RE: [OT] Death Panels do exist

2009-08-19 Thread Geoff
and this is the health system that madagain wants to defend? this is why the rest of the first world looks on in horror at your medical system. I doubt Obama's plan could be any worse. I am apalled. -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On

RE: [OT] Death Panels do exist

2009-08-19 Thread Michael Madigan
You're not only appalled, you're an idiot. If anybody thinks that the US Government can manage health care when they have done a dismal job with The Post Office Medicare Medicaid Amtrak Social Security is out of their minds. Oh yeah, Liberalism is a mental disorder. Obama is already on

RE: [OT] Death Panels do exist

2009-08-19 Thread Geoff
LOL look at the standard the govt has to beat! it is so low that any incompetent disaorganised mob (ie a govt) could do better. -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Michael Madigan Sent: Wednesday, 19 August 2009 4:36 PM To:

RE: [OT] Death Panels do exist

2009-08-19 Thread Michael Madigan
What's so low? We have the best health care in the world. --- On Wed, 8/19/09, Geoff data...@adam.com.au wrote: From: Geoff data...@adam.com.au Subject: RE: [OT] Death Panels do exist To: 'ProFox Email List' profox@leafe.com Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2009, 4:15 AM LOL look at the

Re: [OT] Death Panels do exist

2009-08-19 Thread Jean Laeremans
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Michael Madiganmmadi10...@yahoo.com wrote: What's so low?  We have the best health care in the world. Just repeat that often enough and you'll end up believing it A+ jml ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: [NF] Microsoft Apps That Bit the Dust (or Will)

2009-08-19 Thread Alan Bourke
On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:41 -0500, Stephen Russell srussell...@gmail.com wrote: To me a database is an API for allowing anyone or thing access to data. Isn't that like saying an SQL Select statement is a database ? -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm

Re: Easiest mail merge for simple XLS or CSV or DBF file

2009-08-19 Thread Alan Bourke
Have a look on Craig Boyd's site (SPS weblog) he has an excellent mail class. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free

Re: Easiest mail merge for simple XLS or CSV or DBF file

2009-08-19 Thread Malcolm Greene
Michael, Blat is production quality code, has many more options than wwIPstuff, and has been tested and vetted by a far larger community of developers than wwIPstuff. wwIPstuff was designed to send the occasional email - not as the basis for a large volume email solution. Given the choice I

[NF] Feedback on MS SSRS (MS SQL Server Reporting Services)

2009-08-19 Thread Malcolm Greene
Anyone using MS SSRS (MS SQL Server Reporting Services)? I'm looking for feedback on what you like and don't like about this tool. Also, have you tried using this tool using a non-SQL Server database like Oracle? Thanks! Malcolm --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts ---

RE: [NF] Feedback on MS SSRS (MS SQL Server Reporting Services)

2009-08-19 Thread Dave Crozier
Malcolm, I tried to get into it about 4-5 months ago and found it very limited in what it could do compared with something like Crystal and consequently bought the latest version of Crystal. In essence it gives you a fairly standard reporting system with all the things you would expect, just that

RE: [OT] Death Panels do exist

2009-08-19 Thread Geoff
i dont think he even needs to repeat it. he just says it and then believes it. if he tries hard enough he might even be able to say blacks are a good as whites. but i guessing that one might trip him up! -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com]

RE: [NF] Feedback on MS SSRS (MS SQL Server Reporting Services)

2009-08-19 Thread Malcolm Greene
Dave, Thanks for your feedback! Cheers, Malcolm ___ 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/profoxtech Searchable Archive:

Re: [NF] Feedback on MS SSRS (MS SQL Server Reporting Services)

2009-08-19 Thread Alan Bourke
I have used it on one site, reporting on a combination of SQL Server and VFP data. It's an OK tool but there are some things in it that should be easy to do which in fact require a very convoluted approach. It's definitely not in Crystal territory. This site sums up some limitations:

RE: [NF] Feedback on MS SSRS (MS SQL Server Reporting Services)

2009-08-19 Thread Dave Crozier
Alan Malcolm, That report is bang on the button, i.e. close but no banana and you are correct with regards to roll you own code that is mostly present in Crystal. In terms of extensibility (I hate that word!) it is easy to write addons for, but you shouldn't need to in the first place for many of

Re: [NF] Feedback on MS SSRS (MS SQL Server Reporting Services)

2009-08-19 Thread Malcolm Greene
Alan, Thanks for your feedback and for the competitive analysis link (excellent!). Cheers, Malcolm ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

Re: Buffer Overrun.

