Re: generate pdf files by batch and send them by email

2017-05-16 Thread Ted Roche
I've done this all with paid solutions, but FoxyPreviewer is supposed to be able to do it all: https://foxypreviewer.codeplex.com/ On Tue, May 16, 2017 at 4:37 PM, wrote: > I need to generate a batch of invoices in PDF format and then send them > automatically by email > I’ve been exploring th

Re: [ADMIN] Spring Cycling for Charity

2017-05-18 Thread Ted Roche
-known long-distance runner, is enjoying swimming as fitness exercise. Worth considering. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/lis

Re: How to tell between Win8 and Win10 using Fox commands?

2017-05-24 Thread Ted Roche
If you read to the end of that article, it references http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~GetWindowsVersion which provides several different solutions that work. On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 6:16 PM, wrote: > I'm tracking the operating system used by my app. According to > http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?

Re: Recommendations for temporary file storage

2017-05-24 Thread Ted Roche
So, you want: - secure file transfer - little to no cost - no client side software Do you have a web site/hosting machine now? A simple website with basic authentication and https file transfer could be all you need. Oh, later in the thread, I see you say "Thanks. I could host my own box but I

Re: [NF] If I only had a $1 for every broken link on the internet, ...

2017-05-24 Thread Ted Roche
I have a 15-year-old weblog that has over 6000 external links. I have a plugin that combs through the links and reports the errors it gets on each one. In many cases, I can redirect the link to the Internet Archive, but in some cases the original site's robots.txt prevents this, which is a rule I d

Re: Recommendations for temporary file storage

2017-05-24 Thread Ted Roche
to work in UK and knows how to spell VAT (*shudder*). --- Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this l

Re: [NF] URGENT Request - MailMerge w/PDF

2017-05-25 Thread Ted Roche
On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 4:08 PM, Kurt Wendt wrote: > > Any thoughts on this?? > Thoughts? Boy, are you in trouble! Okay, so [NF] means Not Fox, so you don't want to hear about the 42 ways to do this in VFP. The CodePlex code may be worth trying out; some of the people on their forum report it wo

Re: [NF] Windows is now built using Git.

2017-05-25 Thread Ted Roche
That's interesting. I knew the history of Visual SourceSafe, but hadn't heard about Source Depot. That explains a lot of obscure comments I got from Softies when I was talking to them in 1999 for the SourceSafe book. I think it's interesting they needed to build an entirely new virtual file system

Re: [NF] URGENT Request - MailMerge w/PDF

2017-05-25 Thread Ted Roche
On Thu, May 25, 2017 at 11:02 AM, Kurt Wendt wrote: > Gosh Ted - that's a "Nice" thought! Sorry, it must be Cynical Thursday. > Not sure how I gave you the idea my co. here is Cheap. Hmmm...They are a > very professional co. in a fancy building here at the bottom of Manhattan. So > - nope

Re: Recommendations for temporary file storage

2017-05-26 Thread Ted Roche
e is your best choice. Or the SendAnywhere thing. On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 4:17 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > On Wed, May 24, 2017 at 2:21 PM, Paul Hill wrote: > >> In fact I was put off by Dave's suggestion because it is 'free'. > > Totally agree. My first thought was,

[ADMIN][SPAM] Re: I love that!

2017-05-27 Thread Ted Roche
> don't understand how it has never come up. Especially considering that there > are some really niche and really terrible games out there. > > > > It wouldn't be that hard to just incorporate a motorbike side to Forza, > would it? > > > Sent from Mail

Re: [ADMIN][SPAM] I love that!

2017-05-27 Thread Ted Roche
Yes, Ed, I hope you didn't take it as criticism; it was more point out to folks that they shouldn't click the link. This list is pretty well-filtered, but occasionally one if going to get through. On Sat, May 27, 2017 at 4:07 PM, Ed Leafe wrote: > On May 27, 2017, at 5:20 AM, Ted

Re: "Record is not available" error in FPW 2.6

2017-06-02 Thread Ted Roche
hey don't > have any interaction between them. Don't they run the same runtimes, on the same OS, using the same network protocols, to talk to the same servers? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post M

Re: "Record is not available" error in FPW 2.6

2017-06-02 Thread Ted Roche
Never mind. Just re-read the post and realized for some reason you are using Terminal Services in the middle. In that case, none of my suggestions make a whit of sense. On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 10:32 AM, Ted Roche wrote: >> There are 4 terminal services servers, 1 file server, and approxi

