RE: [NF] 4 GB RA Limit on Windows

2008-09-18 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi, > Thanks all, I found the solution, you shuld modify C:\Boot.ini adding > /PAE switch and Windows can recognize more than 4GB on RAM Make sure you test your system carefully afterwards. Many drivers do not work with PAE enabled which is why PAE is disabled by default and can only be enabled

RE: VFP Debugger - Step Into problem

2008-09-23 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Dave, Open the debugger so that the toolbar is visible. Then in the VFP main window choose View > Toolbars. Select the Debugger item and click on the Reset button. -- Christof ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http:

RE: VFP Debugger - Breakpoint problem

2008-09-23 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Allen, Breakpoints only work when the debugger is open. -- Christof ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxt

RE: VFP Debugger - Breakpoint problem

2008-09-23 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Allen, > Debugger is open but it does not stop. That's strange. But then I'm not really an expert on break points. Since I usually debug code I'm working on, inserting ASSERT .F. is easier for me than dealing with break points. -- Christof ___ P

RE: VFP Debugger - Step Into problem

2008-09-23 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Dave, > I just wonder how I managed to change it in the first place though. When you hold down the ALT key you can drag buttons around on the toolbar and also away from them. I guess this happened when you where debugging, trying to press an hotkey and also step into code at the same time. >

RE: VFP9

2008-09-23 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Allen, > how many of us sell thousands (lots more maybe ?) of copies of software to people expecting it to work and if a bug is found to get it fixed. There are many such applications written in VFP. Unlike VFP, howewver, they all come with some sort of support and/or maintenance contract. At

RE: VFP9

2008-09-23 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Ed, > Instead, it claims to have been "by design", without explaining what benefit this supposed design decision adds. What about getting reasonable speed with the report writer and low memory consumption? VFP and FoxPro use two types of strings internally for data structures: One string is

RE: VFP9

2008-09-23 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Ed, > What about saying something like that, instead of just leaving it looking like a cop-out? Finding the right level of detail is always difficult, especially in a knowledge base article. Not everyone is interested in several pages of explanations and historical excerpts that lead to the de

RE: [NF] I just found out I was using a C# program!

2008-09-26 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Stephen, > Mono did ver 1 framework. Did it ever get version 2, 3, or 3.5 under it's wing? Mono supports the 2.0 framework and part of the 3.5 framework. -- Christof ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.

RE: [NF] VB.Net Questions

2008-10-05 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Stephen, > Probably not. I think it is off of VS2003, 2005 Nope, Microsoft wants you to use VS 2008. For Visual Studio without MSDN subscription, you can upgrade from pretty much everything: To qualify for upgrade pricing, you must be a licensed user of one of the following products: *

RE: [NF] VMWare of other Virtualization software

2008-11-10 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Nicholas, > Which VMware product are you using? I found a dozen or so products but > am not sure which one I should buy. I think it is VMworkstation for > $189.00 Depends on what are you trying to do... I use VMWare Workstation on my development machine with different virtual machines for di

RE: [NF] Has anyone seen this

2008-11-25 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Manjit, Visual WebGUI is great if you have a WinForms application, many desktop developers, and need to get some intranet or exanet web versions or tools out of the door quickly. Guineu (http://guineu.foxpert.com) supports Visual WebGUI for running simple FoxPro SCX forms as a web application.

Re: How to RELEASE a .app file from FoxPro IDE?

2011-10-18 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
I've seen this when classes are instantiated with NEWOBJECT() passing the application name as the third parameter or when the IN clause is used with SET CLASSLIB. You could run the code from my security session to peek into the system datasession whether there's any VCX open. When you clear classe

Re: VFP9: Oracle ODBC (11g)

2011-10-18 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
The easiest installation is usually the Oracle InstantClient ( http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/database/features/instant-client/index-097480.html ). Christof On Tue, Oct 18, 2011 at 9:09 PM, Desmond Lloyd wrote: > Good Afternoon, > > Have just spent almost 1 hour digging through Oracle stuff

Re: VFP 6 Help Files

2011-10-22 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
The foxhhelpps.dll also needs to be registered with REGSVR32. Same with FOXHHELP.EXE /REGERVER, I believe. Christof --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- ___ Post Messag