2009-08-19 Thread Peter Hart
Hi all, Updated my clients machine after making one change to the application. Now he gets a Buffer overrun detected Error with MS Visual C++ in the message title. Anyone had this error and knows why. Googled and updated client to VFP SP2 run times. Did windows updates. No good. Changed back

Re: [OT] Death Panels do exist

2009-08-19 Thread Philip Borkholder
Ok Mr. Pete, Where's the proof of your absurd accusation? Pete Theisen wrote: Ed Leafe wrote: http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2009/08/18/free-market_death_panels_97922.html ( -or- http://bit.ly/11qhlD ) Hi Ed, Yes, it is true. What the lady doesn't know is that the

Re: Buffer Overrun.

2009-08-19 Thread Malcolm Greene
Peter, Could be related to CommandBars-VFP interface, eg. I've found any 3rd party library to VFP integration is never perfect. I'm also not a fan of VFP 9's SP2 reliability. We finally gave up on it and went back to SP1. Of course others on this list have a very different opinion of SP2 so your

RE: Easiest mail merge for simple XLS or CSV or DBF file

2009-08-19 Thread Tracy Pearson
Sure, 1000 windows open on the clients desktop that requires them to click SEND on each to make them go away. BBC won't hold 100 emails -Original Message- From: MB Software Solutions, LLC Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 1:41 AM MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: Built this email

RE: Buffer Overrun.

2009-08-19 Thread Tracy Pearson
Search the clients computer for the VFP9*.DLL files. I'd use the command window DIR C:\VFP9*.DLL /S/B The S for subdirectories, the B for blank meaning just the full path of the files found. You might be using SP 1 runtime with SP 2 EXE, or both. I've also seen a bad environment PATH cause a

RE: [NF] Feedback on MS SSRS (MS SQL Server Reporting Services)

2009-08-19 Thread Tracy Pearson
Dave, When I saw you use Crystal, my first question is, are you giving it the data, or letting it pull. Since you put which seems to take an age to extract the data as it has to go through ADODB you are getting it. I found pushing the data removes many issues older versions of Crystal had.

RE: Buffer Overrun.

2009-08-19 Thread Peter Hart
Hi Malcolm, Its running here in the office with the version of the application I copied to the Client this morning. Four Machines, One XP with VFP SP2 One XP with VFP SP1 One Windows 7 with VFP SP2, and my Laptop running Windows 7 and just the VPP 2 runtimes The only other thing I have done was

RE: Buffer Overrun.

2009-08-19 Thread Malcolm Greene
Peter, Some ideas off the top of my head: 1. Make sure you don't have a corrupted foxuser.dbf. If you can avoid using a foxuser resource file, do it (turn it off in your config.fpw) 2. Open a shell prompt, and simplify your path to the min length possible. Then run your app. 3. Use SET

Re: [NF] Feedback on MS SSRS (MS SQL Server Reporting Services)

2009-08-19 Thread Stephen Russell
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 4:21 AM, Malcolm Greenepro...@bdurham.com wrote: Anyone using MS SSRS (MS SQL Server Reporting Services)? I'm looking for feedback on what you like and don't like about this tool. Also, have you tried using this tool using a non-SQL Server database like Oracle?

