Hi All,

Don't use DPMouse but other parts of this discussion piqued my interest.
 
FWIW

I have a shortcut in startup menu for each Database (we have around 10l) which 
points to a batch file in directory d:\batch.
D:/batch contains several batch files - one for each database we use.

Example of a startup batch file is:
 @echo off
cd\orders
dp/F5/d-c:\docume~1\%username%\dptemp\
cd\

The /F5 switch allows access to all Child records as per Lew's change after 
Conference 2004
The Order Dir contains all files relating to that particular database (and only 
that database.)
The dptemp files are user specific - simply so I can see who is not exiting DP 
correctly when the *.tmp files accumulate there - or used to :-)

Under Control Panel - System - Environment variables - I simply have added to 
the path ;D:\dp26x;C:\Program Files\Tame 6.0

Have run it this way for Windows NT, XP (single user) and now Server 2003. 
Works great. Can have multiple copies loaded per user. Usually 8 - 10 copies 
each user. Speed is instant - faster than you can fill in the fields.

Is the above, roughly the setup most are using?

When there's talk of Dos boxes etc - you lose me completely.

I'm yet to experiment with DP on Win 7. have both x32 and x64 at home - I'll 
now have to have a play around with both, but I'd expect to have issues with 
x64. I tend to now use Ralph's recursive link in most databases so will ensure 
that's what I use when testing.
Will report back how we get on.

Regards

Colin Roberts
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Don Codling 
  To: [email protected] 
  Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 1:56 PM
  Subject: Re: [Dataperf] DPMouse check box oddities - correction


  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.

     

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