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Foxpro exe as a screensaver
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17/06/2005 15:33:14
Mike Sue-Ping
Cambridge, Ontario, Canada
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Visual FoxPro
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>>>>>>
>>>>>>Check http://blogs.msdn.com/calvin_hsia/archive/2004/11/17/259163.aspx
>>>>>
>>>>>Sergey,
>>>>>
>>>>>I saw that blog and tried Calvin's code. It crashes on the line "BUILD EXE test..." in VFP8 SP1! The error is "Compile error in file c:\temp\test.app".
>>>>>
>>>>>Have you tried it?
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Remove extra blank lines that got inserted when you copied code from the page.
>>>
>>>Of course...it's Friday afternoon and my mind is mush. Anyway after creating test.scr I try to have Windows use it as the screen saver but it always gives the following error:
>>>
>>>"File test.scr does not exist"
>>>
>>>I've copied it into the Windows\System32 folder where all other scr's are and right clicked the test.scr then selected install. If I go to the Screen Saver tab of the Display Properties dialog, test does not appear in the dropdown list.
>>>
>>>What am I doing wrong?
>>>
>>>TIA
>>
>>The only thing that I can see that you are doing different from me is that you right clicked and selected install. I just copied the scr file into the system32 folder and went to the screen saver tab and the file was in the drop down.
>>Try to do it without right clicking.
>>
>>Einar
>
>I did, but I see it as VFP8R.DLL and if I select it, it causes the error mentioned above.

Hmm that is odd. I will have to test it when I get home to my VFP machine.
Semper ubi sub ubi.
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