Re: Easiest mail merge for simple XLS or CSV or DBF file

2009-08-19 Thread Stephen Russell
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:25 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLCmbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: Built this email extraction program (VFP9SP1) to grab email addresses out of our client's database.  Output is Excel, CSV, and/or DBF.  They want to use that list of email addresses

Re: [NF] Microsoft Apps That Bit the Dust (or Will)

2009-08-19 Thread Stephen Russell
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 3:37 AM, Alan Bourkealanpbou...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:41 -0500, Stephen Russell srussell...@gmail.com wrote: To me a database is an API for allowing anyone or thing access to data. Isn't that like saying an SQL Select statement is a database ?

Re: [OT] Death Panels do exist

2009-08-19 Thread Stephen Russell
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Michael Madiganmmadi10...@yahoo.com wrote: You're not only appalled, you're an idiot. If anybody thinks that the US Government can manage health care when they have done a dismal job with The Post Office Medicare Medicaid Amtrak Social Security

[NF] CSS Class scraping tool

2009-08-19 Thread Stephen Russell
http://www.selectorgadget.com/ pretty cool. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer SQL Server DBA Web and Winform Development Independent Contractor Memphis TN 901.246-0159 ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

RE: Buffer Overrun.

2009-08-19 Thread Peter Hart
Thanks to both you and Tracy. The Client has to catch up with some work lost whilst I tried a number of things this morning. SO he is leaving his machine on when he goes home so another late night. Cheers Peter Malcolm Greene Sent: 19 August 2009 15:01 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: RE: Buffer

RE: Buffer Overrun.

2009-08-19 Thread Dave Crozier
Peter, Just a wild stab here but have you tried at the beginning of your prog (in the loader?) : _VFP.Autoyield=.F. Specifies whether an instance of Visual FoxPro processes pending Windows events between execution of each line of user program code. I know this was specifically designed to work

RE: [NF] Feedback on MS SSRS (MS SQL Server Reporting Services)

2009-08-19 Thread Rick Schummer
Anyone using MS SSRS (MS SQL Server Reporting Services)? You may want to check out Lisa Slater Nichols' blog over the last year or two. She has lots of posts with respect to SSRS. http://spacefold.com/lisa/ Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net

RE: Easiest mail merge for simple XLS or CSV or DBF file

2009-08-19 Thread Rick Schummer
MailTo links are unreliable and they don't support attachments. On one of my Vista boxes the MailTo link opens up Internet Explorer with a message: A website wants to open web content using this program on your computer It makes you program look like it is a virus and dangerous. You can tell the

Re: Easiest mail merge for simple XLS or CSV or DBF file

2009-08-19 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Alan Bourke wrote: Have a look on Craig Boyd's site (SPS weblog) he has an excellent mail class. We actually use that in our main app, but it sends the email and requires configuration. Then again, I guess there's no other way than to use that approach, come to think of it. -- Mike

Re: Easiest mail merge for simple XLS or CSV or DBF file

2009-08-19 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Malcolm Greene wrote: Michael, Blat is production quality code, has many more options than wwIPstuff, and has been tested and vetted by a far larger community of developers than wwIPstuff. wwIPstuff was designed to send the occasional email - not as the basis for a large volume email

Re: Easiest mail merge for simple XLS or CSV or DBF file

2009-08-19 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Tracy Pearson wrote: Sure, 1000 windows open on the clients desktop that requires them to click SEND on each to make them go away. BBC won't hold 100 emails LOLuh, yeah. Good point! -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect

Re: Easiest mail merge for simple XLS or CSV or DBF file

2009-08-19 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Stephen Russell wrote: On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:25 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLCmbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: Built this email extraction program (VFP9SP1) to grab email addresses out of our client's database. Output is Excel, CSV, and/or DBF. They want to use that

Is there a way to put a list of emails into Outlook all at once (from either DBF or CSV or Excel file)?

