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I hadn't been able to "1 click" dial a phone number since paradox 7 - 16 bit. Since then, I went cable modem (no more modem anyway) and in the last week developed a quick "dialer" of sorts (if focus is on a record with a valid phone number, a "Dial" pushbutton appears). , , It works - but it's pretty ugly. My big problem is that for each tone (pair) to be played, OLE launches the media player - "plays" 1 number, exits, then must launch again to play the second number, etc., , My question then: Does anyone know how to or if its even possible to launch the media player once - then pass the tones to it (wav files) with appropriate waits in between? (-And when done - then close the media player-) , , Thanks.

Anybody know why the query method CheckRow will not work? I have had problems with this in the past and have worked around it but it is becoming a real pain in the ass., If I print a message of the method return it says "True". But the query doesn't work and if I write the query it to a file and open it it later says "No checked fields". Looks like a bug to me. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Every time i run a certain query i will get the results - machNo Sum Weight ie, m1 wt200, m2 wt400, m3 wt250............etc, all i want is that an undefined field box on a form that will automatically show the sum weight value if machno is 1, similarley another undefined field box on the form that will automatically show the sum weight if machno is 2.Without any user imput. I can get the results by doing queries no problem, but for peace of mind i would like to find a way of coding the undefined field on the form as the solution to this problem. Thank you, Regards

I purchased you book on Paradox 9, Power Programing. I need some reading on creating procedures that can be called to do a function and return several answers. Right now I have one big program that runs and works, but I would like to break it out into procedures for ease of maintenance. I could do it in Pascal, but seem to be having issue with Paradox only RETURN one answer. IE read a number convert first 4 digits to sales number and last 4 digits to item number, and make the whole thing variable. The variable I have., I am converting 4.5 to 9.0 and book did the job so far. Maybe next level of book?, , Thom

Does anyone know how to programmatically install a Font to Windows?  We know to copy the font files to the c:\Windows\Font folder but from there?  It seems that you must manually go to the Font folder and double click on the font file to register it in Windows before it will be available to other applications.  There must be a way to get around this manual process? Thanks, Beth 

I recently wrote a piece of code that locked up paradox and i hit Ctrl + Break a bunch of time to try to get it to stop.  No Success - had to pull up task manager and End Program. Since that time when I start my application the debugger comes up and wont close.  Any ideas?

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Hello everyone,, I'm attempting an executeSQL and I'm receiving the following error:, , An error was triggered in the 'executeSQL' method on an object of SQL type >>>, , Path not found., R:\Public\FSREQUESTS\FSFORMS\PARADOX.LCK, R:\Public\FSREQUESTS\FSFORMS\PDOXUSRS.LCK, , My forms reside in FSFORMS, but my table resides within FSREQUESTS\FSTABLES. I'm using an alias which points to FSTABLES so I'm not sure why this error keeps occurring? Once again any and all assistance is greatly appreciated.

Hello All, I am using the printerSetCurrent() function to select the printer that I send reports to. This is great for generating labels or creating PDF files via a PDF "printer". Unfortunately, the printerSetCurrent() function is slow.  In the order of 5 to 10 seconds.   This is a real pain and affects the user experience greatly. Does anyone know of a way to speed this function up? Or is there another work around?  I tried changing the current default Windows printer via the Windows API functions, but once Paradox is running, that setting is happily ignored.   Any help would be appreciated.  Regards,      John,  

Hello everyone,, My question revolves around the following scenario: A user opens Paradox app1, does some work, minimizes, then proceeds to open Paradox app2. Either the user will recieve "BDE busy" message immediately or they'll get to the first form, but if they try to move to another form, they recieve a "cannot open form error". I believe this is due to the Working Directory still being where Paradox app1 resides. How do I go about allowing a user the ability to have multiple Paradox applications running simultaneously? I recall something about a Session method. Is this the proper way to go, and if so could someone elaborate? Thanks., , B.

I modified a database which was build with paradox 8 . The problem is that I modified the file with paradox 10. I now have to bring the files back to paradox 8. The database files are opening just fine on 8 but when I try to open a form it said something like "cant read form from disk" . , , Is there a way to compile a form to version 8 using paradox 10? Or a way to open a paradox 10 file in paradox 8., , Is a delivered form .fdl has better chance of running on a lower version?, , Thanks

Is there any way to change the background color of a pushbutton? I have looked through the object properties and cannot find one for the button color.

I have re-installed my database on Paradox 9 and when I start to enter a record I get the message "TCursor not opened". I think this a fairly easy problem to correct but cannot find any help in the manuals. Any suggestions?, , Margot

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HI TO ALL, is there a command to call repair programm, in a pushbutton or script?, intractive repiar is a problem for users , and programmers, t....u....for any help

Does anyone know how to change the BDE NET DIR on the fly WHILE PARADOX IS RUNNING? In a previous thread "chomp" posted that he had done this in the past, but I have not way of getting in touch again. I know that sysInfo() will retrieve this information but how can you post changes? Thanks, Beth 

Can I open a Word Doc with a Pushbutton?, Thanks,, Paul

Is "Extended Uses" available in PDOX 7 ?

I would like to know where to go to get a list of escape characters for ObjectPal (i.e.: \n line feed)., , Any help?

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Is there a maximum library size that one should stay under. The reason I ask is that I am experiencing quite a few General Protection Faults and I am uncertain as to why. I know in the past that we encountered this problem with calling a windows dll from the uses block. Someone told me that Paradox had a problem with Windows libraries over 64K. Does this 64K size apply to all libraries?