Hi John

It seems most of my wishlist has been answered by VFP8's new features and fixes. I am looking forward to getting my hands on it. I just hope that the fixes and new features do not introduce new problems so that I am actually further ahead with a more reliable product.

Thanks
Simon White


>Well, I see that Jim Saunders says it's fixed and he's "da man" when it comes to the details, so I guess it's fixed.
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>>You can simply create two forms with private datasessions using the same table with an index in ascending order. When you issue:
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>>Set Order To tag xxx Descending
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>>in a method of form A the order will be descending in form B's datasession as well.
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>>Thanks
>>Simon
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>>>Hi Simon,
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>>>This doesn't ring a bell. Can you send me some code to reproduce and I can have it looked at?
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>>>>Do you know if private data sessions now remember to maintain the ascending/descending order of index tags. Previous version do not so forms with private data sessions can have the ascending/decending order changed by forms in another data session.
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>>>>Thanks
>>>>Simon White
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>>>>>
>>>>>Well, the NDA on VFP 8 has been 99% lifted (no, don't ask about the release date - Ken said "early next year" in the keynote - ditto for Europa).
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>>>>>Lots of you are going to be playing with your shiny, new VFP 8 disks over the next few weeks and are going to have questions. Hopefully, lots of questions.
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>>>>>I'd like to invite you to post those questions here, along with any gee-whiz observations you might have. I (and others involved with VFP 8) will be monitoring this category and try to provide timely answers.
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>>>>>When you post questions and we (or members of the community) post answers, everyone gets a better understanding of what's in store for VFP 8. Win-win!