Re: [NF] Is it really this quiet, or is the eMail service having problems?

Sytze de Boer wrote: > But surely someone can find something to abuse MS ? Is MS still relevant? Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.

Re: [NF] Anyone running 64-bit versions of Windows Server 2003/2008 or Ubuntu LTS 8?

Malcolm Greene wrote: > Anyone running *64-bit* versions of Windows Server 2003 or > Windows Server 2008 or Ubuntu 8.x LTS? > I'm curious if you've had any problems with device drivers or > application software or if you noticed any difference in > performance (good or bad) for certain types of app

Re: [NF]

Efren Pedroza wrote: > Does any one know how to make Windows 2000 Server recognize more than 4 GB > of RAM ??? I don't think you can, as > 4GB needs a 64-bit OS. Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/ma

Re: [NF] Is it really this quiet, or is the eMail service having problems?

Gil Hale wrote: > Did y'all catch the article in this (next) month's PC World, where one > writer says it may be a good time for folks (small businesses) to move to > Linux? Very well done. Unfortunately it would not work with auto > dealership operations. What is special about auto dealers that

Re: [NF] How to filter in OUtlook?

Vince Teachout wrote: > I have a colleague that's having problems with some clown continuously > sending unwanted e-mail. Since direct hints don't seem to work, she'd > like to set a killfilter, but doesn't know how. She has Outlook, and I > have TBird, so I have no idea how it's done in Outlo

Re: [NF] How to filter in OUtlook?

Kristyne McDaniel wrote: > I don't know about the rest of you guys, but I can't set a filter on the > redirected sender address used in ProFox. I have hundreds of filters in > Outlook, but just not many for ProFox because of that. > > Life goes on, though. I have chill pills available. Are you tr

Re: FPW 2.6 apps compatible with Vista?

Paul Hill wrote: > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 5:54 PM, Alan Bourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:53:54 -0400, "Malcolm Greene" >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >>> Anyone have any experience running FPW 2.6 apps under Vista? If >>> so, how well does this work and what are the proble

Re: VFP6: General Field Write Is Slow...

Jack Skelley wrote: > Good Afternoon All: > I have a VFP6 app that writes low resolution JPGs to a general field. > Every once in a while the Append General from filename hangs for 10 minutes > or so and then the program continues ok. I have verified that the hang is on > the Append General const

Re: FPW 2.6 apps compatible with Vista?

Ted Roche wrote: > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 2:26 PM, Paul McNett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> I don't think it will run in 64bit Vista though. Can anyone confirm this? >> I think it would. > > I would think it _could_, but that MS might not have a lot of

Re: [NF] How to filter in OUtlook?

Stephen Russell wrote: > TBird needed 1 action to get the spam out marked with the fireball, > and then marek the other 60+ as a fireball and knock that out again. > Way to much time from my POV. You do realize that the adaptive junk filter is disabled by default, and that you can assign a box fo

Re: FPW 2.6 apps compatible with Vista?

Paul Hill wrote: > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Alan Bourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:53:48 -0700, "Paul McNett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >>> So... what to do to avoid this situation in the future? For FPW apps, >>>

Re: FPW 2.6 apps compatible with Vista?

Pete Theisen wrote: > Paul McNett wrote: >> That's less time than Obama will be president! > Now what was that you were saying about [OT]? Seems to me that *you* took it [OT]. Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

Re: [NF] How to filter in OUtlook?

Jean Laeremans wrote: > On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 10:10 PM, Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> When I was using winders it was viagra, gambling, prescriptions from >> Canada, money from Nigeria, anti virus, anti spam, online girlfriends >> and on and on. Switch to Linux and it all went awa

Re: [NF] How to filter in OUtlook?

Kristyne McDaniel wrote: > Paul, > >> Are you trying to filter all ProFox posts into a folder? If so, that >> should be slam-dunk easy, although I haven't used Outlook filtering >> before. For the dozen or so mailing lists I subscribe to, there is >> always a List-Id header. View the source on

Re: [NF] How to filter in OUtlook?

