Re: Metadata editor

2011-12-07 Thread Michael Madigan
I would bet there is a utility available on the internet that does this and you only have to interface with that utility.    This might work. http://www.sno.phy.queensu.ca/~phil/exiftool/ From: GaryT t...@melbpc.org.au To: ProFox Email List

Re: [OT] Capitalist vs. Boogieman

2011-12-07 Thread lelandj
If you want to know who poisoned the well of partisanship in the executive and legislative branches of USA government, I've got two words for you: Grover Norquist. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K25kqP0YdZ0 Regards, LelandJ On 12/07/2011 12:38 AM, Pete Theisen wrote: Hi Everybody,

Re: Metadata editor

2011-12-07 Thread Man-wai Chang
U might also wanna post your quesiton in Usenet newsgroup alt.comp.freeware On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:06 PM, Michael Madigan mmadi10...@yahoo.com wrote: I would bet there is a utility available on the internet that does this and you only have to interface with that utility.

Re: [OT] Recycle plastic to oil?

2011-12-07 Thread Man-wai Chang
On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Pete Theisen petethei...@verizon.net wrote: Man-wai Chang wrote: Plastic was initially a BY-PRODUCT of oil refinery (my old-time books taught me that). How could this be possible? :) A buddy of mine used to work at a refinery. A standing joke at the place was

RE: [OT] Recycle plastic to oil?

2011-12-07 Thread Adam Buckland
So that you can use it more than once -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Man-wai Chang Sent: 07 December 2011 12:24 To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: [OT] Recycle plastic to oil? On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Pete

[OT] Natural gas vehicles are making inroads in U.S. market

2011-12-07 Thread lelandj
Perhaps the introduction of a natural gas combustion engine vehicle will, over time, take some pressure off the price I'm paying for diesel. The VW Jetta TDI won Green Car of the Year in 2009; although, VW Golf Mark VI won World Car of the Year the same year. VW Polo won World Car of the

Re: VFP to XMI software

2011-12-07 Thread Alan Bourke
UML! Run for the hills! -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

Re: Metadata editor

2011-12-07 Thread GaryT
Wow! What a wonderful resource. Apart from the program itself he has gathered a huge list of file structures etc., and it's so well organised! Gee, think of the research. Thanks congratulations to Phil Harvey. Gary Taig Michael Madigan wrote: I would bet there is a utility available on the

RE: VFP to XMI software

2011-12-07 Thread Dave Crozier
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Re: Problem with set filter

2011-12-07 Thread Eurico Chagas Filho
For this kind of thing I use Views, perhaps u should try. HTH, E. No I don't have an index on the field. Actually the table is indexed on surname. Mike On 06/12/2011 6:13 PM, Fred Taylor wrote: Do you have an index on the active field?  if you did, then a GO TOP with no filter would

RE: VFP to XMI software

2011-12-07 Thread Alan Bourke
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011, at 02:04 PM, Dave Crozier wrote: Design, design we don't need no stinkin' design! Not UML design I don't. Maybe bits of it later, to illustrate things. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm ___ Post

Re: [NF] Google Chrome to kill off Firefox?

2011-12-07 Thread Alan Bourke
They're all at it - Microsoft, Google, Apple ... the app store model and walled gardens are the way of the future. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

Re: VFP 9.0 holding onto lock after program crashes

2011-12-07 Thread Lew Schwartz
FWIW, the lock is requested by your program, but it's held by the server, so if the app goes down, the lock may remain. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- ___ Post

So with ODBC again being chosen over OLE-DB, will VFP's ODBC again be supported?