Re: [NF] Profox emails not showing up

2017-06-05 Thread Ted Roche
Maybe we're just ignoring you, Charlie :) Have you checked the archives to see if they got through? On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 4:04 PM, Charlie-gm wrote: > This is a test email. > > It looks like my messages are not coming through to the list. I had a couple > that were discussing the 'rich client'

Re: [NF] Profox emails not showing up

2017-06-05 Thread Ted Roche
Here's the entire thread: https://leafe.com/archives/full_thread/507751 On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 4:09 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > Maybe we're just ignoring you, Charlie :) > > Have you checked the archives to see if they got through? > > On Mon, Jun 5, 2017 at 4:04 PM, Charli

Re: [NF] What's the difference between a PRODUCT manager and a PROGRAM manager?

2017-06-06 Thread Ted Roche
On Fri, Jun 2, 2017 at 12:30 PM, wrote: > Product manager handles the logistical stuff, whereas Program manager > handles the app development? > You really need to read the job descriptions, as everyone defines them differently. At MS, in the 90s, one was a title that all of your sales people ha

Re: [NF] Find table where last record was added

2017-06-06 Thread Ted Roche
Is it possible you can turn on a log, make your change, turn it off, and read the log? On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 4:46 PM, Kevin J Cully wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm trying to (partially) reverse engineer how an ERP system is working. It > uses M$ SQL Server and it has hundreds of tables. I know mo

Re: [NF] Find table where last record was added

2017-06-06 Thread Ted Roche
ODBC has logging facilities, so you could do it for your connection only. On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 4:54 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > Is it possible you can turn on a log, make your change, turn it off, > and read the log? > > On Tue, Jun 6, 2017 at 4:46 PM, Kevin J Cully wrote: >> He

Re: Is there any advantage for indexing on balance rather than on principle - payments +adjustments?

2017-06-07 Thread Ted Roche
;d think. Reality has a funny way of not conforming to theory. DELETED() tags always speed up queries, until they don't. My favorite J Booth, "Sometimes you have to go slower to go faster." Is there a performance problem you're trying to solve, or was this just idle curiousity?

Re: [ADMIN] Testing new SMTP relay

2017-06-07 Thread Ted Roche
Works for me. On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 11:09 AM, Edward Leafe wrote: > Quick test... > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [ADMIN] Testing new SMTP relay

2017-06-07 Thread Ted Roche
On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Edward Leafe wrote: > > Ok, now trying with relaying through gmail. > > -- Ed Leafe > Looks good, but I'm on gmail, so it may not have to travel as far. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC

Re: e: [NF] PyQT for desktop applications

2017-06-08 Thread Ted Roche
On Thu, Jun 8, 2017 at 3:37 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: > > I see plenty of Webpages that have been (mis)designed by others that > are a horror to use. I do not like the poor UX. > > While Webpages can be great, etc., they all too often not only are not > great but are horrid. > I suspec

Re: [NF] free python book

2017-06-09 Thread Ted Roche
Also, visit python.org and check out the link "Documentation" -- an embarassment of riches, guides, videos, tutorials, FAQs, downloadable docs and links to other books. On Fri, Jun 9, 2017 at 11:32 AM, Alan Bourke wrote: > Syncfusion have an excellent one in their generally excellent series of >

Re: [NF] Do you prefer Digest Mode?

2017-06-12 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 4:51 PM, Paul H. Tarver wrote: > I'm, ummm, asking for a friend..:) > > > > Do you prefer gettings ProFoxTech emails individually or in digest mode? > I've been using digest mode but I'm considering switching. > > > > Thoughts? > I think Digest Mode is an artifact of the p

Re: [NF] Do you prefer Digest Mode?

2017-06-15 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, Jun 12, 2017 at 4:51 PM, Paul H. Tarver wrote: > Do you prefer gettings ProFoxTech emails individually or in digest mode? > I've been using digest mode but I'm considering switching. You might ask, um, your friend, what advantage they think they get from digest mode. ___

Re: [NF] Do you prefer Digest Mode?

2017-06-15 Thread Ted Roche
the new TV season starts. As a guy who just saw the last Harry Potter, and learned 5 years late who killed Laura Palmer, I can relate to this. > As you can tell, "my friend" is very creative with his metaphors, mixed or > otherwise. You get extra credit for creative w

Re: [NF] Do you prefer Digest Mode?

