RE: ProTip: Still using the Project Manager?

Author: Tracy Pearson

Posted: 2021-12-29 at 13:31:53

LOL

It's fun to find a keyword that is in the product for backward compatibility

that actually does something useful.

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Subject: Re: ProTip: Still using the Project Manager?

"This just in....Visual FoxPro 9 support for *Mac Desktops*!"

LOL!

On 12/28/2021 3:06 PM, Tracy Pearson wrote:

> If you are still using the Project Manager and are on a High DPI screen.

> When you move the window around it is not a very pleasant experience.

>

> This code will put the window in an outer window that does not have the

> border issue.

>

> DEFINE WINDOW MyProjectWIndow ;

> FROM 0,0 ;

> TO WROWS("Project Manager"),WCOLS("Project Manager") ;

> CLOSE FLOAT GROW ZOOM MINIMIZE NOMDI ;

> TITLE "Project Manager" ;

> FONT WFONT(1,"Project Manager"), WFONT(2, "Project Manager")

> SHOW WINDOW MyProjectWindow

> ACTIVATE WINDOW "Project Manager" IN MyProjectWindow

> MOVE WINDOW "Project Manager" TO 0,0

>

> And if you want the Project Manager to live outside the VFP window, and be

> available in the Windows Task Bar change the SHOW WINDOW command to this.

>

> SHOW WINDOW MyProjectWindow IN macdesktop

>

> If you do not need it in the Windows Task Bar, you could change the DEFINE

> WINDOW line to include this.

>

> IN DESKTOP

>

>

> The project manager needs to be open before you run this. You could add a

> this before it.

>

> MODIFY PROJECT 'TheAwesomeProject' NOWAIT

>

> Do you sometimes maximize windows you don't mean to? Change ZOOM to

NOZOOM.

>

> Works in VFP 9 and VFP Advanced.

>

> OR

>

> You could use Doug Hennig's Project Explorer

> https://github.com/DougHennig/ProjectExplorer

>

> Happy Coding!

> Tracy

>

>

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