>>>>>How do you get the copy/paste function to work on a user machine? I am using my own menu and added the copy paste functions under an Edit dropdown. When I test the .exe on any machine that has VFP5a loaded, it works great. Not so on the users machines who are accessing the .exe from the server. All user machines have Win95. All other parts of the project work great. Do I need to access the Win95 functions on the user machines? Hope this makes sense!
>>>>>Linda
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>>>>Linda,
>>>> How did you create the Edit dropdown?? Are you using the same function names that the default menu uses?? Easiest way I know of is to buid a quick meneu, and copy out what you need..
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>>>>Thanx!
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>>>>Tony Miller
>>>>Vancouver, Wa
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>>>I added the Edit dropdown to my current menu using the quick menu option. When the application (.exe) is run on the user machines that have VFP loaded on them, the Cut/Copy works great. It's just on those machines that don't have Fox installed. I installed the project tables on the server (Norvell)and the .exe's in separate subdirectories on the server. The individual user machines get the .exe from the server to start the program. When I originally installed the project, I used a "dummy" install on each user machine to get the necessary Fox drivers. Is the Cut/Paste function coming from Fox or from Win95? Thanks in advance.
>>>Linda
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>>Should be coming from Fox.. Do you have a resouce file that these folks are using?? If so, make sure that each user has their own..
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>>Do you have any condistions set in the menu, so that those options are disabled??
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>>Why, if I may ask, do you have the people running the app from the network?? This is okay to do, but slows down an application, since they have newtwork traffic in downloading the app from the server, versus having a network install routine, that each user runs, to have it installed on their local machine.. Just wondering..
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>>Thanx!
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>>Tony Miller
>>Vancouver, Wa
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>I'll check the resource files. Nothing (that I know of) is set to disable the options in the menu. . . will check.
>This is an ah duh response . . . I was trying to figure out why the apps were running so slow. I had originally installed the apps on the server because I couldn't figure out how get the apps to recognize the server drive for data without putting in drive designations (which I didn't want to do.) I'll bet the answer is in to put the path statement in the config file in the app directory on the user machine?? Am I close?
>Thanks
>Linda

Linda,
At the start of your application, I would put a pathing statement that would just path to where the DBC and it's associated tables are.. But then again, where I am now, we have apps on the server and NO dbc and tons of tables for this app, so my opinion is just that, an opinion..

When the users fire up your app, have on the command line a switch to the exe that points them to where their unique resource file is (like on their home dirs on the network, or a subdir on their local machines..)..

Sorry, but I am almost out of ideas on why the edit functions don't work...

One last thing.. Try building a new app, build a quick menu, add a simple form and a pad to call it... add a read events and all that is needed, and have your users try that..

Thanx!

Tony Miller
Vancouver, Wa