Mike Copeland wrote on 2016-02-25: > I've had this annoyance for years...but it recently got really bad. > > When I have a code window open (like for a form method) and I highlight > a word or string of word in the program code, as soon as I CTRL+C or > click the copy icon on the toolbar, VFP goes to lunch..."Not > Responding"...window goes white-ish. > > If I let it sit, long enough (like up to 5 minutes), it will eventually > recover...until I commit the same mistake of trying to copy text to the > clipboard. (Which I do in order to search for other occurrences, etc.) > > I had this trouble in the past and I finally decided to try the NUKE > solution and deleted the FOXUSER.DBF file. > BOING! Fixed that problem! Copy works like a big dog on steriods now! > Unfortunately, it also dumped all of the other 3000+ settings and things > VFP keeps track of for reuse later. Things like smartcomplete where you > type "do<space>" and it pops up a list of all the programs you've > recently run...which I depend on a lot! > > After a while, that good stuff builds back up and things are good again, > but the COPY to clipboard seems to be even worse now (freezing for even > longer periods.) > > So, my question: Is there a way, like PACKing or deleting a certain row > in the FOXUSER file, to get the COPY to clipboard to work as it should > but without loosing all the good stuff VFP remembers? (like projects > recently worked on, etc.) > > Thanks for any guidance...heck I'll even take a LMGTFY or three if it helps! > > Mike Copeland >
Mike, You could try to clean out the FoxUser for updated < gomonth(date(), -2) Then I'm looking at the Id field and seeing WINDSNIP. It seems to match up to places I've copied code from recently. Perhaps you can delete those Id's from the table, then pack it. HTH, Tracy Tracy Pearson PowerChurch Software _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.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.