2011-12-07 Thread MB Software Solutions General Account
From this page: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vfoxpro/bb190232.aspx?ppud=4 Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver The VFPODBC driver is no longer supported. We strongly recommend using the Visual FoxPro OLE DB provider as a replacement. Please refer to the following article for more information and related

Re: Problem with set filter

2011-12-07 Thread Peter Cushing
Michael Savage wrote: snip When the user would like to see both sets together, I use set filter to. After each filter change I issue a Go top to move the record pointer. But what happens is this: When I chose, both, the filter is cleared, according to the set(filter) command, but

Re: VFP 9.0 holding onto lock after program crashes

2011-12-07 Thread Michael Madigan
But, to my knowledge, it never remained before.    From: Lew Schwartz lew1...@gmail.com To: ProFox Email List profox@leafe.com Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2011 10:32 AM Subject: Re: VFP 9.0 holding onto lock after program crashes FWIW, the lock is requested

Re: Problem with set filter

2011-12-07 Thread Michael Savage
sorry about the confusion... i know firstrecord is an active one... yet the list still appears to be set to inactive. mike On 07/12/2011 11:04 AM, Peter Cushing wrote: Michael Savage wrote: snip When the user would like to see both sets together, I use set filter to. After each filter

Re: Problem with set filter

2011-12-07 Thread Peter Cushing
Michael Savage wrote: sorry about the confusion... i know firstrecord is an active one... yet the list still appears to be set to inactive. mike Have you tried just browsing the table, then setting filters, then go top and check which record it goes it? If that works fine you could

Re: VFP 9.0 holding onto lock after program crashes

2011-12-07 Thread Lew Schwartz
I guess it depends on how dirty the crash is. If your error routine kicks in successfully closes all your tables you should be ok. On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Michael Madigan mmadi10...@yahoo.comwrote: But, to my knowledge, it never remained before.

RE: Problem with set filter

2011-12-07 Thread Dave Crozier
Peter, Michael has hit upon a problem that I reported in VFP just before SP1 came out. Also it affects the grids in that phantom records may start appearing. The problem is a known one and you will probably find that instantiating the cursor manually in the Load as opposed to the DE may well

Tracing a program to a file in fpd26

2011-12-07 Thread Jerry Foote
I seem to remember a ability to Tracing a program to a file in fpd26. I have a problem with a program I wrote in 91 that is running at a site I cannot get to. I would like to recompile the program and turn the trace on and then be able to review the file and see where it is hanging up Thanks

RE: Tracing a program to a file in fpd26

2011-12-07 Thread Tracy Pearson
Jerry Foote wrote on 2011-12-07: I seem to remember a ability to Tracing a program to a file in fpd26. I have a problem with a program I wrote in 91 that is running at a site I cannot get to. I would like to recompile the program and turn the trace on and then be able to review

RE: Interesting video clip about the Internet

2011-12-07 Thread Jarvis, Matthew
This link was in an email someone from upper management sent to our whole department. It contains a video that summarizes the book the article is mentioning. http://smartblogs.com/leadership/2011/05/05/live-from-gc2011-nicholas- carr-on-how-the-internet-is-hurting-innovation/ I have to

RE: Tracing a program to a file in fpd26

2011-12-07 Thread Jerry Foote
I need to do this in DOS Jerry -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Tracy Pearson Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 11:45 AM To: profox@leafe.com Subject: RE: Tracing a program to a file in fpd26 Jerry Foote wrote on

Re: Tracing a program to a file in fpd26

2011-12-07 Thread Fred Taylor
I don't remember exactly, but wasn't there a SET HISTORY ON, SET HISTORY TO filename commands in FPD? I don't remember ever using these commands, just that they existed, so YMMV on their usefulness. Fred On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Jerry Foote jer...@footegroup.com wrote: I need to do

Re: Tracing a program to a file in fpd26

2011-12-07 Thread Fred Taylor
Scratch the SET HISTORY suggestion. Looks like it was SET HISTORY TO #of lines of history you could recall for the old pre-command window days. Fred On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 10:50 AM, Jerry Foote jer...@footegroup.com wrote: I need to do this in DOS Jerry -Original Message- From:

