enable cancellation in a loop  faq184-5072 ChrisRChamberlain 2 Dec 08 --
Simple chart in a Grid or elsewhere  faq184-5083 Toman 29 Apr 04 9.3 / 4
 

Forms & Screen

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
A quick form to Show your HTML files within VFP   faq184-4268 ramani 6 Oct 03 4.3 / 3
A quick form to show your PDF files within VFP.   faq184-4267 ramani 6 Oct 03 9.0 / 5
A replacement to the native messagebox()   faq184-2033 mgagnon 30 Oct 03 9.7 / 3
A sample Search Form.   faq184-2858 ramani 12 Dec 02 9.8 / 6
Change a Value / Call a Method in Form2 From within Form1?   faq184-2732 wgcs 7 Nov 02 10.0 / 3
Give required fields a different background color  faq184-5011 jimoo 5 Apr 04 --
How can I add .Resize() and .Moved() methods to _SCREEN?   faq184-4374 ChrisRChamberlain 9 Jan 04 --
How can I create a simple forms manager?  faq184-4838 ChrisRChamberlain 29 Mar 10 10.0 / 1
How can I display the registered name/company on a splash screen  faq184-3205 ChrisRChamberlain 19 Feb 03 --
How do I get the user-selected Windows color scheme color for anything?   faq184-1791 wgcs 16 Apr 02 10.0 / 2
How to add code to a Wizard generated form   faq184-4553 mgagnon 8 Dec 03 --
How to create a Top-Level Form with a Top-Level menu (programmatically)   faq184-2860 mgagnon 10 Dec 02 2.5 / 2
How to hide the Main VFP Screen ?   faq184-1258 ramani 15 Nov 03 8.7 / 9
How to I make something Resize when the _SCREEN.Resize event fires?   faq184-2755 wgcs 10 Oct 03 4.0 / 2
How To Make a Single-Form-Application  faq184-6512 OlafDoschke 19 Jan 07 7.0 / 3
How to return user generated properties from all open forms   faq184-1339 mdav2 12 Dec 01 --
KEYPRESS Event instead of ON KEY LABEL   faq184-4097 jimoo 19 Oct 03 7.3 / 3
Month, Day, Year Picker  faq184-4805 jimoo 28 Feb 04 7.0 / 1
Why does Lost focus does not retain focus ?   faq184-2559 ramani 9 Oct 02 10.0 / 3
 

General

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
Adding a progress bar to a .zip operation  faq184-7099 ChrisRChamberlain 16 Nov 10 --
Check out forum184 for a ton of VFP Faqs  faq184-4988 wgcs 27 Mar 04 2.0 / 3
Check out forum184 for a ton of VFP Faqs   faq184-4989 wgcs 27 Mar 04 4.5 / 17
Check out forum184 for a ton of VFP Faqs   faq184-4990 wgcs 27 Mar 04 3.0 / 5
Check out forum184 for a ton of VFP Faqs   faq184-4991 wgcs 27 Mar 04 1.0 / 1
How can I cancel out of a zip operation?  faq184-6888 ChrisRChamberlain 10 Nov 10 --
 

Graphics

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
How can I create an animated .gif using ImageMagick  faq184-7155 ChrisRChamberlain 23 Mar 09 --
How to determine whether a clicked point is inside an irregular polygon outlining an Image-Map?   faq184-2513 wgcs 26 Sep 02 --
How to display any picture format on a form   faq184-2394 mgagnon 8 Oct 02 --
Screen Capture/JPG/BMP/Wallpaper  faq184-4824 baltman 9 Feb 04 --
Useful functions with VFP9.0 and GDI+  faq184-5778 mgagnon 4 Apr 05 7.7 / 3
 

