RE: [NF] travel advise

2008-06-06 Thread Bill Arnold
> For Profox, the intent of the rules is to keep the signal to > noise ratio high (on topic, and the topic for this group is FoxPro). The irony and tragedy is that Internet groups - of all walks, none were formed to deal with catastrophic current events - are the antidote for our poisoned infor

RE: Variable only holding 16777184 bytes of 76million byte memo field

2008-08-05 Thread Bill Arnold
Mike, I think you have to consider that the implications of the corruption may extend beyond the obvious. How about restoring a recent backup to "work table A", then repairing the corrupted table into "work table B", and then comparing A and B to produce a report of changes made to the data since

RE: Swiss Guy about Guns

2010-02-06 Thread Bill Arnold
I don't believe that filters solve the problem. It's like there's a guy in the back of the room heckling and shouting nonsense every time you try to talk, and while you can put in an earplug, you know it's happening and others are listening, which frustrates the forum in different ways. Some just

RE: Swiss Guy about Guns

2010-02-06 Thread Bill Arnold
Sorry, that was "second life", not "second city" http://www.ibm.com/3dworlds/businesscenter/us/en/ Bill > I see IBM has gone with something like > second city. Isn't that inspiring? ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

RE: Swiss Guy about Guns

2010-02-06 Thread Bill Arnold
> > I don't believe that filters solve the problem. It's like there's a guy in > > the back of the room heckling and shouting nonsense every time you try to > > talk, and while you can put in an earplug, you know it's happening and > > others are listening, which frustrates the forum in different

RE: Swiss Guy about Guns

2010-02-06 Thread Bill Arnold
Ed, > >>Get a grip. This is an email list. It's not a virtual > >> world or anything. > > > > I'm surprised you would say that. Aren't you working with people whose > > imaginations are at least tickled by the possibilities? Aren't you guys > > already offering something like second life a

RE: Swiss Guy about Guns

2010-02-06 Thread Bill Arnold
Ed, > > Heck, neither do I, really, because my view of how "virtual conferencing > > using the cloud" actually works is conceptual and fuzzy. I wonder, for > > example, if realtime presence is required or can people be off-line and > > catch up in their own time. > > Again, you're confus

RE: Swiss Guy about Guns

2010-02-06 Thread Bill Arnold
Bob, > And the truth Bill is you simply hate freedom of speech for people who > come from different perspective, and view life's "resources" as > altogether too few to allow it for people you deem "uncreative." The > cognitive dissonance between, on the one hand, your eager anticipation > of a fre

RE: VFPAAS

2010-02-09 Thread Bill Arnold
> > No, I incorrectly typed it. > > http://www.acs-ids.com > > Interesting stuff ... no TS CALs eh? Sweet. > -- > Alan Bourke This is a very interesting product/service! It may be premature to think this company will take this idea all way by themselves, but it looks another genie popping o

RE: Data reading problem from a fingerprint reader through Ocx

2010-02-11 Thread Bill Arnold
Naeem, Did you try something simple, like: == Event OnData == *** ActiveX Control Event *** LPARAMETERS cindata THISFORM.TxtPollData.Value = "Data: "+ cindata THISFORM.TxtPollData.Refresh * if this doesn't work, try logging the "Data: ..." message each time it's

RE: [NF] Google to offer gigabit-speed internet in the US.

2010-02-11 Thread Bill Arnold
Alan, > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8509110.stm > > They're creating their own proprietary internet, you wait and see. It seems there are several big players, including those at the country level (Iran, China, others) who are moving in the direction of fragmenting the Internet as we

RE: .NET and other languages for a VFP developer

2010-02-12 Thread Bill Arnold
Don't jump too fast! It will be more years before something really compelling comes along, and whatever it is, it ain't going to be MS and .NET. .NET embodies and defines MS's entire approach to computers, and the company has moved to settle on it for years to come. Trouble for MS is that Window

RE: [NF] Google to offer gigabit-speed internet in the US.

2010-02-12 Thread Bill Arnold
CAMBRIDGE MA -- As protestors gathered outside the M.I.T. campus again this morning ... One of the organizers, the chairman of "Idiots can out-talk you anytime" (ICOTUA), Mr. I. B. Stupid, was asked to explain the reason for the pointless meandering of his followers, with some seen walking into t

RE: [NF] Google to offer gigabit-speed internet in the US.

