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    DB Files vs. .d files

    I have a database that I attempted to dump the data in the database admin tools and the .d ended up being LARGER then the actual database files. I've never seen this before...the database files have ALWAYS been larger then the dumped data...and the .d ended up containing several million lines...
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    Browser Help!

    Hello everyone, I have a browser and I would like to reposition to the next row in a browser when modifying the record. In many cases the record I am working on is no longer available in the browser when I do the Open Query and repopulate the browser so a Select-Next-Row would not help...
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    PS Timer Interval

    I have a browser that I want to refresh every 5 minutes, so i dropped a PSTimer on the main frame and set the interval to 300,000. On Tick it refeshes the browser. It seems that the Trigger tick is actually going off ever 10 seconds or so. Did I do something wrong? Anyone have any ideas as...
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    Browser Question

    I have a set of Time fields, we will say TableName.ArriveTime Char X(8) TableName.DepartedTime Char X(8) The data inside these fields look like the following (Military Time) 0400 1200 1300 0800 I placed these fields in a Free-Form Query Browser, as editable...
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    Current Column in Browser

    I need to find the current column in a browser. I know I can get the current column by getting the handle, but that is on when you click on the column label. DEFINE VARIABLE h-Column AS HANDLE NO-UNDO. h-Column = br-test:CURRENT-COLUMN...
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    Data Type Lengths

    What is the actual size (bytes) that progress stores it's integers and devimal values? Jenifer
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    WORD -> PDF using ActivePDF

    I am using a product called active PDF to generate PDF files. When generating Report Building files to a PDF it works fine, however when generating a word document to a pdf I have experianced some problems. I have been able to recreate the error EVERY time. The first time I run the procedure...
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    Dynamically Assign Fields

    Is there a way to dynamically assign these fields without hardcoding F1 = ..., F2 = ..., F3 = ... instead maybe using the substring and a counter? DEFINE TEMP-TABLE tmpImportTable FIELD F1 AS CHAR FIELD F2 AS CHAR FIELD F3 AS CHAR FIELD F4 AS CHAR FIELD F5 AS CHAR...
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    Please help with Title bar - Naming ?!?!

    We have recently created a testing environment up for all of our programs. We program in a delopment database then when we are finished with our task we transfer it to the live version of the product. I want to be able to distinguish between the live UIB and the Development UIB. Is there a...
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    Straight C DLL -

    I want to create a handle to a stright C DLL. I am not getting the sytax correct though. Does anyone have any ideas on this?
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    Open Query & Close Query

    I am currently using progress 9.1C. I found that recently I have been able to open a query in a browser without first closing the query, whereas in the past it would prompt me with an error stating somehting of the sort "... Query already open...". I would then have to put CLOSE QUERY...
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    Progress -> ODBC Connection

    I am trying to connect to Docuware (Document Imaging Software) which is on a Sequel server through an ODBC connection from Progress. We have used an ODBC connection to connect to progress, however I have never tried to connect from progress to an external ODBC source. Does anyone have any...
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    Changing BGColor of Browse Calc field

    I want to change the BGColor of a field in a browser. I use : TableName.FieldName:BGCOLOR in Browser br-Table = 15. This works on normal fields from a table, however some of my fields displaying in my browser are CALCULATED fields. Does anyone have any suggestions on how I can change...
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    Copy - Paste to/from Clip Board

    I want to be able to copy things to my clip board through code and then automatically paste them through code. I do not want to manually press ctrl-V. I am aware of the functions Edit-Cut() Edit-Clear() Edit-Copy() Edit-Paste() Edit-Undo() However these all apply to Widgets. Are...
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    Report Builder

    I want to display my page number on a Report Builder Report like so: Page 4 of 35. Is there any way to get the total amount of pages of a report?? I found that you can not use an aggragate with the function for Page# progress supplies. Any suggestions? Jenifer
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    Report Builder / images

    Hello, I am trying to redirect a report to save as a .gif or .jpg. I have a reporting screen on a progress screen and then it runs report builder to create the report. I have been sucessful in creating .pdf files but that is it. Does anyone know if there is a way to say the reports as an...
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    Animation

    I wanted to display an image of a man running accross my screen while the computer is thinking just to give the user something other than the hourglass to look at. Does anyone know where I could obtain good animation ocx's for progress 9.x ? Jenie
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    Using word through Progress

    I am doing a project which requires passing information into a word doc. I was wondering if anyone has any of the commands to do so, or a good link that I could look this up. Thanks, Jenie
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    HTML / Java Script

    On the submit of a form I also want it to clear the fields on my form to a blank screen-value. Is there a way to do so?
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    Multi Selection - SL-List

    Is there a way to manually turn multiple selection on or off in a selection list? I would like to use the same selection list for two instances of data, but there is a slight issue. For one instance it must be multi selectable and for the other the user must only be able to select one item at...
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