Author: Alan Wyne
Posted: 2004-10-27 at 09:38:08
Well this just stinks. You have to define a window, activate etc,etc,etc.
Sounds like a good time to upgrade them to VFP8.........<s>
Thanks for the help.
Alan
At 09:04 AM 10/27/2004, you wrote:
>Alan:
>
>VFP5 is getting to be pretty old. My copy (5.0a) is dated October 21,
>1997, so it just turned seven. While an improvement over 3.0, it was
>nowhere near as stable at 6.0. And each version since has improved
>stability, new features and new developer tools.
>
>Is there no way you can update the runtimes on your machines to VFP 7 or 8?
>
>There were problems with reports when there was no visible _SCREEN in
>VFP5, but I don't recall the workarounds off the top of my head. Perhaps
>you should consider toggling _SCREEN.Visibile to .T. before you try to
>preview the reports?
>
>Ted Roche
>Ted Roche & Associates, LLC
>On Oct 26, 2004, at 11:34 PM, Alan Wyne wrote:
>
>>I have a program I wrote using VFP8. Runs fine. VFP screen is off.
>>main screen is set to modal...As Top Level Form....desktop = .t.
>>
>>When I build a project and then an EXE and run the EXE. The two reports
>>that can run from this screen preview fine inside the main form.
>>
>>However, when I rebuild the project in VFP5 built the EXE and then run
>>it. Those same two reports will not show up. I click the button to
>>click the report. Everything fires...temp files get built. but there is
>>no report preview window.
>>
>>Is this a problem in VFP 5? if so, does anyone know a way around it.
>>
>>thanks
>>
>>
>>Alan Wyne
>>IS Manager
>>Rollpak Corp
>>
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