2010-02-13 Thread Bill Arnold
Hi Charlie, > I'm not sure how this pertained to Gigabit-speed Inet from > Google. But it was entertaining. You may have filtered earlier posts to this thread, one of which I found inspiring > The folks described above do sound EXACTLY like most of the "liberal" > college "teachers" that hav

RE: .NET and other languages for a VFP developer

2010-02-14 Thread Bill Arnold
I think Ed and Virgil both make solid points. My own experience is different, probably because I've always been able to work on software projects of my choosing, but I can't remember a day I haven't jumped out of bed to get back to whatever I was doing. After some 40 years, I can safely say that

RE: Database Design Question

2010-02-17 Thread Bill Arnold
Jeff, I vote for different databases for each customer, even if it sounds like a lot. For programs, it's just swapping pointers when the database is connected for the application, so programming internals shouldn't change (for the most part). I'd do this for the safety factor alone. I don't think

RE: Rookie needs next step

2010-02-20 Thread Bill Arnold
Gary, Not sure I quite understand the problem/question, but I suspect that one thing you may be looking for is a class definition that you can place on each page with commonly used commands, such as SEARCH or navigation commands. The class can detect which page (parent/underlying table) it's been

RE: [NF] Sharing a LogMeIn Rescue license

2010-03-03 Thread Bill Arnold
I don't see mentioned the UltraVNC SC (single click) and JAVA support. Paying to take advantage of some technologies is unavoidable, but remote connections over the net can be done for free, albeit with some developer effort. But a little effort compared to a recurring bill ? To see client's scr

Google: Desktops Will Be Irrelevant In Three Years

2010-03-04 Thread Bill Arnold
Have you seen this article, "Google: Desktops Will Be Irrelevant In Three Years"? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/04/google-desktops-will-be-i_n_485415. html This is complete foolishness. What will really happen is people will compartmentalize their information stores between what they want

RE: [NF] How would you handle this customer (not wanting to pay yoursupport offer but less)?

2010-03-07 Thread Bill Arnold
Mike, Some thoughts on this and the software business in general: - can you determine if he's really struggling with his business? Going the extra mile for good customers who are going through hard times but are likely to survive (all in your opinion) is good strategy. - If he's (in your judgem

RE: [NF] How would you handle this customer (not wanting to pay your support offer but less)?

2010-03-07 Thread Bill Arnold
Stzye, > > Without analysing to the nth degree all the replies you've > had, for what its worth, I have adopted a simple option for myself. (I have > many hundreds of clients who pay an annual maintenance fee) Always great to hear a success story! > My terms are a purchase price and an annual

RE: [NF] How would you handle this customer (not wanting to payyoursupport offer but less)?

2010-03-07 Thread Bill Arnold
> Allright, bbq at bills place.. When I get that place in the country, with room for a campsite ... Bill ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://

RE: Vista Internet Security 2010 virus

2010-03-09 Thread Bill Arnold
John, It's not a virus, it's an attack. Look in your "documents and settings" folder and you may find an exe that doesn't belong there. My take is that's just one element of the attack and that your machine is now compromised and can't be trusted. In fact, I think you were "lucky" because you

RE: [NF] Interesting article on MySQL licensing

2010-03-10 Thread Bill Arnold
> ( -or- http://j.mp/c67CTL ) > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Meanwhile, Rackspace considers Drizzle to be "a database that will provide them an infrastructure piece that will be modular and scalable enough to meet the needs of their very diverse clo

[NF] an Internet crime story

2010-03-17 Thread Bill Arnold
Hi, I'm interested in your Jeep Wrangler, if you still have it. http://newyork.craigslist.org/mnh/ctd/1648062538.html I'm in Floral Park, Long Island (near city line). Some questions: - mileage? - do you think it would run okay without any major repairs for a year or t

RE: [NF] an Internet crime story

2010-03-17 Thread Bill Arnold
Paul, > I don't see anything here that makes me think "scam". You > could call ebay and talk to > them about their buyer protection program. Sure had me going at first! Who knows, maybe I will receive some convincing doc, but I'm doubting it. - The title of the ad reads: "{2002 Jeep Wrangler