Paul McNett wrote: > Kristyne McDaniel wrote: >> Paul, >> >>> Are you trying to filter all ProFox posts into a folder? If so, that >>> should be slam-dunk easy, although I haven't used Outlook filtering >>> before. For the dozen or so mailing lists

Re: FPW 2.6 apps compatible with Vista?

Pete Theisen wrote: > Paul McNett wrote: >> Pete Theisen wrote: >>> Paul McNett wrote: >>>> That's less time than Obama will be president! >>> Now what was that you were saying about [OT]? >> Seems to me that *you* took it [OT]. > > H

Re: [NF] 4 GB RAM Limit on windows

Helio Wakasugui wrote: > Isn't there any risk of some kind of instability or performance degradation? It's Windows, isn't it? ;) Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free ver

Re: [NF] Twitter in Plain English

MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: > Ed Leafe wrote: >> For those of you who are not yet very familiar with Twitter, and why >> so many of us use it, here's a brief explanatory video: >> >> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddO9idmax0o >> >> Twitter may not be for you, but at

Re: VFP9

Allen wrote: > I don't know about all people here but if I get a bug reported I fix it. Yes but sometimes people report bugs that aren't bugs at all. Because, if we were to "fix" it, it would cause a specified behavior to fail. Then we need to explain that the supposedly buggy behavior is "by d

Re: [NF] Microsoft Commercials

Jeff Johnson wrote: > I just saw a new Microsoft commercial. Everyone - including Bill Gates > - says "I'm a PC." It will be interesting to see how they move to plan C. They should probably suspend all advertising campaigns until this crisis is over. Paul __

Re: [NF] Clients naming their own terms...

Kristyne McDaniel wrote: > Guys, please tell me that it is wise to refuse to work for this guy. I just > smell a rat and I don't want to even deal with him. I'm of course refunding > his deposit. It is wise. It does smell. Paul ___ Post Messages to: P

Re: Disable Mouse When A Form Is Visible

Jack Skelley wrote: > Actually is a very good idea...at least in my way of thinking... > I need to be able to prevent the user from clicking on a set of windows > (several are VFP windows) and several are Internet Explorer windows. I don't > want to let the user change the window that currently h

Re: VFP9 SP1 taking more than 3 minutes to load a project?

KAM.covad wrote: > We don't use source control on this project. Whoa. Paul ___ 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/profo

Re: Disable Mouse When A Form Is Visible

Jack Skelley wrote: > This is what modal is for when you have a pure VFP app. But in my case this > is not true. There are other open apps that VFP is 'talking to' as long as > the current window doesn't change all is good. But if user activates another > window and I am trying to load window 'x

Re: Having only Minimize/Maximum buttons on VFP app window

MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: > VFP9SP1 > > Our app (written many years ago but now in VFP9) has the minimize, > maximize, and close buttons in the top right corner as you'd expect. > Except the Close button is disabled because we don't want users closing > the app that way (at lea

Re: Having only Minimize/Maximum buttons on VFP app window

MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: > On Wed, October 1, 2008 3:28 pm, Paul McNett wrote: >> I guess the fact that you are working on this (and your users are >> complaining about it) means that there isn't anything taking higher >> priority, which probably m

Re: Disable Mouse When A Form Is Visible

Jack Skelley wrote: > Paul: > Warning my users would make them want to mess it up all the more! I love > these guys but all have been hit in the head with sticks and pucks their > entire life. > You are absolutely correct about the fragile application. > I tried using CDO to send email to our exc

Re: Disable Mouse When A Form Is Visible

Jack, If you can use Outlook to send mail through your Exchange server, then the problem most certainly isn't with the Exchange server. You just don't have the client settings correct in blat or whatever. Questions: + port 25 or no? If no, could be 993 or 465 + SSL or no? Probably SSL, probably

Re: VFP app and terminal server

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have and app, installed in a Windows 2003 server, that is accessed locally > by a number of machines, and using remote desk top by one branch of the > company. > > I set up the access in a manner such that when the user clicks the RDT > connection icon, my app start

Re: VFP9 SP1 taking more than 3 minutes to load a project?