2017-06-15 Thread Ted Roche
On Thu, Jun 15, 2017 at 4:48 PM, Paul H. Tarver wrote: > Holy crap! Laura Palmer is dead and there won't be any more Harry Potter > books?! > > I gotta get out more...:) > Oh, ah, *Spoiler Alert* ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Main

Re: frx to html conversion

2017-06-19 Thread Ted Roche
On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 7:03 PM, Paul Hemans wrote: > Is anyone aware of a utility that will take a vfp8 report .frx / .frt and > convert it into some form of html template? To clarify, I am not looking to > run a vfp report and have it output in html. However, if you run all of your VFP reports

Re: Modify Project from Config.FPW

2017-06-19 Thread Ted Roche
APP or PRG or EXE to do all the things you want, load menu options, set shortcut keys, (I've got an OKL, for example) and MODI PROJ Trnslate.PJX NOWAIT. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messag

Re: HotTracking Button in a PageFrame

2017-06-20 Thread Ted Roche
page, sets a timer for a tenth of a second to reset the ActivePage and return to the button. Once it's done repainting, the page should switch. But that's really hacky. Or maybe just try NODEFAULT in the Button.Click() Or LockScreen()? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & A

Re: Attention Chris Davis - speed issue on Server 2012.

2017-06-23 Thread Ted Roche
one hogs all the resources. What a great way to split the baby! -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free versio

Re: [NF] Export video to DVD

2017-06-26 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 6:40 AM, John Weller wrote: > I'm using the latest version of Win 10. The annoying thing is that Movie > Maker used to do an excellent job and I also have a copy of Pinnacle Studio > 15 which no longer works properly - damn M$! > "One Microsoft Way" If you have a friend

Re: [NF] Export video to DVD

2017-06-26 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Alan Bourke wrote: > No other OS vendor of course has ever removed a fairly rarely-used piece > of software. With all due respect, Alan, I think you're mistaken there. In fact, some operating system vendors have gotten into legal trouble for bundling applications

[NF] Latest Ransomware "vaccine"

2017-06-28 Thread Ted Roche
quick and easy way to perform this task, Lawrence Abrams has created a batch file that performs this step for you. Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/vaccine-not-killswitch-found-for-petya-notpetya-ransomware-outbreak/ -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC

Re: [NF] has anyone played with Linux on a thumb drive?

2017-06-29 Thread Ted Roche
Yes. Any other questions? On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 5:33 AM, Michael Madigan wrote: > > I wonder, does this really work? > -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: [NF] has anyone played with Linux on a thumb drive?

2017-06-29 Thread Ted Roche
On Thu, Jun 29, 2017 at 8:53 AM, Man-wai Chang wrote: > I use dd to wipe hard disk, and the bundled memtest86 to test RAM in > new PC builds. :) > While dd is okay to blank out a disk, extreme techniques could still recover some data. You might want to check out "scrub" also available in most Lin

Re: [NF] Ransomware

2017-06-30 Thread Ted Roche
Great resource, and thanks for sharing. I thought the most recent wave was unusual in several ways. 1. It appears that payment wasn't well-thought out nor complete, and perhaps wasn't the primary reason. 2. It started in Ukraine, which is certainly the center of a lot of turmoil these days. 3.

Re: [NF] has anyone played with Linux on a thumb drive?

2017-07-01 Thread Ted Roche
On Sat, Jul 1, 2017 at 5:46 AM, Man-wai Chang wrote: > Thanks. But do you need a special tool if you used /dev/random as > input to the dd command? How many passes do you make? Do you ensure you flip each bit on and then off? What about the spare space automatically allocated by the drive and the

Re: [NF] has anyone played with Linux on a thumb drive?

2017-07-02 Thread Ted Roche
On Sun, Jul 2, 2017 at 9:23 AM, Man-wai Chang wrote: > So it's about the algorithm. Well, then we need to find out why we > could trust those tools. If we figured out the algorithm, then we > might write a simple script to do the same process. The focus should > be 'how', NOT 'who' nor 'which'! ;)

Re: [NF] has anyone played with Linux on a thumb drive?

2017-07-04 Thread Ted Roche
, with multi-gigabyte thumb drives so cheap, it could certainly be done. As someone said earlier in the thread, a slow CPU will still be slow. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: {NF} Time to hang up my boots?

