It turns out it was choking on a missing database but not displaying the error.
In 2.5 if you used a database name with 9 characters, it looked for the first 8. In vfp, that last character is meaningful. A typo probably nearly 18 years old gets caught in 9.0. ----- Original Message ----- From: Tracy Pearson <[email protected]> To: ProFox Email List <[email protected]> Cc: Sent: Saturday, January 7, 2012 5:52 AM Subject: Re: What would cause a screen not to show at all? Michael Madigan <[email protected]> wrote: >I'm continuing this function conversion of a foxpro 2.5 program to VFP >9.0. One project compiles fine but when I run it I get a blank screen. > Any ideas? > Windows 7? Does adding a THISFORM.CLS() in the activate help? Does turning themes off in Windows help? -- Tracy Pearson PowerChurch Software Sent with K-9 Mail. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