2009-08-19 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
User wants to load the emails she's extracted into Outlook. Is there a way to mass-import them? Not yet sure what version of Outlook she has, but wanted to throw this question out in case someone knows how to do this from their personal experience. tia! -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software

Re: Easiest mail merge for simple XLS or CSV or DBF file

2009-08-19 Thread Michael Madigan
Take a look at mail list controller to see if you're not reinventing the wheel. You can import from any text file. http://www.arclab.com/products/amlc/ --- On Wed, 8/19/09, MB Software Solutions, LLC mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: From: MB Software Solutions, LLC

Re: [OT] Death Panels do exist

2009-08-19 Thread Nicholas Geti
- Original Message - From: Stephen Russell srussell...@gmail.com To: ProFox Email List profox@leafe.com Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 10:08 AM Subject: Re: [OT] Death Panels do exist On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 2:05 AM, Michael Madiganmmadi10...@yahoo.com wrote: You're not only

Re: [NF] Microsoft Apps That Bit the Dust (or Will)

2009-08-19 Thread Gene Wirchenko
At 01:37 2009-08-19, Alan Bourke alanpbou...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:41 -0500, Stephen Russell srussell...@gmail.com wrote: To me a database is an API for allowing anyone or thing access to data. Isn't that like saying an SQL Select statement is a database ? No, it is

Re: [OT] Death Panels do exist

2009-08-19 Thread Michael Madigan
Liberalism is a mental disorder. They can look at FEMA and still want the government to run health care. What's wrong with someone like that? Do they make the same mistakes over and over in their own personal lives too? When faced with the overwhelming amount of data showing that government

[OT] They can't do Cash for klunkers right, how can they do health care?

2009-08-19 Thread Michael Madigan
Dealers are leaving the Cash for Klunkers program because they can't afford it. http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/us_cash_for_clunkers_dealers/2009/08/19/249825.html ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

Re: Easiest mail merge for simple XLS or CSV or DBF file

2009-08-19 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Michael Madigan wrote: Take a look at mail list controller to see if you're not reinventing the wheel. You can import from any text file. http://www.arclab.com/products/amlc/ Nice, but not free. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect

Re: Easiest mail merge for simple XLS or CSV or DBF file

2009-08-19 Thread Michael Madigan
It's cheap, though --- On Wed, 8/19/09, MB Software Solutions, LLC mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: From: MB Software Solutions, LLC mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com Subject: Re: Easiest mail merge for simple XLS or CSV or DBF file To: ProFox Email List

Re: [NF] Microsoft Apps That Bit the Dust (or Will)

2009-08-19 Thread Paul McNett
Gene Wirchenko wrote: At 01:37 2009-08-19, Alan Bourke alanpbou...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:41 -0500, Stephen Russell srussell...@gmail.com wrote: To me a database is an API for allowing anyone or thing access to data. Isn't that like saying an SQL Select statement is a

Re: Easiest mail merge for simple XLS or CSV or DBF file

2009-08-19 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Michael Madigan wrote: It's cheap, though You and I might believe that, but I don't want to have to sell/pitch a product for one of our franchisees to buy. We don't want to get in the habit of endorsing 3rd party products (especially ones that aren't free)...too risky. If this was MBSS, it

DBI-Tech website

2009-08-19 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Has anyone else noticed the new DBI website (http://www.dbi-tech.com) Seems like they've retired a lot of their offerings and are only focused on a much smaller subset now. ?? -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com

[OT] what happened to the anti-war protesters on Profox?

2009-08-19 Thread Michael Madigan
It turns out, they weren't anti-war, they were anti-Bush. More guys are dying now in Afghanistan and nobody cares. Suicide bomber kills 100 in Iraq today, nobody cares. Where are the idiots with the candlelight vigils? Where are the idiots protesting No war for Oil? What a bunch of lying,

Re: [OT] what happened to the anti-war protesters on Profox?

2009-08-19 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Michael Madiganmmadi10...@yahoo.com wrote: It turns out, they weren't anti-war, they were anti-Bush.  More guys are dying now in Afghanistan and nobody cares.  Suicide bomber kills 100 in Iraq today, nobody cares. Where are the idiots with the candlelight

Re: [OT] Death Panels do exist

2009-08-19 Thread Pete Theisen
Philip Borkholder wrote: Ok Mr. Pete, Where's the proof of your absurd accusation? Hi Philip, You are the one who didn't read the last link, I guess you didn't read this one either. Nothing I could show you would open your closed mind, you will just have to wait until it happens to you.