Richard Kaye wrote: > I wrote a little util to open a project as a DBF and dump it out to a > text file just so that I could make sure the project could be recovered > even if the PJX/PJT went south. A nice side effect is being able to > compare text files to find differences between project fil

Re: VFP9 SP1 taking more than 3 minutes to load a project?

MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > Richard Kaye wrote: >> I wrote a little util to open a project as a DBF and dump it out to a >> text file just so that I could make sure the project could be recovered >> even if the PJX/PJT went south. A nice side effect is being able to >> compare text files

Re: Disable Mouse When A Form Is Visible

Jack Skelley wrote: > Paul: > Port 25 is the setting. > No SSL. > Authentication is required on Exchange. > When I asked the question to the consultants as to why can't I use > Thunderbird the response was "Exchange 2007 needs Outlook 2003 (or better) or > OWA to send/receive mail". > I tried Tbi

Re: Disable Mouse When A Form Is Visible

Jack Skelley wrote: > Gerard: > I don't want to disable the mouse permanently only when the send email form > is visible. As soon as the mail is sent enable the mouse. > Programmatically there must be a way but I haven't found it. > I looked to see if the mouse is on a service but couldn't find. S

Re: [NF] Hacker Indicted

Matt Jarvis wrote: >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> On Behalf Of Gil Hale >> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 6:42 AM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: RE: [NF] Hacker Indicted >> >> I have a friend from my days in New Freedom, PA (1988-1995

Re: [NF] sure you don't agree with these computing rules

Stephen Russell wrote: > I got 40% through the list without disagreeing with anything. Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailma

Re: [NF] sure you don't agree with these computing rules

Paul McNett wrote: > Stephen Russell wrote: >> <http://www.al3x.net/2008/09/al3xs-rules-for-computing-happiness.html> > > I got 40% through the list without disagreeing with anything. Okay, I read the rest and the only thing I disagree with is the necessity of Mac for the h

Re: [NF] TIP - SQL Server quick export of table/view/SP/function definitions

Stephen Russell wrote: > On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at 6:04 PM, Matt Jarvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Everyone else may already know this but I just stumbled into it... >> >> >> >> While attempting to see if I could copy/paste tables from one DB to >> another (long story) in Enterprise Manager, I disc

Re: [NF] PL/SQL Optimization

Garrett Fitzgerald wrote: > How would you format that query? I'm always interested in making my > code more readable, since it might be me that has to read it later. Here's how *I* would do it: SELECT person.lastname, person.firstname, obshead.name, obs.obsdate, ob

Re: [NF] PL/SQL Optimization

Paul McNett wrote: > Here's how *I* would do it: > > SELECT person.lastname, > person.firstname, > obshead.name, Oops, a tab slipped through: SELECT person.lastname, person.firstname, obshead.name, SQL reads easier when it is less horizonta

Re: [NF] PL/SQL Optimization

Paul McNett wrote: > Oops, a tab slipped through: > > SELECT person.lastname, > person.firstname, > obshead.name, Argh! I'll try again: SELECT person.lastname, person.firstname, obshead.name, Paul _

Re: [NF] PL/SQL Optimization

Paul McNett wrote: > Paul McNett wrote: >> Oops, a tab slipped through: >> >> SELECT person.lastname, >> person.firstname, >> obshead.name, > > Argh! I'll try again: > > SELECT person.lastname, > person.firstname, >

Re: Weird report I'm trying to match

Cathy Pountney wrote: > Multiple detail bands from VFP 9 could be a solution if you want to go that > route. One thing I've done to simulate multiple detail bands is to define many report groups, and put my "detail" in the appropriate group header or footer, and leave the detail band nil. So ba

Re: [NF] FTP server connected to a client that is behind a "stainless steel domain/firewall/agressive IT staff"

KAM.covad wrote: > I have a standard FTP server (slimftp) installed with Apache2triad that works > great with all ftp clients we have tried. However, we > have some clients who are working on workstations that are locked down tight. > They have ports 80, 81 and 443 open so they can > access the i