RE: Tracing a program to a file in fpd26

2011-12-07 Thread Jerry Foote
Maybe I can use set device to file and then put some @say to track where the program is. Jerry -Original Message- From: profox-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Fred Taylor Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2011 11:53 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re:

[NF] Stop Thinking Outside the Box

2011-12-07 Thread Jarvis, Matthew
From Harvard Business Review I think he has some good points in here: http://blogs.hbr.org/pallotta/2011/11/stop-thinking-outside-the-box.html Thanks, Matthew Jarvis || Business Systems Analyst IT Department McKenzie-Willamette Medical Center 1460 G Street, Springfield, OR 97477

Re: Tracing a program to a file in fpd26 (Jerry Foote)

2011-12-07 Thread Brant E. Layton
Hi Jerry, From FP, you want to open the Trace window. Turn off the Trace Between Breaks, the Open the file you want to check out. It can be either the .PRG or the .EXE (probably .APP, too, but I don't work in .APPs). You can Find a line, or scroll down to it. Press Enter to set a break

[NF] seeking Online Conference Registration site/ideas

2011-12-07 Thread Jarvis, Matthew
Just got tasked w/ coming up with recommendations on this... I'm told the hospital is hosting an event at a local convention center and basically wants to provide an online RSVP type of thing in order to get a head count and payment checklist for attendees. It won't have to process

Re: [NF] Stop Thinking Outside the Box

2011-12-07 Thread Thierry Nivelet
Saying one thing and the opposite several months later is an infinite source of revenues for consultants journalists thn Le 07/12/11 19:15, Jarvis, Matthew a écrit : From Harvard Business Review I think he has some good points in here:

Re: [NF] seeking Online Conference Registration site/ideas

2011-12-07 Thread Malcolm Greene
Hi Matt, Evite? This older article (2009) lists some Evite alternatives - read to the end for the recommendations. 10 Evite alternatives: The good and the bad http://howto.cnet.com/8301-11310_39-10220916-285/10-evite-alternatives-the-good-and-the-bad/ There are a ton of startups in this space.

Re: [NF] Stop Thinking Outside the Box

2011-12-07 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 12/7/2011 1:15 PM, Jarvis, Matthew wrote: From Harvard Business Review I think he has some good points in here: http://blogs.hbr.org/pallotta/2011/11/stop-thinking-outside-the-box.html I liked his post the other day:

[NF] SQL Server 2008 download from Microsoft Volume Licensing Service Center (VLSC)

2011-12-07 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
I'm trying to get SQL Sever 2008 from the MS site but it's not appearing in the downloads. I see Visual Studio, but is SQL Server in there? I was thinking I could get it on its own. Thanks, --Mike -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect

Re: [NF] WinZip ripoff warning

2011-12-07 Thread kamcginnis
I recently purchased the latest winzip update as I usually do. The last time I used it I got the usual popup about a free update. I always get this as it usually has some bug fixes, etc. Because of a previous bad experience with Symantec, I quickly glanced through the licence agreement. Corel

Re: [NF] WinZip ripoff warning

2011-12-07 Thread Paul McNett
Winzip is completely unnecessary as the underlying compression/decompression routines are all available for free. Plus, don't modern Windows versions have this built in to Explorer? Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

Re: [NF] WinZip ripoff warning

2011-12-07 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 12/7/2011 4:43 PM, Paul McNett wrote: Winzip is completely unnecessary as the underlying compression/decompression routines are all available for free. Plus, don't modern Windows versions have this built in to Explorer? I think WinZip knows they're on the way out (of business) and are

RE: [NF] WinZip ripoff warning

2011-12-07 Thread Lou Syracuse
I gave up on ZIP long ago and have been using 7-zip for creating archives. You can also use the 7Z format to make the archive files smaller (although it does take more time to compress). I haven't tried using it to backup to DVD's, so YMMV there although it does say it can split files into