FW: [NF] an Internet crime story

2010-03-17 Thread Bill Arnold
... Curiously, I sent this before but it didn't make it ? ... resending John, > If it sounds too good to be true Yeah, it's tough enough > to not get ripped off when buying locally. I don't know for sure this is > a scam, but why lay your head on the proverbial chopping block, when you >

RE: [NF] an Internet crime story

2010-03-19 Thread Bill Arnold
John, > If it sounds too good to be true Yeah, it's tough enough > to not get ripped off when buying locally. I don't know for sure this is > a scam, but why lay your head on the proverbial chopping block, when you > don't have to? Yes. But isn't there some agency somewhere in the business

RE: [NF] an Internet crime story

2010-03-20 Thread Bill Arnold
Frank, > this is definitely a scam. My brother's girlfriend almost > got caught. > Google it and you will find lots of references Thanks. Yes, with a little digging I see some stories, one almost identical down the page at http://www.craigslist.org/about/scams It appears that the FTC is the

RE: [NF] On what basis do you increment your major, minor, build, revision(x.x.x.x) numbers?

2010-04-21 Thread Bill Arnold
Hi Malcolm, > On what basis do you increment your application major, minor, > build, revision (x.x.x.x) version numbers? > > We auto-increment our build numbers on every compile. We don't > use revision numbers. > > I assume that major and minor version numbers are typically > dictated on the ba

RE: [NF] Seeking computer purchasing advice

2010-04-23 Thread Bill Arnold
I've had excellent experience with a few Systemax machines from Tiger Direct Bill > > Well, my laptop is sorta dying on me, and I've had it for > more than six > years (and, even then, it was a refurb). So, now I'm looking > for advice on > a replacement for it. > > At this point, I'm st

RE: Vfp Install with Inno

2010-05-09 Thread Bill Arnold
Hi Styze, Looks like you (we all) need INNO 5.3 http://www.jrsoftware.org/isdl.php It is a great product Bill > -Original Message- > From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com > [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Sytze de Boer > Sent: Sunday, May 09, 2010 8:02 PM > To: profox

RE: Vfp Install with Inno

2010-05-09 Thread Bill Arnold
Sytze, > Bill, please elaborate > I've updated my system but can't spot the difference I haven't upgraded yet, but expect to. I mentioned it because I see the announcement has some mentions of Win 7 support improvements at http://www.jrsoftware.org/files/is5-whatsnew.htm Based on your experienc

RE: [NF] Postgres vs. SQL Server

2010-05-10 Thread Bill Arnold
Hi Leland, For perspective on high end database performance, compare both to TPF (25,000 transactions per second) http://www.linuxinsider.com/story/37518.html?wlc=1273511918 " ... but what is most significant is the system's compatibility with Linux. This feature opens the door for many more prog

RE: [NF] Postgres vs. SQL Server

2010-05-10 Thread Bill Arnold
Leland, > If I understand the article correctly, TPF was targeted for IBM's > zSeries mainframes, which runs on IBM's OS only. That's likely where > the 25,000 transaction per seconds originated. Mainframe TPF is it's own OS, but can run under VM. Looks like it's been re-worked to run on Linux

RE: [NF] Postgres vs. SQL Server

2010-05-10 Thread Bill Arnold
Leland, > O/K, I finally had a chance to look into this a little more. > TPF is not a database, its an OS. Yes, it's both. It does work well under VM. > If z/TPF is an OS and Linux is an OS, I still > don't understand how z/TPF runs under Linux, unless as a VM. LOL. > Anyways, it's desig

RE: [NF] server specs

2010-05-12 Thread Bill Arnold
Hi Allen, Throwing some thoughts out: For in-house, if the budget is there, you might want to take a look at IBM blade servers. http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/bladecenter/ I have no experience with this equipment, but it looks good, runs VMWare and is modular by design. And consider a "cloud"

RE: [NF] Rackspace CEO interview on CNBC

2010-05-20 Thread Bill Arnold
Hi Ed, > Lanham Napier, president and CEO of Rackspace, on CNBC > yesterday talking about cloud computing and what it means for > businesses. > > http://www.cnbc.com/id/15840232?video=1498260012&play=1 > ( -or- http://j.mp/cb00mH ) > > And is it just me, or does Lanham sound like

