Re: [NF] Broken Windows

2018-10-24 Thread Gene Wirchenko

At 04:08 2018-10-24, Ted Roche  wrote:

[snip]


"Throw it over the wall and see how loud they scream" is not a testing
methodology.


 Sure it is.  It works great for testing a heuristic-based 
targeting system.


Sincerely,

Gene "straight over or with a bit of a curve?" Wirchenko


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Re: .h files included or excluded in your project?

2018-10-24 Thread Fernando D. Bozzo
No, not useful at all, except if you want to make the EXE bigger and allow
decompiling them too.

Regards,

Fernando D Bozzo


El mié., 24 oct. 2018 19:32, 
escribió:

> VFP9SP2
>
> Since .h #INCLUDE files are only utilized at build time, is there any
> reason you'd want to include the .h files in the EXE?  I'm thinking
> "no."
>
>
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.h files included or excluded in your project?

2018-10-24 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions

VFP9SP2

Since .h #INCLUDE files are only utilized at build time, is there any 
reason you'd want to include the .h files in the EXE?  I'm thinking 
"no."



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RE: [NF] Broken Windows

2018-10-24 Thread John Weller


"Throw it over the wall and see how loud they scream" is not a testing
methodology.

Love it!

John Weller


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RE: Replacement for standard OLE image control

2018-10-24 Thread Richard Kaye
Another good thought. I'm also cruising through the WW docs since Rick has an 
image handling DLL as part of the package. If I go this route I probably have 
to write my own wrapper around the Windows API calls since most of what I've 
seen so  far are more for manipulation of the image as opposed to a UI 
component I can just swap in for the standard OLE control.

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The GDIPlusX project on Github 
(https://github.com/VFPX/GDIPlusX/blob/master/documents/GDIPlusX_Library_Reference.md)
 might have something. 

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Re: Replacement for standard OLE image control

2018-10-24 Thread Alan Bourke
The GDIPlusX project on Github 
(https://github.com/VFPX/GDIPlusX/blob/master/documents/GDIPlusX_Library_Reference.md)
 might have something. 

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RE: Replacement for standard OLE image control

2018-10-24 Thread Richard Kaye
Thanks, Ted. I was thinking of trying the browser control. I'm still not 
certain that any graphics handling that VFP might call is going to do anything 
other than use the image handling code from Windows 3.x but it's worth a shot.

Peter, I have it set to isometric so the problem is not caused by stretching or 
clipping. 

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-Original Message-
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Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 11:10 AM
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Subject: Re: Replacement for standard OLE image control

It's overkill, but you could embed a webbrowser control. MS and other vendors 
have a bad habit of shipping proof of concept controls we base production 
applications on, or go out of business or otherwise cease supporting an app, 
but it's unlikely MS will go out of the browser business, much as we might like 
them to.

At least as a debugging tool, it might tell you if it's the app, the FoxPro 
host, or that maybe the client's video adapter is set to 16-bit rather than 24-.

On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 10:44 AM Richard Kaye  wrote:

> Thanks for the reply, Tracy.
>
> Very high res images but some display fine while others pixelate. I am 
> storing directly in the file system with no transforms. They look fine 
> if you preview in OS but the ancient OLE image control doesn't like something.
> The tricky part has been determining just what that something is; 
> perhaps number of colors in the JPG but so far we just haven't been 
> able to figure out what the breaking factor is. Which is why I was 
> hoping there might be a 3rd party COM control out there that others 
> here have used. The DBI controls focus more on composite controls like 
> calendar. No luck yet finding an out of the box image control.
>
> --
>
> rk
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ProfoxTech  On Behalf Of Tracy 
> Pearson
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 10:11 AM
> To: profoxt...@leafe.com
> Subject: RE: Replacement for standard OLE image control
>
> I use the built in image control to view imported pictures.
> I use an old LeadTools product to resize the image to 800x600 before 
> storing it.
> Is your customers images from a 12 megapixel or higher camera?
>
> You could use one of the available ways to reduce the image size for 
> displaying in your normal form. Then have a way to view the full size image.
> Enabling scrollbars on a form?
>
> Good luck on your quest.
>
> Tracy
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of 
> Richard Kaye
> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 6:21 PM
> To: profoxt...@leafe.com
> Subject: Replacement for standard OLE image control
>
> I wish this had come up when I was at SWFox last week...
>
> As we all should know, the VFP OLE image control is...a bit long in 
> the tooth. I just ran across an issue today with a client who was 
> complaining that just recently some of his beautiful images are 
> turning into pixelated goo. Of course, trying to figure out what is 
> the underlying root cause is problematic at best. The display 
> mechanism is reading a file from disk and using it as the source for a 
> standard VFP OLE image control. So whilst I once again start my 
> research out on the greater internet, I look to the collective wisdom 
> here. Anybody using a 3rd party image control that does not have the 
> underlying problems that come with using a native Windows control 
> stuck in ~2003? Or otherwise have any other solutions for displaying JPGs in 
> their UI?
>
>
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Re: Replacement for standard OLE image control

2018-10-24 Thread Ted Roche
It's overkill, but you could embed a webbrowser control. MS and other
vendors have a bad habit of shipping proof of concept controls we base
production applications on, or go out of business or otherwise cease
supporting an app, but it's unlikely MS will go out of the browser
business, much as we might like them to.