Re: Modify Form

2011-10-22 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
While you can't use the native editor, you can save forms using the SaveAsForm method. So you only need the editing part, not a new storage. Editing is relatively easy to implement. Add a transparent container on top of the form which captures all mouse move and clicks. When the user selects a con

Re: Releasing Objects

2011-11-09 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
RELEASE affects the variable primarily, the object reference only secondarily. To release an object, set the variable holding the reference to NULL (or .NULL.). If you wish to add the RELEASE statement, the proper way would be to execute the line RELEASE THIS from within a method of the object (

Re: VFP encryption

2011-11-19 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
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Re: VFP encryption

2011-11-21 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> > 3 By not encrypting, a text editor reveals large chunks of code. This is > bad > This depends on whether you are including debug info when compiling the project (on the project option dialog, Ctrl+j). If you exclude debug info, all VCX and SCX files are stripped from code in the methods field

Re: [NF] Trying to get DEFAULT for column in MySQL to evaluate to expression

2011-11-21 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> > ALTER TABLE `sqltimes` >CHANGE COLUMN `ldiff` SET DEFAULT IF(tstart<>tend,'Y','N') > > The above fails. Is that the actual code? It uses a tick instead of a single quote as delimiter. VFP only supports ", ' and [] as delimiters. Christof --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts

Re: laFiles is not an array error

2011-11-23 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> > Do you see any reason why VFP9 would not support this: > > LOCAL lnWord, llBS, lcFile, laFiles[1], llResult, lcResult In older versions of VFP there would be no error if a comma was missing: LOCAL lnWord, llBS, lcFile laFiles[1], llResult which would ignore the laFiles part of the command.

Re: Vfp and counter

2011-12-05 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
When processing larger amounts of data it helps to close and re-open the table from time to time to force VFP to flush buffers and reorganize memory. While doing so put a different message out. Otherwise VFP will do this at random times and simply stop responding for a few seconds. Christof ---

Re: RUN an EXE

2011-12-05 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Windows moves the window into the foreground that the app first opens. If you display a WAIT WINDOW or a splash screen before showing the main window, your app might end up in the background. Christof --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body

Re: NF SSD experiences

2011-12-08 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
I've been using the same SSD (Intel SSD X25-M Postville 160GB*)* in my laptop for over 2.5 years now (since May 2009). Not a single problem due to a disk failure. I use this laptop whenever I travel (approx 4 mo./year) and for taking notes in my office (it's a Lenovo X61 convertible). Wouldn't buy

Re: Tracing a program to a file in fpd26

2011-12-08 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Jerry, kind of... There's SET DOHISTORY ON which logs all commands into the command window. You would need to run FOXPROX.EXE to execute your application and someone has to copy and paste the content of the command window into a MODIFY FILE window. There isn't any tracing that writes directly t

Re: Accessing VFP .mnx files

2011-12-08 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Execute the following two lines in the Windows command prompt MKLINK /H mymenu.fpt mymenu.mnt MKLINK /H mymenu.dbf mymenu.mnx to create a link to the menu file. Then add the dbf file to the project and include the file. Since both file names refer to the same physical file you don't need to copy

Re: [NF] Way to legally download (and own) movies?

2011-12-09 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> is there a way to legally purchase, download, and *own* a movie (as opposed to "you can watch it for up to 48 hours)? iTunes. Christof --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _

Re: [NF] Anyone have any personal experience with Google Cloud Printing?

2011-12-11 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> > Curious if any of you have personal experience with Google's new > Cloud Printing service? > [1]http://www.google.com/landing/cloudprint/index.html > > What's the scoop on the good, bad, and ugly? Basically, it works... Two things I noticed: As I don't have a printer that supports cloud pri

Re: VFP and multithreading

2011-12-15 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
The problem with Calvin's solution is that it generates code dynamically. On current operating systems this doesn't work unless you specifically disable DEP (Data Execution Prevention). It's better to rely on a solution that uses precompiled code. Christof --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME

Re: Alternatives to storing a user's password in your database

2011-12-20 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
If you use CRC functions you should salt the value. That is adding a few application specific characters before or after the password, then passing the result to SYS(2007) - or whatever else. Adding more sophisticated functions to calculate the hash value would be possible but not add security valu

