RE: PEMEditor install: cThorDispatcher not found

2014-04-21 Thread Richard Kaye
Early versions of Thor could sometimes be a little finicky about installing but that's a thing of the past, imo. I use Thor (and PEMEDitor) in my dev environment every day. So first question; did you get Thor installed successfully? If so, you should have gotten a form with a list of all the

[ADMIN] Another Donation Request

2014-04-21 Thread Ed Leafe
It's time for my semi-annual request to the ProFox community to show your appreciation for this list by contributing to a charitable cause. On Saturday, May 10 I will be participating in the Tour de Cure, a bicycle ride to help raise money and awareness for diabetes research. I'll be doing a

RE: Partially Fox

2014-04-21 Thread Tracy Pearson
Virgil Bierschwale wrote on 2014-04-20: I have uploaded a zip file to the following location to see if I can download it to various computers for easier distribution. http://www.virgilbierschwale.com/ It appears that I can download it to my box here so hopefully that part will

Re: [ADMIN] Another Donation Request

2014-04-21 Thread Jeff Johnson
On 4/21/2014 5:53 AM, Ed Leafe wrote: It's time for my semi-annual request to the ProFox community to show your appreciation for this list by contributing to a charitable cause. On Saturday, May 10 I will be participating in the Tour de Cure, a bicycle ride to help raise money and awareness

Re: Partially Fox

2014-04-21 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
Appreciate that. Virgil On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 8:24 AM, Tracy Pearson tr...@powerchurch.comwrote: Virgil Bierschwale wrote on 2014-04-20: I have uploaded a zip file to the following location to see if I can download it to various computers for easier distribution.

Re: rookie mistake

2014-04-21 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
Rick Schummer has a program called HackCX to make it easier for you to do this. http://www.whitelightcomputing.com/prodhackcxpro.htm Good luck! --Mike On 2014-04-18 18:20, Frank Cazabon wrote: Hack the scx our vcx file and change the references that are causing problems. Make sure you make

Re: rookie mistake

2014-04-21 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
Steer clear of the wizards -- had nothing but trouble with them back in 1999 and never used them since. On 2014-04-18 17:43, Virgil Bierschwale wrote: Doing my first vfp program in a long time. Simple flatform type application with 3 tables. Got my form working the way I wanted, and when

Re: nitty gritty stuff

2014-04-21 Thread Vincent Teachout
Virgil Bierschwale wrote: In other words, when they display the form, I want it to be read only, and when they hit the edit button, then I want them to be able to edit and make active the save and cancel button. I'm lazy, so what I do is put a container on the form, and all the controls I

RE: nitty gritty stuff

2014-04-21 Thread John Weller
I set all the textboxes to Enabled = .F. when I build the form. I have a button labelled Edit which has something like the following code: If This.Caption = 'Edit' This.Caption = 'Save' ThisForm.SetAll('Enabled', .T., '_textbox') ThisForm.cmdCancelEdit.Visible = .T. Else

[NF] Why Role based accounts are better than specific User accounts....

2014-04-21 Thread M Jarvis
Because after 22 years someone is a manager for the last 5 years and then leaves And just watch all the gizmos, processes, uploads, auto logins etc etc etc start failing in cascading splendor -- Matt Jarvis Eugene, Oregon USA ___ Post

RE: nitty gritty stuff

2014-04-21 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
Thanks for all responses Generator blew up computer about a hour ago so i might be dead in water for a few days and unable to respond On Apr 21, 2014 10:34 AM, John Weller j...@johnweller.co.uk wrote: I set all the textboxes to Enabled = .F. when I build the form. I have a button labelled

VFP6: Procedure File Blues

2014-04-21 Thread Desmond Lloyd
HELP! I just bet one of you has experienced this problem and can offer all sorts of words of wisdom and advice. Had a large program file that was generating program too large errors when trying to compile. There is a whole slew of separate procedures and functions in the original procedure

RE: VFP6: Procedure File Blues

2014-04-21 Thread Tracy Pearson
Desmond Lloyd wrote on 2014-04-21: HELP! I just bet one of you has experienced this problem and can offer all sorts of words of wisdom and advice. Had a large program file that was generating program too large errors when trying to compile. There is a whole slew of separate

