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The LA Fox Developer Newsletter
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June
1999
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Microsoft has just released Visual Studio SP #3. The good news is that this time there are actually fixes to VFP 6.0. The better news is that they’ve actually separated out the VFP patches from the other VS products (well actually VFP shares with Visual lnterDev and Visual J++, but that’s better than with Visual Basic!). The bad news
(?)
is that the patch comes in seven pieces and totals over 68MB
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you’d better have a fast INet connection, are very patience, or plan on waiting for the CD. You can start by going to <http://msdn.microsoft.com/ vfoxpro/
>
and following the links to first read about all that was fixed, and then on to the download area.
From the Microsoft web page:
“Visual Studio® 6.0 Service Pack 3 (SP3) provides the latest updates to Microsoft® Visual Studio 6.0 development system and its component products. Service Pack 3 is recommended for all Visual Studio 6.0 tool users, and is currently available for customers to order on CD or download.
What products does Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3
cover?
Service Pack 3 includes all of the fixes in Service Packs 1 and
2 and fixes for the following Visual Studio applications:
• Visual Studio 6.0
• Visual Basic® 6.0
• Visual C++® 6.0
• Visual FoxPro® 6.0
• Visual lnterDevlM 6.0
• Visual J++® 6.0
• Visual SourceSafeTM 6.0
In addition, this service pack includes updated or upgraded versions of:
• Microsoft Data Access Objects
• Microsoft HTML Help
• Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC)
• Microsoft Scripting
• Microsoft OLE Automation
Are you missing out on the FoxPro conference of the year? Go to
http:ll www.mesllc.com/conf99.html.
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How to Avoid
(Con’t from page
5)
the event loop and pass control to the code following the READ EVENTS. End of problem.
Nothing happens
Well, not quite. Now
try
running the app from the VFP development environment. Close the app. Then
try
to quit Visual FoxPro. It makes no difference whether you use the File Exit command, click on the Close box or type QUIT in the Command Window. The result is the same: nothing happens.
Why? Because the ON SHUTDOWN command is still in effect.
Instead of closing down, VFP is merely executing a CLEAR
EVENTS, which has no effect if you are in the development
environment and there is no program running.
To avoid this, go back to the app, and add another ON SHUTDOWN command. This time, make it simply ON SHUTDOWN by itself. Put this in the clean-up code, that
is,
somewhere after the READ EVENTS. The effect will be to cancel the original ON SHUTDOWN.
This pair of commands
—
ON SHUTDOWN CLEAR EVENTS and ON SHUTDOWN by itself— are the minimum you need to close down gracefully. But, depending on how the app is structured, you might need to do more.
Cleaning up
1. Jr. Programmer/Analyst
2+ years experience with Foxpro
I
+
yeat with VFP
Good understanding of database design, Windows NT/98
Good communication skills
Salary 40-50K
2. Sr. Programmer/Analyst
5+ years designing database applications
2+ years with VFP
Knowledge of Interactive Voice Response Systems is a big plus
Knowledge of Oracle, VB and Access is also a big plus
Excellent communication skills
Salary Range: 50-65K
Contact:
Sam Shahab
SysLogic, Inc.
1.888.469.0379
1.888.469.0383 Fax
jobs@syslogic. net
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