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  1. jamrnelson

    tab order

    There are two ways of setting tabbing order. I suggest you try the following: Go to Tools/Options/Forms and set 'Tab ordering' there to "By List". Then, when you click on "Tab ordering" on a form, the list of the names of your controls are presented in tab order -- and you can drag the icon...
  2. jamrnelson

    Set Grid Header Click Method

    BPeisch -- and how would you do that in VFP8??? Thanks, Jim Nelson
  3. jamrnelson

    Running Another VFP7 EXE From My VFP7 EXE with params

    JimStarr: What's the difference between using shellexecute and the code you suggest: do myprog2.exe ??? I was not aware of your method, and wonder what the differences are between the two techniques. Thanks, Jim Nelson
  4. jamrnelson

    New FAQs (Excel, Spellcheck, Listbox)

    Thank you for the Excel tool ... this is exactly what I need to get started on my project for today. Your timing is exquisite.
  5. jamrnelson

    Syntax Error - When Label Caption is "="

    My understanding is that you can set the value for any property to a character string beginning with '=', and that string will then be evaluated as part of the INIT event for the object. Most common usage is for captions, within the Property sheet: ='first line'+chr[13]+'second line' so, as...
  6. jamrnelson

    VFP8 - Code reference

    Great tool indeed !! What are the selection boxes for?
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    Caption option with "=" character

    Oh, I see -- what's happening is that if the first character in the caption is an equal sign, the rest is executed within INIT. My little testing indicates that I can put just about any expression I want (VFP 8) in there, including references to variables and UDFs. Furthermore, I can do that...
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    Caption option with "=" character

    My question was not stated clearly. What's the leading equal sign for? Why would I use it? What's the purpose? What other uses are there? Is it documented anywhere? (If so, and presuming there's some good reason for me to know about it, I might hope to learn other obscurities of value in...
  9. jamrnelson

    Caption option with "=" character

    Mike -- I do not understand the construct you refer to: Or in the Caption put : ="=" Are you refering to the caption property in property window for the label? If so, what is the meaning of the leading equal sign followed by quoted text? Another in the (almost infinite)...
  10. jamrnelson

    Auto-starting combo boxes

    Ramani -- no, not a school project -- nice guess though -- we're working independently of each other .... sometimes it's not easy to know what keywords to use in a search for previous answers, so we end up repeating an earlier question using different words. Jim Nelson
  11. jamrnelson

    Math Function Problem

    Use EXP() and LOG() N-th root of X ... EXP(LOG(X)/N) Jim Nelson
  12. jamrnelson

    API Call Caused an Exception

    I have encountered one cause of this error -- the following statement: m.xxx=0 or any other assignment beginning with 'm.' ........ Jim Nelson

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