RE: [NF] Rackspace CEO interview on CNBC

2010-05-21 Thread Bill Arnold
Ed, > > - To setup the customer, RackSpace configures 'x' number of virtual Windows > > machines for the customer, one for each authorized login > > (machine/device/person) that will be logging in (each having his/her own > > desktop and applications available and running). Some or all of these >

RE: [NF] Rackspace CEO interview on CNBC

2010-05-22 Thread Bill Arnold
Ed, > > 1. If RackSpace's entry level offer is a physical server > machine (perhaps > > supplied or the customer's own), how does a small > businesses (who only > > needs, say, one virtual Windows 7 machine) to test with and > get started? > > Stated diffently, what's the cheapest way for a sma

RE: [NF] Can I get an AMEN, why apple overtook M$ in value

2010-06-02 Thread Bill Arnold
> That's the way to do things; supporting legacy stuff in > your latest and greatest system just doesn't make sense. I don't think IBM got that memo! "IBM's current mainframe operating systems, z/OS, z/VM, z/VSE, and z/TPF, are backwards compatible successors to operating systems introd

RE: Word Automation: OLE exception error 5981 in Windows 7

2010-06-02 Thread Bill Arnold
Ken, This KB related to the general topic "Could Not Open Macro Storage" might be informative? http://support.microsoft.com/kb/224338 Bill > -Original Message- > From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com > [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ken Dibble > Sent: Wednesday, Jun

RE: Word Automation: OLE exception error 5981 in Windows 7

2010-06-03 Thread Bill Arnold
Ken, I realize you've said it worked before using FCREATE, but just wondering if you ran any tests with an existing DOC file instead of creating a 0 byte new/empty file each time - just to see if it has any effect. Bill ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@l

RE: Word Automation: OLE exception error 5981 in Windows 7

2010-06-04 Thread Bill Arnold
Ken, I've kept a distance from Word automation after hearing of compatibility headaches, but I couldn't resist in a few cases. Just took at look and I see that in these cases I'm creating a new doc, and none involves a reference to an existing file (new/empty or prev existing) for the operation.

RE: Word Automation: OLE exception error 5981 in Windows 7

2010-06-04 Thread Bill Arnold
Ken, > >I've kept a distance from Word automation after hearing of > compatibility > >headaches, but I couldn't resist in a few cases. Just took > at look and I see > >that in these cases I'm creating a new doc, and none > involves a reference to > >an existing file (new/empty or prev existing)

RE: GDIPlus.dll

2009-11-23 Thread Bill Arnold
Cathy, I just found it at: Platform SDK Redistributable: GDI+ http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=6A63AB9C-DF12-4D41- 933C-BE590FEAA05A&displaylang=en MS09-062: Description of the security update for GDI+ for Microsoft Platform SDK Redistributable: October 13, 2009 http://

RE: GDIPlus.dll

2009-11-23 Thread Bill Arnold
Cathy, all, A little more information on GDIPLUS, from http://svn.haxx.se/tsvnusers/archive-2008-08/0334.shtml copied below Note the part about MS not recommending bundling GDIPLUS with applications. Did we know that? Bill == . . . Why so complicated?

Shields up

2009-12-04 Thread Bill Arnold
>From the "VFP6/Win7 and GetDir" thread: >> Is anyone aware of any gotchas please. >I'd have to say the main one is that VFP6 isn't supported anymore. VFP6 or VFP9, this smacks of a precedent that shouldn't pass unnoticed: MS can't be allowed to make changes that break tested, production VFP

RE: Shields up

2009-12-04 Thread Bill Arnold
Did I read that right? You want to hold M$ at bay to NOT improve the OS and maybe fix security flaws of old because those changes break an outdated product that is in weightlessness with respect to future development? I said no such thing. That you don't unders

RE: Shields up

2009-12-04 Thread Bill Arnold
> MS can't be allowed to make changes that break tested, production > VFP applications. Do you realize how insane that sounds? You created VFP apps that had a license agreement that gave MS the power to essentially do whatever the hell they wanted. You can't now turn around and claim

RE: Shields up

2009-12-04 Thread Bill Arnold
> I'm saying that the history of MS relations with everyone concerned > with VFP was deeply tainted by deceit, but I'd be willing to let all that go > so long as the company does nothing to damage the products we create with VFP9 > > In context of the big picture, this is a reasonable expectat