2017-07-10 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 10:45 AM, Laurie Alvey wrote: > It's getting to the point where I don't know half of what you guys are > talking about. In a recent post (A trusted application), Paul Hemans > wrote "Probably > Cordova on mobile and nw.js on the desktop.". I have no idea what these > techno

Re: {NF} Time to hang up my boots?

2017-07-10 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, Jul 10, 2017 at 11:14 AM, Dave Crozier wrote: > The problem with experts... that's me! -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://ma

Re: [NF] Multi-function printers

2017-07-10 Thread Ted Roche
OfficeJet Pro Premier inkjet back in '08 for $290. Buy $140 in ink every other year. Replaced two printheads last year, $132. 8000 pages in 8 years; we've got a Brother B&W for bulk and monochrome jobs. So, $0.14 per page seems high, but two client meetings were clearly sold on reports/printouts in

Re: [NF] Multi-function printers

2017-07-11 Thread Ted Roche
haven't run into problems yet. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http

Re: [NF] Multi-function printers

2017-07-11 Thread Ted Roche
n the phones , er, working on the laptops. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of

Re: "An IF | ELSE | ENDIF statement is missing"

2017-07-13 Thread Ted Roche
defined input and output ranges and values, can be tested in isolation, have clear entry and exit points, have a consistent error handling, are orchestrated together,... in other words, good coding is easier to debug? Hunh. I learn something new on this forum every day. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche &

Re: VFP OLEDB in M$SQL Linked Server

2017-07-14 Thread Ted Roche
On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 8:34 AM, Dave Crozier wrote: [snip] > I am beginning to wonder if the 64bit SQL Server doesn't want to play nicely > with the VFP OLEDB 32 bit drivers but can't prove it. This sounds suspicious. I've run into issues before with 64-bitness not interoperating with 32-bit

Re: "An IF | ELSE | ENDIF statement is missing"

2017-07-14 Thread Ted Roche
find the dangling reference. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe

Re: [NF] Best Programming Books To Read & Become Better Programmers

2017-07-14 Thread Ted Roche
: it's not about programming at all, it's about presenting the information in an understandable fashion, which is what programming ought to be about. If he comes to your town, you must hear him in person! -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___

Re: [NF] Best Programming Books To Read & Become Better Programmers

2017-07-16 Thread Ted Roche
> programming FP and moved into the art of programming FP? For those half-dozen people who haven't yet read this 18-year-old classic, InformIt has the ebook onsale for 50% off the list price. Worth the $20, imho: http://www.informit.com/deals/ -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, L

Re: [NF] Just checking...

2017-07-21 Thread Ted Roche
Busy, busy, busy! Veterinarian appointments (We're good, thanks for asking), dog food supplies, groceries, medical tests (still good!), had a new set-top box installed, requiring a complete re-do of the home office network, walked dogs, got in a couple of fun bicycle rides, celebrated my sister's

Re: Array Declaration

2017-07-24 Thread Ted Roche
I almost always use LOCAL myArray[] to scope the array locally. DECLARE/DIMENSION creates an array with a private scope. PUBLIC myArray[] is global, of course. On Sun, Jul 23, 2017 at 1:07 PM, Laurie Alvey wrote: > I've always used DIMENSION a[] to declare an array but I've seen some > developers

Re: Scrollbar ghost effect

2017-07-24 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 10:29 AM, Tracy Pearson wrote: > Odd, I can make it happen on 3 different machines. > 2 Desktops and another a laptop. All have different Video cards. > Core2 6300 (1.86GHz), 8 Gb RAM, 64-bit Windows 10 Pro (Version 1703, build 15063.483) running an Intel Q965/Q963 Express

Re: Outlook 2016 security no longer allowing VFP app to send emails as it did in the past

2017-07-25 Thread Ted Roche
series on Email Without Outlook, since automating outlook is indistinguishable, in MSFT's view, from malware. If your app is using SMTP, it shouldn't need Outlook, so what are you really doing, and what are you getting for error messages? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates

Re: Variable/Procedure Naming Conventions

2017-07-26 Thread Ted Roche
ding the type-prefix in the variable/field names is redundant. VFP is NOT strongly typed, so sometimes it's handy. Any standard, even an arbitrary one, is better than a system that mixes Hungarian with camelCase with the next cool naming scheme. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates

Re: Variable/Procedure Naming Conventions

2017-07-26 Thread Ted Roche
On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 2:55 PM, wrote: > > What is the YAG naming convention? lcName, ldDue, or is it more CamelCase > like DateDue? > http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~NamingConventionsVariables https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/4k6dthew(v=vs.71).aspx -- Ted Roc

Re: "Source not available" -- seems to happen in the history of the list!