Grids

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
Adding procedures at runtime for grid objects   faq184-2164 mgagnon 9 Mar 03 6.8 / 4
Grid Cell setfocus on MouseMove (with Tooltips & Hilighter)  faq184-4631 AirCon 26 Dec 03 10.0 / 2
How can I 'grey out' a grid?   faq184-4501 ChrisRChamberlain 27 Nov 03 --
How can I add MultiSelect functionality to a grid?  faq184-433 ChrisRChamberlain 4 Apr 10 9.4 / 5
How can I add ToolTipText to grid columns and headers?  faq184-3064 ChrisRChamberlain 3 Feb 11 8.5 / 2
How can I color code cells in a grid?  faq184-624 ChrisRChamberlain 9 May 06 7.3 / 3
How do I change grids' row/column colors/fonts, ...   faq184-3098 DSummZZZ 16 Dec 03 8.3 / 9
How to avoid grid reconstruction   faq184-1813 mgagnon 2 Aug 02 8.7 / 13
How to freeze the lefmost column in a grid   faq184-3477 mgagnon 1 Oct 03 9.5 / 4
How to make an incremental search in Grid   faq184-1214 ramani 16 Dec 02 7.6 / 11
How to make grid display current row in distinct color?   faq184-1264 ramani 20 Apr 03 8.1 / 19
How to make grids rows individually disabled   faq184-2324 mgagnon 21 Nov 02 8.7 / 3
How to show pictures in a grid   faq184-2348 mgagnon 30 Jan 03 --
How to use DynamicCurrentControl in a grid (programmaticaly)   faq184-1939 mgagnon 30 Apr 03 6.0 / 2
Synchronize Two Grids  faq184-4260 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 10.0 / 5
 

Help on help

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How can I navigate through all these FAQs?  faq184-4339 baltman 26 Dec 04 10.0 / 6
How to get the best response from the forum  faq184-2483 mgagnon 4 Nov 09 6.8 / 76
 

Installation

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
An Application starter (with auto copy from server into local station).   faq184-4492 ramani 24 Nov 03 10.0 / 2
How do I create a custom SetUP for my application?   faq184-4429 ramani 12 Nov 03 10.0 / 3
How do I distribute a VFP application ?   faq184-4421 ramani 18 Nov 03 7.5 / 4
How to install VFP without SOAP  faq184-5761 MikeLewis 16 Nov 06 --
How to limit the number of users for an application ?   faq184-1263 ramani 22 Jan 04 9.3 / 8
 

Internet

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
A way to collect your KB articles from internet.   faq184-4463 ramani 21 Nov 03 10.0 / 3
Add Download Ability to Your App in 2 Seconds  faq184-3838 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 9.5 / 8
How do I programmatically Load a Web Page without using Internet Explorer?   faq184-3019 wgcs 11 Jan 03 7.5 / 4
How do I transfer files using FTP?   faq184-3234 DSummZZZ 27 May 03 9.0 / 15
How to consume a web service in VFP   faq184-4242 mgagnon 30 Sep 03 9.0 / 1
How to create a VFP DLL to use Mapquest in a VFP application.   faq184-4666 mgagnon 5 Jan 04 7.0 / 2
How To Programmatically Fill In a Form (HTTP GET/POST)  faq184-4359 wgcs 1 Sep 05 10.0 / 2
How to send email using SMTP and no third party OCX?  faq184-3840 wgcs 8 Jun 04 7.6 / 8
Programmatically Find Latitude and Longitude   faq184-4965 wgcs 19 Mar 04 --
 

Internet Connection

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
How to know if user is connected   faq184-4952 craigsboyd 16 Mar 04 6.3 / 3
 

ListBox

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
Highlight the first item in a listbox   faq184-4384 jimoo 3 Nov 03 9.0 / 2
How to show a bitmap in a ListBox VFP7.0   faq184-2643 mgagnon 27 Oct 02 7.3 / 3
Incremental Search - Like Help Index  faq184-3842 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 8.0 / 1
Programmatically Loading & Referencing Listbox Items  faq184-4322 jimoo 21 Oct 03 10.0 / 2
Simulating checkboxes in a listbox  faq184-3911 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 9.8 / 4
 

Memory Management

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
How to speed-up your VFP Application?   faq184-3504 agit72 27 Apr 03 7.9 / 7
 