Re: [NF] Microsoft Apps That Bit the Dust (or Will)

2009-08-19 Thread Gene Wirchenko
At 12:30 2009-08-19, Paul McNett p...@ulmcnett.com wrote: Gene Wirchenko wrote: At 01:37 2009-08-19, Alan Bourke alanpbou...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:41 -0500, Stephen Russell srussell...@gmail.com wrote: To me a database is an API for allowing anyone or thing access

OLE Time Control

2009-08-19 Thread Jeff Johnson
I am using an OLE time spinner on a form. The class is MSComCTL2.DTPicker2. I have code in the lostfocus that updates a field in the table. If I click another control on the form the lostfocus fires and the field is updated. If I tab off of the OLE control the lostfocus does not fire and

[OT] Why Conservatives Hate the Media

2009-08-19 Thread Bob Calco
http://bit.ly/Vw45e - - - Approval of Obama, Democrats Declines, Pew Poll Says (Update1) By Juliann Neher Aug. 19 (Bloomberg) -- Barack Obama's approval rating declined as a growing number of Americans said the Democratic president and Republican leaders aren't working together on important

Re: Easiest mail merge for simple XLS or CSV or DBF file

2009-08-19 Thread Stephen Russell
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 11:02 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLCmbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: Stephen Russell wrote: On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 12:25 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLCmbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: Built this email extraction program (VFP9SP1) to

Re: [NF] Microsoft Apps That Bit the Dust (or Will)

2009-08-19 Thread Stephen Russell
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 1:37 PM, Gene Wirchenkoge...@ocis.net wrote: At 01:37 2009-08-19, Alan Bourke alanpbou...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Tue, 18 Aug 2009 21:41 -0500, Stephen Russell srussell...@gmail.com wrote: To me a database is an API for allowing anyone or thing access to data. Isn't

Re: Easiest mail merge for simple XLS or CSV or DBF file

2009-08-19 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Stephen Russell wrote: I would also use BLAT for your out porting of message BTY. Thanks. I think that's what I'll do. The only problem is that I don't think blat will work for the folks who need SSL (like gmail, yahoo users...probably hotmail too). Does BLAT work for SSL email accounts?

Re: OLE Time Control

2009-08-19 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Jeff Johnson wrote: I am using an OLE time spinner on a form. The class is MSComCTL2.DTPicker2. I have code in the lostfocus that updates a field in the table. If I click another control on the form the lostfocus fires and the field is updated. If I tab off of the OLE control the

Re: OLE Time Control

2009-08-19 Thread Jeff Johnson
Thanks Michael. Here is what I found. I have hours and minutes activated. If I change hours and tab out, the value of the control does not change. If I change hours and right arrow over to the minutes and tab out, the value changes. The lost focus is firing but the value of the control is

[NF] 25 Years of PowerPoint...

2009-08-19 Thread Ted Roche
... sounds like a Geneva Convention violation to me, but it's a cute article on the BBS on the quarter-century anniversary: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/magazine/8207849.stm -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___

Re: [NF] 25 Years of PowerPoint...

2009-08-19 Thread Michael Madigan
The biggest waste of time on the face of the earth is a PowerPoint presentation. Totally worthless. --- On Wed, 8/19/09, Ted Roche tedro...@gmail.com wrote: From: Ted Roche tedro...@gmail.com Subject: [NF] 25 Years of PowerPoint... To: profox@leafe.com Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2009,

Quirks of using controls within a grid

2009-08-19 Thread Tina Currie
Hi all, First time posting to ProFox - hoping someone can help me as I've wound myself into a bit of a knot with this challenge. I have an order table and I'm grabbing a subset (by SQL query) into a cursor that is readwrite. I use this cursor as the recordsource for a grid on my form.