Re: [NF] Downloading speed

> > From: Eurico Chagas Filho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... > > I have a Toshiba Satellite A205-S4577, Vista Home Premium w/ > > 1 Gb and a brand new HP Pavillion dv2945se w/ 4 Gb. > > The Hp downloads files from the internet about 10 times > > faster then the Toshiba. Using the broadband, Toshiba down

Re: [NF] Seinfeld/Gates ads pulled

At 10:18 PM 9/20/2008 -0700, Michael Madigan wrote: >I can't stand Seinfeld to begin with and I didn't get the campaign either. > >I thought they should done a parody of the smug Apple guy. They've let >those commercials go too long without being answered. > >*

Re: VFP9

At 09:40 AM 9/24/2008 -0700, Mike Stewart wrote: > > Date: Wed, 24 Sep 2008 08:53:56 -0500 > > From: Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Subject: Re: VFP9 > > > but it still ignores the fact that it is cowardly and annoying for them > to insist that this isn't a > > bug. > >Except that I think you've

Re: [OT] Atheists LIED!!!!

At 04:45 PM 9/24/2008 -0400, Pete Theisen wrote: ... >Evolution is scientifically demonstrable, as I learned in Catholic >school and studied further in Catholic university. The first cause is ... Really? I hadn't heard that (we're talking about macro evolution, right?). I think the only branch of

Re: [OT] Atheists LIED!!!!

At 06:19 PM 9/24/2008 -0400, Pete Theisen wrote: >Charlie Coleman wrote: > > At 04:45 PM 9/24/2008 -0400, Pete Theisen wrote: > > ... > >> Evolution is scientifically demonstrable, as I learned in Catholic > >> school and studied further in Catholic university. T

RE: [NF] Microsoft Commercials

At 09:23 AM 9/25/2008 -0400, Rick Schummer wrote: >Heh Jeff, > > >> It will be interesting to see how they move to plan C.<< > >We have always said Microsoft takes three versions to get it right . >Commercials v3.0. > >Whether you think they are good or not, whether you think people are >getting

Re: [OT] what a hoot these old ladies are

At 02:30 PM 10/7/2008 -0500, Stephen Russell wrote: > > >Reminds me of my Grandmother. Wow, I hope your grandmother isn't as senile as these ladies. They've apparently lost their last finger-hold on reality. -Charlie ___

Re: [NF] Hacker Indicted

At 08:34 AM 10/9/2008 -0700, Paul McNett wrote: ... > >> I have a friend from my days in New Freedom, PA (1988-1995) who was on the > >> Baltimore, MD, force. They adopted an "unspoken rule" when they had to > >> pull their pistol. Two to the body, one to the head. The body shots > would ... >W

Re: [Fwd: [NF] Why Most Fortune 500 Don't Rely on .NET]

At 06:38 PM 10/16/2008 -0500, Stephen Russell wrote: >On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 3:11 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account > > > > Yes, of course, but that's obviousASSUMING THEY BOTH WORK, STEPHEN, > > what's your answer then? > Intere

Re: [OT] A**hole Gore and his junk "science" whore

At 11:05 AM 11/20/2008 -0200, Helio Wakasugui wrote: >I don't know about Global Warming, but the weather is changing drastically >here in Brazil. Recently I've been to north/northwest/central Brazil >(including Amazon) and locals say the weather pattern has changed so much >over the last years they

RE: No table is open

There are a lot of things in VFP that were initially set up for "User-generated" applications (that is a made-up term by the way). In other words, the concept was users had the full VFP (well, probably Foxpro, that's where it started) software set installed. So they could set up their paths li

RE: VFP9SP1 -- choking on ALINES ("not enough memory")

At 11:32 AM 8/9/2011 -0500, Jarvis, Matthew wrote: > > > > I've got an inherited app that processes flat files--some big ones > > too---and I'm looking for areas to clear out memory because after I > > process one file, it then chokes on the ALINES line for subsequent >runs > > says "There is not e

Re: VFP9SP1 -- choking on ALINES ("not enough memory")

