The LA Fox Developer

The LA Fox Developer Newsletter

January 1996

VFP 3Mb Fixes (Con’t from page 7)

FIX:	FoxPro Quits When It Runs Out of File Handles

FIX:	Changes Made to a Sub-Classed CommandGroup

are not Saved

FIX:	Accessing the Internet via MSN causes a crash in

VFP

FIX:	Group Name w/ More Than 30 Characters Causes

Setup Error

FIX:	PageFrame Refresh Fails with Stacked Pages

FIX:	Resizing Field in Grid Builder Causes Error

FIX:	FoxPro Calculator Returning Incorrect Percentages

FIX:	OLE Automation After Loading Word Manually Gives

GP Fault

FIX:	Exiting Wizard-Generated Form Causes Several

Errors

PRB:	TTOD() Returns Incorrect Date with Time of

12:00:00AM

FIX:	Can’t Change the Title of the Validation Error Box

FIX:	Storing Array Elements Causes GP Fault

FIX:	Distributed Application Allows Setup /a

FIX:	“INDEX Internal Consistency Error” Occurs with

SET KEY

FIX:	Form Not Cleared from Memory When Grid Has the

Focus

FIX:	GENDBC Error: Command contains unrecognized

phrase/keyword

FIX:	Label Text Box Accepts Too Many Characters

Without Error

FIX:	Spinner Doesn’t Inherit Color Props from .vcx

Definition

FIX:	Error Occurs When Remove Object That Has

Pending Code

FIX:	Error in Converter: Variable Gendircount Not Found

FIX:	Microsoft Excel Worksheets w/ Formulas Import

Incorrectly

FIX:	Incorrect Results from SELECT with Nested

SELECTs and OR

FIX:	Delete Trigger Fires Out of Order

FIX:	Default Value Not Evaluated Properly Using Stored

Procs

FIX:	Insufficient Memory Errors Using OLE Controls

FIX:	Error Message When Comparing Large Strings

Cheers,

Mike

Out and About (Con't from page 5)

$795. For further information, contact AlT at 800/573-

6333.

Inside Windows Workshop, Anaheim, CA (Feb. 5, 1996) and Los Angeles, CA (March 11, 1996). Techni

cal sessions include: Supporting and Troubleshooting Windows 95; Windows 95 End User Training Workshop; Windows 3.1 & Workgroups - Optimizing and Troubleshooting; NT Server - Optimizing and Troubleshooting; and more. Sponsored by Mastering Computers, Inc., call 800/800-9686 for further information.

Data Warehousing Conference, Orlando, FL, February 6-8, 1996. This event is being billed as “the world’s largest data warehousing conference and product showcase” and includes special interest user group sessions on specific RDBMS products such as Oracle, Sybase, and Informix. Topics included are: Parallelism and Very Large Databases; Data Mining and Data Visualization; Data Warehousing Business Issues; Advanced Data Warehouse Techniques; Enterprise Application Packages. To receive a free conference brochure and additional info, call Aaron Zornes at DCI, 508/470-3880, email to ConfReg@dciexpo.com, or http:// www.DC/expo. corn!.

Troubleshooting & Maintenance of IBM PCs and Compatibles. Ski//Path Seminars has announced their schedule for the first quarter of 1996. These two-day seminars will be held in Anaheim (Feb. 20-21), Long Beach (Feb. 22-23), Los Angeles (Feb. 28-29), San Diego (Feb. 14-15 and March 18-19), Irvine (March 25- 26), Torrance (March 27-28). For more information, dates, and locations, call Ski//Path at 800/873-7545.

The 1996 Business Rules Summit, February 26-28.

Billed as the world’s only conference dedicated to business rules, the Business Rules Summit promises to introduce you to a new paradigm, based on the concept

(Con’t, page 9)

Simple Strategy (Con't from page 6) I’m convinced that, by delaying OOP until other critical

aspects of Visual FoxPro have been mastered, the task of becoming a Visual FoxPro expert will be as painless as possible. It should also result in better OOP class libraries because they will be based on properties, methods and event code that have been thoroughly tested in the real world.

[About the author: Tom is a founding Father of the Potomac Area FoxPro User Group. Tom Meeks has delivered one Visual FoxPro application and is in the final stages of completing another. He is working with Bob Timney to develop an easy to use application framework for Object Oriented development. He is a Long, Long, Long Time FoxPro Developer. And Tom can be reached at 301-933-4309.]

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