Re: [NF] Microsoft unveils a radically redesigned Windows 8

>In my experience, using windows is asking for trouble. Well yeah, there is that. :) Ken Dibble www.stic-cil.org ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

RE: Anybody using VS Lightswitch

At 09:41 AM 9/13/2011 +0100, Alan Bourke wrote: >On Monday, September 12, 2011 9:56 PM, "Allen" > wrote: > >I'm risking being called a shill for Servoy here, which I'm totally not, >but I had some replies to your points. I'm only evaluating it as well. > > > I am wondering why you want an alternat

Re: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8

Still, it is funny and maybe not 100% accurate, just 99.9% accurate - Original Message - From: "Alan Bourke" To: Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 2:56 PM Subject: Re: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8 On Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:14 PM, "Nicholas Geti" wrote: > What? I can m

Re: [NF] Microsoft unveils a radically redesigned Windows 8

In my experience, using windows is asking for trouble. - Original Message - From: "Ken Dibble" To: Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 6:20 PM Subject: Re: [NF] Microsoft unveils a radically redesigned Windows 8 > With Win2000, when you select to share, it is shared. Sharing has not

[NF] PDF management system

Or the system could be done in FoxPro so maybe the NF is inappropriate. I am doing a set of drawings as a single PDF file from TurboCAD which needs to be wet nursed through outputting each of approximately 60 pages. Using CutePDF Writer or PDF995 for output, the system stops for a file name be

Re: [NF] Microsoft unveils a radically redesigned Windows 8

> With Win2000, when you select to share, it is shared. Sharing has not > worked correctly > > since. > >I'm sure that's true. I've just never been an advocate for peer-to-peer >file sharing. >The one exception is whatever server(s) on the network have files to >share. They are >servers, so th

Re: [OT] Fuel cell now available for the homeowner.

Well I wouldn't want to buy the 1.0 version, that's for sure.  From: Carl Lindner To: 'ProFox Email List' Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 7:09 PM Subject: RE: [OT] Fuel cell now available for the homeowner. ”It says it creates heat too..."  not sure. I went

Re: PDF printing from Foxpro

On 09/15/2011 05:28 PM, Carl Lindner wrote: > Both Postscript and Ghostscript require installation. Postscript installs > as a printer. Ghostscript installs off the root. I am on my laptop (XP > downgraded from Vista) and it is installed in c:\gs. I believe it is the > same on my W7 machine.

RE: PDF printing from Foxpro

Both Postscript and Ghostscript require installation. Postscript installs as a printer. Ghostscript installs off the root. I am on my laptop (XP downgraded from Vista) and it is installed in c:\gs. I believe it is the same on my W7 machine. My applications are on my D and E drives. I usually

FW: REQT: Visual FoxPro Developer, MI

A Foxpro Job for someone. John Harvey From: Sandy S [mailto:s...@magna-systems.com] Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 6:13 PM To: john.har...@shelbynet.com Subject: REQT: Visual FoxPro Developer, MI

Re: PDF printing from Foxpro

On 09/15/2011 07:13 AM, Carl Lindner wrote: > The Bob Lee et al. --- solution is without charge. > > 1amsoftware.com - downloads - vfp-2-pdf > > It is fox code (print2pdf.prg) that calls postscript and ghostscript which > are also without charge. > > You can name them and specify a destination thro

RE: [OT] Fuel cell now available for the homeowner.

”It says it creates heat too..." not sure. I went to their website and was not impressed. It wants my personal information and says a salesman will call. Sounds fishy. I would be more comfortable if was documented somewhere - nothing special about a utube video. -Original Message- Fro

Re: [OT] Fuel cell now available for the homeowner.