At 12:18 PM 8/9/2011 -0400, you wrote: >I've got an inherited app that processes flat files--some big ones >too---and I'm looking for areas to clear out memory because after I >process one file, it then chokes on the ALINES line for subsequent runs >says "There is not enough memory to complete this

RE: [NF] Has two network cards disabled today

At 07:49 PM 8/10/2011 -0500, John Harvey wrote: >They did do an update, one of those that doesn't care what you think. >AAA! > >John Harvey Are folks still giving MS a "pass" when they push out updates even though you have disabled auto-updates? I thought they got some bad pr

Re: Comparing 2 tables and showing differences between them

At 11:22 AM 8/11/2011 +0200, you wrote: > > > > Does anyone know if a tool exists to do this? Basically we want to compare > > table structures and data differences with the ability to move the correct > > data to the final production tables. > > Below is a quick thing I threw together to check ta

RE: [NF] Has two network cards disabled today

... >Somehow we've got all MS updates locked down to not happen... >Supposedly... ... It depends. If they have a Linux box somewhere in the I-net link then maybe. But if they're depending on Microsoft "group policy" or other software settings, then no. The PCs are definitely not protected. You

Re: [NF] Has two network cards disabled today

At 08:41 PM 8/12/2011 -0400, Ken Dibble wrote: > >Regarding this 'Microsoft does updates without user permission" thing > >... I can find two recent instances, in 2007 and 2009 and both seemed to > >be where it was the Windows Update service itself that was updated ... >I have never seen Windows 2

Re: [NF] Has two network cards disabled today

uming you meant they did not turn off auto-updates). I think everyone realizes if you enable auto-updates you get what you ask for - that is, auto-updates from MS which may or may not hose your system or apps. -Charlie ... >On Aug 15, 2011, at 12:21 PM, Charlie Coleman wrote: > >

Re: [NF] Has two network cards disabled today

At 08:54 PM 8/16/2011 -0400, Ken Dibble wrote: > > >I have never seen Windows 2000, XP, or 7 experience a "forced update" when > > >automatic updates is turned completely off (I've never seen Vista do > >... > > > >http://windowssecrets.com/top-story/microsoft-updates-windows-without-use > rs-con

Re: In-bedded Audio Files

At 06:21 AM 8/25/2011 -0700, G Gambill wrote: >I am looking for hints as to how (if possible) to inbed audio files within a >dbf (dbc) and play the via a VFP exe. > >Any suggestion? > >Thanks > >George You can read the audio file from disk into a "string" (e.g. FILETOSTR()). Then store it in your

RE: In-bedded Audio Files

At 03:10 PM 8/25/2011 +, Dave Crozier wrote: >George, >You have 4 options. ... >4. Hold the audio file in its original format in a preset folder and >simply store a link to it. > >Personally I would go the (4) route as you may soon break the 2Gb limit in >VFP with large files and apart from

Re: [NF] http://duckduckgo.com replacement for google.com

At 06:52 AM 8/26/2011 -0700, Paul McNett wrote: >On 8/26/11 6:17 AM, Kurt Wendt wrote: ... > > I just read an article about it this past weekend within the NY Times. ... > > seen by everyone here grumbling). What they are essentially doing is > > attempting to PERSONALIZE the web experience for you

Re: RDT and Windows XP Prof

At 08:34 AM 8/30/2011 -0300, Rafael Copquin wrote: >Thanks for the input. I'll try this ... >El 30/08/2011 6:11, Alan Bourke escribió: > > > > http://lmgtfy.com/?q=xp+multiple+rdp+registry+hack > > ... It looks like you got your answer, but this perked my curiosity. If the controlling computer is

Re: [NF] Want to remain relevant?

At 09:12 AM 8/30/2011 -0500, Ed Leafe wrote: > For many, it is enough to continue doing what you've been doing > for decades, and hope to ride that train until retirement. For others who > might want to do something to ensure that they have the skills that > future job markets will deman

Re: VFP9SP2 - Error 2066: Index file "z:\data\costs.cdx" tag "Njobid"iscorrupted. Please rebuild it.

