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| Subject | Date Asked | Expert |
| Need Little Help | 6/7/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: I am a C# programmer that was given an old FoxPro program to work with (so really don’t know much ... A: Jain, see my answer http://en.allexperts.com/q/FoxPro-1817/Printing-Foxpro-dos-version.htm DOS ... | ||
| Facing problem with the browse command | 6/7/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: I am using DOS Foxpro2.0 . I want to see any .dbf file using BROWSE command without displaying the ... A: You can't completely get rid of the title but the "." works well << code >> CREATE CURSOR temp ( ... | ||
| Reg: Creating list in Table | 5/14/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: Me satish learning Foxpro with version 6.0, I have created a Grid & connected it to a table to get ... A: Satish, The best way is to select the grid. Next right click and select builder. A dialog will open ... | ||
| Seeking Tutorial for Visual FoxPro 6.0 | 5/14/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: I would like to learn the concepts of Visual FoxPro 6.0 in a thorough manner. Regarding, would you ... A: Raja, The best tutorial comes from within the FoxPro software package. This is the component ... | ||
| vfp6 COPY TO | 5/13/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: When I use COPY TO xxx.txt DELIMITED for all records in a single field table, the text file has ... A: John, This behavior is by design. Use the code below to remove the "s: COPY TO xxx.txt ... | ||
| Reg,-Foxpro program | 5/12/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: I am using Foxpro program (ver-no idea),it is working in Windows 98,but not in Windows Xp.Please ... A: Abdul, You may need to run a program called PATCH_26.exe PATCH_26.exe is a self-extracting ... | ||
| about set escape on/off | 5/11/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: i want to know abount set escape on/off, i am making a programe, i this i want that when i press ... A: Jaswant, See below << Begin Code >> SET ESCAPE ON ON ESCAPE DO stopit glMoreLoop = .T. DO ... | ||
| foxpro commands | 5/10/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: Carla Fair i have 2 queries... 1) is there any such command in 'Foxpro (2.6 or higher, i am ... A: Dinesh, 1) To check for a varible use the TYPE command <<sample code>> If TYPE("lclocalVariable") ... | ||
| SOURCE CODES SITES | 5/8/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: do you know of sites where I can download foxpro source codes I can play around with. Example of VB ... A: Lawrence, 1) These are my top picks for foxpro source codes Universal Thread ... | ||
| OLE Control link bounding to jpg | 5/7/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: I have an OLE Control on a form that I want to bound only to jpg with link only. Could you help me ... A: Delfino, Would it work better for you to create a text link and then in the click event call the ... | ||
| Display Problem | 5/7/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: Sir My program in Foxpro 2.6 in Win 98 when it starts displays the Name of the Company in a broken ... A: Pradeep, To help you I need a little more information. What version of FoxPro are you running DOS ... | ||
| About menu. | 5/4/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: Gud day again mam and thank you very much for helping newbies like me. I am almost done with my ... A: Take a look at the code in this article. I think it gives you the information that you need: ... | ||
| Calling VB OCX controls from FoxPro | 5/2/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: I'm trying to invoke a VB OCX file using FoxPro Programming(not via the Visual interface). Could ... A: Abhishek, You will need to create a wrapper class around the OCX. The foxpro class will pass ... | ||
| Delete records | 5/1/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: My goal was to delete records wherein the field contained a keyword. The field is a NAME field, ... A: Jeff T, I created sample for you to follow: LOCAL liLastBlank, liNbrOfBlanks, liCharBlank CREATE ... | ||
| Expert | 4/30/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: It is very clear that your are an expert from your presentation!!! You still have to learn a lot, ... A: Jeson, I agree with you. No one knows it all, but I love to learn new things. That is why I ... | ||
| about SELECT * SQL statements | 4/29/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: Gud day mam! My question is how to pass the result of a (Select * From) statement into a Listbox? My ... A: The listbox is great for many things, but I do not like using it for queries. I found it was hard to ... | ||
| report design | 3/24/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: I designed a report with several fields and pictures in rectangles. I want to color those ... A: Lucien, I was unable to reproduce your problem. You can try comparing the 2 reports to see what is ... | ||
| About password | 3/22/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: i want to give the password in easy language i want to convert character into another special ... A: jaswant, You saked to convert character into another special character: If you are using VFP 6.0 ... | ||
| Listbox | 3/15/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: How can I append data in one row of my database using listbox A: Jhay-ar, You will want to retrieve the listbox row or rows the user has selected. Your code should ... | ||
| FoxPro 2.6a | 3/9/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: The program is running ok on an old laptop with Win 98. I cannot get it to operate on my new ... A: Richard, You may need to run a program called Foxstart11.exe to avoid the "Divide by Zero or ... | ||
| foxpro under dos | 3/7/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: I have an old dos based foxpro based accouting software done in 1988. It has some old info that i ... A: Dafer, According to Eric Den Doop, there is no problem running FD 2.5 on WinXP. You need to create ... | ||
| Differnet tables in one Grid | 2/26/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: I am using VFP 6.0. Can I open three different tables and disaply these three tables in one grid ... A: Antony, I have seen 2 tables done that way, but I can not recall ever seeing 3 tables. You can ... | ||
| About tables | 2/24/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: Please help me, how to save an entry from a textbox to a table. Note the textbox should not have its ... A: Rupert, Here is the code. CREATE CURSOR myCursor ( name c(12) ) loform = CREATEOBJECT("test") ... | ||
