KB Articles Answer Frequently-Asked FoxPro QuestionsLast reviewed: February 12, 1998Article ID: Q121931 |
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SUMMARYThis article is a reference to some of the most requested Microsoft Knowledge Base articles as well as to the on-line services available. The Knowledge Base articles listed here provide answers to some of the frequently asked questions about Microsoft FoxPro. But this is just a small sample of the articles available in the Knowledge Base. For additional information, you can query the complete Microsoft FoxPro Knowledge Base or you can obtain individual articles from the Internet.
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FoxPro Resource KitYou can also obtain the FoxPro Resource Kit. It is available as application note number FW1003. To obtain this Application Note (number FW1003) and the files included with it, download FW1003.EXE, a self-extracting file, from the Microsoft Software Library (MSL) on the following services:
For more information about the Resource Kit, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
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Some of the Available Microsoft Knowledge Base Articles
The following Knowledge Base articles are organized by category. These articles are available from the Internet and may be available on the FastTips service. If you are unable to access these sources, you can have these Knowledge Base articles faxed to you directly from Microsoft. Please give the Support Engineer your fax number and the Q numbers of the articles you want. NOTE: This list is only a small portion of the available articles. Even the articles listed here are subject to change. We frequently add new articles and update existing articles. As a result, the title of the article as well as the contents may change over time. Even if you have obtained one of these articles in the past, you may want to obtain the current version of the same article.
BROWSE CommandQ Number Title Q88491 Temporary Files Created by FoxPro Q88617 How to Browse for a Specific Character String Q88665 Sample Code Browses Fields and Accesses Scroll Bar Q95295 How to Have Two Browse Windows for the Same Database Q95380 Location of Screen and Command Windows Attributes Q97640 Combining GET Fields and a Browse in a Single Window Q98437 PRFOX: "Invalid File Descriptor" Error Occurs During Browse Q99095 How to Reset a Database Field to a Null Value in FoxPro Q102890 How to Calculate Running Totals in a BROWSE Command Q103610 PRB: Can't Move From Character to Character in BROWSE or GET Q104005 How to Coordinate Parent Data Window with Child Browse Q104593 Determining if Browse Window Activated/Deactivated Q107195 How to Browse with Mixed Read-Only and Read/Write Fields Q108632 How to Coordinate Browse Windows with Screens Q108682 Switching Between a Screen and Browse Using a Single Key Q111315 BROWSE Clauses Saved By PREFERENCE Q121027 How to Create a Modal Browse Window Q109791 How to Coordinate a Browse Window with a Control Screen Q108614 How to Create a Message Box for Fields in a Browse Window Q93350 How to Modify a Database Using the BROWSE Command Coding and Special FunctionsQ Number Title Q97640 Combining GET fields and a browse in a single window Q95746 Bypassing automatic record locking with READ NOLOCK Q119230 How to create validation and selection popups for fields Q103645 How to change the default windows printer from FoxPro Q113011 How to hide a password and show entry position in FoxPro Q93587 How to Create a General-Purpose Thermometer Bar in FoxPro _CUROBJ and Transferring Focus Between ScreensQ Number Title Q87683 Moving between multiple windows on the screen Q96358 Using multiple screens for data entry with one read Q96356 Using CUROBJ with pushbuttons Q119692 How to keeps screens from flashing in a multiple-screen set Q117591 How to keep the cursor in GET object if data is invalid Q112599 How to hide deactivated screens in a screen set Q104347 Displaying unique messages for prompts in a button set DDE and OLE IssuesQ Number Title Q96352 How to Perform a DDE Link with Word For Windows Q95718 How to Close Microsoft Excel Using DDE Commands in FoxPro Q96351 How to Use Variables in a DDExecute() Command