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Hi, for a basic document management system in OpenEdge 10.1B, I want to display a preview of some file types in a progress window. I could do this for images using the progress "picture"-object and for PDF documents using "AcroPDF.dll" as an ocx. I didn't find yet how to preview Word and Excel...

Hi, as part of a project, I'm building a little "file management system", where users can upload files to specified location. In windows is it possible to hide known file extensions, but when those files are emailed, the extension is "lost". Word-documents still can be opened, but...

Hi, Does anyone know how to initialize the initial-dir of a get-file system-dialog to "My Computer"? I did already find out with a get-dir system-dialog that choosing "My computer" returns an empty string. Initializing the initial-dir property of the get-file system-dialog to "" sets the...

Hi all, I'm programming a little "file upload tool" to attach files to the filing card of a person. This isn't a very big problem, using a file picker and copying the file using a dos-silent-value. The real challenge is to show the process in a progress bar. Did someone try this before...

set forecolor of MS forms labels as handles Hi, i'm trying to make a program more flexible than we used to do. One of the things i want is to change the forecolors of all labels and fields to black before doing the input checks. We use MS Forms 2.0 Labels with OpenEdge 10.1A. The normal...

Hi all, I'm population a combo-box with list-item-pairs from a database table. In my case, it's possible that there are duplicate items, but with a different primary key. In this case, I've the following data: id: 0 - value: (empty) id: 1 - value: Roeselare id: 2 - value: Rumbeke id: 3 -...

Hi, We recently upgraded our database from version 9.1D to openEdge 10.1A. For testing purposes, I frequently used the Reports Builder to have a quick view on the content of tables, just to be sure what i've written in the database is how i want it (notations, etc...). I couldn't find such...

Hi, I have a Progress V9 program (a window where it's possible to create link between data), that has to act like a normal window and like a dialog window. It can be called from 2 sources: - a central treeview-application-menu (act like a normal .w) - from another program that imports...

Hello, In my program, I have to display some large things (100chars) in a combo box. Problem is that the combo's can't be longer (the screen is completely full). Can the contents of the combo box (if you click on the arrow) be longer than the combo box itself? Screenshot of the combo...