2017-07-27 Thread Ted Roche
On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 11:20 AM, wrote: > VFP9SP2 > > Frustrated!!! All of the sudden my 2003 project code wants to rebel. Well, it is fourteen. Teenagers! -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Pos

Re: "Source not available" -- seems to happen in the history of the list!

2017-07-27 Thread Ted Roche
What's SET('Development')? Confirm your CurDir() is where you think you are. Turn off VFP and try it again cold. Compiling often leaves things in memory. On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 11:20 AM, > wrote: >> VFP9SP2 >

Re: "Source not available" -- seems to happen in the history of the list!

2017-07-28 Thread Ted Roche
My twenty-five year old app is going through it's quarter-life crisis. It's the Circle of Life. On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 11:19 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: > At 10:10 2017-07-27, Ted Roche wrote: >> >> On Thu, Jul 27, 2017 at 11:20 AM, >> wrote: >> > VFP

Re: "Source not available" -- seems to happen in the history of the list!

2017-07-28 Thread Ted Roche
think these paths hang around and foul up the ability to find the source and result in the "Source Out Of Date" error even when that's not remotely the problem. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___

Re: SET DECIMALS Gotcha

2017-07-31 Thread Ted Roche
imal places I needed, doing the transform(), > and setting SET DECIMALS back to the default. > Why did I do that? That is probably the crux of the matter. > BUT also, because I > really do not understand the point of SET DECIMALS. > Is there someplace you could look it up? A r

Re: [NF] FileMaker Pro

2017-08-01 Thread Ted Roche
lking about VFP, or Filemaker Pro? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mai

Re: Outlook 2016 security no longer allowing VFP app to send emails as it did in the past

2017-08-01 Thread Ted Roche
016 is > listed as the default mail program, so not sure why it's saying there is > none. > Ace troubleshooting, there, Mike! Not a Fox problem. Searching on that exact error message on Google yields a number of good suggestions. -- Ted Roche &

Re: SET DECIMALS Gotcha

2017-08-02 Thread Ted Roche
> transform(thevalue,"99.") > > to create the string representation. If you use STR(thevalue,11,4), you should get the result you want. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com __

Re: Fwd: 2017 News from Hentzenwerke Publishing!

2017-08-04 Thread Ted Roche
On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 5:55 AM, Dave Crozier wrote: > Yes, > Nice one Ted! > Thanks. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leaf

Re: Fwd: 2017 News from Hentzenwerke Publishing!

2017-08-04 Thread Ted Roche
On Fri, Aug 4, 2017 at 11:55 AM, Thierry Nivelet wrote: > How many pages do you plan? > > Thierry Nivelet > FoxInCloud > Give your VFP app a second life in the cloud > http://foxincloud.com/ > Thierry: Amazon lists it at 132 pages, but the publisher will have more details than I. I just worked wi

Re: Outlook 2016 security no longer allowing VFP app to send emails as it did in the past

2017-08-04 Thread Ted Roche
it! There's no internet connection on the machine, and... they're having trouble sending email? Hmmm... > She's going to do a > FaceTime call with me. Ugh. This sounds like I'll need a beer tonight. Yep! -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.te

Re: [NF] Freelance Achievement Stickers

2017-08-07 Thread Ted Roche
Those are good! I'm also a big fan of Nerd Merit Badges, having earned 8 out of 11: https://www.nerdmeritbadges.com/collections/all On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 2:07 PM, Malcolm Greene wrote: > For any of you on this list who are freelancers, the following may have > special > meaning.https://www.ne

Re: SQL Error

2017-08-08 Thread Ted Roche
idto; order by clcode,wonbr,trndate Or you could use the greater-than-or-equal, less-than-or-equal syntax, since you no longer have a correlated subquery. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFo

Re: SQL Error

2017-08-08 Thread Ted Roche
I think this is referring to something different: a query in the FROM clause is different from a query in the WHERE clause. In the FROM clause, you're using the SQL to create an artificial data source, a "Derived Table" in VFP terms. In the WHERE clause, you're filtering the data in the SELECT port

Re: Fwd: 2017 News from Hentzenwerke Publishing!