Re: Strange table access troubles

2011-12-23 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Do you have a CD or Set Default to in your code? If so, try without. Is there a file with the same name 33259 somewhere in the path, either the Windows search path or the Set Path to setting? If that's not the case, I'd use Process Monitor from Sysinternals to obtain a more specific error messag

Re: Strange table access troubles

2011-12-23 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Is this COM server an EXE server or an MTDLL Server? MTDLLs do not support a current directory. I've had crashes and all sorts of strange errors when a COM DLL use CD or SET DEFAULT TO. Christof ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Main

Re: DBF from ASP.NET

2011-12-30 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> > Wondering what happened to all those products on the brew for VFP and > Visual Studio and the like. Are any still going? There were at least 3 I > heard of. > Which products are you thinking of and what is it that you want to do from ASP.NET with a .DBF file? Christof --- StripMime Report -

Re: DBF from ASP.NET

2011-12-30 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> > I'm not looking for anything not generally heard of, or can be used > against me by competitors as > VFP seems to be. > Well, that rules out Guineu, although it's usable from .NET from 32 and 64 bit systems... There are at least two established products on the market, though: a) Codebase has

Re: File is Not Open error

2011-12-30 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> > Did you ever see an error ‘File is Not Open’? When the FPT file is read-only, but the DBF file isn't... --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- ___ Post Messages to:

Re: DBF from ASP.NET

2011-12-30 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> > In that you are thinking in VFP engine terms instead of > ADO.net. > Using EF makes you think in terms of objects instead of ADO.NET. I'm not convinced that ADO.NET is the only way we should think of data in .NET. Christof --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternat

Re: VFP9 & 64bit SQL Server

2012-01-05 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> > Is this an issue? If it is, is there a way to work around it? > The ODBC driver doesn't work when the server is configured to only listen on shared memory. You need to enable the TCP/IP listener, as well. Christof --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative tex

Re: [NF] Open MHT files on a Mac?

2012-01-13 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
MacWord is supposed to open them, too. It didn't work me, though. Wouldn't it be easier to open it on your machine and pick File > Save As > Web page Complete. Then ZIP the HTML file and the _files folder. A ZIP is automatically uncompressed on the Mac. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME par

Re: Data not updating

2012-01-19 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Does the old app move the record pointer or attempts to lock the record when it refreshes data? Otherwise you will never see the changes being reflected no matter what SET REFRESH is set to. If you can't change the code extend your test to navigate to a different record in the old app and then back

Re: Data not updating

2012-01-19 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Kent, Your old app is using SEEK to locate the record? That should move the record pointer and update the record buffer. Could you add a BROWSE right after the SEEK command to ensure that it's not something else in the app that shows old data but truly the table. How did you verify that both app

Re: VFP tables on a NAS Samba

2012-01-21 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> > I spoke with another VFP developer in the office and he recalls Christof > had > warned about this, and the locking being a problem. > Good memory! :) That was over ten years ago. Samba would confirm a delete operation and the next second complain that the file still existed. Locks would not b

Re: SQL Syntax

2012-01-21 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
IIF() only exists in SQL Server 2012 and later. In older versions you have to resort to the CASE WHEN line that you are using or a UDF. Christof --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- __

Re: VFP tables on a NAS Samba

2012-01-22 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> > I'm not aware of any further SMB2 or Op Lock problems with Windows 7 / > Server 2008 now that they have been service packed I wish that customers would always have fully patched operating systems. Reality, though, is that customers run old versions of Windows 7 Home with Windows 98 machines i

Re: Rounding DOWN

2012-01-25 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> > What is the best way systems round Down ? > ROUND(nValue-0.5, 0) INT() and FLOOR() both have issues with numbers very close to the boundary due to the lack of precision with floating point numbers. When you say rounding down you might need to check how to handle negative values. Some custome

Re: Rounding DOWN

2012-01-25 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Andrew, I think Chrisof meant > ? ROUND(1.920001-0.005,2) > ? ROUND(1.92-0.005,2) > Yep, thanks! Christof --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- ___ Post

