Subject Re: Bob -- Getting Your Code Organized From Bob McKinney <jrmckinney721@gmail.com> Date Wed, 27 Oct 2021 14:59:49 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Hi ken:  This is a great msg.  Other than what you have told me to move in this msg, I won;t even touch the keyboard(grin). To react to a msg, the first thing I do is print it.  I then can read and study it with a magnifing sheet.  I keep all the msg's on a clipboard aranged by the time and date recieved.  The why I had arranged all the files as I did is a long story and not to be repeated. Will be back as soon as i've  completed your suggestions i n the thread. I can't tell you the many thanks I feel for your patience.......Bob >Ken Mayer Wrote: > Bob -- > > (Starting a new thread, as the old one is hard to find things in.) > Please note: do not move any code that is not described in my messages, > or things will become a mess. Even if it seems like it might solve > things, have patience and wait for my responses. > > If you are willing to rearrange things, then first, as noted, put > SEEKER.CC back where it belongs, in the folder it was installed in by dBASE: > > C:\USERS\19546\Documents\dBASE\dBASE2019\dBLClasses\formClasses > > Don't move it. Leave it there. > > Then, I suggest you consider the following: > > 1) Put the dUFLP in a simpler folder structure: >     C:\dUFLP >        or >     c:\dUFLP2021 > >     Or something like that. Leave out the brackets. >     If you do this, then you will want to navigate (using the dBASE > Navigator) to the folder you just moved the dUFLP to. Once you are > there, in the Command Window, type: > >     do setup > > This will exit and restart dBASE (a couple of settings need to be read > out of the Plus.ini file). > > That should have the dUFLP set up and ready to roll. Assuming you put > seeker back where it belongs, then in the Command Window: > >     do library.wfm > > The library form should come up with no errors. If it does, the dUFLP is > correctly setup. > > Exit dBASE. > > 2) Now, figure out a good location for your own personal application. > Currently you appear to have it buried here: > >     C:\USERS\19546\Documents\BSSBIZ > > I seriously think this is not the best place for your application's > source code to be. It's confusing, and not the most obvious place to > look for it. You should consider moving it to a simpler folder > structure, such as: > >     C:\BSSBIZ > > Copy everything, the whole BSSBIZ folder and everything inside it to the > new location. > > For the code to run properly, you then will need to modify the source > code alias for your custom code. To do this, go to the Desktop > Properties dialog (Properties menu, Desktop Properties submenu). Go to > the "Source Aliases" tab. Find the source alias you were using > (BMCUSTOM, I think). Click on that, and in the dialog click the folder > button to change the folder for your custom code to point to the new > location, which if I am reading everything correctly should e: >     C:\BSSBIZ\BMCUSTOM > > 3) Using the dBASE Navigator navigate to the folder C:\BSSBIZ, which > again, if I am understanding everything, is where your source code is. > > Stop there. Don't move anything else. Don't delete anything. Let's just > get you to this point. > > One of the biggest issues is you go and start moving things after you > have followed other instructions, and in the process you break things > because they aren't where they should have been. So please, don't go > moving anything ... have some patience. > > Ken > > -- > *Ken Mayer* > Ken's dBASE Page: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase > The dUFLP: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/index.htm#duflp > dBASE Books: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Books/dBASEBooks.htm > dBASE Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Tutorial/00_Preface.htm > dBASE Web Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/WebTutorial/00_Menu.htm