You can sell the electric back to the electric company, which means your actually making money with it since natural gas is cheaper than electric.  I also believe there is less loss of natural gas by pipeline than power loss by long transmission lines.    It says it creates heat too, which you s

Re: [NF] Microsoft unveils a radically redesigned Windows 8

On 9/14/2011 10:52 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > This is the first push into this area and it may not be perfect but it > will continue. Everything evolves. That's kind of what some folks are complaining about, Steve...they don't see it as evolving, but just bullshit for the sake of change. ___

Re: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8

On Thursday, September 15, 2011 4:14 PM, "Nicholas Geti" wrote: > What? I can move and resize windows all I want. > It's probably aimed at the Metro UI, for touchscreen devices, which apparently doesn't allow overlapping windows. As opposed to say iOS on the iPad which doesn't allow multiple wi

RE: PDF printing from Foxpro

Has anyone mentioned Bullzip PDF printer in this thread? Very easy to automate and free. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-

Re: VFPOLEDB issues in SQL 2008R2 / Windows 7

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Lou Syracuse wrote: > We are taking small steps towards getting all our apps to SQ,L which we have > only had a few months.  These little problems will then go away (to be > replaced with newer problems, most likely.  Lol) Oh, yeah. I think you have the experi

Re: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8

What? I can move and resize windows all I want. - Original Message - From: "Ed Leafe" To: "ProFox Mailing List" Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 8:18 AM Subject: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8 > So amazing to see the progress... > > http://i.imgur.com/MTBjU.jpg > > > > -- Ed Leafe > >

Re: [OT] Fuel cell now available for the homeowner.

I have read other good reports about fuel cell technology. But we have to find out if there are any negatives. What is the capacity? I guess the fuel must be free of contaminants to protect the cell. Then there are problems of distribution and marketing. They would be nice to have when the power

RE: VFPOLEDB issues in SQL 2008R2 / Windows 7

Hmm. I just installed Client Tools, but it didn't change anything - still no go. I have installed everything except Replication, Full-text search and Client Tools SDK; can't imagine they'd have anything to do with it. I can import text, csv, and Excel, the only problem I have found so far i

[OT] Fuel cell now available for the homeowner.

This is way better than solar with a 5-year payback and works morning, noon and night.  And since we found a gazillion cubic feet of natural gas in this country, this makes sense until solar becomes practical.   http://betterthansolar.clearedgepower.com/?s=go+bannerad&gclid=COKq2eryn6sCFc465Qodv

Re: [NF] MySQL seems to be locking up...

Original Message Subject: Re: [NF] MySQL seems to be locking up... From: Jarvis, Matthew To: profoxt...@leafe.com Date: 9/15/2011 1:43 PM > 3Ghz...more than enough horsepower (planning for rapid expansion of the > company) This server has MySQL, a little bit of Samba activity,

RE: [NF] MySQL seems to be locking up...

> 3Ghz...more than enough horsepower (planning for rapid expansion of the > company) This server has MySQL, a little bit of Samba activity, and it is > running Apache, but it isn't being used yet. Does rapid growth mean new machines on site already? Network card config issues? Thanks, Matthew

Re: [NF] MySQL seems to be locking up...

Original Message Subject: Re: [NF] MySQL seems to be locking up... From: Paul McNett To: profoxt...@leafe.com Date: 9/15/2011 1:20 PM On 9/15/11 11:06 AM, Mike Copeland wrote: > I was using a TABLELOCK until a few weeks ago, then I rewrote the > procedure...now, I'm lock free

Re: Foxpro 2.6 to Win 7

Thanks Peter.  I still don't like mixing XP and Win 7 in the office, but if I have to, at least I know I can.   - Original Message - From: Peter Cushing To: profox@leafe.com Cc: Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 7:09 AM Subject: Re: Foxpro 2.6 to Win 7 > I've been perusing the leafe

Re: [NF] MySQL seems to be locking up...

Original Message Subject: Re: [NF] MySQL seems to be locking up... From: Ted Roche To: profoxt...@leafe.com Date: 9/15/2011 12:46 PM On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Mike Copeland wrote: > Can anyone point me in the right direction regarding troubleshooting of > MySQL (v 5.1

[OT] Obama created 1 green job for every 4.8 million spent.

