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Spell Checking & Correcting Form Captions

Here is a little something that is asked just now inside foxite forum, i.e., how to get the captions of each objects inside a form, use Word's Spell Checking feature to correct those, and then update...

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Combobox Tricks - Part I

I actually posted this or some of this in the defunct www.junblogs.com and has intentionally did not forwarded it in this blog  thinking it is already read before by most of my followers, so they know...

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ListBox Trick # 1 - Files with Filtering

This again is based on a query inside Foxite. The question goes:I need to get tables only have or start names as month1,month2.....thisform.text1.value=getfile("month.dbf")While GetFile() is yet...

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ssTitleBar Theme 10

Since I already created theme 10 for ssButton, it is natural that some of my subscribers will request the same for ssTitleBar, especially if they are using ssSkinner's capability to skin, not only the...

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Capture Portion of Image from Webcam

Are you interested in having something like a small application that captures an image from a webcam?  Just like when we get our driver's license where we simply stand on one side  then the operator...

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ssExcelPivot Enhancements

ssExcelPivot class  is among my underrated or maybe I can say the most underrated class of _ssClasses library.  But this is in fact one of the best and useful class I have created so far.  After I...

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Proper Fonts for dot-matrix printers

I have been wrestling with finding a proper font for quite a while now for my dot-matrix printing needs utilizing a POS printer which I decided to use for our Trip Ticket and Fuel Voucher issuances....

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The Best Excuse Letter Ever!!!

Just a few months back I created my facebook account because of requests by my relatives.  While I originally do not wish to do so because I am already busy with the forum, my ssClasses library, as...

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ssClasses New Features

ssExcelPivot ClassAdded backward compatibility tested using Excel 2000 for ssExcelPivot class.Added Multi-Column values tested under Excel 2007. For 2000, it will be shown row-wise:ssSwitch and...

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ssExcelPivot Fixes & Enhancements

Fixed scrolling problem. Originally, when you click on the scrollbar, the class automatically assumes you are planning to do a drag and drop and repositions your mouse pointer into the topmost portion...

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SouthWest Fox DevCon Trip, Through My Eyes!

I came back from this year’s SouthWest Fox DevCon last October 24, 2012 in Papua New Guinea but has to do a lot of fixing and troubleshooting back in several offices first so this delay in posting....

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Download Andriod Apps to your Desktop

I guess most of you do not need this because some countries are paying very cheap on internet services plus have very fast connections.  Not here in the country where I am working now though because...

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Run a VFP app like a Service

Basic definition of a Windows Service is a program with no (or very little) user interface which provides programmatic services on the computer on which it is running. Real services though is...

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yv8g67.exe Malware Manual Removal

I saw the same activity on another unit but this time the infection is named bazirud.exe and is being loaded by toulobi.  In which case, I believe this is the same virus strain and so I cleaned it up...

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ssTextBox

Changelog as of December 20, 2012:Fixed marker that is left behind when class is in focus and is disabledAdded _NoBackSpace property per request of MK.  When this is set to .T., you won't be able to go...

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ssExcelPivot class Enhancements

Changelog as of December 20, 2012:Added two validations in ssExcelPivot, one to check if you have used a RecordSource or not, another to check if there is a record on that RecordSource; before allowing...

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ssClasses Library now in VFPx

ssClasses is now made public as open source at VFPx.  The initial release though does not involve ssButton and ssTitlebar yet being that those two are dependent on ss_support.app for the image...

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How to hide codes in your class?

ssClasses has gone from an open source library to per subscription with hidden codes and back to open source library.  And it cannot be helped that some are wondering how I was able to hide the codes...

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ssTransparent Class

Lately I am into creating irregular transparent forms (again) that I decided to create a class  instead of me repeating creating properties and methods and placing codes in each form I wanted to be...

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ssPolyClock Enhancements

Just to set the records straight, co-author of ssPolyClock is my cousin, Glen Villar, who also has his own blog (Reporters' Assistant) is the one who originally programmed this analog clock to run...

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