Subject Re: dBase Tutorial HELP needed From Jake Herlihy <jakefts15@gmail.com> Date Tue, 15 Mar 2022 08:50:03 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Mervyn Bick Wrote: > On 2022/03/15 04:08, Jake Herlihy wrote: > > I've been having issues with the tutorial, some of my own making. On Ken's advice, I scrapped everything I'd done for a week & started over. > > I've followed the instructions to the letter but continue having issues with > > Save as Custom to get the MyControls.cc. > > Below is scenario: > > > > When I open dBase, the following message box appears: > > Error: file does not exist: MyControls.cc > > I click on close 3 times & it goes away. > > > In the Command Panel type   ? _app.inifile   and press Enter > > This will display the following in the Results Panel > > C:\Users\Your_user_name\AppData\Local\dBASE\dBASE2019\Bin\PLUS.INI > > Mark and copy this into the clipboard. > > Close dBASE.   This is important.  If you don't the following won't work. > > Open Notepad.  Select Open from the File  menu and paste from the > clipboard into the "File name:" entry field and open the file. > > Use Ctrl-F to open the Find dialogue window.  Enter [Custom] to find the > correct section.   Delete the line containing MyControls.cc, save the > file and close it.  You can now reopen dBASE. > > > > > The other issue is when I type in: > >   onGotFocus = this.keyboard( "{Home}"   in Events in onGotFocus > > When I try to save it by hitting Enter or Ctrl S or File save, it changes to below: > >   onGotFocus = {;this.keyboard( "{Home}" )} > > AND I GET THE FOLLOWING: > > Error: Error creating file: C:\dbasetutorial\MyControls.cc > > onGotFocus is an event which is triggered when an object gets focus. > Normally giving an object focus does nothing.  One can, however, assign > an event handler to an event. Whenever the event is triggered the code > in the event handler is executed. > > An event handler can't be a stand_alone dBASE command such as > this.keyboard("{home}"  The event handler assigned to an event must be > either a codeblock (an executable block of code) e.g onGotFocus = > {;this.keyboard("{home}")} or a function normally created within the > class definition e.g onGotFocus = class::code_to_execute_onGotFocus > which will execute the dBASE command. > >     function code_to_execute_onGotFocus >        this.keyboard("{home}") >        return > > MyControls.cc should save without a problem even if it contains errors. > > > This has been going on for 4 very frustrating days. > > Anybody please HELP! > > The tutorial has been checked very carefully and thoroughly over the > years so there shouldn't be any problems.  If something doesn't work it > is almost always due to a typo.  :-( > > I know it doesn't seem like it now but it will get better. :-) > > Mervyn. Mervyn- Thank you for your quick response. Tried to Email via TBird- didn't work Need more direction on joining tutorial newsgroup on Tbird - but this is more pressing issue. Below is where I'm at: In the Command Panel type   ? _app.inifile   and press Enter This will display the following in the Results Panel C:\Users\Your_user_name\AppData\Local\dBASE\dBASE2019\Bin\PLUS.INI Mark and copy this into the clipboard. Close dBASE.   This is important.  If you don't the following won't work. Open Notepad.  Select Open from the File  menu and paste from the clipboard into the "File name:" entry field and open the file. DID EVERYTHING TO THIS POINT NEED MORE PRECISE DIRECTIONS FOR BELOW- SEE CAPS Use Ctrl-F to open the Find dialogue window. Enter [Custom] to find the correct section. DIS THIS BUT Find in Notepad searched for Custom in the Text file NOT the Custom folder . I WENT to the Directory & in Custom folder - Delete the line containing MyControls.cc, I THEN DELETED deleted the File MyControls.cc in the Custom folder save the file  and close it. I SAVED  the File as MyControls.txt in Custom folder. You can now reopen dBASE. DID THIS - all issues & error messages are UNCHANGED WHAT SHOULD the file name be saved as? WHERE SHOULD it be located? I'd be happy to put it into every folder on my computer @ this point.