Good Job Kenyan! http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-green-tech-program-that-backed-solyndra-struggles-to-create-jobs/2011/09/07/gIQA9Zs3SK_story.html ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/lis

RE: VFPOLEDB issues in SQL 2008R2 / Windows 7

> I had a lot of problems with simple imports (even CSV!) with SSMS on > Win7Pro and it appears it was a problem with my choices during > installation: some of the import/export bits aren't installed by > default with a minimal installation. When I went back to the setup and > added "more stuff" (s

Re: [NF] MySQL seems to be locking up...

On 9/15/11 11:06 AM, Mike Copeland wrote: > > I was using a TABLELOCK until a few weeks ago, then I rewrote the > procedure...now, I'm lock free except for the locks that MySQL decides to use > internally. (assuming it does so.) Do you use explicit transactions? Because every time a transaction

Re: [NF] MySQL seems to be locking up...

Original Message Subject: Re: [NF] MySQL seems to be locking up... From: Paul McNett To: profoxt...@leafe.com Date: 9/15/2011 12:48 PM On 9/15/11 10:29 AM, Mike Copeland wrote: > This happens about every 2 weeks, usually in the middle of the day. When > it happens, the entir

Re: VFPOLEDB issues in SQL 2008R2 / Windows 7

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:21 PM, Lou Syracuse wrote: > Just wondering if this is a Windows 7 thing, or a SQL 2008R2 thing, or an > issue with my computer, . or something else? I had a lot of problems with simple imports (even CSV!) with SSMS on Win7Pro and it appears it was a problem with my ch

Re: [NF] MySQL seems to be locking up...

On 9/15/11 10:29 AM, Mike Copeland wrote: > This happens about every 2 weeks, usually in the middle of the day. When > it happens, the entire database is locked up. Sounds like it could possibly be a deadlock on a commonly-used table, such as one that generates invoice numbers or such. > Would

Re: [NF] MySQL seems to be locking up...

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 1:29 PM, Mike Copeland wrote: > Can anyone point me in the right direction regarding troubleshooting of > MySQL (v 5.1.47) locking up? What's the server platform? Is there anything in the OS logs? > Would appreciate any pointers to where I can learn-up on troubleshooting

RE: VFPOLEDB issues in SQL 2008R2 / Windows 7

Using SSMS, simple as can be for now. Eventually I would build an SSIS job to do it, but if I can't SQL to read the data in SSMS then I don't know how SSIS will read it... Thanks for checking it out for me! Lou -Original Message- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-

Re: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8

The real action for Microsoft might come from its improved Window Server 8 OS, which should give commercial versions of Linux and Unix OS(s) like Redhat, SUSE, and Macs running osX more competition. Window Server 8 also targets VMware and other proprietary offerings from hardware/software gian

[NF] MySQL seems to be locking up...

Can anyone point me in the right direction regarding troubleshooting of MySQL (v 5.1.47) locking up? I'm accessing it from my VFP9 SP2 application, and there are 50+ users accessing the database, but randomly, usually during what I would consider normal volume of traffic, it will just start han

RE: VFPOLEDB issues in SQL 2008R2 / Windows 7

You definitely need the 32 bit ODBC administrator to make sure that it's installed properly. You did see the recent post that MS is deprecating OLEDB, right? I'll see if I can try this out on my W7 dev system and let you know what happens. How are you attempting to import the data? In SSMS? T

VFPOLEDB issues in SQL 2008R2 / Windows 7

Just wondering if this is a Windows 7 thing, or a SQL 2008R2 thing, or an issue with my computer, . or something else? I'm trying to import data from a VFP database to a table in SQL2008R2. Everything is on my local Windows 7 based computer.I start the wizard in SMS and select "Micros

RE: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8

Isn't that Microsoft's track record with OS'? Make a mess with every other version of Windows, and clean it up in the one after that? Windows ME (What a mess) XP Vista (An even bigger mess) Windows 7 ... next? ls -Original Message- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxte

Re: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 11:34 AM, Dan Covill wrote: > Let's face it, Ed, that 'Metro' stuff is for small touchscreens - i.e., > smart phones and xpads.  Can you see an insurance company with a roomful > of clerks entering data on a 'virtual keyboard'? > > Seems to me that MS' goal is to cover both

