Don - the workaround the incrementing field is easy enough even if inconvenient, the bigger concern is why this is happening and what else may be malfunctioning that isn't as obvious. So far I don't see anything else wrong but my range of usage is somewhat limited on my laptop.
Don 2012/2/14 Don Codling <[email protected]> > So far my only problem with DP in Win& 32 bit is that I can't get a > shortcut either into my start menu or my toolbar. I have not tried a > databse with an incrementing field, yet. But perhaps a work around would be > Ralph Alvy's recursive link, which is supposed to be better for most > purposes. > Don Codling > > > On 14/02/2012 4:00 PM, Rich Bragonje wrote: > > Hi Ralph, > > That's what I thought too, so when I replaced my laptop, I got Win 7 > Professional 32 bit, which comes with XPM. Although I might not have needed > it. I initially installed DP in the XPM window, but somehow got a shortcut > on the Win 7 desktop. It worked just fine. > > On the DPMouse problem, I think I found the cause. On page 20 of the > manual, Application Layout Restrictions, the first line states: "Field > boundaries *must* be discernable when the "cursor" lands on the field." > And it is bolded. Well, the background color for bold/underline was the > same as the field edit background, and apparently, DPMouse couldn't > determine where the field boundary was. I changed the field edit background > to a different color and even with the underlined label, the check box > worked. > > I had been looking in the wrong section of the manual, so when I started > at the beginning... > > > Rich > > > At 11:01 AM 2/14/2012, you wrote: > > What's incremental field code? > > How do you run DP on Win7 at all? I thought it couldn't be done unless > you're either using a virtual XP window for it, or using DOSBox without the > ability to print from it. > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing > [email protected]http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > > -- *Don Friedman ProfessionalRecords.Com LLC PRS Data Systems 205 S Main Street Pittsburgh, PA 15215 412-784-1600 - 1-800-PRS-FILE 412-784-1615 Fax*
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