At 04:27 PM 9/6/2011 -0400, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: >On 9/6/2011 4:03 PM, kamcgin...@gmail.com wrote: > > I found that zap usually fails with VFP9 SP2. I use delete all and pack > and have no problems at all. (pack requires > > exclusive use, same as zap) > >Really? What's the fail

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

[NF] Rootkit - Carrier IQ - on Android and iPhone phones

Hopefully the NF tag is OK for you folks. This is probably closer to OT but it is somewhat technical in nature. Do a search on Carrier IQ. It's basically a rootkit on Andriod and iPhones. This announcement came out on Dec 1 (Thurs). Note my use of term rootkit: software that hides its presence

Re: [NF] Rootkit - Carrier IQ - on Android and iPhone phones

At 08:51 AM 12/5/2011 +, Alan Bourke wrote: > > It's basically a rootkit on Andriod and iPhones. > > > This announcement came out on Dec 1 (Thurs). Note my use of term rootkit: > > > software that hides its presence and allows privileged access to system > > > data/function. > >No it isn't a

RE: RUN an EXE

At 10:56 AM 12/5/2011 -0500, Kent Belan wrote: ... >The new EXE starts behind the application. ... >I used to use this code in the main forms Init method: > >Declare integer SetForegroundWindow in User32.dll Integer >SetForegroundWindow(this.HWnd) ... Here is the code I usually use (copied/pasted

Re: Vfp and counter

At 04:49 PM 12/5/2011 -0500, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: >On 12/5/2011 8:47 AM, Gérard Lochon wrote: > >> That will show you a WAIT WINDOW every 100 rows processed. ... > m.todo = " of "+TRANSFORM(RECCOUNT())+" ..." > > m.odom = 100 > > GO TOP > > > > SCAN REST > > SCAN NEXT m.odom

Re: Get a heads upon the new OS Win8

You all may find this interesting: http://www.windows8news.com/2011/12/08/microsoft-remotely-delete-windows-8-apps/ I'm not sure why this wasn't mentioned below as a "great new feature" of Windows 8. I think I predicted MS would do something like this a while back "in the name of security.

Re: Get a heads upon the new OS Win8

At 08:21 AM 12/22/2011 -0600, Stephen Russell wrote: >On Thu, Dec 22, 2011 at 7:07 AM, Charlie Coleman wrote: > > You all may find this interesting: > > > > > http://www.windows8news.com/2011/12/08/microsoft-remotely-delete-windows-8-apps/ > > > > I'm no

Re: [NF] firefox crashing?

At 09:34 AM 6/10/2008 -0500, Stephen Russell wrote: >this is just a picture. > > > >it has a fox in it. ;-> I seem to recall they were trying to get someone to vote on what would be a good FireFox "crash" picture. Of co

Re: VFP9 S/totals on report

At 03:51 PM 6/20/2008 +1200, Sytze de Boer wrote: >In my application, client can choose a raft of things to print on a report >He wants the ability to SORT the report on 7 different criteria >So far no problem > >How do I sub total on the report without creating 7 different reports >(FRX/FRT) >The

Re: [NF] Another Microsoft basher

At 09:27 AM 6/27/2008 -0700, Paul McNett wrote: ... > http://twurl.nl/0fobiq >I'm struck by how non-technical the guy sounds. I always thought he >understood the design of Windows, but he's surprised by things we've >been dealing with for years and years. > >I believe Microsoft is doomed. At some

Re: Entering field in the first character position

If I recall correctly, I think you can do a "THIS.setfocus()" in the "GotFocus" event. I'm pretty sure that will cause the whole thing to be highlighted the first time a user clicks on it. I also can't remember if this causes some oddities if the control is not set to highlight the whole thing

Re: [NF] Windows XP Service Pack 3

At 11:37 AM 8/4/2008 -0400, MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: >Stephen Russell wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 4, 2008 at 10:05 AM, MB Software Solutions General Account > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> M$ is wanting to push this to me via the Automatic Updates. Has anyone > >> else installed

