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- From: "tom frazer" <tom.frazer@canrem.com>
- Subject: dbase iv color attributes
- Message-ID: <1992Dec15.4373.11268@dosgate>
- Reply-To: "tom frazer" <tom.frazer@canrem.com>
- Organization: Canada Remote Systems
- Distribution: comp
- Date: 15 Dec 92 02:26:55 EST
- Lines: 21
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- AB> Is there any way to change color attributes of FMT files in dBASE IV
- AB> runtime environment?
- AB> I have tried macro substitution, but it doesn't seem to work.
- AB> I have also tried to write unique FMT files with SET ALTERNATE ON/OFF
- AB> command, but the runtime environment obviously can't use FMT files
- AB> instead of FMO files.
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- Dbase doesn't use .fmt files, it compiles them into .fmo files and
- uses those when running an application. You are better off converting your
- .fmt files to .prgs and using memory variables anyway(safer), and you can
- use macro substitution, do cases, etc. in the .prg files.
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- AB> BTW, is it allowed to upload dBASE IV runtime module along with a
- AB> pd or shareware dBASE application?
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- Wondered about this myself, going to be a _BIG_ file though isn't it.
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