At least as a debugging tool, it might tell you if it's the app, the FoxPro
host, or that maybe the client's video adapter is set to 16-bit rather than
24-.

On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 10:44 AM Richard Kaye  wrote:

> Thanks for the reply, Tracy.
>
> Very high res images but some display fine while others pixelate. I am
> storing directly in the file system with no transforms. They look fine if
> you preview in OS but the ancient OLE image control doesn't like something.
> The tricky part has been determining just what that something is; perhaps
> number of colors in the JPG but so far we just haven't been able to figure
> out what the breaking factor is. Which is why I was hoping there might be a
> 3rd party COM control out there that others here have used. The DBI
> controls focus more on composite controls like calendar. No luck yet
> finding an out of the box image control.
>
> --
>
> rk
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ProfoxTech  On Behalf Of Tracy Pearson
> Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 10:11 AM
> To: profoxt...@leafe.com
> Subject: RE: Replacement for standard OLE image control
>
> I use the built in image control to view imported pictures.
> I use an old LeadTools product to resize the image to 800x600 before
> storing it.
> Is your customers images from a 12 megapixel or higher camera?
>
> You could use one of the available ways to reduce the image size for
> displaying in your normal form. Then have a way to view the full size image.
> Enabling scrollbars on a form?
>
> Good luck on your quest.
>
> Tracy
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of
> Richard Kaye
> Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 6:21 PM
> To: profoxt...@leafe.com
> Subject: Replacement for standard OLE image control
>
> I wish this had come up when I was at SWFox last week...
>
> As we all should know, the VFP OLE image control is...a bit long in the
> tooth. I just ran across an issue today with a client who was complaining
> that just recently some of his beautiful images are turning into pixelated
> goo. Of course, trying to figure out what is the underlying root cause is
> problematic at best. The display mechanism is reading a file from disk and
> using it as the source for a standard VFP OLE image control. So whilst I
> once again start my research out on the greater internet, I look to the
> collective wisdom here. Anybody using a 3rd party image control that does
> not have the underlying problems that come with using a native Windows
> control stuck in ~2003? Or otherwise have any other solutions for
> displaying JPGs in their UI?
>
>
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Re: Replacement for standard OLE image control

2018-10-24 Thread Peter Cushing

On 24/10/2018 15:43, Richard Kaye wrote:

Thanks for the reply, Tracy.

Very high res images but some display fine while others pixelate. I am storing 
directly in the file system with no transforms. They look fine if you preview 
in OS but the ancient OLE image control doesn't like something. The tricky part 
has been determining just what that something is; perhaps number of colors in 
the JPG but so far we just haven't been able to figure out what the breaking 
factor is. Which is why I was hoping there might be a 3rd party COM control out 
there that others here have used. The DBI controls focus more on composite 
controls like calendar. No luck yet finding an out of the box image control.

What do you have for the 'stretch' setting on the control?  There is 
clip (default), isometric and stretch.  I use isometric on a few screens 
and never had a problem with pixelating.  I used to get an occasional 
problem with JPG output from adobe illustrator where the picture would 
appear black in Foxpro but no problems viewing from the O/S.  We just 
got them to save it a different way and that fixed it.


Peter


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RE: Replacement for standard OLE image control

2018-10-24 Thread Richard Kaye
Thanks for the reply, Tracy.

Very high res images but some display fine while others pixelate. I am storing 
directly in the file system with no transforms. They look fine if you preview 
in OS but the ancient OLE image control doesn't like something. The tricky part 
has been determining just what that something is; perhaps number of colors in 
the JPG but so far we just haven't been able to figure out what the breaking 
factor is. Which is why I was hoping there might be a 3rd party COM control out 
there that others here have used. The DBI controls focus more on composite 
controls like calendar. No luck yet finding an out of the box image control.

--

rk

-Original Message-
From: ProfoxTech  On Behalf Of Tracy Pearson
Sent: Wednesday, October 24, 2018 10:11 AM
To: profoxt...@leafe.com
Subject: RE: Replacement for standard OLE image control

I use the built in image control to view imported pictures.
I use an old LeadTools product to resize the image to 800x600 before storing it.
Is your customers images from a 12 megapixel or higher camera? 

You could use one of the available ways to reduce the image size for displaying 
in your normal form. Then have a way to view the full size image.
Enabling scrollbars on a form?

Good luck on your quest.

Tracy


-Original Message-
From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Richard Kaye
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 6:21 PM
To: profoxt...@leafe.com
Subject: Replacement for standard OLE image control

I wish this had come up when I was at SWFox last week...

As we all should know, the VFP OLE image control is...a bit long in the tooth. 
I just ran across an issue today with a client who was complaining that just 
recently some of his beautiful images are turning into pixelated goo. Of 
course, trying to figure out what is the underlying root cause is problematic 
at best. The display mechanism is reading a file from disk and using it as the 
source for a standard VFP OLE image control. So whilst I once again start my 
research out on the greater internet, I look to the collective wisdom here. 
Anybody using a 3rd party image control that does not have the underlying 
problems that come with using a native Windows control stuck in ~2003? Or 
otherwise have any other solutions for displaying JPGs in their UI?


