Thanks wOOdy. I knew you could open FOXUSER again, but I didn't know you

could pack it.

About time it was shareable, too. Don't get me started on that PITA

registry. Ugh!

Fred

ftaylor@qwest.net

----- Original Message -----

From: "Juergen Wondzinski" <woody@prolib.de>

To: "Multiple recipients of ProFox" <profox@leafe.com>

Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 1:03 AM

Subject: RE: foxuser entries

> Hi Fred,

>

> >> You have to do a couple of things to access the FOXUSER.DBF like a

table.

> >> SET RESOURCE OFF

> >> USE SYS(2005) EXCLUSIVE

>

> Not neccessarily. You can also do (without SET RESO OFF):

>

> USE SYS(2005) AGAIN ORDER 1

>

> The FoxUser is (up to VFP6, at least) always in Exclusive Mode already. It

> has also an index attached, which is always created new when VFP starts.

> Unfortunately, the name is a Sys(2015) one, thus the numeric access of the

> Order.

>

> I use the FoxUser quite often, and store my own settings in it (Window

> positions, Grid columns order, last used customer and such). And instead

of

> writing an INI file, or (shudder) clobbering the registry, this is the

best

> and fastest way to store personal data. (That's what VFP is known best

for:

> dbf access) And no need for extensive errorchecking, too: The foxuser is

> always present, and has always a fresh index.

>

> The index is on "Type + Id + LEFT(Name, 24)", thus I store the APP-Name to

> Type, The Setting-IDs to ID and the username to Name. You then have a

> Logical, a Date, a Numeric and a Memo field for your own free usage.

FoxPro

> doesn't care about entries he doesn't know. You shouldn't name your APP

like

> any of the used Type-fieldvalues of FoxPro, though <g>.

>

> Starting with VFP7, the FoxUser is in Shared mode, thus the above concept

> gets even better, because you then can have a central FoxUser, thus a

moving

> user has always his settings, regardless of the PC he's on. Try this with

> Registry or INI entries....

>

>

>

>

> Servus

>

> wOOdy

>

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