Re: Can't double click joins in VFP8 view designer

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From: Ook (usenet_at_nospam.zootal.nomorespam.com)
Date: 02/02/05 

Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 11:13:46 -0800

I'm not familiar with FoxExpress. I've used another framework for a few
years, but eventually quit using it because the features I liked to use are
not very mature and I got sick and tired of all of the time I had to spend
tracing through the code of the framework to see why this or that feature
was not working as advertised, or worse, writing my own code to do things
the framework was supposed to do. It got to the point where I realized I was
better off without a framework. I'm not really looking for another
framework, but would be interested in peoples opinions of VFE.

We currently use StoneField on an app that has 100 tables, but we are
considering removing Stonefield as it doesn't really give us enough value to
make it worth the expense and hassle. Who uses Stonefield, and does it add
value to your project?

"Rick Bean" <rgbean@unrealmelange-inc.com> wrote in message
news:%233DKO4KCFHA.2156@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
Ook,
While I wouldn't call the view designer "braindead" since it keeps getting
better, I really haven't used it regularly for years. Try using ViewEdit -
you can use the free one, or buy the professional version. Go to
http://www.whitelightcomputing.com/prodvieweditorfree.htm for the free ones
(VFP version dependent), or
http://www.whitelightcomputing.com/prodvieweditorpro.htm for the pro
version.
Notes:
1) These will also integrate with Stonefield Database Toolkit and the
FoxExpress framework.
2) They don't have a "visual" Designer, but that's not why the original view
designer isn't up-to-speed anyway!

Rick

"Ook" <usenet@nospam.emberts.com> wrote in message
news:uAKZdqKCFHA.3120@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> Is it me, or does the view designer still blow chunks? I have a query that
> mixes left inner joins with left outer joins. It works great, gives me the
> expected and desired results. I can create it in the query designer and
run
> it, perfect. Save it. It will never again open the query without error
> <somefield> does not exist, when in fact the field does exist. So I
> copy/paste the code to a PRG, and go on from there. Fast, 100% Rushmore
> optimizable, don't even have to set enginebehavior to 70, just can't open
it
> in brain-dead query designer. Does this in VFP8 and 9 <sigh>....
>
> "Ook" <usenet@nospam.emberts.com> wrote in message
> news:eWllMVJCFHA.2012@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> I've got VFP7, 8, and 9 running side by side. This works in VFP7, but
does
>> not work in 8 or 9.
>>
>> "Ook" <usenet@nospam.emberts.com> wrote in message
>> news:eyUg1RJCFHA.1004@TK2MSFTNGP15.phx.gbl...
>> > This is something I've noticed but never bothered to discuss. In VFP7
> and
>> > prior versions, in the view designer in the upper portion where you
have
>> > your tables displayed and the links between them represented as lines
>> > connecting table to table - you can double click on the link and a
> dialog
>> > appears that lets you choose the join type. In VFP8, double clicking
> does
>> > nothing. Is this a "feature" of VFP8? If so, it's a rather annoying
>> feature.
>> > Is there another way to get to the join dialogue? Right now I'm making
a
>> lot
>> > of my queries in VFP7 and the importing the produced code into VFP8.
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>
>

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