Re: Microsoft reveals features of Windows 7

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Sorry, no tinyurl today. Hope everyone enjoys. > > http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/pitogo/385356_msftwindows29.html {{{ Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday pulled the wraps off the next version of its operating system, Windows 7, which the company said will make it easier for PC

Re: Microsoft reveals features of Windows 7

Michael Madigan wrote: > How about a new os that will run on a 3yo computer? http://www.ubuntu.com Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leaf

Re: Microsoft reveals features of Windows 7

Alan Bourke wrote: > On Thu, 30 Oct 2008 05:52:36 -0700, "Paul McNett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> Michael Madigan wrote: >>> How about a new os that will run on a 3yo computer? >> http://www.ubuntu.com > Great! Yes, I think so. > Yikes! That

Re: VFP9-DBL click

Sytze de Boer wrote: > Hi folk > I'm sure there's a simple answer for this, but it escapes me .. > > I think I know how to code a DBL CLICK event in a GRID for a specific column > But how do I program it for ALL columns ? Subclass Column; derive your columns from that. Paul ___

Re: Can VFP9 SP1 & SP2 runtimes co-exist happily?

Steve Ellenoff wrote: > I'm moving an app from VFP8 up to VFP9 and am still unsure of SP2. > Wanted to know if anyone knows how well SP1 & 2 run-time files exist > on a client's machine. Obviously different versions of VFP have no > trouble as the naming is different for the dlls, but I'm not su

Re: Can VFP9 SP1 & SP2 runtimes co-exist happily?

Steve Ellenoff wrote: > By application directory I assume you mean the directory where the > .exe will live. So are you simply copying the VFP9 runtime files? I > was under the impression that you could no longer just do that since > VFP8? IIRC the dll has to be registered with windows either th

Re: [NF] Thunderbird 2.0 no longer has Body as option in filtering

MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: > I *know* a past version of TB used to have filtering possible with the > "Body" tag. I used to search for select "crap" within the body and if > found, I'd delete the email. I still get tons of crap email so I went > to add a filter last night and no

Re: Can VFP9 SP1 & SP2 runtimes co-exist happily?

Rick Schummer wrote: > Depends. Some of us still prefer run times on client machine for performance. > In this case you > really should have them installed in common folder to make things simpler. VFP will find the runtimes in the application folder before even looking in the common folder. So,

Re: Can VFP9 SP1 & SP2 runtimes co-exist happily?

Rick Schummer wrote: >>> VFP will find the runtimes in the application folder before even looking in >>> the > common folder. So, it'll load a smidgen faster by putting the runtimes in the > application folder.<< > > Depends, naturally. If the app folder is on the network and has to pull it >

Re: MKDIR weirdness - creates r/o folders - SOLVED (sorta)

Whil Hentzen wrote: > Now I just have to figure out oh, never mind. why you are still stuck on Windows? :) Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this l

Re: Can VFP9 SP1 & SP2 runtimes co-exist happily?

Rick Schummer wrote: >>> I wouldn't dream of running the app on the server anymore, ever since 1999 >>> when I learned about > the LOADER idea from others here on ProFox.<< > > So how do you ensure the user is running the loader and not the local EXE? > Have you taken the > precaution of adding

Re: How to organize emails

Eurico Chagas Filho wrote: > Hi > > We receive and send several emails per day using the Outlook. > To have several folders and save all of them within outlook > creates a slow operation by outlook. > > I could save them to text files or whatever. > I would like to have a program where I could se

Re: HTML Formatted Emails not working in Outlook

Steve Ellenoff wrote: > Has anyone run into problems with html formatted emails not looking > right in Outlook? HTML email never looks right, and I recommend not sending it! Send plain text! Email was ever only meant for plain text. If you have a snazzy page to show your recipients, *link* to

Re: HTML Formatted Emails not working in Outlook

Steve Ellenoff wrote: > At 02:57 PM 11/06/2008, you wrote: >> HTML email never looks right, and I recommend not sending it! Send >> plain text! Email >> was ever only meant for plain text. If you have a snazzy page to show your >> recipients, *link* to it from the email. > > I get tons of HTML em