RE: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8

Based on the little bit I've seen and read about it, it seems to me that's the direction Apple is headed with Lion, too. -- rk -Original Message- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Dan Covill Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2011 12:34 P

Re: PDF printing from Foxpro

Jeff, We use WIN2PDF at work, and I use BullZip at a client. Both allow you to specify pathname of file and work over terminal services/remote desktop. I have no idea of cost for the way you want to use it. I know they have a WIN2PDF license at work, and BullZip was free for the version my clie

Re: [NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8

Let's face it, Ed, that 'Metro' stuff is for small touchscreens - i.e., smart phones and xpads. Can you see an insurance company with a roomful of clerks entering data on a 'virtual keyboard'? Seems to me that MS' goal is to cover both the desktop and portable markets with a single OS. If the

RE: [NF] Microsoft unveils a radically redesigned Windows 8

> > Sure. First, I think the problem is that the hidden attribute test is > failing because it's only on the directory and not on the files. I > think you really just want to skip any file that has '_vti_cnf' in its > directory path. Here's a snippet in Ruby that will do that: > Thanks Ted - I'

Re: [NF] PKey what options are there?

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 2:21 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: > You will need to register to this site. > > > > The take away should run in any environment. > > I am still a GUID fan.  I declare what they are instead of wait on the > data tier to d

RE: PDF printing from Foxpro

The Bob Lee et al. --- solution is without charge. 1amsoftware.com - downloads - vfp-2-pdf It is fox code (print2pdf.prg) that calls postscript and ghostscript which are also without charge. You can name them and specify a destination through your code. Carl -Original Message- From

Re: PDF printing from Foxpro

On 09/15/2011 06:38 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > >> Carl: I have an application running on terminal services with multiple >> servers. print2pdf is about $1000 for 20 concurrent users which would >> be about right for my application. I need to pr

Re: PDF printing from Foxpro

On Thu, Sep 15, 2011 at 8:32 AM, Jeff Johnson wrote: > Carl:  I have an application running on terminal services with multiple > servers.  print2pdf is about $1000 for 20 concurrent users which would > be about right for my application.  I need to print pdf documents > directly from my applicatio

[NF] PKey what options are there?

You will need to register to this site. The take away should run in any environment. I am still a GUID fan. I declare what they are instead of wait on the data tier to deliver it back to me. They are just a pointer and I can make a func()

Re: PDF printing from Foxpro

Carl: I have an application running on terminal services with multiple servers. print2pdf is about $1000 for 20 concurrent users which would be about right for my application. I need to print pdf documents directly from my application and be able to name them and put them in a specific folde

[NF] Windows 1 vs. Windows 8

So amazing to see the progress... http://i.imgur.com/MTBjU.jpg -- Ed Leafe ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mai

Re: [NF] Microsoft unveils a radically redesigned Windows 8

On Wed, Sep 14, 2011 at 6:44 PM, Jarvis, Matthew wrote: > > These _vti_cnf folders are all marked with the Hidden attribute. > > So anyway, when I produce the listing I do something like this: > > dir /b /s /A-H | findstr ".doc" | sort > myfile.txt > > So I guess the command line kung-fu I am want

Re: Foxpro 2.6 to Win 7

> I've been perusing the leafe archives but am a little confused. > > 1. Will foxpro for windows 2.6 run on Win 7 32-bit as is? > > It certainly will. I'm running it (version 2.6a) on windows 7 32 bit, with no problems. Peter -

RE: XFRX support

Thanks Richard. He sent me an email stating he'd be looking at my questions soon. The previewer looks great, I really like the functionality of the user being able to "easily" export the report to many different formats. James E Harvey Corresponding Officer/M.I.S. Hanover Shoe Farms, Inc. w

Re: [NF] Microsoft unveils a radically redesigned Windows 8

On Wednesday, September 14, 2011 11:51 AM, "Paul McNett" wrote: > On 9/14/11 11:02 AM, Jarvis, Matthew wrote: > > I hear from a bro that at least with Windows 8 Server, the GUI is > > optional... > > I'm betting that there will be a whole host of sysadmin functions you > just won't be > able t