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New Thor Tools and SuperBrowse Enhancements

#42, 2015-11-30

A number of new Thor tools are available in the Thor Repository.

  • 'Toggle tabs in pageframe' – It can be quite difficult (OK, cumbersome) to navigate between pages of a pageframe when the tabs are not visible.  Use this tools to toggle the tabs in the current pageframe.
  • 'Compare text in two windows' – Use your favorite compare tool to compare the code from two different code windows without exiting FoxPro, as follows:
    • Select one text window
    • Execute this tool (hot key is recommended)
    • Select a second text window
    • Execute this tool again
          -- and the contents of the two windows will be compared

Required:  Thor cannot guess your favorite compare tool, so you must modify the Plug-In so that Thor can call it. The default code for the Plug-in calls Beyond Compare (personal note: highly recommended!) and must be modified to fit your environment.

  • Three new tools for VFP2Text, a add-on from Frank Perez, Jr. for Beyond Compare, that allow direct comparison of VCXs and SCXs
    • 'Download VFP2Text for Beyond Compare V3'
    • 'Download VFP2Text for Beyond Compare V4'
    • 'VFP2Text Home Page'

There have been some enhancements to SuperBrowse as well:

  • As it can be quite cumbersome switching between Expression and Value in the filter box, you can now overwrite the current setting as follows:
    • To select Value, use a trailing ‘$’
    • To select Expression, use a leading ‘=’
  • "Value" filters on all selected fields or, if none, all character fields.
  • Double-clicking a row (to edit using Dynamic Forms) brings up a read-only form if the table is read-only.
  • A new setting allows leading characters from memo fields to be displayed instead of "Memo".
  • Double-clicking a memo fields brings up that field alone for editing.
  • There are a number of new plug-ins:
    • Format field picker -- create alternative formats to those provided on the first page ("Picker") to conform to your own preferences
    • Bind column events -- bind events in the grid columns to this class
    • Grid context menu -- create context menus for the cells in the grid

See also Thor News and the Thor Forum.