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Run application and wait (RunAs)

I am changing my application to be Vista compatible. I need to run an external EXE and wait for until it terminate. Beside, I also need to run this EXE with Admin privilege under certain condition. To run external application and wait till it terminate, Read More
posted Friday, March 07, 2008 7:41 PM by kkchan | 0 Comments
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Run VFP code from non-VFP environment

As I am automating VFP build process as mentioned, I always need to execute VFP code from non-VFP environment. In order to have "full" power of VFP, I choose to use OLE automation using VBscript. There are two ways to run VFP code from VBScript which Read More
posted Thursday, September 27, 2007 5:01 PM by kkchan | 1 Comments
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Find and Replace "\" in VFP

I just found that is "really" written in C/C++. When I try to replace string from "myfolder\" to "myfolder\trunk" using Find and Replace dialog, VFP would replace my text as below ..\myfolder\myfile.prg ==> ..\myfolder\{TAB}runk\myfile.prg VFP treat Read More
posted Thursday, September 27, 2007 3:48 PM by kkchan | 0 Comments
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Edit project version info

VFP allow us to edit project version info from build dialog. We also can edit it programmatically as below. Both ways is working fine, except VFP IDE is required. I have written a simple class to enable Project and Version Info edition programmatically Read More
posted Wednesday, September 26, 2007 8:12 PM by kkchan | 0 Comments
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Experience in Automate VFP Project Build

I was setting up Automate Build for my VFP project. I get a copy of FinalBuilder and use it as my starting point for Daily Build and Continuous Integration. I choose FinalBuilder is because it is easy use, good support and easy installation. Read More
posted Tuesday, August 28, 2007 4:54 PM by kkchan | 0 Comments
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FoxPro control with design time support

Amazing!!! Craig Boyd shown us a simple way to implement FoxPro control design time support. IOW, you can execute any custom code if any changes to control's property, size and etc. Craig also posted screencast to show it live, and source code is available! Read More
posted Monday, August 20, 2007 11:26 PM by kkchan | 0 Comments
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Show images in grid

Few days ago, my friend called me. He said that he has a field stored the path of some images. He want to show these images in grid. I followed Craig Boyd tip and posted the intructions which I sent to my friend at here if anyone might interested. Read More
posted Wednesday, May 16, 2007 2:56 PM by kkchan | 3 Comments
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Anchoring behavour of VFP and .NET

Recently, I play around with anchoring feature in .NET. I found that .NET anchoring is more "accurate" in this scenario compare to VFP. Let assume we have few controls placed at the center of form. There may be some situations we don't want Read More
posted Thursday, April 19, 2007 12:41 PM by kkchan | 2 Comments
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TabMenu from VFPX

I have no idea what is tabmenu when it is first posted to VFPX. After download the sample only know that, it is RIBBON. I really feel excited as it is written using VFP!!!!   Could you know it is VFP written tool if I didn't mention by refering Read More
posted Tuesday, April 03, 2007 6:26 PM by kkchan | 1 Comments
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Sedna and VFP SP2 CTP have been released

According to VFP Letter from the Editor, FoxTeam has released CTP of Sedna and SP2 and available for download. This CTP includes one new component: VistaDialogs4COM. The VistaDialogs4COM is a collection of COM-visible classes that wrap the functionality Read More
posted Friday, February 23, 2007 1:29 PM by kkchan | 0 Comments
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NULL is really painful!

Frankly, I really don't like NULL. Therefore, I never use NULL in my code if possible. It  always give me a lot of problems. Luckily, VFP is more friendly with NULL value. Why do I say so? If I add numeric/character data type value Read More
posted Thursday, January 11, 2007 1:10 AM by kkchan | 0 Comments
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Funny behavour of Command Window

Just to share a funny behavour found in command window. Try to type any characters in command window. It is not necessary VFP syntax or comment. You can try "ksdfhksdhfkjshdfsdf". Without press <ENTER>, close and run VFP again. What do you see? Read More
posted Thursday, December 14, 2006 10:47 AM by kkchan | 0 Comments
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My most frequently used breakpoint expression

VFP debugger is very powerful. It allows us to debug our code using breakpoint. There are four types of breakpoint supported: Break at location Break at location if expression is true Break when expression if true Break when expression has changed Read More
posted Wednesday, November 15, 2006 10:22 AM by kkchan | 0 Comments
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Split them out to improve performance

I have a file which contains T-SQL code used to upgrade outdated database to most recent structure. It will check if any "object" in my database is out-of-date and update it. This file has been maintained for more than a year. Currently, Read More
posted Friday, November 10, 2006 2:47 PM by kkchan | 0 Comments
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How to report "directly" to VFP Team?

Visual FoxPro 9 SP2 CTP has been released few weeks ago. I found few of minor bugs and have few suggestions feedback to Microsoft using Microsoft Connect.I followed the steps shared by Caig Bailey. I am able to report bugs without any problem.I suggested Read More
posted Monday, October 30, 2006 8:32 PM by kkchan | 0 Comments
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