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by rdonnay
Tue Jul 15, 2025 4:56 pm
Forum: eXpress++ Support
Topic: How to change currency symbol in windows
Replies: 12
Views: 572

Re: How to change currency symbol in windows

I found this: #DEFINE PRO_CURRENCY PRO_[129] ***************** function currency() ***************** // 9/17/2002 10:53PM Dovebid Mods.. Let Currency be blank // 4/27/2006 9:16AM change to DOS function. did not do when windows originally written local cSystem:=getcSystem() IF cSystem=="AUCTION" .AND...
by rdonnay
Tue Jul 15, 2025 4:45 pm
Forum: eXpress++ Support
Topic: How to change currency symbol in windows
Replies: 12
Views: 572

Re: How to change currency symbol in windows

Roger might have the old code somewhere. I don't have it anymore.
I will look for it on my old laptop.
by rdonnay
Sat Jun 28, 2025 5:39 am
Forum: Zen and the art of Software Maintenance
Topic: This is the best Zen experience ever
Replies: 1
Views: 593

This is the best Zen experience ever

Now, I am starting to understand why Tom Liehr writes novels.

This is my first work of fiction and it was inspired by my dog, Harley.

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by rdonnay
Sat Jun 28, 2025 5:28 am
Forum: eXpress++ Support
Topic: Problem using Tooltip
Replies: 1
Views: 702

Re: Problem using Tooltip

I can't see the tooltip in your screen capture.

Is there any way you can reproduce this problem in a test program?
by rdonnay
Sat May 31, 2025 8:10 am
Forum: Xbase++ 2.0
Topic: How do I detect the DLLs required by an XBase and eXpress application?
Replies: 5
Views: 2430

Re: How do I detect the DLLs required by an XBase and eXpress application?

I use the CHK4DLL.EXE utility: http://bb.donnay-software.com/donnay/chk4dll.exe Example: CHK4DLL XDOT.EXE will produce the following output : XCHK4DLL Version 1.0 - DLL load check. (C) Copyright Alaska Software GmbH 1997. All Rights Reserved. Processing file xdot.exe DCLIPX.dll -> C:\expd20\bin20\DC...
by rdonnay
Fri May 30, 2025 8:11 am
Forum: PostGreSQL
Topic: Upper Case field names
Replies: 6
Views: 3533

Re: Upper Case field names

It appears that this is not going to work.

Changes the field names to upper case causes a runtime error which I cannot interpret.
When I put them back to lower case all worked again.
by rdonnay
Fri May 30, 2025 8:05 am
Forum: PostGreSQL
Topic: Upper Case field names
Replies: 6
Views: 3533

Re: Upper Case field names

This script appears to be the best for this purpose. It makes all fields upper case except for those created by Xbase++ because they start with '_" DO $$ DECLARE row record; BEGIN FOR row IN SELECT table_schema,table_name,column_name FROM information_schema.columns WHERE table_schema = 'public' AND ...
by rdonnay
Fri May 30, 2025 6:11 am
Forum: PostGreSQL
Topic: Upper Case field names
Replies: 6
Views: 3533

Re: Upper Case field names

generate a script like this and rename fields
That's a good idea.
I should have thought of that.
by rdonnay
Thu May 29, 2025 8:51 am
Forum: PostGreSQL
Topic: Upper Case field names
Replies: 6
Views: 3533

Upper Case field names

A customer of mine wants all the field names in his PostGreSql database to be upper case due to areas of his code that require this. A fix in the code would be to change every Fieldname(1) = 'CUSTOMER" to Upper(Fieldname(1)) == 'CUSTOMER' but he doesn't want to make those changes to his source code....
by rdonnay
Thu May 22, 2025 6:30 am
Forum: eXpress++ Support
Topic: PDF in tooltip?
Replies: 18
Views: 9212

Re: PDF in tooltip?

So simple. Thanks.