RE: [NF] Suggestions for analyzing 40K lines of SQL

2008-06-17 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Malcolm, Something like the Code Roadmap feature in Quest's SQL Navigator should do the trick. It's not inexpensive, tough (what Oracle software is that anyway): http://www.quest.com/sql-navigator/ -- Christof ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leaf

RE: oOutlook = createobject("Outlook.Application") - Class definition notfound

2008-06-18 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi, > I get the error: Class definition OUTLOOK.APPLICATION is not found. Instead of "Outlook.Application", you can also use the version specific number such as "Outlook.Application.11". In any case, in Outlook you should run the Help > Detect and Repair... Funtion. Usually, this function fixes

RE: Undocumented syntax, works great, but it is driving me nuts. Where did it come from? Why can't I findreference to it?

2008-06-26 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Gil, > The syntax question involves my use of the "RECORD mThisRecord" part of the REPLACE command. That's hidden as the "Scope" parameter. As most other xBase commands, you can apply a scope. In the help file search for "Scope clauses": REPLACE NEXT n REPLACE REST REPLACE ALL REPLACE R

RE: VSS available in VFP9 and not 8?

2008-07-07 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Ted, > the SourceSafe provider appears in the options for VFP9 and not for VFP8. Any idea why? Yes, for older versions the length of each provider name must be shorter or equal the preceding one. VFP doesn't reset the buffer length variable, so that the space in the buffer seems to shrink with

RE: Can I programattically set method code?

2008-07-24 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Rafael, > In my experience, bindevents is great !! That's true. How could I say something different after asking for BindEvents for a long time before it finally was implemented. BUT: Bindevents() isn't the holy grail. The one big disadvantage of BINDEVENTS is that it makes it virtually imposs

RE: Can I programattically set method code?

2008-07-24 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Rafael, > but I disagree with your statement Admittedly, I worded this a little strong and provocative. It's not just black and white. BTW, in your scenario of a grid I'd go with AllowCellSelection=.F. Then you only need code in the DblClick and KeyPress event of the grid, not in every sing

RE: AllowCellSelection oddity was RE: Can I programattically set methodcode?

2008-07-25 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Sietse, ESC is a bit special in that it's routed through the form's KeyPress even if the KeyPreview property is .F. I can only guess what's happening here, but would assume that the GotFocus event takes care of enabling event forwarding. The Grid doesn't have a GotFocus event. -- Christof

RE: VFP9-Screen capture

2008-07-27 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Sytze, With GDIPlusX it's just a few lines: Declare Long GetDesktopWindow in Win32API loPicture = _Screen.System.Drawing.Bitmap.FromScreen(GetDesktopWindow()) loPicture.Save( "Error.Jpg", _Screen.System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.JPEG ) loPicture.Dispose() Don't forget to get t

RE: VFP9-Screen capture

2008-07-28 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Sytze, > In other words, to run gdiplus, what files are necessary ? All you need should be the System_Lean.APP instead of the System.prg. Just rename the APP to System.APP before adding it to the project. If you want to use the source code version, you need the entire Source directory. -- Ch

RE: VFP9-Screen capture

2008-07-28 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Sytze, It's in the archive. Make sure you have the latest version of GDIPlusX_20080108_Source.zip: http://www.codeplex.com/VFPX/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=8606 -- Christof ail.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscriptio

RE: [NF] Remote Control Software

2008-08-06 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Andrew, Crossloop requires an installation on both sides, if I'm not mistaken. -- Christof ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/ma

RE: Object reference counter, etc...

2008-08-13 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Lew, > Is there an fll or whatever around somewhere that has functions that return or set the reference counter There's no non-destructive way to read the reference counter, but you can change it with my ObjRef.FLL: http://www.foxpert.com/download/OBJREF.FLL -- Christof _

RE: Object reference counter, etc...

2008-08-13 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Lew, There are only two functions, IncrementRef and DecrementRef. Both take an object reference as the only parameter and do what the name implies. -- Christof ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mail

RE: Guineu

2008-09-03 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Michael, > It'd be great to set up a forum like Ed has for this kind of stuff. You are right! The beta newsgroup I had setup never really worked out that well. Guess, the times of NNTP are over. ;) I created a new web based forum for Guineu: http://guineu.foxpert.com/forum. It's a stand

RE: Are tables the same

2008-09-08 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Andrew, If you have an Advisor subscription, you can read my article on this topic: http://my.advisor.com/doc/18408 Depending on the structure of the table, you could also use a SELECT statement, order by a unique field, select into a text file and then either compare the content directly in V

RE: You know you need to get out more ...

