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The LA
Fox
Developer Newsletter
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April 2000
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industry has changed dramatically; amazing new technologies and record-breaking mergers are reshaping the competitive landscape all the time. This incredible pace of technological change is the clearest evidence of the competitive environment in which Microsoft and every other company must operate, and continue to innovate, if they are going to survive and prosper.
Microsoft’s past success has been built on innovation and creativity. Our future success depends on our ability to keep innovating in the fastest-moving marketplace on earth. As we strive to deliver the next generation of software products to help improve people’s lives, we will continue to run our business based on a set of core values that have evolved over the last quarter century: integrity, innovation, customer focus and partnership.
We are proud of the great work our employees have done creating software that increases business productivity, connects people, entertains, informs and helps children learn. We also are proud of the role we have played in helping create a technology industry that truly is the engine of America’s economy.
We appreciate the continuing support of our customers, partners and shareholders.
Sincerely,
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Some Cool Tips
(Con’t from prey, column)
without worrying about the System attribute.
Another setting you can add to Desktop.ini:
lconFile=ThisFolder.ico
lconlndex=O
This will use your ThisFolder icon instead of the Windows default. If you “customize” the folder with the Customizing wizard, it will build a desktop.ini. You can just add your InfoTip to it.
Reference: Microsoft Knowledge Base, “Shell Basics”
(Ed. Note: Dan Covill is one of my “partners-in-crime”, in that he is the newsletter editor for the
FoxDev TipsLetter,
published by the FoxPro Developers Network of San Diego. You can visit their website at
www.elsoftware.com.]
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Some Cool Tips
(Con't from page 8)
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The first thing you have to do is create a “desktop.ini” file, in the directory itself. Using any text editor (NOT a Word processor), enter the following:
[.ShellClasslnfol
ConfirmFileOp=O
InfoTip=This is the tooltip I want displayed
The other thing you have to do is make the directory itself a
System file, so the desktop.ini will be examined. You can use
Explorer (“properties”) to see whether it’s a system file, but you
can’t set it from there. Open a command window (Start
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Programs
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DOS), and enter the command:
attrib +s “C:\program flles\IBX32” (or whatever)
**
You have to use quotes if there is a space in the pathname.
Exit back to Windows, Explore, and hover your mouse over the folder. Voila’ (It works in either the regular or Explore view, but not in the Explore’s treeview frame.)
Side effects:
(Con’t,
next column)
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It Can’t Get Any Easier.......
We’ve come up with an easy way to submit articles to the
LA
Fox DeveloperNewsletter
one that has been overlooked for a long time.
You can submit your articles to Barry Lee at CIS# 72723,3422 on Compuserve,
orbrlee@earthlink.net.
These articles can be on any FoxPro-related topic, whether it concerns a new technique you’ve discovered, a certain development technique you may favor over others, book reviews, etc. Editor reserves the right to edit or offer constructive comments concerning submitted articles and accepted articles shall be considered to be in the public domain.
The quality of this newsletter really depends on the members that support it, not just read it. And I think we’d all be surprised by the useful information that could be circulated around the membership.
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Chairman
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Secue Ballmer
President and Chief Executive Officer
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http://www.vfpdevcon.com
“Laissez les bon temps rouler I!”
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