2017-08-08 Thread Ted Roche
and on business continuity and disaster recovery. On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 4:40 PM, Thierry Nivelet wrote: > Thanks Richard > > That's why I think FoxInCloud may be a legitimate candidate to membership > in the 'Fox world'. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC

Re: Fwd: 2017 News from Hentzenwerke Publishing!

2017-08-08 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, Aug 7, 2017 at 7:22 PM, wrote: > Glad to see Ted Roche got a VFP Lifetime Achievement Award back in 2013. > For some reason, I thought he hadn't yet received it (but definitely should > have!!!). Thanks, Mike. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http:

Re: Fwd: 2017 News from Hentzenwerke Publishing!

2017-08-08 Thread Ted Roche
have always been a big supporter of the philosophy of integrating many tools to make the most powerful application. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

[NF] Windows updates August problems?

2017-08-09 Thread Ted Roche
tore from the previous rescue point which, in my limited experience of a dozen or so attempts, never works. Ideas? Suggestions? Mocking? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@l

Re: [NF] Windows updates August problems?

2017-08-10 Thread Ted Roche
On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 8:23 PM, Mike wrote: > I would roll back the updates individually, then reboot to see if that > helped. > CONTROL PANEL > UPDATE AND SECURITY > UPDATE HISTORY > UNINSTALL UPDATES > > Look for the most recent "Installed on" and start un-installing. Sorted on the "Installed O

Re: [NF] Windows updates August problems?

2017-08-10 Thread Ted Roche
like to wait 48 hours and let other people find out the updates aren't working. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailma

Re: [NF] Windows updates August problems?

2017-08-10 Thread Ted Roche
On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 3:41 AM, Michael Madigan wrote: > I would just reboot it again. > > Every couple of months I'll get a call on a Wednesday that my software is > slow, and every time I tell them to reboot the servers and everything is OK. > I've never seen it ask for another restart befo

Re: [NF] Windows updates August problems?

2017-08-10 Thread Ted Roche
"Good morning, IT: Have you tried turning it off and back on again?" It would be easier, but it takes so long for them to get their workstations set up, logged in, etc. On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 6:46 AM, Peter Cushing wrote: > > On 10/08/2017 11:41, Ted Roche wrote: >> &g

Re: [NF] Windows updates August problems?

2017-08-10 Thread Ted Roche
On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 8:37 PM, Ken Dibble wrote> > > A recent Win 10 update broke the Update History. Could that be why the user > thinks nothing has been installed? > > http://www.computerworld.com/article/3214488/microsoft-windows/windows-10-1607-cumulative-update-kb-4034658-wipes-out-update-hi

Re: [NF] Windows updates August problems?

2017-08-10 Thread Ted Roche
On Thu, Aug 10, 2017 at 2:02 PM, Fred Taylor wrote: > We STILL have about half our machines at work and my personal laptop, that Ouch! Sorry to hear that! > Microsoft is really beginning to bug me (more so now then ever!). We have > been considering ChromeBoxes and remote desktop into a Windows

Re: [NF] Windows updates August problems?

2017-08-10 Thread Ted Roche
roulette. It's fine, until it isn't. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this

Re: [NF] Windows updates August problems?

2017-08-10 Thread Ted Roche
re installed, Creator's Update, mumble, mumble... Outside of enterprise control, there are no two Windows machines that are identical. Different hardware, history, software, upgrades... -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___

Re: [NF] Windows updates August problems?

2017-08-11 Thread Ted Roche
On Fri, Aug 11, 2017 at 8:16 AM, Michael Madigan wrote: > All I use now is a chromebook logged into a terminal server, but it's not > without problems.Seems you have to have a computer with few extensions > loaded to avoid freezing. Absolutely! Chromebooks rock! I picked up a 15" ASUS with

Re: [NF] Windows updates August problems?

2017-08-11 Thread Ted Roche
> just works. Very boring :) Yeah, not a lot of money to be made in computers that Just Works (tm). That's what's great about Windows. Make America Reboot Again! -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com __

Re: VFP9SP2 apps on Citrix

2017-08-14 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 4:50 PM, John Weller wrote: >> >> Nihil nove sub sole. >> There is nothing new under the sun. I hired one of my best employees at Blackstone because she had modified an elegant loader, lifted from the pages of FoxPro Advisor, with proper credits in place, in 1997. __

Re: Set bell to anyfile.wav

2017-08-16 Thread Ted Roche
)? What does SET("BELL",1) return? And Rich's suggestion is a good one. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman

Re: [NF] Windows updates August problems?