Re: Time to argue about long vs short methods

At 02:20 PM 8/5/2008 -0500, Whil Hentzen wrote: >So I'm working on this gig with a customer. The customer's rep is one of ... >One of their pet peeves regards method length. Somewhere they read in a >book that methods shouldn't be longer than 20 characters. I've got this ... >About 150 lines, maybe

RE: Error 2199

Also make sure that the strings in the MEMVAR do not evaluate to greater than 240 characters. -Charlie At 07:51 AM 8/21/2008 +0100, Dave Crozier wrote: >John, >I think the problem may well lie in the format of the date field between the >PC and the index. > >Look at your "strictdate" and "set

Re: [NF] XP SP2 vx SP3

At 01:20 PM 8/21/2008 +0100, Alan Bourke wrote: >On Wed, 20 Aug 2008 14:20:39 -0400 (EDT), "Charles Hart Enzer, M.D., >FAACAP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > What are the advantages of staying with SP2? > >None. Yep. True. If you've already swallowed the hook that deep, you're a goner anyway. :

Re: [NF] M$ figts back in ads, took long enough

At 12:38 PM 8/21/2008 -0500, Stephen Russell wrote: > Well, it is certainly apropos to have a comedian in MS commercials. Because MS, and all those that drink its coolaid are... well laughable. -Charlie ___

RE: Error 2199

>> > > Error building key for index "c:\abc\shipment.cdx" tag >> "Locitemdat." >> > > >> > >The SHIPMENT table has an index tag called LOCITEMDAT that is made up of >> > >LOCATION+ITEM+DTOC(SHIPDATE). LOCATION

RE: [NF] Microsoft slips Novell another tenth of a billion

At 02:20 PM 8/21/2008 -0400, Rick Schummer wrote: > >> With winders it was a reformat and reinstall every month or so :-(<< > >What?!? Are you serious or exaggerating Pete? > >I have six PCs running Windows XP, three used by non-professionals >including kids who load all kinds >of crap on them. I

Re: [NP] Is IT True ... XP v Vista ... A Word Doc Created in One Not Read it the Other

At 11:33 AM 8/21/2008 -0700, G Gambill wrote: >I have heard form a friend that a Word document created in MS Word on XP >can't be read by MS Word on Vista. > > And that a Word document created in MS Word on Vista can't be read by MS >Word on XP. > >Is this true and if so, can OOo play with either

Re: [NF] XP SP2 vx SP3

At 01:48 PM 8/22/2008 +0100, Alan Bourke wrote: >On Thu, 21 Aug 2008 09:09:55 -0700, "Paul McNett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > > Stick with SP2 if you don't want to risk instability. > > > >And keep all the security holes fixed in SP3. And miss all the new security holes introduced by SP3 ;-)

Re: [OT] I've changed my mind about Obama

>On Sat, Aug 23, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Leland F. Jackson, CPA < >[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Rebutting specific FUD published by some of the members of OT would be a > > never ending job. LOL. The FUD usually contain some slivers of truth, ... > > Michael Oke, II wrote: > > > You state that al

Re: [NF] Domino's pizza tracker application

Careful Michael, calling a trivial technology "revolutionary" is dangerously close to M$'s marketing strategy. You may find yourself the target of a copyright infringement lawsuit. ;-) -Charlie At 12:00 PM 8/27/2008 -0700, Michael Madigan wrote: >This is a revolutionary development. > >**

Re: [NF] Space Station Laptops infected with virus

At 10:49 AM 8/27/2008 -0700, Michael Madigan wrote: >Good job! I thought you guys were rocket scientists? LOL > >http://www.telegraph.co.uk/connected/main.jhtml?xml=/connected/2008/08/27/dlvirus127.xml Heh. I wonder what operating system the laptops were running. I bet they weren't Linux. And,

Re: [NF] Domino's pizza tracker application

At 09:00 PM 8/27/2008 +0100, Paul Newton wrote: >Charlie > >I don't think hyperbole is subject to copyright :) Then how the heck can MS copyright anything :P -Charlie >Charlie Coleman wrote: > > Careful Michael, calling a trivial technology "revolutionary"

