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March 2005 - Posts

Sunday, March 27, 2005 9:27 AM

Designing and Building Classes

Here's another one that I get asked frequently. Just how should you go about designing classes. Of course, there is no single ‘right’ answer, but I have always found it helpful, when considering creating a new class, to ask myself three questions:
posted by andykr | 8 Comments
Monday, March 21, 2005 1:50 PM

The importance of Paths in VFP

One of the commonest problems that I see in on-line forums is related to how Visual FoxPro works with files. In this respect the project manager is both a blessing and a curse! A blessing because, as long as we work through the project manager, it handles
posted by andykr | 9 Comments
Saturday, March 19, 2005 2:03 PM

Using a "Safe Select" to preserve your grid

A common problem when working with local cursors in VFP is that when they are used as the record source for a grid re-querying the cursor causes the grid to lose some, or all, of its settings. The reason that this happens is that whenever you execute
posted by andykr | 15 Comments
Friday, March 18, 2005 3:57 PM

This is a new experience for me!

First, I have to thank Eric den Doop, colleague, friend and fellow MVP for making this facility available to us all. I think it is a wonderful idea and hopefully we can make some sensible use of it. Of course, like all new things, the novelty value will
posted by andykr | 19 Comments