Restore most recently used list (MRU)

[teresas]

I often work with mapped drives. Occasionally, I inadvertently open VFP before I've mapped the drives, and this will wipe out my most recently used (MRU) list. I'd like to be able to restore it to its previous configuration.

I've looked at the resource file (foxuser.dbf) and discovered there are several records with field ID=MRU* (MRUI, MRUS, etc.) but don't know which of these to edit and if so, how.

Or, is the MRU info stored in the Windows registry, and is it possible to edit it there?

I am using version 9 and have turned off the Task Pane Manager.

Teresa

 

[craigsboyd]

On my system it is the MRUL. Also, you will need to figure out what those delimiters are that they're using...probably Chr(0) and Chr(4).

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[teresas]

Craig,

Yes, you are correct that "MRUL" is the record I was looking for. I took your hint and was able to determine that the delimiters in the foxuser.data field were CHR(4)+CHR(0) at the beginning, CHR(0) between entries, and two or three CHR(0) at the end. I tried editing the foxuser.data field, but when my edits didn't take, I guessed that it was because the foxuser.ckval field wasn't correct.

So, I tried a different approach that will not restore the list to its immediately previous configuration, but can restore it to a configuration that I have saved.

USE SYS(2005) AGAIN
SET FILTER TO id = "MRUL"
BROWSE LAST NOWAIT 

USE JUSTPATH(SYS(2005)) + "\FOXUSERMRULSAVE" IN 0
SELECT FOXUSERMRULSAVE
SET FILTER TO id = "MRUL"
BROWSE LAST NOWAIT 

REPLACE foxuser.ckval WITH foxusermrulsave.ckval
REPLACE foxuser.data WITH foxusermrulsave.data

CLOSE TABLES ALL

Teresa