Gary: Unless you have some urgent reason, I would encourage you to NOT uninstall VFP6. Installing and uninstalling ANY software gives Windows a chance to screw up, and uninstalling after putting a newer version in place has the danger of unregistering things you don't want unregistered. On many of my development machines I have three or four or more versions installed and they work fine.
Glad to hear the Hacker's Guide is helping! On Fri, Aug 17, 2012 at 11:29 AM, Gary Jeurink <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks you guys. I have everything working so I'm going to be brave and > uninstall vfp-6. Next, I'll dust off my hackers guide and others to read up > on modal/nonmodal and how to make .exe so I can make something run on a > separate pc. Is it practical to put an application and data on a flash drive > so all a client has to do is plug into a usb port? > > Gary Jeurink > > -----Original Message----- > From: Dan Covill [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, August 16, 2012 3:52 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: just installed vfpro-9 > > On 08/16/12 09:37, Gary Jeurink wrote: >> Is >> the READ EVENTS & CLEAR EVENTS mainly to compile to .exe? > > READ EVENTS and CLEAR EVENTS are mainly to start and stop non-modal > windows. If you run from VFP you don't need them because you can just > type QUIT in the command window. From an .exe there's no command window > you need them. If your windows are all modal (most of mine are) then > you don't need them either, because you exit from the window by > Release()ing it. > > Yes, you usually find out you need them when you compile the .exe, but > they're really needed because of the non-modal form, not because of the > .exe. > > Dan Covill > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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/CACW6n4uC1Zb4pp3=wek44fzzlhybwvns0oar1jwswrw9mtb...@mail.gmail.com ** 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.