Re: [OT] United Way CEO earns 1.2 million dollars

At 12:51 PM 8/28/2008 -0500, Stephen Russell wrote: >On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 12:40 PM, Michael Madigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote: > > It's not-for-profit, that's why. There's no reason a 200k salary > shouldn't be enough. > > >--- > >WTF? are you

Re: [OT] Palin wants to be part of the US when it suits her

At 01:27 PM 9/2/2008 +0100, Adam Buckland wrote: >Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, was once a >member of the Alaskan Independence Party, its officials have said. > >News of Mrs Palin's former membership comes as the latest in a string of >potentially embarrassing disclosures

Re: [NF] Chrome this!

At 11:21 PM 9/3/2008 -0400, MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: >Stephen Russell wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 3, 2008 at 8:48 AM, MB Software Solutions General Account > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > >> Stephen Russell wrote: > >> > What's ABMS? > > >> I thought Steve would answer

Re: [NF] Chrome this!

At 01:02 PM 9/4/2008 -0400, MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: >On Thu, September 4, 2008 1:48 pm, Charlie Coleman wrote: > > Nah, the MS evangelicals are having meetings all month, trying to figure > > out a way to save the company. I got the memo (not sure why though

Re: Speed issues - multiuser application

At 09:23 AM 9/5/2008 -0400, MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: >On Thu, September 4, 2008 11:23 pm, KAM.covad wrote: > > All the responses are good. You will always get better performance with > > one user, that is a given. But I have installations with as many as 80 ... >I came across o

Re: Speed issues - multiuser application

ndy in other situations. E.g. the single record stuff - SCATTER...NAME because then you're got an object you can pass around. It makes it easier to create encapsulated code with high cohesion and low coupling, IMO. -Charlie >--- On Fri, 9/5/08, Charlie Coleman <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [NF] Looking for memory reseller recommendation

At 10:54 AM 9/9/2008 -0400, Malcolm Greene wrote: >Looking for recommendations regarding a memory reseller - any thoughts? >Thanks! >Malcolm You can have mine. It doesn't seem to be working well for me lately. :-) -Charlie ___ Post Messages to: P

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

At 06:54 AM 2/12/2010 -0500, Bill Arnold wrote: >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 ... >"We have fr

Re: VFP9 - Speed

>On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 2:57 PM, Sytze de Boer wrote: > > What's the quickest way Well, if your client field is an integer, I'm pretty sure the quickest would be something like: SELECT WINHST SET NEAR ON myclient = myclient + 1 SEEK myclient SKIP -1 IF client=myclient-1 ** you're pointi

Re: VFP9 - Speed

At 04:26 PM 3/19/2010 -0500, Stephen Russell wrote: >On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 4:27 PM, Charlie Coleman wrote: > > > Anyway, if what you're doing is a sort of once-in-a-while type thing the > > performance over SQL probably won't be noticeable. But if it's in a tig

Re: VFP9 - Speed

At 11:30 AM 3/22/2010 -0500, Stephen Russell wrote: ... >You can dance around all you want singing your little song but you >never addressed why you woudl do this on a one by one basis and not >via group by in SQL? Your sql code will not point out clients that don't yet have a record. And note th

Re: [NF] Just got strange request from boss.

At 05:39 PM 3/24/2010 -0400, Ed Leafe wrote: >On Mar 24, 2010, at 5:33 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: > > > Stephen, > > Could you do me and all of us a favor, and when you reply to a message > > try to leave the original message intact, and put your reply at the > > top. It is difficult sometimes to

Re: [OT] Island succumbs to rising oceans

At 05:48 PM 3/26/2010 -0300, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: >Virgil Bierschwale wrote: > > I've seen so many media propaganda stories these last years that I no > > longer believe anything that I see or hear. ... >So tell me, who taught you advanced physics and convinced you that there >is such a thing as co