Menus

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
How to add e-mail functionality to your menu  faq184-2824 mgagnon 19 Sep 04 2.0 / 1
How to add pictures in a top-level menu (VFP3.0,VFP5,VFP6.0)   faq184-3392 mgagnon 30 Mar 03 10.0 / 1
How to change menu font (name,size) and colors with Menu designer  faq184-6328 Kruno 20 Jun 06 --
How to make myMenu appear in myForm   faq184-844 ramani 13 Dec 02 8.2 / 9
How to use SYS(1500) within a menu procedure  faq184-6354 ChrisRChamberlain 22 Jul 06 --
 

Multi Lingual

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
How can I support Unicode (Russian, Korean, Japanese, Chinese, etc) Text Entry into VFP programs?   faq184-4521 wgcs 1 Dec 03 --
 

Networking

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
Enumerate Available Shares and Current Mapping   faq184-4449 baltman 22 Nov 03 10.0 / 1
Find the current IP address, MAC or Subnet   faq184-3356 wgcs 20 Mar 03 7.8 / 4
How can I "NET SEND" from VFP?  faq184-2724 wgcs 26 Mar 04 9.3 / 9
How can I convert a mapped drive to UNC path or determine type of drive?  faq184-7483 dbMark 1 Jun 11 --
How can I convert from a mapped drive to UNC path?   faq184-3137 wgcs 7 Feb 03 6.7 / 3
How to find local IP address with Winsock  faq184-3479 mgagnon 4 Jul 04 8.8 / 5
VFP Chat Client  faq184-3883 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 7.2 / 6
 

Printers

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
Default Printer, Other Printers, Changing   faq184-4324 jimoo 20 Oct 03 7.0 / 8
How to add a custom size to a printer   faq184-5149 mgagnon 21 May 04 1.0 / 1
How to change default printer   faq184-2444 mgagnon 8 Nov 02 7.8 / 4
How to change default Windows printer without WSH  faq184-2747 ChrisRChamberlain 4 Aug 04 10.0 / 1
How to hack FRX file to strip printer driver information   faq184-581 ramani 27 Feb 03 7.4 / 30
How to prevent GPF error using HP printer drivers  faq184-2265 mgagnon 28 Oct 04 8.7 / 3
 

Reference

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
DBF table structure  faq184-4353 rob444 2 Sep 10 --
 

Reports

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
Change print tray on-the-fly   faq184-1934 mgagnon 4 Nov 02 --
Create your own report preview toolbar  faq184-4480 MikeLewis 16 Nov 06 2.3 / 3
Have a Top-Level preview label report with a Top-Level application   faq184-4508 hyonos 27 Nov 03 --
Have a Top-Level preview report with a Top-Level application   faq184-2490 mgagnon 30 Sep 03 5.5 / 2
How to create a custom size Zoom level in the preview mode   faq184-2636 mgagnon 9 Jan 03 9.7 / 3
How to create a Print Preview toolbar to replace the default one.   faq184-4982 mgagnon 26 Mar 04 8.0 / 1
How to determine if the user pressed the print button during preview   faq184-2919 mgagnon 24 Aug 03 6.3 / 6
How to get "page x of y" on a report   faq184-2911 mgagnon 6 May 03 6.3 / 12
How to make my Report Tool Bars to appear ?   faq184-1259 ramani 9 Nov 01 --
How to preview report maximize   faq184-1762 mgagnon 9 Dec 02 9.6 / 5
How to print Multiple Detail bands in a Report  faq184-1253 ramani 8 Nov 01 7.0 / 2
How to remove the Print button in a report Preview   faq184-1933 mgagnon 18 May 02 4.7 / 7
How to supress to "Printing..." window while printing a report   faq184-2918 mgagnon 21 Dec 02 8.8 / 6
Showing Checkboxes in a Report   faq184-1759 itflash 10 Apr 02 10.0 / 2
When printing a multi-column report that has a "Group BY" and prints horizontally, how do I get the detail to print in the first cell?  faq184-4657 BPeisch 7 Apr 04 --
 