2010-03-22 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> There was a way to get FoxPro/DOS to display 12 x 40 25x40, that would be SET DISPLAY TO CGA -- Christof ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http:

Re: We''re getting old ;)

2019-11-08 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> And, I was surprised to see you - Christof - doing a session on AI - a > session I would have loved to have seen! That was a fun session to do. It was a lot of work to prepare, but also a great learning opportunity for myself. -- Christof ___ Post

Re: Calling code in parent's parent class

2019-12-03 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> Let's say that I have the following situation: > > GreatGrandParent -> GrandParent -> Parent -> Class > > In Class I want to bypass the code in Parent but call the code in either > GrandParent OR GreatGrandParent. GrandParent::Method () -- Christof __

Re: [NF] TeamViewer alternatives

2019-12-19 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> Actually, the company buying LassPass, Francisco Partners, is an investor in > or owner of the following companies: Bomgar, Legal Zoom, Comodo, LogMeIn, > SonicWall, WatchGuard and many more. Francisco Partners is buying LogMeIn. LastPass already had been sold to LogMeIn four years ago. -- C

Re: The Y2K Bug Returns: Revenge of the Kludge

2020-01-08 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> > https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-y2k-bug-is-back-causing-headaches-for-developers-again/ Nice, they even mention our local subway system in Hamburg which failed a couple of days ago due to a software update. -- Christof ___ Post Messages to: Pr

Re: [SPAM] Memo bloat

2020-05-26 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Paul, > I have a table with a memo field. It contains ca. 970 records and the size > of the FPT is ca 230KB. I added 161 records to the table, populating the > memo field with several lines of text (the total size of all the text added > was ca 700KB). In each case the memo field was a si

Re: [SPAM] Memo bloat

2020-05-26 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Alan, > If the changed data in bytes > blocksize then it will add a new block. If you > keep the changes < blocksize then it will re-use the same space. The trouble > is with a blocksize of 64, it's very likely that it will almost always be > adding blocks. That would be very thoughtful of

Re: [SPAM] Unit tests (was Re: [NF] I will .....)

2020-07-21 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> > To make an unit test in VFP is as easy as anything: > just write your code, highlight it, activate the shortcut (right mouse > click), select the option 'Execute the selection'. A very neat and quick > solution. It's even quicker if you use FoxUnit and foxmock. Both are free on VFPX. I've h

Re: [SPAM] [SPAM] Unit tests (was Re: [NF] I will .....)

2020-07-22 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> Having said that, TDD does work "best" for new development, and many VFP > devs are not doing a ton of apps from scratch which is why it may not have > caught on. It also works best with logic that's not buried in the UI, and > unfortunately a lot of us buried it there (forgive me father). We h

Re: [SPAM] Unit tests (was Re: [NF] I will .....)

2020-07-23 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> I still have trouble conceptualizing how to write unit tests for data > access. I have a function that reads a table and recreates the same structure as an empty cursor with all indexes, and such. Optionally, it appends the existing content of the table. In my unit test I can then make changes

Re: Task: Process thousands of records through a regular process -- multiple EXE runs to cut down processing time??

2020-08-01 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> I'm not sure I trust RLock(). I'd probably use a "Status" field that > indicates the record is unprocessed, in process, or processed. This might > be a good use case for Christof's DMult multi-threading utility You still have to use either RLOCK() or a SET REFRESH value of -1 to read the status

Re: COUNT FOR hangs on record locking, but SQL - SELECT COUNT(*) works with no issue. Why?

2020-10-24 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
SQL server works completely differently from FoxPro. For Sql Server the performance even on the same system would heavily depend on the isolation level you use, concurrent access and memory usage. I've consulted on SQL server databases projects in the close to a TB database size range where deve

Re: COUNT FOR hangs on record locking, but SQL - SELECT COUNT(*) works with no issue. Why?

