If you have an App File of that size, then download the R:AppSplit utility at http://www.rbasecommunity.com and use that to parse your app into its constituent parts for useage in your forms....
----- Original Message ----- From: "Marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 1:48 PM Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Convert APP File to Custom Form Actions was (RE: [RBG7-L] - Re: Which menu style?) > Charles > > I can get the app file to load in the window > but when I click Prepare Action I get a > gray window and it just sits there. I > waited 10 min and it never finished so > I ESC out of the process. > > Am I still doing something wrong? > or does this take a long time to > finish. My app file has about > 10,000 lines of code. > > > Marc > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Charles Parks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 10:57 AM > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Convert APP File to Custom Form Actions was (RE: > [RBG7-L] - Re: Which menu style?) > > > Sorry, I meant root directory of the database. > > For example, if you decide to put it in c:\temp\samples. Then > NewForm.Lob would go into c:\temp\samples and LoadFileName.rbl would go > into c:\temp\samples\confmac. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc > Posted At: Friday, February 25, 2005 10:49 AM > Posted To: RB7-L > Conversation: [RBG7-L] - Re: Convert APP File to Custom Form Actions was > (RE: [RBG7-L] - Re: Which menu style?) > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Convert APP File to Custom Form Actions was (RE: > [RBG7-L] - Re: Which menu style?) > > > Sorry to be slow but I have a questions. > > What do you mean by > Copy NewForm.Lob into the root of the > database.?? > > Thanks > marc > > > > > Converting an App file to Custom Form Action > > Preparation: > > 1. create a directory confmac and place LoadFileName.rbl into it. > > 2. Copy NewForm.Lob into the root of the database. > > > > 1. edit using AppToActn > > > > 2. Click Find App > > > > 3. Choose an app file. > > > > 4. Click Open > > > > After, the app file is loaded into the listbox. > > > > 5. Click Prepare Action > > > > If you get a blank form the operation was successful. > > > > 6. Press [Esc] twice to close the two forms. > > > > 7. Go to the object manager forms section. The blank form has a > > prefix "menu" and has a number of how many forms were in existence at > > the time of creation. > > > > Note: You might have to press [F5] if the form is not listed. > > > > 8. To edit the actions go to Layout/Custom Form Actions. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David M. > > Blocker > > Posted At: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 3:42 PM Posted To: RB7-L > > Conversation: [RBG7-L] - Re: Which menu style? > > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Which menu style? > > > > > > Marc > > > > Yes, it's a lot of changes and new ways of doing things, but it's > > worth it, OH is it worth it! > > > > David Blocker > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 781-784-1919 > > Fax: 781-784-1860 > > Cell: 339-206-0261 > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 2:33 PM > > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Which menu style? > > > > > > > David > > > > > > I guess it is too easy to keep doing things the old way instead of > > > learning new methods. > > > Thanks for the tip > > > > > > > > > Marc > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "David M. Blocker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 1:00 PM > > > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Which menu style? > > > > > > > > > > Marc > > > > > > > > I have virtually an entire application stored in one form - of > > > > course I > > > have > > > > backups of each eep just in case, but it works fine! > > > > > > > > David Blocker > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > 781-784-1919 > > > > Fax: 781-784-1860 > > > > Cell: 339-206-0261 > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > > > > Sent: Wednesday, February 23, 2005 8:35 AM > > > > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Which menu style? > > > > > > > > > > > > > Charles > > > > > > > > > > That's a neat trick. > > > > > I may still keep most of my code in a Prog.apx file and do Run > > > > > xyz > > > > > > > in prog.apx. > > > > > > > > > > I have lots of code and I do not know how much code you can save > > > > > > in a form. > > > > > > > > > > Marc > > > > > > > > > > For now, I would say use Property RBASE_FORM_ACTIONs that way > > > > > the code only has to be maintained in one place. > > > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > > > > > Marc > > > > > > > Posted At: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 4:48 PM Posted To: RB7-L > > > > > Conversation: [RBG7-L] - Re: Which menu style? > > > > > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Which menu style? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Albert > > > > > > > > > > I may try that. > > > > > > > > > > What I would really like is to be able to take this group bar > > > > > and import it back and forth into a menu bar. > > > > > > > > > > Marc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > > From: "Albert Berry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> > > > > > Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2005 3:34 PM > > > > > Subject: [RBG7-L] - Re: Which menu style? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Marc, the easiest way to do this is to copy the group bar from > > RRBYW - > > > > > forget which one - just try > > > > > > them. Cut/Copy/Paste the bits around the form. I left in spare > > buttons > > > > > that are blank for future > > > > > > use, and it doesn't seem to bother the users. > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Marc <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks all > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Group Bar it is. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I will get to work on it. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > marc > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ===== > > > > > > Albert Berry > > > > > > Management Consultant > > > > > > RR2 - 1252 Ponderosa Drive > > > > > > Sparwood BC, V0B 2G2 > > > > > > Canada > > > > > > (250) 425-5806 > > > > > > (250) 425-7259 > > > > > > (708) 575-3952 (fax) > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