SQL Syntax

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
between or between   faq184-2472 danceman 18 Sep 02 6.0 / 2
Correct usage of BETWEEN   faq184-6077 myearwood 18 Oct 05 --
Gathering data by quarters   faq184-4098 jimoo 2 Jan 04 --
How do I find duplicate field values easily?  faq184-424 JDurbin 24 Jan 01 5.4 / 7
How to get a progress bar with an SQL statement at runtime   faq184-2801 mgagnon 13 Apr 03 10.0 / 3
How to make my VFP7 or earlier coded SQL to work in VFP8?   faq184-3573 ramani 12 May 03 2.0 / 1
How to remove duplicate entries and keep the highest price items   faq184-4767 keepingbusy 23 Jan 04 --
OOP way to get a SQL progress bar.   faq184-6078 myearwood 18 Oct 05 2.0 / 1
report/remove duplicate records   faq184-6525 danceman 25 Jan 07 7.0 / 2
Using a Table Twice in One Query (SELF JOINS)   faq184-2168 danceman 13 Jul 02 10.0 / 1
 

String Commands

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
ATXLEFT() & ATXRIGHT(): Two useful UDFs for parsing strings.  faq184-5975 mmerlinn 26 Feb 07 10.0 / 1
Parsing Delimited Text   faq184-4326 jimoo 21 Oct 03 6.5 / 2
 

Tables

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
INSERT vs INSERT - SQL  faq184-5312 ChrisRChamberlain 18 Jul 04 --
 

Tips & Tricks

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
Display Text in Tool Tip for Text and Combo Boxes   faq184-6539 Imaginecorp 4 Feb 07 1.0 / 1
Display text, in Item Tips, in a multiple column List Box   faq184-6538 Imaginecorp 4 Feb 07 --
Interactive Search / Autocomplete in a Text Box   faq184-6540 Imaginecorp 4 Feb 07 --
Quickly navigate/set default to a directory  faq184-7360 baltman 1 Jul 10 --
 