Re: HTML Formatted Emails not working in Outlook

Michael Madigan wrote: > To have an effective advertising campaign, you must use HTML. I doubt that is actually true, but agree about the common perception. Short, to the point text paragraph followed by a link to a well-designed webpage. Especially for an opt-in campaign. Paul ___

Re: McCain and Obama

Cecil Champenois wrote: > I picked up the below from another web site: > > Speaking of his questionable citizenship, does anyone else find it curious > that his "opponent" McCain never made an issue of this? If he were truly an > opponent he would have been all over it! But alas...two heads of t

Re: [NF] Can't send email with Outlook

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > I just started having a problem sending email using Outlook. It was working > fine 2 days ago. > I can receive email no problem, just can't send. I have this same problem on > my computer and my wifes. > I called the IP and they say it is not their problem and

Re: UT is down?

Matt Slay wrote: > UT = Service Unavailable (1:00 Central Time) > Been that way for 30 mins. Good riddance? Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: h

Re: UT is down?

MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: > Paul McNett wrote: >> Matt Slay wrote: >>> UT = Service Unavailable (1:00 Central Time) >>> Been that way for 30 mins. >> Good riddance? > > > Didn't know you ever hung out there, Paul? Seems like

Re: Stop the restart after Update problem

Stephen Russell wrote: > Click run, type gpedit.msc > > Once inside the Group Policy Editor: > > Expand Local Computer Policy > Expand Computer Configuration > Expand Administrative Templates > Expand Windows Components > Finally, select Windows Update. > > Find "No auto-restart logged on users

Re: [NF] Unacceptable verizon dsl service

Kristyne McDaniel wrote: > But since I'm not exactly rolling in the bucks right now so I tolerate > periodic unreliability. :-) Tolerating unreliability is one of the founding principles of the Internet. Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Sub

Re: Does VFP have a "Go To Definition" feature like Visual Studio?

Stephen Russell wrote: > On Tue, Nov 18, 2008 at 12:00 PM, Matt Slay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm looking for a feature that VFP needs really badly that is in Visual >> Studio. >> In the code editor, I want to right-click on a method call on a line of >> code, and get VFP to open that method

Re: Does VFP have a "Go To Definition" feature like Visual Studio?

Matt Slay wrote: > That doesn't work if the definition for what you clicked on is in the > currently open form or class, because the search tool that it launches does > not search any open forms or classes. So, you will not get the result that > you are looking for. I feel for you, by the way, reg

Re: I love ternary ifs, don't you?

Matt Slay wrote: > I just love this: > > llNonCust=iif(alltrim(QuoteInf.cust_num)=='NONE', .t., .f.) This particular example is best expressed using boolean logic, as others have pointed out. But yes, I love iif(), and wish Python had it. Where I like using them mostly is in code that is me

Re: [NF] Economic tidal wave nearing our company too

MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: > LOL...except for VFP developers...you know that's a terribly hard one to > find! ;-) All the reason to expand your toolset!!! Not to rub salt in the wound, but I get at least a call or email a week from someone looking to fill a Python-related pos

Re: I love ternary ifs, don't you?

Ed Leafe wrote: > On Nov 18, 2008, at 4:43 PM, Paul McNett wrote: > >> But yes, I love iif(), and wish Python had it. > > > def iif(comp, trueVal, falseVal): > return {True: trueVal, False: falseVal}[bool(comp)] > > I think that was one of the first P

Re: I love ternary ifs, don't you?

Ed Leafe wrote: > On Nov 18, 2008, at 6:42 PM, Paul McNett wrote: > >> I know I could write it; I wish it were built-in. > > > I know you could write it, too; I was just pointing out that my first > instinct in Python was to mimic the way Fox worked. Sin

Re: [NF] Lean or Agile which do you prefer?

Stephen Russell wrote: > > > Lean from the manufacturing area overshadows what agile whats to > occupy. Are you more of a Lean minded developer or just give me > Agile. I resist highly-defined development processes. Then again, I'm ki

Re: [NF] Lean or Agile which do you prefer?

MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: > I hear ya. I miss the days when I just ran MBSS and that was the only > source of income...then again, it hardly paid anything since business > was not very lucrative around Pine Grove, PA. Still, I really miss > those Wednesday afternoon therapy ses

Re: [NF] Lean or Agile which do you prefer?

Michael Madigan wrote: > Many businesses are paranoid that you're actually not working at home. to me > a webcam and some keyboard stroke counter would fix that paranoia. I would never accept those terms (webcam and keystroke logger). Paul ___ Post

Re: [NF] Lean or Agile which do you prefer?

Ted Roche wrote: > On Thu, Nov 20, 2008 at 12:20 PM, Paul McNett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I resist highly-defined development processes. > > If the definition means that it's fixed and static and therefore > brittle and restrictive, I agree. If it's

Re: [NF] Lean or Agile which do you prefer?

Michael Madigan wrote: > And the question always is "why do we need you?" LOL I've found that going on vacation or extended hospital visits makes them appreciate my quiet presence quite a bit! Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscriptio

Re: Reading Access in VFP

Geoff Flight wrote: > I would like to read the access tables using the SQLSTRINGCONNECT function, > however getting a connection string to work has eluded me. Being a relative > newbie to doing such things I wonder if some of you kind folk can point me > in the direction of a solution that does not

openfox.org

Does anyone want the domain openfox.org? I haven't done anything with it for years and I'm about to let it lapse. Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this l

Re: [NF] The MS Experience, was:Thunderbird woes

Ted Roche wrote: > Just back from a Ruby conference last week. "All the cool kids" had > MacBooks, like 5:1, a couple Windows, a half-dozen Linux. You have to My setup: MacBook with VM's for WinXP and Ubuntu 8.04. All 3 OS's on one system, all running very well side-by-side. Because the drivers

Re: [NF] Thunderbird woes

Stephen Russell wrote: > On Wed, Nov 26, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Michael Madigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I'm with you Malcolm. I use yahoo professional mail and never bother with >> a mail client. >> >> I'm always amused how many small offices set up exchange server and then >> only use it for e

Re: [NF] Thunderbird woes

Paul McNett wrote: > Or, I'm not willing to sacrifice my good name by trusting that some huge > company > isn't going to change a policy or make a mistake and screw my customer. Much > better > to have on-site mail services. But there's *no way* that would ev

Re: [NF] Thunderbird woes

Ricardo Aráoz wrote: > Malcolm Greene wrote: >> Ricardo, >> >> At the risk of sounding like a broken record or commercial, you may want >> to check out a hosted email provider like Gmail or Fastmail. >> >> The 4 big benefits of using a hosted email client vs. a local email >> client: >> - no hassle

Re: [NF] Going to the dark side!!

Ted Roche wrote: > On Fri, Nov 28, 2008 at 9:25 AM, Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I've got a MBP that's less than a year old, and I'm drooling over the >> new models, too! >> > > Laura was just reading an article that says that today's the day to > buy from the Apple store, as they

Re: [NF] Going to the dark side!!

Kristyne McDaniel wrote: >>> Now, just for interest sake I wonder if I can find the Mac version >>> of VFP 3 >>> that I have got unopened somewhere just to delve back into the past. >> >> IIRC, that was only distributed on floppies, so it'll >> be tough to >> install it. > > There was a

Re: [NF] Accounting application question

MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: > I'm putting simple accounting into some of MBSS' software. > > At what point do you lock out any changes to an invoice record? My > thoughts as to the answer: > - when you've received payments towards it (most restrictive) > - when you've marked it

Re: MAS 200 data access from VFP9

MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: > I've got a potential client who is using a MAS 200 solution (Sage Vista I > think he called it) and he's very upset because his people are using tons > of spreadsheets and re-entering lots of information. > > Have any of you ever hooked into the data

Re: MAS 200 data access from VFP9

MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: > Paul McNett wrote: >> MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: >>> I've got a potential client who is using a MAS 200 solution (Sage Vista I >>> think he called it) and he's very upset because his people are

