Nigel Coates, NBC Software Services
15 Years in Direct Marketing Industry. 17 Years programming/development. 12 Years xBase/FoxPro programming. 7 Years FoxPro 2.6 2 Years Visual FoxPro. 9 Years Project/Data Processing Management. Some applications written in C/C++. Some utilities written in Borland C++Builder (Visual). Plenty of API experience. Microsoft ATEC Trained in 'Implementing a Database Design in SQL Server 6.5'. Microsoft ATEC Trained in 'Advanced Visual FoxPro 6.0' one to one tailored course dealing in C/S...

This class uses the MS Office find file facility to generate a list of files matching your criteria. You pass the base folder, file mask, text string to search for, etc. Tested with Office 97 and 2000. Needs Word loaded as it uses the Word.Application object.

This simple bit of code will use the ControlSource property of a textbox to check that any entry is unique before the DBC "Uniqueness of Index is Violated" message comes up. Just put RETURN UniqueControlSource(This) in the valid of your textbox - generic code. ** Problem has been fixed, OK to dow...

This DLL replaces the FoxPro PROPER() function. It will correctly upper/lower case names such as McDonald, O'Connor, hyphenated, etc. Will also correctly case suffixes/titles and closed initials. Shareware version - full version available. Details in zip file.

A class to allow email to be sent via a MAPI client. This can now read eMail - can filter messages by date/sender/subject and can return attachment files. Version 2.10 restores directory to current working directory. Version 2.12 has a new parameter FetchMessages - this will prevent a connection ...

A form-based wait window in middle of screen. Can inform users of background activity. Simple DO FORM to activate and RELEASE to kill.

Simple timer-based class to simulate animated icons on the top-left of the form. Useful to check that a long process is still running (and you aint crashed it again!!). Documentation in method called 'documentation'.

This is a container which has two list boxes on it. You can drag and drop between list boxes (including multiple selections). There is a method on the container called 'documentation' which describes how to use each method. There are only three methods per list box - nice and simple.

addZIP contains DLL files for zipping and unzipping files to emulate commercial products. You will need an understanding of API calls as there are no samples for FoxPro.