Tips -N- Tricks

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
"Do not click me more than Once", CommandButton said.   faq184-6656 NasibKalsi 28 May 07 --
A way to force Users out of your VFP application.   faq184-3152 ramani 10 Feb 03 8.8 / 4
Avoiding 'Cannot Quit Visual Foxpro' on Shutdown  faq184-4277 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 8.5 / 2
Can I just copy VFP runtime files to make an exe work   faq184-2644 mgagnon 27 Jan 03 3.6 / 7
Connecting to Network Drive with Win API   faq184-2343 danceman 19 Aug 02 7.3 / 3
Create a GUID with two lines of code   faq184-2486 mgagnon 21 Sep 02 9.7 / 3
Having only one instance of App, bring window to top   faq184-1998 danceman 4 Jun 02 5.5 / 2
Hide DOS Window When Runnig DOS Commands  faq184-4259 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 7.0 / 2
How can a user modify a report without using the FoxPro report designer  faq184-157 ChrisRChamberlain 12 Dec 02 7.2 / 10
How can I add a TIMEOUT clause to MESSAGEBOX?  faq184-451 ChrisRChamberlain 2 Feb 01 10.0 / 2
How can I add context sensitive help to a data entry form?  faq184-153 ChrisRChamberlain 22 Jul 00 --
How can I automatically backup and restore data files?  faq184-145 ChrisRChamberlain 17 Oct 03 7.2 / 15
How can I change ORDER() in a grid?  faq184-446 ChrisRChamberlain 1 Feb 01 6.3 / 7
How can I convert bytes to KB   faq184-3055 ChrisRChamberlain 25 Jan 03 2.0 / 1
How can I create a mailing list from the Windows Address Book?   faq184-4415 ChrisRChamberlain 8 Nov 03 --
How can I create a phone dialler using the MS Comms Control   faq184-2336 ChrisRChamberlain 17 Aug 02 5.5 / 2
How can I create a phone dialler with WinAPI calls   faq184-2342 ChrisRChamberlain 19 Aug 02 3.0 / 2
How can I create a progressbar in a form?  faq184-2366 ChrisRChamberlain 30 Dec 08 4.3 / 3
How can I create a viewer using the Kodak Image Edit ActiveX control   faq184-2401 ChrisRChamberlain 4 Sep 02 6.0 / 2
How can I create my own statusbar?   faq184-3155 ChrisRChamberlain 12 Feb 03 2.0 / 1
How can I create ToolTipText with multiple lines?  faq184-3121 ChrisRChamberlain 2 Jul 04 9.0 / 3
How can I enhance my image?  faq184-218 ChrisRChamberlain 7 Sep 00 5.5 / 2
How can I excute more lines of code from command wndow as if it is a PRG?   faq184-4269 ramani 6 Oct 03 --
How can I improve control over the MS common dialog?  faq184-7470 ChrisRChamberlain 7 Dec 11 --
How can I lock the position of a screen object   faq184-940 ChrisRChamberlain 26 Jul 01 10.0 / 1
How can I make a Progress Bar?  faq184-216 BlindPete 1 Jan 04 8.0 / 5
How can I perform a file search if I can't distribute Filer.dll?  faq184-139 foxdev 18 Jul 00 6.7 / 7
How can I select multiple files from Windows  faq184-3106 ChrisRChamberlain 6 Jan 05 8.4 / 7
How do I obtain a GUID?  faq184-230 foxdev 19 Sep 00 10.0 / 3
How do I programmatically make a combobox drop-down?  faq184-118 jonscott8 9 Jul 00 8.2 / 13
How do I report bugs to Microsoft?  faq184-423 JDurbin 24 Jan 01 --
How do I retrieve my app's version number?  faq184-236 foxdev 28 Sep 00 10.0 / 3
How do I use the StatusBar Active-x Control   faq184-4788 DSummZZZ 30 Jan 04 9.0 / 1
How to add a new DSN programmatically   faq184-1538 moshi 4 Feb 02 5.0 / 3
How to build a Password control for you application?   faq184-1262 ramani 10 Nov 01 8.4 / 17
How to create a parent-child-grandchild form   faq184-2688 mgagnon 2 Nov 02 5.3 / 3
How to Create Non-Rectangular VFP   faq184-1818 mgagnon 20 Apr 02 7.6 / 5
How to handle the error "field" phrase is not found in comboboxes  faq184-3644 mgagnon 8 Apr 04 9.0 / 3
How to interact with Windows CE/PocketPC?   faq184-3789 wgcs 26 Jun 03 7.5 / 4
How to know an environmetal settings value ?   faq184-762 ramani 26 May 01 7.8 / 6
How to pre-format certain field in result of query (either for views or SELECT statement)  faq184-215 TomasDill 5 Sep 00 7.5 / 4
How to prevent automatic INVALID INPUT message from appearing when returning FALSE from valid method.   faq184-911 csr 13 Jul 01 9.5 / 2
How to put your own controls in a Grid?  faq184-426 Davin 24 Jan 01 7.7 / 10
How to run DOS program in background effectively   faq184-4377 AirCon 1 Nov 03 10.0 / 3
How to search for files with VFP w/o FILER.DLL ?  faq184-140 BlindPete 19 Jul 00 6.0 / 5
menu option to Load Index and Contents of help file   faq184-2208 danceman 20 Jul 02 10.0 / 1
Messagebox - INFO   faq184-4348 jimoo 24 Oct 03 --
Messagebox - STOP   faq184-4347 jimoo 24 Oct 03 --
Messagebox - YESNO  faq184-4346 jimoo 2 Apr 04 4.0 / 1
My Valid or LostFocus Dosn't work   faq184-2553 danceman 7 Oct 02 10.0 / 1
Outlook Automation: How can I prevent the Security Warning imposed by Service Pack 2?   faq184-1156 jonscott8 11 Oct 01 7.0 / 1
Quick and easy way to send attachements using the default e-mail program   faq184-2413 mgagnon 8 Sep 02 10.0 / 2
Start exe w/o the run command  faq184-221 dgrewe 8 Sep 00 6.6 / 5
Timed Splash Screen   faq184-2209 danceman 20 Jul 02 6.0 / 2
Why does my application jus flashes and closes when I start it.   faq184-4232 mgagnon 29 Sep 03 10.0 / 3
 