Re: [NF] WinZip ripoff warning

2011-12-07 Thread Mike Copeland
WinXP SP3 (and possibly earlier as well as later...Vista, 7) opens ZIP files as folders, but for other needs, 7ZIP has been very helpful. There are many other free ZIP utilities available for Windows. Sad to see Corel go from the great company they started out as to the bottom-feeding sludge

NF SSD experiences

2011-12-07 Thread Mike Copeland
I know this topic has been hashed around before on the list, but has anyone had more than a couple months experience with SSDs? (solid state drives) Intel has just announced their new line of SSDs that have multiple (10) I/O channels for servers that are multi-processor or multi-core CPU

Re: [NF] WinZip ripoff warning

2011-12-07 Thread Alan Bourke
winrar, 7-zip ... why not get a few external HDDs or flash drives and stop torturing yourself with spanning DVDs, if one gets scratched the set will be useless. On Wed, Dec 7, 2011, at 01:38 PM, kamcgin...@gmail.com wrote: I recently purchased the latest winzip update as I usually do. The last

Re: NF SSD experiences

2011-12-07 Thread Sytze de Boer
I have good track record with more than 12 months use I use it in a small Hp Mini and serves me well S On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 11:18 AM, Mike Copeland m...@ggisoft.com wrote: I know this topic has been hashed around before on the list, but has anyone had more than a couple months experience

Re: NF SSD experiences

2011-12-07 Thread Mike Copeland
What brand? (SSD) Was it part of the HP package? What capacity? Thanks! Mike Original Message Subject: Re: NF SSD experiences From: Sytze de Boer sytze.k...@gmail.com To: profoxt...@leafe.com Date: 12/7/2011 4:22 PM I have good track record with more than 12 months use I use

Re: NF SSD experiences

2011-12-07 Thread Sytze de Boer
Intel 160 Gig I replaced the original standard hdd because the system was just a tad slow On Thu, Dec 8, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Mike Copeland m...@ggisoft.com wrote: What brand? (SSD) Was it part of the HP package? What capacity? Thanks! Mike Original Message   Subject: Re:

Re: [NF] WinZip ripoff warning

2011-12-07 Thread Dan Covill
On 12/07/11 14:07, Mike Copeland wrote: WinXP SP3 (and possibly earlier as well as later...Vista, 7) opens ZIP files as folders, but for other needs, 7ZIP has been very helpful. There are many other free ZIP utilities available for Windows. I used PKZIP from the DOS days, plus occasional

Re: [NF] WinZip ripoff warning

2011-12-07 Thread Brant E. Layton
Hi Folks, I agree with all of the above about WinZIP and Corel. Too bad. For spanning DVDs, I use NTI (Newtech Infosystems) Media Maker, which takes file trees and splits across the DVD as necessary. Each disk is an independent portion of the file tree, not some archive set. Also burns

Re: NF SSD experiences

2011-12-07 Thread kamcginnis
I have a Sony X series laptop with 128 gb drive. I bought it in August 2010 and it works perfectly. I have a 2 year warantee that covers everything they say. I should add that this is the best laptop I have owned. It weighs nothing and is thin as paper. It has Win 7, vga, 2 usb and ethernet,

trapping escape key

2011-12-07 Thread Michael Madigan
After I've converted foxpro 2.5 to vfp 9.0 some of the behavior isn't the same.   I need to prevent the users from hitting ESC at the main screen.  Right now it blanks out the screen and doesn't find the error handler for some reason and crashes.    I've tried adding Set Escape off and on escape

Re: trapping escape key

2011-12-07 Thread Michael Madigan
Just to elaborate further, when I hit escape and it gives me an error, I hit suspend and then display status, and it verifies that set escape is off.  From: Michael Madigan mmadi10...@yahoo.com To: profox@leafe.com profox@leafe.com Sent: Wednesday, December 7,

RE: trapping escape key

2011-12-07 Thread Richard Kaye
Is the main screen a form? If so, you can trap the ESC keystroke in the keypress method and put in a NODEFAULT. if nKeyCode=27 nodefault endif You'll need to make sure the form KeyPreview property is set .t. -- rk -Original Message- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com

Re: [NF] Google Chrome to kill off Firefox?