2020-10-24 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Thanks, it makes sense not to reveal true identities. gl is "general ledger"? > On 24. Oct 2020, at 18:04, Stephen Russell wrote: > > glTable600 was replacing the true table name because we don't state true > identities. It is our gl transaction table and it is a beast in size. --- StripMim

Re: [SPAM] Free Visual Foxpro

2020-11-06 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> The next question is just as interesting though: where to get it I'm > guessing you could still get it from a MSDN subscription of some kind. Years > ago they have the very cheap ISV program, iirc. Yes, VFP is still available with the "Visual Studio Professional with MSDN" subscription

Re: Opinions on Servers

2020-11-24 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> Yes sorry I didn't make it clear, this is an RDS server so the .exe and DBFs > will be on the same machine. So it sounds like the main consideration to > make the application work as quickly as possible is the disk. > > Typically in the past we would have had 4 15k rpm HDD's running in a Ra

Re: SourceSafe from within Foxpro

2020-12-03 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Martin, > This works fine on a PC at the location of a client who I support, which > runs XP. Also, on my own Windows 10 PC, VSS works perfectly from the VSS > application, but when I try to access it from VFP I get "database XXX does > not exist". Sometimes Microsoft's VirtualStore makes it

Re: [SPAM] [NF] Macbook Upgrade

2021-02-04 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Ken, The M1 chip is a big change as far as compatibility goes. If you want to be guaranteed to run Windows software then you need to get an Intel Mac, and soon the only way to get one will be a used one. On the M1 chip you currently can use wine or CrossOver to run Windows applications. But

Re: [SPAM] [NF] Macbook Upgrade

2021-02-04 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Eric, > Why do you need 4TB of local storage? I'm doing as much as I can to go the > other way now - keeping as much as possible on my Synology NAS so I can > access it from any device. That may be your constraint. We have like a half a dozen Synologies in various offices in different sizes.

Re: [NF] Macbook Upgrade

2021-02-04 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> Is that in your new MBP? If so, no reason that it wouldn't fit in older, > like the 2016? I have gotten so insecure about this stuff, not paying much > attention the last few years. It's the external one. My internal SSD drive is whatever Apple put in there. I don't think you can change the S

Re: File Server Sharing SMB1: W10 Update KB5001330 shuts off SMB1

2021-04-14 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Phillip, > What do any experts on SMB protocol say/recommend for this situation? As strange as this might sound The most reliable results we recently had with Ubuntu as the server instead of Windows. With Ubuntu you can entirely disable all caching and all oplocks which both are the rea

Re: File Server Sharing SMB1: W10 Update KB5001330 shuts off SMB1

2021-04-15 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Alan, > If you make these changes you are removing all the performance benefits of > SMB3 for *all* applications on workstations and server, including file > copying etc. Yes, that's true. It's a matter of priorities, I'd say: You can have correct data, or you can get data fast. We recomm

Re: File Server Sharing SMB1: W10 Update KB5001330 shuts off SMB1

2021-04-15 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> > Even when the issues that occurred in 2018 Windows 10 1809 (IIRC) aren't a > problem any more (in my experience at least) ? My experience differs from yours. We have more issues with SMB every year unless oplock and caching is disabled. And even then we sometimes run into corruption issu

Re: File Server Sharing SMB1: W10 Update KB5001330 shuts off SMB1

2021-04-15 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> My guess is he meant this: > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\MRXSmb\Parameters Correct! Thanks. -- Christof --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

Re: FoxPro 2.6 for Windows App

2021-06-24 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Philip, > Does FoxPro 2.6 have to have a 32 bit hardware (machine) as well as Windows > 32 bit OS ? You need any CPU compatible with Intel x86 or x64 (ARM won't work) and a 32-bit OS. That makes Windows 10 the last version to support 16-bit Windows or DOS programs. -- Christof __

Re: [NF] Winforms

2021-08-20 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> I'd definitely consider Windows Presentation Foundation over Winforms if this > inheritance thing is a problem for you, because WPF *does* support that sort > of visual inheritance, and i will set you up for WinUI going forward. Coincidentally, there is also a session about using WPF in Visual

Re: [NF] - Is Bigger Always Better When It Comes To Your Monitors? :)