RE: Shields up

2009-12-06 Thread Bill Arnold
ska, dBase et al either experiencing similar problems? Bill On Fri, 04 Dec 2009 13:11 -0500, "Bill Arnold" wrote: > But events like this, if they slip unnoticed, can be a harbinger of a > cloud > on VFP's horizon: the prospect that MS would make a change that would &

RE: Shields up

2009-12-06 Thread Bill Arnold
Ted, It's very good to know there is a way around MS's plunders (blunders!), but as Alan pointed out MS is in a position to dispense the death of a thousand needles if it so chooses. MS made the decision to buy FoxPro, and then they made the decision to stop further development. There's still on

RE: [NF] Shields up

2009-12-07 Thread Bill Arnold
Ricardo, > It's very good to know there is a way around MS's plunders (blunders!), but > as Alan pointed out MS is in a position to dispense the death of a thousand > needles if it so chooses. > > MS made the decision to buy FoxPro, and then they made the decision to stop > further development.

RE: [NF] Shields up

2009-12-09 Thread Bill Arnold
I did a little fact-checking, to make sure my claim that IBM applications written 40 years ago will actually still run today, and the answer is "yes". From http://74.125.93.132/search?q=cache:IIr41d43AU0J:ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/ software/os/systemz/pdf/ISYSZ10VINTEGRITYSUPERDOME.pdf+ibm+z10+c

RE: [NF] Shields up

2009-12-09 Thread Bill Arnold
Ricardo, > What happens with VFP after MS ends official support in 2014 is a big topic > that will develop over time. > I don't think I'll care by then. - The concern is for myself and other with investments to protect. If you don't care, then of course it doesn't ma

RE: [NF] Shields up

2009-12-09 Thread Bill Arnold
Do you think anyone will even notice? Their 'support' isn't that fabulous. It is slow, buggy and irregular. And that's when it is good! I wil miss the product upgrades and especially the oft-wished-for dotnet version. But support? Barely registers for me. --- The word

RE: [NF] Shields up

2009-12-10 Thread Bill Arnold
Ricardo, > MS is going to come to a crossroads at some point with respect to continued > support for VFP applications (through the life of Windows, I'll claim). If > they make the right turn it will send an important message to investors, > which includes more people then just programmers. >

RE: Ed's SETMEMORY code running on a VISTA laptop

2009-12-11 Thread Bill Arnold
Mike, There doesn't seem to be any way of providing it's usefulness, but I've had this code in startup for a long time now and no problems have been reported with a few VISTA machines it's installed on SYS(3050, 1, VAL(SYS (3050, 1, 0)) / 3) && limit VFP foreground memory to 1/3 avail mem

RE: Ed's SETMEMORY code running on a VISTA laptop

2009-12-11 Thread Bill Arnold
I just ran some benchmarks with 32MB, 64MB and 1/3 available RAM (on a 3GB machine) settings for sys(3050). Test application is CPU and I/O intensive involving over 50 tables. 32mb 1:18mm:ss 64mb 1:17 1/3 1:17 (1/3 of installed RAM) Negligible difference, but I switched to 64mb to av

RE: Ed's SETMEMORY code running on a VISTA laptop

2009-12-13 Thread Bill Arnold
Mike, I'm using Outlook (old, 2002, but it's all I need) >From what I've read on this so far, it seems that there is a problem with the math when 4gb RAM is exceeded, but your mention of a UAC involvement is another consideration. I've got only a few Vista installations, and they are installed in

RE: [NF] Shields up

2009-12-13 Thread Bill Arnold
Hi Ricardo, Hi Bill, sorry I took a couple of days before answering, but I was moving to my new home (4th move in the last 6months). > > Investors have already sent a message to M$, "we don't care". M$ has > certainly taken note of this message and is acting accordingly. > > ---

RE: Ed's SETMEMORY code running on a VISTA laptop

2009-12-13 Thread Bill Arnold
Mike, > > I'm using Outlook (old, 2002, but it's all I need) > > > Tough to follow what's yours and what's the previous email stuff. I just turned on prefixing with '>' in Outlook. This is a new machine and I'm still tweaking it. Bill ___ Post Me

RE: [NF] Shields up

2009-12-13 Thread Bill Arnold
Mike, > Bill -- what happened to living in the RV? The north/south circuit was a great way to stay in continuously good weather, and I really loved the lifestyle and adventure of it, but I had to stop for a while for the sake of business. I've teamed up with one of my brothers who lives on Long I

RE: Happy new year

2009-12-31 Thread Bill Arnold
> Hope you all had a good Christmas. Happy new year as well. > > Al Here's wishing everyone happiness, and success with your projects in 2010! Bill ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinf

RE: [NF] An email was sent using my yahoo address book,but no virusfound.

