Detecting the directory of a VFP Form

[dkean4]

I have been away for too long and I forgot how to detect the directory of a form that is being edited in VFP.

As an example, I have some assets sitting in a directory of a form, and I need to access, from a program running in a different drive. The target form is open for editing in VFP. I thought that the form's directory was expressed in the "Properties" list, somewhere, but I am unable to find it. I seem to remember an object named "VFP" to tap into the Foxpro editing environment. But I just can't remember how to access it.

Please help...


Dennis Kean

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[Mike Lewis]

Hello Dennis, good to see you hear again.

When you talk about the "directory of the form", do you mean the directory in which the form's file (the SCX) has been saved? If so, there are two ways of doing this:

1. If the form is open in the form designer, click on File / Save As. A File Open dialogue will open, with the directory in question being selected by default. (You don't need to actually save the file.)

2. If the form is in a project, click on it within the Project Manager, then read off the full path and flename at the bottom of the Project Manager window.

Apologies if I have misunderstood the question. If so, perhaps you could clarify it.

Mike

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[GriffMG]

Is Dennis talking about _VFP properties?

Like _vfp.activeproject.homedir

Regards

Griff
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[Chris Miller]

How about SYS(1271)?

Chriss

 

[GriffMG]

That would need another parameter wouldn't it?

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Griff
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[dkean4]

Hi Mike, good to see that you guys are still around. I was thinking about doing it in code, as GriffMG suggested.

GriffMG, thank you, that is exactly what I was thinking. I forgot the underscore in front of VFP... "_VFP". And I also forgot how to reply to your individual posts. So this is a general sweep for all who contributed. You guys are great. Thank you all for being there.


Dennis Kean

Simplicity is the extreme degree of sophistication.
Leonardo da Vinci

 

[Chris Miller]

Î thought you want the dir of a form, not the project dir.

SYS(1271) works with a running form, to know a path to any project file there is _VFP.ActiveProject.Files, the homedir is not necessarily the directory of all project members.


Chriss

 

[Mike Lewis]

I also forgot how to reply to your individual posts

In Tek Tips, unlike in some other forums, you don't reply to individual posts. You reply to the thread as a whole.

Good to say that you've got a solution. Be sure to come back next time you have a problem.

Mike



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