2011-12-07 Thread Jerry Wolper
Does Chrome have a version of AdBlock? -Jerry ___ 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:

Craig Boyd's VFPConnection classes

2011-12-07 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Is anyone using CB's VFPConnection Library classes successfully? I downloaded it recently and am having some issues. I saw the comments on the site indicating that perhaps this version has bugs but an older one worked well.

RE: Metadata editor

2011-12-07 Thread Rick Schummer
Is it possible to edit the meta data for jpg's, tiff's etc... in VFP? Has anyone done it? I think you can use VFPX's GDIPlusX to address this problem. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com

Re: [NF] Google Chrome to kill off Firefox?

2011-12-07 Thread Fred Taylor
Yes. Fred On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 4:30 PM, Jerry Wolper jwol...@swanzoco.com wrote: Does Chrome have a version of AdBlock? -Jerry [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

RE: Craig Boyd's VFPConnection classes

2011-12-07 Thread Rick Schummer
So...I'd like to talk with someone who's using it successfully if possible. I use it for specific tasks of uploading to FTP site, and downloading/uploading HTML files to a Web server. File date I have is 05-Dec-2008 Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net

RE: [NF] Google Chrome to kill off Firefox?

2011-12-07 Thread Rick Schummer
Does Chrome have a version of AdBlock? Yes. Absolutely great surfing the web without a bunch of nonsense. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: trapping escape key

2011-12-07 Thread Michael Madigan
Thanks!  That worked!   - Original Message - From: Richard Kaye rk...@artfact.com To: profox@leafe.com profox@leafe.com Cc: Sent: Wednesday, December 7, 2011 6:18 PM Subject: RE: trapping escape key Is the main screen a form? If so, you can trap the ESC keystroke in the keypress method

RE: [NF] Google Chrome to kill off Firefox?

2011-12-07 Thread Jerry Wolper
Does Chrome have a version of AdBlock? Yes. Absolutely great surfing the web without a bunch of nonsense. I totally agree, which is why I asked. Thanks. -Jerry ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

[OT] Volt fire cover-up

2011-12-07 Thread Pete Theisen
Hi Everybody, I did not (wagging finger) have a fire with that battery . . . http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=47980 -- Regards, Pete http://pete-theisen.com/ http://elect-pete-theisen.com/ ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

RE: [NF] WinZip ripoff warning

2011-12-07 Thread Carl Lindner
Years ago I used WinZip 7.0 in my application. That version was free, worked from the command line and it integrated well. When they wanted to charge, I switched to Zip Genius which is free, works from the command line and unzips a lot of stuff including .tar files. I never had the balls to try

[OT] Obama flip-flops

2011-12-07 Thread Nicholas Geti
Ari Fleischer also emailed Yahoo News to share his complete list of Obama flip-flops, which, in addition to the points above, includes: promising to cut the deficit in half by the end of his first term; vowing to lower unemployment below 8 percent following the stimulus; falling short on

Re: [OT] Obama flip-flops

2011-12-07 Thread Michael Madigan
since 50% of people pay zero federal income tax now, we've tipped the balance in this country.   People will continue to vote for handouts.  - Original Message - From: Nicholas Geti ng...@optonline.net To: profox@leafe.com Cc: Sent: Thursday, December 8, 2011 1:59 AM Subject: [OT]

Re: [NF] WinZip ripoff warning

2011-12-07 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Dec 7, 2011 at 10:32 PM, Dan Covill dcov...@san.rr.com wrote: Win Vista and 7 open a zip file as a folder, and you can extract right from Explorer.  But you can't zip from there. Sure you can. Send To... Compressed (zipped) Folder It's very slow though. BUT... if you have 7-Zip