Usefull Functions & Procedures

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
64BIT FLOATING FUNCTIONS   faq184-1932 738262 18 May 02 3.0 / 1
Another GETDIR() alternative (to see the entire network)   faq184-1821 mgagnon 21 Apr 02 8.7 / 7
Associate your VFP app with a specific file extension   faq184-3839 craigsboyd 6 Jul 03 10.0 / 1
Bin - Dec - Hex - RGB Converter  faq184-4203 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 10.0 / 1
Bypassing Low Level File Functions 2GB Limits   faq184-4732 baltman 18 Jan 04 --
Calculating the date of Easter  faq184-3807 MikeLewis 16 Nov 06 --
Conversion Functions: Dec,Hex,Binary,Oct Back and Forth   faq184-4461 DSummZZZ 5 Dec 03 7.8 / 4
Create a simple PDF file from a text file!  faq184-7355 GriffMG 24 Nov 11 6.0 / 1
DBF of Volumes/Directory/Files   faq184-6591 dgrewe 5 Mar 07 10.0 / 1
Export a Formatted Table to Excel using HTML  faq184-4704 baltman 12 Apr 04 7.8 / 4
Free PDF Maker for Visual FoxPro   faq184-2143 mgagnon 5 Aug 03 7.1 / 10
Function to return whether Folder/Directory is Empty   faq184-4458 GriffMG 19 Nov 03 --
Get Files in Directory (including subdirectories)  faq184-4256 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 9.5 / 2
How can I convert a hex colour to RGB()   faq184-4204 ChrisRChamberlain 21 Sep 03 --
How do I auto release or shut application on inactivity ?   faq184-4467 ramani 21 Nov 03 9.8 / 4
How to bring out an Outlook email message pre-filled in   faq184-3938 mgagnon 26 Jul 03 --
How to calculate Internal rates of returns (IRR)   faq184-2874 jesylv 12 Dec 02 --
How to calculate twips to pixels   faq184-4206 mgagnon 21 Sep 03 10.0 / 1
How to check for an array's existance.   faq184-6759 myearwood 29 Oct 07 --
How to count working days  faq184-307 BlindPete 12 May 03 8.7 / 7
How to create UNIQUE RANDOM Numbers ?   faq184-793 ramani 4 Jun 01 8.0 / 1
How to ensure that only one instance of my application is running in my desktop.   faq184-839 ramani 19 Jun 01 8.3 / 12
How to get all the Excel or Word constants with their values   faq184-4248 mgagnon 3 Oct 03 9.4 / 5
How to make a writeable cursor (VFP3,VFP5,VFP6)   faq184-2800 mgagnon 24 Nov 02 6.0 / 2
How to obtain a guaranteed unique ID number   faq184-2393 mgagnon 2 Nov 02 --
How to see entire network - similar to GETDIR()   faq184-1760 Eguy 10 Apr 02 6.4 / 5
How to set the computer's system time   faq184-2110 mgagnon 1 Jul 02 --
How to strip all but certain chars from a string   faq184-3378 wgcs 26 Mar 03 10.0 / 2
Is there an alternative to the GETFILE() dialog?   faq184-828 SGLong 14 Jun 01 10.0 / 1
ISOWEEK(): Calculate the correct ISO week with this UDF.  faq184-6340 mmerlinn 18 Jul 06 5.0 / 2
Leave Only Footprints- Restore Environmental Settings   faq184-4437 baltman 15 Nov 03 --
Parse A String With Any Delimiter   faq184-2062 Walid 19 Jun 02 --
Return the first or last day of the month   faq184-3683 StewartUK 4 Jun 03 4.3 / 3
Search Folders & SubFolders for Files  faq184-6312 GriffMG 11 Jul 06 --
Send a table to HTML (Web page)   faq184-3404 mgagnon 4 Apr 03 7.0 / 3
Sounds Like Matching - Part I (Metaphone Algorithm)   faq184-4340 craigsboyd 23 Oct 03 10.0 / 1
SUBSTR() that also works from the right  faq184-5934 FatSlug 19 Jul 05 --
Transpose Table Function   faq184-4697 baltman 11 Jan 04 --
True PROPER Command   faq184-4320 jimoo 13 Jan 04 10.0 / 1
Turn a DBF into CREATE TABLE SQL prg   faq184-4878 baltman 24 Feb 04 --
VFP Function to determine file size.   faq184-4408 TeknoSoftInc 20 Nov 03 10.0 / 1
Week Of Month, First Day & NextSunday functions   faq184-4468 GriffMG 21 Nov 03 6.0 / 1
 