Q92966 Using a FoxPro Database in a Word For Windows Print Merge Q98701 Automatically Starting Microsoft Excel Macros Through OLE Q100444 How to Programmatically Embed and Link Part of a File Q100562 DDEInitiate() from a Client May Require a Pause Q101294 How to Edit OLE Objects on Screen with Active READ Q103087 How to Send Macro Commands to MS Excel Using DDEEXECUTE() Q107417 ERR: "Error Creating OLE Object" with APPEND GENERAL Q108681 Using DDE to Check If Another Windows Application Is Open Q109853 How to Set Up Asynchronous DDE Transactions Q112047 How to Perform DDE with DDEDATA.APP Q113443 How to Copy a General Field from One Record to Another Q114492 Using DDE and Macro Substitution with FoxPro and Word Q117587 How to Pass Data from FoxPro to Another Application Q132308 How to Use DDE from FoxPro to Control Windows Program Manager Distribution Kit IssuesQ Number Title Q87695 PRB: Unable to build executable file from project Q93335 PRB: "Object file is wrong version" error Q94811 Common cause of "Feature not available" error Q132696 PRB: "File does not exist" Using Macro Substitution in EXE Q133358 PRB: Feature Not Available: Macro Substitution & Command Verbs Foundation ReadQ Number Title Q87694 PRB: Menu Appears, Then Application Exits to Operating System Q107837 How to create a foundation read time-out Q119249 PRB: APP run from RUN MENU loses menu if no foundation read Q117786 How to build an application from an existing screen set Q109430 FILE: Fw0969.exe Coordinates Menus & Screens w/ Foundation READs Q93622 Events that trigger a foundation read Gengraph FunctionalityQ Number Title Q96304 RQBE Graph option not available if _GENGRAPH not set Q98771 Using GENGRAPH to update and display graphs Q99605 Passing date to a Foxgraph graph as a subtitle Q101597 Using UPDATEGRPH in GENGRAPH.APP Q103086 How to graph multiple data items using Microsoft Graph Q99841 Entering Microsoft Graph without the RQBE dialog box. Q98772 Using SHOWGRPH in GENGRAPH Q98770 Using REFRESHGRPH in GENGRAPH Installation and Configuration IssuesQ Number Title Q97157 Changes to Windows during FoxPro for Windows installation Q111523 PRB: INSTALL /N adds a semi-colon (;) to beginning of PATH Q110116 ERR: Configuration portion of INSTALL /N fails Q110115 ERR: File"ADDUSER.APP" does not exist running "INSTALL /N" Q110114 PRB: INSTALL /N prompts for a floppy disk Q109651 Description of INSTALL /N (Workstation installation) Q101296 General information on workstation setup (INSTALL /N) Q101001 /A and /N switches for FoxPro for Windows network setup Q95713 Library Construction Kit Setup & Installation Q96170 FastTips for FoxPro For Windows: Installation Q & A Q97157 Changes to Windows during FoxPro for Windows installation Q96782 How to install FPW on a network Q98684 ERR: Invalid path message during SETUP /A on Novell network Q99537 ERR: Cannot change properties of FOXPROW.EXE file Q101298 Installing supplemental programs and optional components Q101881 FoxPro files that can be deleted to save space Q103772 How to change keyboard shortcuts in FPW Q105595 ERR: "CRC Error" occurs during setup Q109983 FoxPro uses more memory than specified with MEMLIMIT Q115423 PRB: FP for Win installation fails with Novell VLM.EXE 1.10 Q115886 Disk space requirements for FoxPro For DOS Q115944 Comprehensive list of default main FoxPro directories Q116020 Disk space requirements for FoxPro for Windows Q117740 Setup & Configuration information for FPW Q114947 How to speed up installation/setup of FoxPro Q102787 How to configure FoxPro for Maximum Performance Q99606 Increasing startup speed of FPW Q101015 PRB: Foxdoc requires read/write access to FOXPROW directory Q99086 Available installation documentationInternal Consistency Errors & GP Faults Q Number Title Q119251 PRFOX: Relationship between tables may cause ICE or GPF Q95232 PRB: Video Card causes GP Faults or Display Problems MEMVAR - Usage and General InformationQ Number Title Q99136 How to use the SCATTER and GATHER commands Q100564 How to create a custom search screen Q119792 How to change fields to use memory variables, not s Report WriterQ Number Title Q88885 Using the IIF function in FoxBASE+ or FoxPro Q88237 Stretch vertically and float as band stretches Q88602 PRB: Report duplicates parent records in one-to-many Q88667 Creating a running calculation using the report writer Q89000 How to edit the FoxPro P_CODES database Q95313 How to group data by yearly quarters Q97059 How to underline fields in the report writer Q119233 How to Underline Objects in a Report Form Q98924 How to change the band height in the report writer Q99634 Error when printing report to a file: "Printer not ready" Q99907 Duplicated lines printing report to text file. Q100552 Total of report bands cannot exceed page length Q106659 How to sum or count specific fields in a report Q107082 Searching for a series of matches in a field for a report Q111323 How to change the report writer's default font Q111998 How to use the report writer to preview or print graphs Q112838 How to dynamically change the page length of a report Q113754 "Syntax error" when verifying UDF() in report writer Q114248 How to print specific number of records in detail band Q120517 PRB: Empty report band won't close Q121053 Using Printer Driver Setup when running FPD report Q119354 How to group child records in a report detail band Q117214 PRB: Printing general fields produces black output Q114187 PRFOX: "Print to file" checkbox is ignored. Q114135 How to print check boxes instead of Y/N in FoxPro reports Q114130 Creating a printer driver setup user procedure Q113178 Creating a report for a one-to-many relationship Q109152 How to create a data grouping on every Nth record Q108624 PRB: Report page preview appears briefly, then closes Q104885 PRB: Remove line if blank option doesn't work in report Q102934 Creating a report with highlights on every other line Q97053 How to create floating text objects in report writer Q88666 Troubleshooting printing problems in FoxPro 2.0 and 2.5 SQL FunctionalityQ Number Title Q95670 Join using SELECT - SQL does not return any records Q98355 How to update a master table from a transaction file Q98434 Using wild cards in SQL statements Q102892 UNION in an SQL - SELECT produces only distinct records. Q101592 Support for the AS clause in RQBE Q110920 How to use wild cards and macro substitution in SELECT - SQL Q114123 SQL differences between dBase and FoxPro Q114672 PRB: Using SELECT SQL INTO CURSOR with same filename Q120472 PRB: SELECT SQL using CMONTH() function truncates month text Q119354 How to group child records in a report detail band Q118491 PRB: SELECT SQL command ignores SET FILTER condition Q109580 Causes of common SELECT SQL error messages Outer JoinsQ Number Title Q89181 Outer Join syntax example for SELECT-SQL statement Q100069 Outer join with three or more data tables Q119901 How to use the UNION clause in a FoxPro Select statement q124589 How to Create a Left-Right Outer Join in FoxPro for Windows WizardsQ Number Title Q114260 How to programatically call the wizards dialog box Q114356 Description and availability of wizards on each platform Q114457 List of wizards and general instructions Q114983 Wizards and catalog manager can not be distributed Q115329 How WIZARD.APP locates files Q118802 FILE: Fw1022.exe Demonstrates Using FoxPro for Windows Wizards Q119600 How colors are specified for the wizards Q119594 PRB: Cannot use wizards to modify screen, label or query Q115540 PRB: Running 2.6 wizard-created screen on another platform Screen and Font IssuesQ Number Title Q97057 PRB: Sample Applications Display Greek Characters Q99090 PRB: Incorrect Font Appearance in Windows 3.0Q100441 PRB: Windows Are in Different Positions When Executable Is Run Q100558 Transporting Guidelines to Follow When Creating Screens Q103580 How Pictures Work with GET Fields and Proportional Fonts Q103583 Screen Fonts Varying in Size When in Different Resolution Q107830 Description of FOXPRO.INI Settings Q108826 Fonts Available on All Windows Systems Q110772 PRB: Window Sizes in .EXE Change w/ MODIFY WINDOW SCREEN FONT Q114476 PRB: "Position Is off the Screen" Error When Loading FoxPro Q114490 PRB: Transporting Screen Formats All Objects in a Single Font Q117569 FoxPro for Windows Interface Tips and Tricks Q111745 PRB: "Position off Screen" in FoxPro for Macintosh Application Q117774 How to Identify the Font Types Available on the Macintosh
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