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Re: [NF] Broken Windows

2018-10-24 Thread Stephen Russell
Testing is done differently today than it was 20 years ago.

It doesn't replace real people from final testing but it does reduce their
need on early bugs that is for sure.

I don't allow your code to be saved if your code breaks the build we have
in place.  You get notified of it right after you submit it.


On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 9:07 AM 
wrote:

> On 2018-10-24 04:51, Alan Bourke wrote:
> >> I think Windows has gotten too complex for MS to understand. Shadow
> >> directories and fake redirections and everything dependent not on the
> >> OS or
> >> the File System, but the Registry, may just be a step too far.
> >
> > What's actually happened is described pretty well in this article -
> > basically they laid off a load of traditional QA and testing
> > professionals in 2014 and are now relying on some sort of crowdsourced
> > bullshit for QA, using people who are on the beta releases, i.e.e
> > fanboys.
> >
> > https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/23/microsoft_windows_10_crisis/
>
>
> I heard this happening awhile back, when they laid off John Koziol (who
> worked in Q/A there, didn't he?).  No surprise.  All that money (more
> money than any other company perhaps) and they're too cheap to do
> testing the right way.  Ugh.
>
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RE: Replacement for standard OLE image control

2018-10-24 Thread Tracy Pearson
I use the built in image control to view imported pictures.
I use an old LeadTools product to resize the image to 800x600 before storing
it.
Is your customers images from a 12 megapixel or higher camera? 

You could use one of the available ways to reduce the image size for
displaying in your normal form. Then have a way to view the full size image.
Enabling scrollbars on a form?

Good luck on your quest.

Tracy


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Kaye
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2018 6:21 PM
To: profoxt...@leafe.com
Subject: Replacement for standard OLE image control

I wish this had come up when I was at SWFox last week...

As we all should know, the VFP OLE image control is...a bit long in the
tooth. I just ran across an issue today with a client who was complaining
that just recently some of his beautiful images are turning into pixelated
goo. Of course, trying to figure out what is the underlying root cause is
problematic at best. The display mechanism is reading a file from disk and
using it as the source for a standard VFP OLE image control. So whilst I
once again start my research out on the greater internet, I look to the
collective wisdom here. Anybody using a 3rd party image control that does
not have the underlying problems that come with using a native Windows
control stuck in ~2003? Or otherwise have any other solutions for displaying
JPGs in their UI?

TIA

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Re: [NF] Broken Windows

2018-10-24 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions

On 2018-10-24 04:51, Alan Bourke wrote:

I think Windows has gotten too complex for MS to understand. Shadow
directories and fake redirections and everything dependent not on the 
OS or

the File System, but the Registry, may just be a step too far.


What's actually happened is described pretty well in this article -
basically they laid off a load of traditional QA and testing
professionals in 2014 and are now relying on some sort of crowdsourced
bullshit for QA, using people who are on the beta releases, i.e.e
fanboys.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/23/microsoft_windows_10_crisis/



I heard this happening awhile back, when they laid off John Koziol (who 
worked in Q/A there, didn't he?).  No surprise.  All that money (more 
money than any other company perhaps) and they're too cheap to do 
testing the right way.  Ugh.


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2018-10-24 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions

Hey ProFox Community,

Just wanted to give an endorsement to Rick Schummer's and Frank Perez' 
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Cheers!
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Re: [NF] Broken Windows

2018-10-24 Thread Ted Roche
On Wed, Oct 24, 2018 at 4:51 AM Alan Bourke  wrote:

>
> What's actually happened is described pretty well in this article -
> basically they laid off a load of traditional QA and testing professionals
> in 2014 and are now relying on some sort of crowdsourced bullshit for QA,
> using people who are on the beta releases, i.e.e fanboys.
>
> https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/23/microsoft_windows_10_crisis/


Thanks for the excellent link. Sorry to hear about the MS testers who got
canned. I know the Fox engineers did some amazing work to get us a high
quality product.

It's funny how Linux can ship good code with crowd-sourced testing, and
Apache and OpenSSH and the open-source communities that power DNS and email
and the rest. I suspect there has been a long process of developing the
protocols and processes to make that a success. And also that it's not just
guys living in their parent's basements: RedHat and IBM and Dell and HP
contribute their own software and have pretty serious engineering efforts.

"Throw it over the wall and see how loud they scream" is not a testing
methodology.

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Re: [NF] Broken Windows

2018-10-24 Thread Alan Bourke


> I think Windows has gotten too complex for MS to understand. Shadow
> directories and fake redirections and everything dependent not on the OS or
> the File System, but the Registry, may just be a step too far.

What's actually happened is described pretty well in this article - basically 
they laid off a load of traditional QA and testing professionals in 2014 and 
are now relying on some sort of crowdsourced bullshit for QA, using people who 
are on the beta releases, i.e.e fanboys.

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2018/10/23/microsoft_windows_10_crisis/


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