Utility Program

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
A backup utility code.  faq184-4318 ramani 18 Oct 03 9.0 / 1
A cursor to collect all files in a specific directory   faq184-3102 ramani 31 Jan 03 9.5 / 2
A Number to word convertion Utility   faq184-2848 ramani 26 Aug 03 8.5 / 6
All methods & Events Code in a Project.   faq184-4392 ramani 4 Nov 03 10.0 / 3
Collection of all methods and Events code in Forms   faq184-2948 ramani 4 Nov 03 7.6 / 7
Collection of PRGs - all code in one window  faq184-2947 ramani 28 Dec 02 7.5 / 6
Extract Files from General Fields  faq184-5314 baltman 20 Jul 04 9.0 / 1
Fast backup of all files in directory to ZIP-file   faq184-4880 broekhuis 24 Feb 04 10.0 / 2
How can i copy folder   faq184-1840 moshi 29 Apr 02 6.7 / 3
How can I delete more than one file (DEL *.*)?   faq184-2512 wgcs 1 Dec 03 6.5 / 2
How can I Move or Rename a Folder?   faq184-2511 wgcs 26 Sep 02 6.0 / 2
How to create ZIP Files with VFP  faq184-3830 craigsboyd 18 Feb 05 9.8 / 5
How to keep multiple versions(999+) of your source files ?  faq184-6794 NasibKalsi 23 Dec 07 --
Rasdial to use DialUp connections   faq184-2332 danceman 16 Aug 02 10.0 / 2
Transform a Partially Formatted Delimited Text File Into a Standard Delimited File  faq184-4275 baltman 24 Jan 07 --
 

Voip - Voice Over IP

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
Can I control Skype from VFP?   faq184-5744 wgcs 11 Mar 05 10.0 / 1
 

Windows Clipboard

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
Place a File reference on the Clipboard for pasting into email  faq184-5743 wgcs 10 Mar 05 --
 

Windows Scripting

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
Examples of Window Scripting uses in VFP  faq184-4140 mgagnon 9 Feb 05 9.5 / 17
How to copy the event log to a cursor  faq184-4793 mgagnon 28 Jun 04 10.0 / 1
How to get all file information in a directory   faq184-4136 mgagnon 9 Sep 03 7.3 / 3
How to remove the clock (and access to the calendar)   faq184-5161 mgagnon 25 May 04 2.0 / 1
How to unzip files using Shell.application  faq184-5113 mgagnon 16 May 05 10.0 / 1
 

WMI

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
Ensuring only one instance of an app using WMI  faq184-6206 ChrisRChamberlain 6 Jun 09 10.0 / 1
Query for data from a WMI class  faq184-6301 ChrisRChamberlain 18 May 06 --
 

Word Automation

FAQ Title Author Date Rating/#
Useful Word Automation examples.  faq184-5150 mgagnon 1 Aug 04 4.3 / 8
 

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