| Foxpro 2.6 | 2/17/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: Program now running on Win 98. New hardware, Win xp. Cannot get the program to run on new system. ... A: Gail, See my answer http://experts.about.com/q/FoxPro-1817/FOXSTART11-EXE.htm There is also a ... | ||
| modify form code;recompile;execute | 2/15/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: I modified a Visual FoxPro 6.0 form code, then recompiled the project, the application, etc. ... A: Scott, When you rebuilt your project were there any errors? After the build completes..from the ... | ||
| print controls in laser / ink jet using foxpro commands | 2/10/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: I am jr.programmer doing in foxpro. I am unable to print compressed & emphasied prints in laser ... A: Kumar, Can you tell me what version of software you are running and wheter it is DOS or ... | ||
| save areport generated in foxpro 6.0 in excel format | 2/8/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: I wish to thank you fro your help. I wish to know if it is possible to hardcore in foxpro to save ... A: Zia, You can create a report in Excel using Visual Basic for Applications (VBA). This is a macro ... | ||
| Save areport in html in foxpro 6.0 | 2/5/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: I have a report that is being generated in foxpro and i wnat to save the report in html format.can ... A: Zia, You can convert a Table into HTML within foxpro, but reports in VFP 6.0 have to be hand coded. ... | ||
| Grids | 2/2/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: I have created a grid in a program and now I want to add a click event to one of the text fields ... A: Geoff, You must subclass the textbox. See below LOCAL loForm loForm = CREATEOBJECT("FORM") ... | ||
| Visual Foxpro | 1/31/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: I'm a Visual FoxPro beginner. I just want to know how to add two numbers using two textboxes and one ... A: Ryan, In this example the results are stored to a textbox, but you store the information to a ... | ||
| ole-vfp | 1/29/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: I am using vfp 6.0 I have opened a word doc using ole session Could you please help me to get the ... A: Ashisha, Try using this #define wdLine 5 LOCAL oWord, lcDocument lcDocument = GETFILE() oWord ... | ||
| Help required | 1/21/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: Why my foxpro->Help not working.How can I load the feature of foxpro help in my system. Please guide ... A: Sunil, From menu Tools, chose options. You should see a item for help file. If this is empty you'll ... | ||
| vfp | 1/19/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: how can run the application for vfp2.5 under windows xp because it gives my a massage that "error ... A: Tomy, See Carl Werner http://www.experts-exchange.com/Databases/FoxPro/Q_20804241.html The "Divide ... | ||
| Building an EXE file | 1/16/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: Hey!!! It's working, those files were missing!!! I have to small questions... #1, I have VFP7, ... A: #1 Moving to VFP 9 has some advantages. It is more stable and if you use XML and SOAP there are some ... | ||
| Set Index to | 1/10/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: I am sorry, but I think I wasn't clear on one point. The table is initially opened without the ... A: Lester, You asked: So what is the state of the index when the set index to command is executed. Is ... | ||
| Set Index to | 1/9/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: I have the DOS version of Foxpro 2.5. Don't laugh! What does the set index to command actually do? ... A: Lester, The SET INDEX is used to filter data in a table. The index limits what data can be ... | ||
| foxpro | 1/8/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: The text above is a follow-up to ... -----Question-----I have a 43 .doc files. i would like to ... A: Ashisha, * we save the text in the footer and add to it WITH ... | ||
| Export visual foxpro tabel to excel | 1/5/2007 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: I want to export visual foxpro table into excel format with specific cell name. Also want to know ... A: Hashim, LOCAL liRowIndex, liColumnIndex, lcAlias lcCursor = ALIAS() && table or cursor name ... | ||
| foxpro for windows 2.6 on win xp | 12/14/2006 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: Respected sirs, I am familier only with 'Foxpro for Windows' 2.6 all of my programmes are written ... A: Dinesh, See my answer http://experts.about.com/q/FoxPro-1817/FOXSTART11-EXE.htm There is also a ... | ||
| foxpro | 12/13/2006 | Carla Fair-Wright |
| Q: The text above is a follow-up to ... -----Question----- I have a 43 .doc files. i would like to ... A: Ashisha, You may need to open each document and copy and paste to your master file. This is only 3 ... | ||
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Carla Fair-Wright
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Expertise
I can answer most general questions regarding Visual FoxPro. I am also very good with WSH, WMI,and FSO scripting and most internet technologies. I like to answer questions. To me there is no such thing as a dumb question. Don't be afraid to ask me anything about FoxPro or Visual FoxPro. I will try to answer all questions as quickly as I can. It may take me a day or longer for a complex error or one that is hard to reproduce. Please include the version of FoxPro you are using.
Experience
My professional experience with computer programming started in my early twenties, I went back to college with thoughts of finishing an engineering degree and ended up in computer science.
I have used Oracle, SQL Server, Access, and FoxPro.
Experience in the area
I have been using the product for over 10 years. I am a MCP in Visual FoxPro (Desktop).
I am ASQ Certified in Software Quality Engineering
Publications
Books
Chapter Author, Case Studies and Applications of Web Based Energy Information and Control Systems (Fairmont Press), June 2005
Chapter Author, Encyclopedia of Energy Engineering and Technology 1st Edition, (Francis Books) Spring 2006
Magazines
Component Developer Magazine
Maintenance Technology
Education/Credentials
BS - Computer Science
AS - Management Information Science
AS - Technical Management
AS - Electronic Systems Technology
Organizations
Member of Society of Women Engineers (SWE)
Member of American Society for Quality (ASQ)
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