Re: MAS 200 data access from VFP9

Stephen Russell wrote: > On Thu, Dec 4, 2008 at 11:55 PM, Paul McNett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I dunno about documentation. I'm very much a get-your-hands-dirty kind of >> guy. I was >> able to poke around connecting via odbc and issuing sql to find w

Re: MAS 200 data access from VFP9

MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: > Paul McNett wrote: >> I don't tend to put anything, even referential integrity constraints, in > the >> database. I like simple databases and smart rules at the biz layer. > Perhaps a cronjob >> on the server to moni

Re: Best practice to refernce form properties in a form class?

Ed Leafe wrote: > It makes no sense for 'Thisform' at the form level to refer to > itself, although in Fox it certainly does. When I created the 'Form' > property in Dabo, I fixed this inconsistency: self.Form refers to the > containing form for any control, but is None for the form its

Re: [NF] Windows Update setting reset to Automatic

Malcolm Greene wrote: > +1. I have the same thing happen to me. EXTREMELY frustrating. If you want to get around vendor maliciousness or incompetence like this, here's what you do: 1) Get your system updated to the service pack/patch level you are comfortable with. Only update to the latest *

Re: [NF] Windows Update setting reset to Automatic

Alan Bourke wrote: > On Wed, 10 Dec 2008 08:30:45 -0800, "Paul McNett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> 2) Turn automatic updates off > > I think the issue is that the Windows Update components update > themselves even if Windows Update is off. There's a

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

On 8/9/11 2:51 PM, Ed Leafe wrote: > On Aug 9, 2011, at 4:49 PM, Jarvis, Matthew wrote: > >> Python vs FoxPro Smack Down!! >> >> I'd be curious which is faster at reading all the lines of something >> like a 100k line file... > > Just reading? Or doing something interesting with the text? > >

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

On 8/10/11 9:16 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > First pass on an old Pentium-M machine and VFP 7 yields: > > Lines: 5294 > Characters: 157296 > Elapsed: 0.050 > > Bear in mind that VFP is atrocious at benchmarking fractions of a > second. I believe the accuracy is around 1/50th of second. I tweaked it to m

Re: [NF] What is a ZPDF file??

On 8/16/11 12:55 PM, Jarvis, Matthew wrote: > These forms aren't confidential - if someone was willing to take a crack at > figuring out how to open them I'd really appreciate it... You've piqued my curiosity. Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.

Re: [NF] spam funny

On 8/17/11 9:10 AM, Jarvis, Matthew wrote: > He said he's receiving about a 25% response rate to his email with all > the info filled in... Well now he knows which people to let go. Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

Re: Sending E-mail from VFP

On 8/19/11 9:17 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > On 8/19/2011 6:45 PM, Francis I. Coppage, Jr. wrote: >> I've used BLAT forever ... works great ... it's free ... it's SIMPLE!!! >> Thanks again Ted > > > Will BLAT do HTML formatted emails though? That's what the OP said he > needed. BLA

Re: Sending E-mail from VFP

On 8/22/11 11:33 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > What's the success rate of having your HTML email show consistently and > correctly in various popular email clients? I refused to do HTML emails. Email is the wrong medium for anything but plain text. What I did instead was one of 2 thing

Re: Sending E-mail from VFP

On 8/22/11 11:44 AM, Sytze de Boer wrote: > I totally agree (Blatting), until the ISP stops it Control your own SMTP server, and then blat to that server. Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/l

Re: Sending E-mail from VFP

On 8/22/11 12:04 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > Oh I would definitely prefer that way too, but sometimes the decision > maker wants the pretty HTML email. Most businesses seem to be in that > camp too, and to hell with our ideological stances. I step away from jobs for less than this. P

Re: Sending E-mail from VFP

On 8/22/11 12:08 PM, Michael Oke, II wrote: > I have to agree. Given the choice, I will send plain text emails. Sometimes > tho, the person signing the checks wants it done differently and we have > little choice but to accommodate. I feel like, if the decision maker still wants to do it wrong af

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