Re: [NF] Zonealarm free -- what a PoS

I'm not sure what stuff you guys are smoking. If there is a single company in the whole world that could be absolutely said to be untrustworthy it is Microsoft. These are the guys that "hampered" Oracle's ODBC driver (or gave special advantage to SQL Serv ODBC) to make themselves look good. The

Re: [NF] Conditions in JOIN clause instead of WHERE

OK, so we're back to it does not yield a different result (nor an error), but in regards to readability using INNER JOIN is more clear. But we should add that INNER JOIN is the more modern standard of use. One of the responses on Stack Overflow mentions "accidental cross-joins" but I have not exper

Re: LOCATE Backwards?

I think someone already mentioned GO BOTTOM. But just in case there is an index set, I think you might want to do a SET ORDER TO 0 just before doing the GO BOTTOM. And of course, if you do that, you might want to restore the index after the GO BOTTOM. Something like: cIndex = ORDER() set order to

Re: [NF] Windows File Manager Reborn

Look at Total Commander. It is so much better than the Windows File Explorer I do not have the time to list it all here. I think it costs money, but they may have an evaluation version to check. Since I got it (years ago) I pretty much never use Windows File Explorer any more. -Charlie On Fri,

Re: bullet point symbols in your label captions

I apologize if this is too 'over the top' for a quick mock up, but it could end up being quite extensible if a 'production' need ever arose. What I would do is create a quick 'container' class, putting an image object and textbox (or label) together. I think you can still easily set properties (li

Re: VFP9SP2 DBC -- update trigger

Yes, with VFP it is that simple. I would suggest adding a timestamp to your logging table. Technically, since your just doing inserts you could assume sequence - but seeing the time of day of events might help track this down. That means your log table structure would be slightly different of cour

Re: VFP App Startup Program

Unfortunately I do not have your original code Gene (if you showed it in an earlier email). If you know your config files differ between your startup and your main, it might be an issue. I'm assuming you have tried compiling the config.fpw into the .exes to see what happens (you can include it und

Re: The JVP line still exists after all these years

I thought that too would be obvious. ;) -Charlie On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 11:54 AM Ed Leafe wrote: > On Nov 15, 2019, at 10:52 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLC < > mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote: > > > > I laugh when I read the footer: "** All postings, unless explicitly

Re: Gartner Analyst Relations

Gartner probably one of the most 'listened to' but 'highly inaccurate' companies that exist. So yes, I too would be irritated if they suggested (wasting my) time with them. :) -Charlie On Fri, Nov 22, 2019 at 9:27 AM MB Software Solutions, LLC < mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com>

Re: So, about this VFPA thing...

Technically, what VPA is doing is actually not intended by its owner, MS. So I think the term hack does apply. If it were an open source tool, then I would say it would not be a hack. Like others have said, the work 'hack' draws out negative connotations (for us developers). But consider other term

Re: So, about this VFPA thing...

For me, I've done kind of the opposite. In other words, I'll connect to a SQL DB, Postgres, Oracle, whatever, download the whole database to VFP, read info from the information_schema stuff, recreate indexes, etc. Then work with the data in the local VFP DB for analysis and so forth. So it's not r

Re: [NF] X# Bandol 2.2 released to the public

I, on the other hand, do not subscribe to many other forums, so I much appreciate the notices. Since this is an 'email list' I expect to receive many 'notice' kinds of emails and many repeating emails on a given topic. If you know you're getting your info regarding X# from other sources, a quick

Re: [NF] Blazor from Microsoft

I have learned my lesson. I am never using a Microsoft-based technology ever again (if at all possible). Build Web Apps with C#? No thanks. I was building "web apps" with VFP just fine thank you (don't bother with the diatribes about 'running in a browser' crap - that really has nothing to do with

Re: Best way to move a file (other than COPY FILE and DELETE FILE)

Actually, I think VFP is using the Windows "rename" API (whatever it's called) to do the function. A long time ago I did a test between a C program to 'move files' and a VFP app to 'move files'. Something like several thousand files, over a Gigabyte as I recall. VFP was just as fast. In fact it wa