2010-01-10 Thread Bill Arnold
Jim, Here's another note on the subject of "attacks" just received. Everyone has their own combination of what works. If's a freaking career. And then tomorrow the mouse types a few lines to change the code, and the cycle repeats. Bill > -Original Message- > From: profoxtech-boun...@l

RE: [NF] An email was sent using my yahoo address book,but no virusfound.

2010-01-10 Thread Bill Arnold
his is a really big thing. Yet it seems not to be registering anywhere. I hate to suggest that the Internet be controlled, but to a large extent it already is. For example, I've no doubt that the CIA/FBI/KBG/et al know exactly how to pinpoint the source and target of any traffic sent over the

RE: [NF] An email was sent using my yahoo address book,but no virusfound.

2010-01-11 Thread Bill Arnold
Alan, > and why are they still called "viruses" Because most people don't know what the term 'virus' actually means in an IT context, and use it incorrectly to refer to security flaws, trojans, worms, diallers, backdoors, rootkits, spyware, adware and whatever else you're having. ---

RE: [NF] An email was sent using my yahoo address book,but no virusfound.

2010-01-11 Thread Bill Arnold
y, this is a really big thing. Yet > it seems not to be registering anywhere. > > I hate to suggest that the Internet be controlled, but to a large > extent it already is. For example, I've no doubt that the > CIA/FBI/KBG/et al know exactly how to pinpoint the source and targe

RE: [NF] An email was sent using my yahoo address book,but no virusfound.

2010-01-11 Thread Bill Arnold
Thanks for good info, Leland. I understand what you've done and why. I'm resigned that there isn't any easy way to deal with this problem. I guess I'll ponder what to do for a while. For the moment MS Security Essentials appears to be doing it's job, but I'm going to have to rebuild the machine r

RE: Storing passwords -- best practice

2010-01-13 Thread Bill Arnold
Mike > > I suggest googling for "salt passwords", or just start here: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salt_%28cryptography%29 > > > > Although I don't salt passwords in my apps, it sounds like > a good idea. > > Steve > > > I think the idea of NOT storing the actual password but > instead s

RE: [NF] An email was sent using my yahoo address book,but novirusfound.

2010-01-13 Thread Bill Arnold
When our PC's are hit, it's a virus, but when Google and big companies get hit, it's an attack: http://www.informationweek.com/news/security/attacks/showArticle.jhtml?artic leID=222300673 "Google's decision comes after it detected a highly sophisticated cyber attack on its corporate infrastructu

RE: [NF] An email was sent using my yahoo address book,but novirusfound.

2010-01-14 Thread Bill Arnold
Alan, I regard security matters as never-ending cat and mouse, whack-a-mole games of little interest. I mentioned this observation because I feel compelled to pursue truth wherever it leads, and the truth of this matter is wildly out of sync with perception. Whether it's by design or just ignoranc

RE: [NF] Approx size of the display area available in an iPadSafaribrowser?

2010-01-29 Thread Bill Arnold
A question about the ipad: I've read somewhere that (critically) it's not also a phone, but if a headset can be plugged into it, and it do things like dialing, then it is a phone too, right? Bill ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Ma

RE: [NF] Approx size of the display area available in an iPadSafaribrowser?

2010-01-29 Thread Bill Arnold
> Assuming Apple will let you install Skype on it via the App > Store, then you can make a call. With something like half the world using Skype, it would seem Apple wouldn't resist tapping it somehow. Then the criticism was misguided, because a phone by any other name ... > But it doesn't h

RE: [NF] Approx size of the display area available in an iPadSafaribrowser?

2010-01-29 Thread Bill Arnold
> > The telcos are basically extinct. > > They'll have to adapt to survive certainly - but you can't > make 999/911 calls on Skype! But the antee gets upped - the machine has GPS data, so it's actually a better 911 How hard can it be to map a person's coordinates with an emergency provider?