2017-08-17 Thread Ted Roche
hat might cause problems if your WiFi adapter or router offers some protocols but they're not well-implemented/broken. Perhaps this clue might help someone. On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 8:14 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > One of our office workstations has been very unhappy since the > shutdown Tuesda

Re: [NF] Python: 2.x vs 3.x

2017-08-19 Thread Ted Roche
How many versions of VFP do you work with? I have a couple of versions installed, in order to support clients who are locked in for some reason or another. Learn, use and master 3, because that's the future. Fall back to 2 if you run into that (rare) app that still requires it. It's okay to keep m

Re: [NF] Python: 2.x vs 3.x

2017-08-20 Thread Ted Roche
On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 12:12 AM, Ed Leafe wrote: > > And if you need an additional nudge, support for Python 2.x will end in 2020 Sounds like it's time for a Y2K2X crash program! -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://w

Re: [NF] PeopleSoft learning resources

2017-08-25 Thread Ted Roche
Congrats and good luck! I googled "PeopleSoft Tutorial" and a lot looked like "free" bait to paid courses, but you may find some free cheatsheets along the way. The site at: http://www.und.edu/dept/cndtrain/FreeTuts/Free-Tutorials.htm I didn't bother to try to register, though, so there may be a

Re: Office (Excel) automation with Office365

2017-08-27 Thread Ted Roche
hich you'll want to avoid, and 64-bit, which offers no noticeable advantage for the majority of users, but will screw up 32-bit automation and ODBC. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Message

Re: FP DOS app printing to LPT1

2017-08-28 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, Aug 28, 2017 at 12:19 PM, Mike wrote: > > If I understand correctly, I think you want vDOS. > www.vdos.info > > Highly recommended, simple to install and use. > > Mike Copeland Thanks, Mike! I hadn't see vDOS before. Gave it a runthrough and it looks promising.

Re: [NF] do you ever reboot all your servers?

2017-09-01 Thread Ted Roche
Patch Tuesday. Probably overkill, but it has fixed a lot of outstanding support calls when things just stopped working right, coinciding with patch updates. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: Pr

Re: [NF] Re: [FW] Programming language life expectancy

2017-09-01 Thread Ted Roche
"The VIC-20 had 5 KB of RAM, of which only 3.5 KB remained available on startup (exactly 3583 bytes)." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_VIC-20 On Fri, Sep 1, 2017 at 1:04 PM, Laurie Alvey wrote: > Didn't everyone at least dabble with BASIC? I started out with a Commodore > VIC20 which (I

Re: [NF] Re: [FW] Programming language life expectancy

2017-09-03 Thread Ted Roche
On Sun, Sep 3, 2017 at 4:19 AM, Jerry Wolper wrote: > > The program's still running, right? > +1 But it's getting really, really, really close! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeno%27s_paradoxes#Dichotomy_paradox ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: Event logging

2017-09-06 Thread Ted Roche
On Wed, Sep 6, 2017 at 11:30 AM, Frank Cazabon wrote: > You could use the coverage profiler. > > Frank. > Some pointers: http://spacefold.com/lisa/oldsite/LSN_CoverageExtend.aspx ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://m

Janis Booth, RIP

2017-09-12 Thread Ted Roche
I'm sad to pass on news that Janis Booth has passed away. Janis may be more familiar to you as "Jim" during her active FoxPro career. She was 66. Janis was a 2013 winner of the FoxPro Lifetime Achievement Award [1], a Microsoft MVP 1993-2003, a key member of the 1994 Microsoft MVP Steering Committ

Re: [NF] Not sure if this is good or not?

2017-09-14 Thread Ted Roche
You never can tell. Hope it works out for you. On Thu, Sep 14, 2017 at 1:08 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: > We found out we were sold yesterday. Here is the story. > > https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-09-14/michael-dell-s-msd-partners-to-buy-ring-container-technologies > > -- > Stephen

Re: [NF] Re: [FW] Programming language life expectancy

2017-09-18 Thread Ted Roche
I learned on an ASR-33 as well. When my son and I visited the Computer Museum when it was still in Boston [1], they had an exhibit on the timelines of computers. An ASR-22 was in the first glass case. That skips a century of Babbage machines, Enigma devices, ENIAC, etc., but it sure rocked me back

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