Re: 64-bit app via the Chen version

I can't recall if what was patched in that VFP "10" also addressed things like max array sizes, max text strings, size of 'index data' loaded into memory, etc. In general, things might just simply run faster (under the hood stuff of running 32-bit on 64-bit). And maybe the 'modern' ODBC drivers (64

Re: AW: 64-bit app via the Chen version

Quick question. Are you all saying there is no Automation available to MS Office products in the 64-bit world? I recently wrote a quick VFP app to 'automate' Outlook (ref: createobject('outlook.application')) to generate and send a bunch of emails. The Outlook 365 was 64-bit (I think). Are you say

Re: Office automation using VFP 10 64-bit version

Not to beat this to utter death and disfigurement... I definitely used Automation from 32-bit VFP into 64-bit Outlook. So are we saying that if I go to 64-bit VFP (the "VFP 10") that suddenly that same code would not work? -Charlie On Sat, Apr 18, 2020 at 6:37 AM Alan Bourke wrote: > It's not

Re: Office automation using VFP 10 64-bit version

t's > not > only me, but MS itself to state that it's technically impossible, I really > doubt it. :) If yes, you would be the first to made it magically happen. > > wOOdy > > > -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- > Von: ProFox Im Auftrag von Charlie Coleman

Re: Memo bloat

Here is what I found with my Memo field tests. If you open the table in SHARED mode, saving data to a memo field will always append regardless of blocksize and amount of data being stored. Blocksize will make a difference in how much 'minimum' space is taken by each write however. So you could pot

Re: [NF] I will .....

Actually, things are more like, "... there are evil-doers who have crept in, teaching deceit and all manner of untruths..." There have been very few advancements in 'development approaches'. Most are repackaging and new terminology of things previously discovered and used. The same is true of most

RE: [NF] Very strong set of issues in Are You a Bad Programmer.

At 10:03 AM 2/17/2012 -0500, Ken Dibble wrote: > >It has to be said, the use of parameters is pretty well accepted as best > >practice as far as I know, and I also agree with not re-inventing the > >wheel to sanitise input yourself when you could let the DB backend do > >it, and take advantage of

Re: beginner's question

At 12:32 PM 2/22/2012 +0100, Allen wrote: >Its only dead if you have competition telling people its dead. Its still the >fastest language for development and best for data, as long as you don't >need security. >Al I agree with Al's statement. But I'd like to modify the last part. VFP does not pro

Re: [OT] So you're mad about something on the internet...

At 03:42 AM 2/20/2012 +, Ed Leafe wrote: > I should make this part of the FAQ for this list... > > >http://www.notquitewrong.com/rosscottinc/2011/08/03/so-youre-mad-about-something-on-the-internet/ > ( -or- http://j.mp/A857ac ) Unfortunately, I think there are too many branche

Re: [NF] Kill switch.

At 09:27 AM 3/7/2012 +, Alan Bourke wrote: >On Tue, Mar 6, 2012, at 07:43 PM, Ricardo Araoz wrote: > > > > > You are missing the point. That computer is MY computer. > >Nope, you're missing the point in your eagerness to get onto an anti-MS >rant. Microsoft will be able to de-activate apps tha

Re: Grid autosize

At 08:59 AM 3/31/2012 +0200, Allen wrote: >Hi Foxgang >Anyone know if the autofit can be adjusted to allow a little space between >columns. It seems to cram them a bit. >Al Maybe you could "trap" the event (i.e. detect when the user performed the autofit), and then right afterwards, add a few m

Re: [NF] Recommend software to close ports

At 11:26 AM 6/10/2012 +0100, Alan Bourke wrote: >IMO you don't need anything beyond the Windows firewall these days, and >MSE for AV. I'm amazed that after MS's track record, people still choose to trust their "self-monitoring" software. Check out COMODO. It runs well on all versions of Win (XP

Re: VFP9 - Textbox

I think if you call the SetFocus() method inside the GotFocus, it may do what you want. That is, in the GotFocus event of the textbox add: THIS.setfocus() -Charlie At 03:58 PM 7/13/2012 -0400, Kent Belan wrote: >Happy Friday, > >I have a request from a user to make all numeric text boxes turn

Re: [NF] What kind of idiot hosts a Windows 7 party?

