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- From: tazzzzz@quip.eecs.umich.edu (Kevin Dangoor)
- Subject: Re: FoxPro: Help needed with scrollable windows
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.200539.2849@zip.eecs.umich.edu>
- Sender: news@zip.eecs.umich.edu (Mr. News)
- Organization: University of Michigan EECS Dept., Ann Arbor
- References: <C0I7nF.H3G@unccsun.uncc.edu> <durai.117.726446988@ortta.umn.edu>
- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 1993 20:05:39 GMT
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- In article <durai.117.726446988@ortta.umn.edu> durai@ortta.umn.edu (Durai Venkatasubramanian) writes:
- >In article <C0I7nF.H3G@unccsun.uncc.edu> alsimmon@uncc.edu (Amber Leigh Simmons) writes:
- >
- >>I am currently working on a program in FoxPro for a large hospital
- >>in my area. I want to be able to implement my forms so that they
- >>can be larger than the screen. Therefore I need to have window
- >>which act like the FoxPro system windows with scroll bars across
- >>the top and bottom, to scroll around the form. I know this can be
- >>done because I have seen an application using this concept.
- >
- >Another suggestion:
- >
- >You can try 50 line screen (set display to vga50) if you have a vga screen.
- >This will help you define a larger screen.
-
- I saw a library on Compuserve's FoxForum that will let you do large scrolling
- screens. I don't remember much about it (I gave it a cursory glance since I
- figured it would be incompatible with the Windows version and I will be moving
- to FoxPro/Win ASAP), but I know it was there.
-
- ...Kev
-
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- Kevin (Tazzzzz) Dangoor \
- University of Michigan / Let me know when two finally equals three.
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