2021-08-26 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> So, my question is this: What size monitors are you using for development > and how many? 27" 5K Apple Display (made by LG)... If I need a second monitor I open my macbook. I've never been a fan of multiple monitors, though. To me it's so much easier to have virtual desktops and just swipe to

Re: Matt Slay

2021-10-12 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
That's truly sad news and what a great loss that is. I was looking forward to meeting him at Virtual Fox Fest. Rest in peace. -- Christof ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT

Re: Combining PDFs for printing multiple images on a sheet

2021-10-20 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Joe, > I have G-code that produces PDF images of labeled charts one chart per > day. I want to combine seven daily charts into a weekly sheet that will be > printed from Acrobat Reader. We used different solutions for different projects... One project uses pdfTK (https://www.pdflabs.com/too

Re: Slow performance after moving to VM

2021-10-26 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Chris, > Most of the 20 clients are still running fine, but a handful (3 identified) > at the moment are running really slow, they are only running slow in the VFP > application any other use of the server like copying files runs fine. They > also seem to be the better spec'd machines out o

Re: Slow performance after moving to VM

2021-10-26 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Chris, > Thanks Christof, assuming at the moment this was the issue did you manage to > speed it up? Was there a configuration on the client which determined how > many packets could be exchanged? No, in this case it was handed over to the IT people. Setting up an extensive virtual network

Re: Copy contents of code/editor window with formatting

2022-02-06 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Paul, > 1.I want it to work with the current/open editing window in ISX I use the following code: *- * Get the current window and verify that it is a valid window. *

Re: Copy contents of code/editor window with formatting

2022-02-07 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> BTW - ISX - Is that InstallShield Express? No, that's my original IntelliSense alternative for VFP 6 written at a time when we called everything soandsoX. https://bitbucket.org/cwollenhaupt/foxpert.tools.isx/src/master/ Ther

Re: [SPAM] RE: Problem moving controls on a form at runtime

2022-02-27 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Have you tried making the control invisible then reposition it and then make it visible again? Sent from my iPhone > On 27. Feb 2022, at 00:35, paul.newton.h...@gmail.com wrote: > > Tracy > > Anchor is set to 0 - but thanks anyway > > Paul > -Original Message- > From: ProfoxTech On

Re: [NF] Those were the days ... ISP charges

2022-04-25 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> Was that REALLY the cost for CompuServe? Yikes! This is from my bank account statement February 1997. That's the fee for January 1997 just for CompuServe. I also paid Deutsche Telekom by the minute in phone charges on top of that. -- Christof --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts

Re: [NF] Those were the days ... ISP charges

2022-04-25 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
>> Was that REALLY the cost for CompuServe? Yikes! > > This is from my bank account statement February 1997. That's the fee for > January 1997 just for CompuServe. I also paid Deutsche Telekom by the minute > in phone charges on top of that. Image didn't make it: 991951 11.02 11.02 COMPUSER

Re: Equation solving from VFP

2022-12-14 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> Thinking aloud, if you could guarantee 32-bit Excel was available you could > probably use Excel automation to do it, i.e. Actually, for Office automation it doesn't matter whether it's 32-bit or 64-bit, as long as it is installed on the machine. 32-bit is only relevant for DLLs or drivers.

Re: [NF] Queries re: Python & Such...

2023-02-17 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
> You don't have to be in Widows Land for Visual Studio Code. I also run it in > Linux - 3 different distros, and they also have it for Mac: > https://code.visualstudio.com/download Indeed... Lots of folks at Microsoft aren't in Windows Land anymore. I'm running MS SQL server and Visual Studio

Re: Splitting PDF Files with Ghostscript

2024-03-28 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi, If you plan to redistribute PDFtk along with a commercial application you now need a Redistribution License. It’s free to distribute with GPL licensed software. — Christof > On 28. Mar 2024, at 10:24, Graham Brown wrote: > > Hi > > Alternative approach is to use the free PDFTK utilit

Re: OS(3) number result for Windows 11

2024-07-19 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Checking version numbers has become increasingly useless. Windows introduced so many compatibility layers, feature flags, different distributions, various execution models that the version number by itself often isn’t sufficient. The major version number for Windows in desktop and server edition

Re: WestWind Web ClrHost and wwDotNetBridge error on Win2K3 Server

2017-11-08 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
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