At 11:07 PM 9/24/2009 -0700, Michael Madigan wrote: >http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1cX4t5-YpHQ&feature=player_embedded#t=94 What KIND of idiot Is there really more than 1 kind??? I'll bet there are quite a few doing it. I've heard that Bad Steve even has parties on MS patch days and he's b

Re: Something free from M$

At 04:53 PM 9/28/2009 +0100, Alan Bourke wrote: >Ah Microsoft, the first hit is always free ;) LOL, yeah, "free". MS is really scrambling lately... fighting back at Mac's TV commercials... "Windows 7 party"... "Free (but not really) software"... heh. But they keep losing the mindshare. But I'm

Re: [NF] Why programmers are not subject to protective labor laws (from TechRepublic)

At 12:08 PM 10/9/2009 -0400, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: >Stephen Russell wrote: > > I have worked with these "imports" for this past decade. Most have an > > incredible work ethic, unlike most Americans. > >Here we go again with that old broken record: "Americans are lazy, >foreigners

RE: Problem with Word 2K7 spell check on Vista machine

Hmmm... yeah, I've had no problems for about 8 years with any of my office software regardless of the Windows OS. And the same goes for everyone else I've helped get set up. Doh! Sorry. I've been using OpenOffice for 8 years. -Charlie At 01:25 PM 10/23/2009 +0100, Dave Crozier wrote: >I'm wi

Re: [OT] Deer loses head butt with lawn ornament.

At 12:16 PM 11/10/2009 -0800, Michael Madigan wrote: >I wonder if we put up concrete ornaments of Democrats whether we would >have the same luck > >http://www.lacrossetribune.com/news/local/article_9ee5d1bc-cdbc-11de-a418-001cc4c002e0.html LOL. Funny story. But we all know what was driving the d

Re: Windows 7 and existing VFP 7 / InstallShield applications

At 02:40 PM 11/13/2009 -0500, Ted Roche wrote: >A client's interested in installing a custom application we wrote for >them some time ago on Windows 7. We used the built-in InstallShield >Express to build the installation exe. The application's a Mere >Mortals framework based app. Are there any sho

RE: [NF] Shields up

At 03:52 PM 12/8/2009 +1030, Geoff wrote: >has anyone found Microsoft's support of VFP to be immensely valuable anyhow? >Ive always found solutions or workarounds to problems from the user ... I have never found any MS support useful for any product. In the past I used to try and get support from

Re: [OT] For Bad Stephen

At 11:03 AM 12/11/2009 -0500, Ed Leafe wrote: >http://j.mp/90KPk3 > > >-- Ed Leafe LOL. The only problem is, Mr. Bad Steve will not pay attention to spelling/grammar issues until MS publishes something about it in .Net x.y(.z.q.) ;-) -Charlie

Re: [OT] Does this guy do Clipper code as well?

At 08:08 AM 1/5/2010 -0600, Stephen Russell wrote: > Geez Steve, don't you do the research? He wasn't involved with Clipper at all. The guy that built this was awarded an MS developer prize for his work on .NET and the

Re: [OT] damn windows 7 !!!!

At 09:15 PM 1/6/2010 -0500, Publius Maximus wrote: >This may help, and it's not hard: Set your UAC notification to "Never >Notify"... a new feature of Windows 7 for folks NOT in an enterprise ... >Enjoy the freedom of doing whatever the hell you want on your computer >again. :) Yep, I was going t

Re: [OT] damn windows 7 !!!!

At 11:16 PM 1/6/2010 +, Paul Hill wrote: >On Wed, Jan 6, 2010 at 10:23 PM, Stephen Russell >wrote: > > Do you load Skype? If yes that may be your first poor install, in > > that Skype will route through their servers making everything you do > > slower. > >What rubbish! Skype does not use a

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