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I hate it, when it happens!
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05/11/2001 15:54:01
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Forms & Form designer
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00576933
Message ID:
00577725
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32
>>>>>>>>Not really, Ultraedit is much better.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>OK, I like Ultraedit too.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>Where did you get it?
>>>>>
>>>>>It's shareware product and web site you can guess. :)
>>>>
>>>>Ok, I found it. Is it really good and worth to download?
>>>
>>>For NotePad-replacements, I got good results with Programmer's File Editor. Freeware. There will be no future versions, but the current version is very good.
>>>
>>>Hilmar.
>>
>>Actually, this is a simple curiousity thing. I don't need a new Editor right now :)
>
>And for the sake of curiosity, I want to add:
>
>The main use I have for PFE or other NotePad replacements is for the end-user, to see text files, which I use to preview text-mode reports (custom-made, without using VFP report generator).
>
>I tried different approaches here.
>
>First, "modify command". Problem: syntax highlighting.
>
>NotePad. Problem: size limitation.
>
>NotePad replacements. The best I have tried is PFE.
>
>Now, I let the users choose whether they want text-file or HTML-file (main advantage is that I can include bold and italic in report preview).
>
>The users currently get their file opened with the default application for the extension (Download #190), but they can still install PFE if they want.
>
>Hilmar.


FYI, MODIFY FILE will eliminate the syntax highlighting while keeping you within VFP.
"Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them." - Albert Einstein

Bruce Allen
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