The LA Fox Developer Newsletter

February 1998

Forms and Grids Revisited (Con't from page 7)

MYFORM.SCX and found, that by unknown reasons there are no Width and Height properties defined in Properties field for the record containing information about the pageframe. It never happened, when I was experimenting in VFP 3.0. To fix that, it is enough just to add to Property field manually:

Height = 300

Width = 400

Note: if you try to drag and drop your container from the Project Manager window to the grid it will give you an error uCannot add this object to a grid”. And if you add the class library with your container to Form Controls toolbar, you can place your container into grid column from the toolbar. I usually add the container in lnit method of the Grid

this.columnl .AddObject(”cntMyContainerl “,“cntMyContainer”) this.columnl .Currentcontrol = “cntMycontalnerl”

because it allows you to edit your Form and container in the Form Designer at the same time.

By the way, I would not recommend this kind of grid for VFP 3.0, because it seems to work differently there, and give strange visual effects, but for the VFP 5.0 it works just fine, as far as I tested it. I would be glad to get any feedback about any problems regarding this approach.

NICK Neklioudov

Independent Consultant

SysOp on the Universal Thread Visual FoxPro Forum

http://www.univeralthread.com

6. The app was developed 6 years ago, no Genscreen or other power tools used except what’s packaged with FoxPro 2.0. The apps was developed without any design preparation.

7. The project is to re-write the app from 2.0 to 5.0 with some enhancement incorporated at the same time.

8. We have to analyze the app first, suggest the re-design approach, present the detail estimate for further funding. Funding is a sure thing, the exact amonut is not determined at this point.

9. This contractor does not have to be super efficient, does not have to be a super consultant, patience in being a mentor a plus.

Thanks!

Yung-cheng Vu, (310)816-6457 day, (310)541-3186 eve

Don’t forget...

Advisor Devcon

May 17 - 20, 1998

Orlando, FL

2nd Annual Southern

California VFPI ConferencE

August 20 - 23, 1998

Costa Mesa, CA

Job Opportunities

VFoxPro programmers ASAP!!!

3 contractors... 3 months

So. Orange County

Could go perm if candidates have VB and SQL skills

I’m the project leader for the coming project. I’m familar with this app and have good customer (end user) participation. At work, CSC at Long Beach, we need a Forpro developer, with the following qualifications/requirements, ASAP:

1. have 2+ years of Visual 5.0 experience.

2 have Foxpro DOS 2.0 experience.

3. have done porting FoxPro DOS 2.x to 5.0.

4. work on site at Long Beach, 3-4 days or 30 hours at $45 an

hour for 3-4 months.

5. work, educate with 2 team members who are the maintenance programmers for the Foxpro DOS 2.0 apps. One has a

little 5.0 experience, one has FoxPro DOS experience.

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