Paradox V7 on Xp

[100AcreWood]

My client wants to port existing V7 systems onto Xp while a new suite of .NET stuff is developed. We have problems with the display on XP - some of the form buttons "disappear", while others do not. ALl the buttons work though.

I've tried different screen sizes / res, different colour schemes etc, even tried moving the offending buttons round !

Any ideas ?

 

[JoeNg]

Hmmm... If the buttons are disappeared from the from, how do you konw they work?

I would open the form in design mode and save it again in XP.

 

[JoeNg]

Oh... I had similar problem with custom buttons (not in XP, though). Buttons were bit-map images that made to look and feel like a regular button.

I had to to recreate them before they would appear.

 

[100AcreWood]

The buttons are highlighted (thin dotted line around the outline), and activate when clicked. There are 100+ forms (even more reports - will I have any problems there ?), so opening / saving on Xp is a real bind (not to mention a maintenance issue).

Thanks for the ideas so far ....

 

[JoeNg]

From your descirption, you may have custom buttons.
First, determine if the buttons in question are custom button.
Open form in design mode, click on one of the buttons.
Click right mouse button.
Click properties.
Check the title of the dialog box. If it’s a button, it should be labeled as “Button Properties”.
If not, you have a custom button.
If you do, I know of no way but to recreate them.

I still don’t understand how the buttons would work if they “disappear” from the form.

You also mentioned reports. There are buttons on reports?

 

[Guest_imported]

This is a well documented problem. The solution is to simply set the Win XP compatability mode to W 95 or NT.

HTH,
O.J.