RE: Run Foxpro 2.6 for DOS and Foxpro 2.6 for Windows on 64-bit Windows?

2010-01-29 Thread Bill Arnold
> Short of creating a 32-bit VM, is there any way I can run FoxPro > 2.6 for DOS or FoxPro 2.6 for Windows applications on a 64 bit > version of Windows Vista or Windows 7 Professional? > > Is there a tool like TameDOS that would enable us to run these > applications on newer hardware? I'd favo

RE: Run Foxpro 2.6 for DOS and Foxpro 2.6 for Windows on64-bit Windows?

2010-01-29 Thread Bill Arnold
Paul, > > I'd favor the VM approach. I think we're all going to wind > up running VM > > anyway. > > > > No, I'm not using it yet. I'm still reeling from the fact > that it requires a > > host OS. Cheap way out, and I think it makes the machine > vulnerable to > > attack. But I suspect a bette

RE: Run Foxpro 2.6 for DOS and Foxpro 2.6 forWindows on64-bit Windows?

2010-01-29 Thread Bill Arnold
> > You might give Xen a try. You can download the live CD > using the link below. I'm downloading the Xen live CD > myself, to see how it might help me. > > http://wiki.xensource.com/xenwiki/LiveCD That is interesting, Leland. Guess there's no question as to the doability. They say they co

RE: Run Foxpro 2.6 for DOS and Foxpro 2.6for Windows on64-bit Windows?

2010-01-29 Thread Bill Arnold
ry's first > > supported software base for Intel VT. Xen runs unmodified > > guests such as Windows, on "the bare metal" at native > > processor speed on Intel VT enabled hardware. > > Paravirtualization in this case provides I/O performance > > that Intel V

RE: Run Foxpro 2.6 for DOS and Foxpro 2.6for Windows on64-bit Windows?

2010-01-29 Thread Bill Arnold
> > Sounds good, but can't say I'm convinced on the security > part. I'm looking > > for really assuring words like "it's impossible to break > into" or "the jig > > is up for the attackers". > > If they made that claim, how could you trust anything they > said? The only way to make > such cla

RE: Run Foxpro 2.6 for DOS and Foxpro 2.6 for Windowson64-bit Windows?

2010-01-29 Thread Bill Arnold
Christof, > > > What I'm really wishing for is a "real" VM where it's the OS, has no > dependencies, and can run any of the major guest OS's. > > That would be VMWare vSphere... But be careful what you wish > for. With these solutions the number of problems seems to correlate > with the pric

Computer and Internet Security

2010-01-31 Thread Bill Arnold
Since being attacked recently, I've had no choice but to pay attention to my least favorite of all subjects: security. Reading an article on the net tonight on this subject, I responded with a blog entry that I'd like to share with the list. It's NF, the computer/internet security part, and OT on

RE: NF Where Options Do I Have with VFP For Multiple Language

2010-02-02 Thread Bill Arnold
Grigore, I would like to create a Spanish version of an application at some point, so I appreciate hearing of your experience. Trying to summarize the overall approach, it seems that the process should inventory all visible text used in an application's UI in a table with it's translated counterp

RE: January Stats?

2010-02-04 Thread Bill Arnold
My view is that ProFox OT wasn't alone, but one of *many* online communities worked by propagandists in an organized and concerted effort to sucker America and Britain into supporting war in the Middle East. It wasn't by chance that critics were heckled or that all of the clever bullshit lines our

RE: NF Where Options Do I Have with VFP For Multiple Language

2010-02-04 Thread Bill Arnold
Grigore, Thanks for your input. I see what you're saying, that a dynamic translation mechanic woven into your framework is better then a post-processor to translate text from a source to a target language. I see you've worked this out and it's in your framework, and I certainly can't critize that

RE: [NF] Given a software product's price, how would you calculate asubscription fee alternative?

