Getting "form work" in VFP9, to me at least, is so much easier! Any "custom apps/reports" we have are all done in VFP9....
Regards, Desmond On 23 January 2014 19:41, Ken Dibble <[email protected]> wrote: > > Got this old legacy VFP6 application, my description, it is a >> hodge-podge >> of old 2.6 code, VFP6 forms and reports. All modifications etc. are made >> using VFP6. >> >> Was working on a form today and needed a temp table, the old select >> whatever from whatever into cursor whatever readwrite would not work. For >> grins I took an original VFP6 form and modified under VFP9, including a >> select * from into cursor whatever readwrite saved under a different name >> and called it from the program and the form runs! >> > > Well, I think you must not only have modified the VFP 6 form in VFP 9, you > must also be running it in VFP 9, or the READWRITE keyword would not work. > > Assuming you continue to use VFP 9, you get a bazillion improvements to > reporting, much expanded SQL capabilities, wayyyy higher limits on memory > issues, variable counts, array sizes, etc., and a whole heckuva lot fewer > serious, crash-inducing, data-and-metadata-corrupting bugs. Plus > Intellisense! Well, almost all of those things are good. :) > > Ken Dibble > www.stic-cil.org > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/CAAJXvaN9-Mp=vspckm3txs3qvq79kaf0uao83r5uy19_zdc...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
