Why FoxPro .frx file

Why does VB generate a FoxPro .frx vild for every one of my VB (6.0) forms?
If it is not necessary to have the form, how can I keep the form from being
generated?

Thank you

"Wylie C" <WylieC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Why does VB generate a FoxPro .frx vild for every one of my VB (6.0)
> forms?
> If it is not necessary to have the form, how can I keep the form from
> being
> generated?

It's not a FoxPro file; it just happens to have the same extension as a file
type that FoxPro uses and FoxPro associated that file type with itself. .FRX
in VB is a file that continas binary data associated with a .FRM file. If
it's there it's because it NEEDS to be there.

On Thu, 28 Apr 2005 08:52:05 -0700, "Wylie C"
<WylieC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:

>Why does VB generate a FoxPro .frx vild for every one of my VB (6.0) forms?
>If it is not necessary to have the form, how can I keep the form from being
>generated?
>
>Thank you


That is actually the binary data storage file for each VB form.  These
files just happen to share the same extension name with Fox files but
are not related in any way.  They are necessary for their associated
VB forms.

HTH,
Bryan
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"Wylie C" <WylieC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> Why does VB generate a FoxPro .frx vild for every one of my VB (6.0)

It doesn't.  It generates a VB .frx file (form extension) for most forms.

> forms? If it is not necessary to have the form, how can I keep the
> form from being generated?

Don't set any graphical properties (e.g. Icon) or long text values for the
form or any control on it (and don't use certain controls that force the frx
creation by what they do internally) and you might not get it.  The FRX file
holds binary and extended text data that can't be conveniently placed in the
FRM file.

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Hi Wylie,

In FoxPro an FRX file is a report file. In VB it's a VB Binary Form file.
Your VB program isn't creating FoxPro files.

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"Wylie C" <WylieC@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:2ED50658-A9C8-4BAA-8BEB-D93B7261A85E@microsoft.com...
> Why does VB generate a FoxPro .frx vild for every one of my VB (6.0)
> forms?
> If it is not necessary to have the form, how can I keep the form from
> being
> generated?
>
> Thank you