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by mainhatten
Tue Jun 15, 2021 4:21 pm
Forum: Visual FoxPro
Topic: cmd with FoxPro
Replies: 6
Views: 4185

cmd with FoxPro

<r><QUOTE author="neewbee"><s>[quote="neewbee"]</s>Hello there. I have a Problem and hope someone can help me. I want to open CMD from the Fox Pro programm and put in an command. This works fine with sendkey - order. But I want the result of the Order in a Variable back in VFP. How can I do this?<e ...
by mainhatten
Tue Jun 15, 2021 4:13 pm
Forum: Visual FoxPro
Topic: Just a sample of some Foxpro COMMANDs
Replies: 4
Views: 4958

Just a sample of some Foxpro COMMANDs

<r><QUOTE author="Jeff Stone"><s>[quote="Jeff Stone"]</s>I have found that VFP runs almost all former DOS foxpro code well. There are sometimes a few display bugs when you try running old code with @ say/get read statements.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
Jeff,<br/>
compatibility of old @say/get can be ...
by mainhatten
Thu Apr 22, 2021 3:05 pm
Forum: Product
Topic: Why has Goto(recordnumber) an INT?
Replies: 6
Views: 2553

Why has Goto(recordnumber) an INT?

<r>Hi Dick
<QUOTE author="ic2"><s>[quote="ic2"]</s>I always use DWORD for non negative numbers, as it was once recommended for VO.<br/>
...<br/>
Not sure if Int32 is the same as long, but why was Int32 chosen, which allow -2,147,483,648 to + 2,147,483,648? Why not DWORD (0 to 4,294,967,295.) - you ...
by mainhatten
Mon Apr 12, 2021 12:41 pm
Forum: Visual FoxPro
Topic: (not only empty) datetime literals
Replies: 6
Views: 4163

(not only empty) datetime literals

<r><QUOTE author="robert"><s>[quote="robert"]</s>An empty DateTime will be difficult. We wiil have to convert these to either a DateTime.MinValue or an uninitialized Nullable Datetime .<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
Hi Robert,<br/>
problem might be compounded be previous upsize efforts: ^1899.12.31 is/was ...
by mainhatten
Tue Apr 06, 2021 10:16 pm
Forum: Chit-Chat
Topic: dbMigration with odbc // curiosity // solved?
Replies: 9
Views: 4334

dbMigration with odbc // curiosity

<r><QUOTE author="FFF"><s>[quote="FFF"]</s>In the developer's opinion, the odbc driver is at fault, but i can't imagine, what and why the problem exists at all.<br/>
Anyone an idea?<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
As the original problem is already solved, let me add some vfp view:<br/>
DO NOT USE VFP ODBC ...
by mainhatten
Sat Mar 20, 2021 5:40 pm
Forum: Visual FoxPro
Topic: Implementing missing VFP functions
Replies: 36
Views: 15552

Implementing missing VFP functions

<r><QUOTE author="FoxProMatt"><s>[quote="FoxProMatt"]</s>Let me give a reminder that most (non-dbf related) FoxPro functions were implemented in a C# library way back in June of 2020 a long time ago and the source code is on my GitHub account. It is called <B><s>[b]</s>"Visual FoxPro Toolkit for ...
by mainhatten
Wed Mar 03, 2021 6:32 pm
Forum: Product
Topic: Lock Error on X# 27
Replies: 8
Views: 2947

Lock Error on X# 27

<r><QUOTE author="Meinhard"><s>[quote="Meinhard"]</s>The problem was, most of the time, thatnew SMB version do something called opportunistic locking.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE> MS screwed SMB up royally with opportunistic locking (oplocks) after SMB1, that is certain. But SMB1 already had oplocks ...
by mainhatten
Sat Feb 27, 2021 1:24 pm
Forum: Visual FoxPro
Topic: Roadmap item vfp embedded SQL via Advantage
Replies: 4
Views: 3314

Roadmap item vfp embedded SQL via Advantage

<r>Robert
<QUOTE author="robert"><s>[quote="robert"]</s>
- We have not forgotten about Android/Xamarin and also IOS/Xamarin: to support these we will add support for .Net Core / .Net 5 / .Net 6. That is our best bet.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
I should have asked about the level of interest in current ...
by mainhatten
Fri Feb 26, 2021 7:39 pm
Forum: Visual FoxPro
Topic: Roadmap item vfp embedded SQL via Advantage
Replies: 4
Views: 3314

Roadmap item vfp embedded SQL via Advantage

<r><QUOTE author="robert"><s>[quote="robert"]</s>
Our plans to map VFP embedded SQL to ADS will use the existing ACE layer on Windows.<br/>
I am afraid that this will NOT work on other platforms.<e>[/quote]</e></QUOTE>
Bummer! But from reading manuals I was afraid of that... In theory, most of my ...
by mainhatten
Fri Feb 26, 2021 10:38 am
Forum: Visual FoxPro
Topic: Roadmap item vfp embedded SQL via Advantage
Replies: 4
Views: 3314

Roadmap item vfp embedded SQL via Advantage

<r>Hi Robert,
<QUOTE><s>[Quote]</s>
From Roadmap:<br/>
Implementation of FoxPro embedded SQL based on Advantage Database Server<br/>
that way a lot of functionality already in Advantage can be reused, which makes LOTS of sense, esp when I look at the enhancements already finished there.<e>[/Quote ...