2010-02-04 Thread Bill Arnold
Malcolm, > Looking for feedback on how to come up with a subscription based > pricing option for a traditionally priced piece of software. Some rambling ... I regard database software products as necessarily subscription sales. As opposed to games and software products that can be "versioned", e

RE: VFP9SP2 app copied onto Windows 7 64-bit machine

2010-02-04 Thread Bill Arnold
Mike, I don't have Win/7 to test with, so just some guesses Do have any code references whatsoever (such as using macro substitution instead of a name expression when referencing a FQFN) that could be choking on spaces in file names (or has that issue already been resolved by prior use of "ms sof

RE: VFP9SP2 app copied onto Windows 7 64-bit machine

2010-02-04 Thread Bill Arnold
Jeff, > Michael: I have deployed VFP7 and 9 on Vista for customers for some > time. I put the runtimes and my apps in a folder: > > c:\users\public\applications\myapplication where I create the > applications folder. > > No issues at all. And no spaces in the name. Good to know. Guess

RE: Problem with dynamicbackcolor in grid

2010-02-04 Thread Bill Arnold
Alan, This may be a wild thought, but would it be possible to use bindevents/unbindevents to tame the beast? Bill > I sent this last night but hasn't shown up yet.  Sorry if reposted. > > Guys, > > I am stuck.  I have run into a problem with   > thisform.grid3.columns(1). > dynamicbackcol

RE: Problem with dynamicbackcolor in grid

2010-02-04 Thread Bill Arnold
Alan, > Thanks for you reply. I have not used bindevents very much beyond > changing the cursor and logging. I googled a few articles and will > read up on it. I just wish there was a way to call the dynamiccolor > manually instead of it calling automatically. I've made good use of BINDEVENTS,

OT -> Blogs

2010-02-05 Thread Bill Arnold
A last mention ... I've grown accustomed to blogging instead of OT, this way I get whatever it is off my chest. I feel obliged to report on my observations to "humanity", but I have no interest in banging heads - or violence in any form, for the matter. For the like-minded, we should connect our

RE: Quickbooks ODBC

2015-10-22 Thread Bill Arnold
Hi Jeff, A bit of a contrast, but the code below works for me Bill this.udb = LOWER(TRIM(cMySQLdb)) && MySQL database, e.g. h2offi5_okla49873 this.cConstr = "DRIVER={MySQL ODBC 3.51 Driver};SERVER="+this.cserv+";UID="+this.uid+";PWD="+this.upw+";DATABASE="+t his.udb+";

RE: Quickbooks ODBC

2015-10-22 Thread Bill Arnold
Jim, Last 2 instructions. Sets a public flag indicating operation failed STORE .t. TO z_esc ENDIF Bill Hmmm. Bill, I count 3 ifs and only 2 endifs. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailma

RE: [NF] Python?

2015-11-07 Thread Bill Arnold
Hi Lew, Don't know if you're intending to convert existing and significant VFP applications, but if so, maybe consider VFP compatible software so the learning curve and conversions wouldn't be so big and expensive. I'm thinking that since VFP10 checks out with Windows 10, VFP apps will continue

RE: [NF] Python?

2015-11-08 Thread Bill Arnold
Hi Andy, > but I still don't like their lock-in fee structure. I assume by that you mean that it's being sold as a subscription model. The pricing page isn't very clear on the difference between 'limited support' and 'support' but assuming the highest price applies

RE: Look at this, How about a VFP Extension....

2015-11-27 Thread Bill Arnold
Took a look at the video and yeah, MS is definitely headed in a better direction. Open source and, it seems, more interest in making developers happy by including more languages in VS But what about VFP? It hurt to listen to him brag about the growing list of languages supported by Visual Studio

RE: Look at this, How about a VFP Extension....

2015-12-01 Thread Bill Arnold
Ok, Thierry. You're right about taking the high ground. I've just posted the comment below to the messages at https://channel9.msdn.com/Events/Visual-Studio/Connect-event-2015/010 -- What about FoxPro? - open source! - Visual Studio support! -

RE: Look at this, How about a VFP Extension....

2015-12-02 Thread Bill Arnold
Testing ... replied to Dave this morning. It didn't get through so I re-sent it this afternoon, and that didn't get through Trying this without content to see if it will get through Bill ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance

RE: Look at this, How about a VFP Extension....

2015-12-02 Thread Bill Arnold
Hi Leland, > Reached me just fine. Yeah, I got this test message too, but not the earlier 2. After sending and then receiving this test note, I re-sent the original a 3rd time, this time sans the URL link, thinking that might have triggered a spam filter, but this one didn't get through either.

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