Re: VFP6: Procedure File Blues

2014-04-21 Thread Fred Taylor
At the point that it fails, can you put up a messagebox or something that shows you the value of SET(PROCEDURE) to make sure you haven't got some code somewhere that's not got the ADDITIVE clause. Fred On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 11:56 AM, Desmond Lloyd desmond.ll...@gmail.comwrote: HELP! I

Re: VFP6: Procedure File Blues

2014-04-21 Thread Charlie
There may be code in the application that uses the IN clause already (DO MyFunc IN Init.prg). So in addition to searching for the SET PROC string, you may want to search for the IN name of main prg (where you put in the name of the prg that you've been reducing). I think I heard it

Re: VFP6: Procedure File Blues

2014-04-21 Thread Desmond Lloyd
Thank you Fred and Tracy, Will need to troubleshoot what the procedure is set to by running under the production environment Am thinking that everything in the Test environment is fine... It is so odd, to me, that it works in the test environment, but not production Regards, Desmond

Re: VFP6: Procedure File Blues

2014-04-21 Thread Desmond Lloyd
Yes, it is VFP6. In this case the program is an old fashion @ say @ get screen... Regards, Desmond On 21 April 2014 14:26, Charlie charli...@verizon.net wrote: There may be code in the application that uses the IN clause already (DO MyFunc IN Init.prg). So in addition to searching

Re: VFP6: Procedure File Blues

2014-04-21 Thread Jeff Johnson
On 4/21/2014 11:56 AM, Desmond Lloyd wrote: HELP! I just bet one of you has experienced this problem and can offer all sorts of words of wisdom and advice. Had a large program file that was generating program too large errors when trying to compile. There is a whole slew of separate

newbie consultant biling question

2014-04-21 Thread Jim Harvey
For years I would work on projects for my employer during off hours, usually thinking things through, deciding best how to proceed, what tools would work best, all those kinds of things a developer would need before actually writing code. Now that I'm retired, and doing work for them as a

RE: VFP6: Procedure File Blues

2014-04-21 Thread Jack Skelley
Desmond: I often wonder when these things crop up that the foxuser.dbf has 'something' in it that makes the system give you undocumented/unwanted features. You said it works in your development system but not in production. So what's different? Could it be the foxuser table is throwing sand in

Re: newbie consultant biling question

2014-04-21 Thread Ted Roche
Jim: Congratulations on your retirement! I am also a bicycle fan, but I don't find it reasonable to bill my clients for time that isn't spent building their applications. Sure, the value of our product is based on the care and thought we put into it, and not the number of keystrokes, and it

Re: newbie consultant biling question

2014-04-21 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
Excellent advice. This thread reminds me of some movie (The Firm?) where the lawyers were billing their clients while they took a crap if they were thinking of their case during that time. lol --Mike On 2014-04-21 16:09, Ted Roche wrote: Jim: Congratulations on your retirement! I am also

Re: VFP6: Procedure File Blues

2014-04-21 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2014-04-21 15:31, Desmond Lloyd wrote: Yes, it is VFP6. In this case the program is an old fashion @ say @ get screen... Well, at least you can legally run this on Linux/Wine and not fear M$ because of the loose EULA back then!!! lol ___

RE: newbie consultant biling question

2014-04-21 Thread Jim Harvey
Thanks Ted, I appreciate your comments, they make sense, and I can see the logic. Jim Harvey Spring Grove, PA cell 717-887-2565 -Original Message- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 4:09 PM To: profox@leafe.com Subject:

RE: newbie consultant biling question

2014-04-21 Thread Jim Harvey
Oh my, I hadn't thought about that scenario... Jim Harvey Spring Grove, PA cell 717-887-2565 -Original Message- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com Sent: Monday, April 21, 2014 4:19 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re:

Re: newbie consultant biling question

2014-04-21 Thread Jeff Johnson
On 4/21/2014 1:09 PM, Ted Roche wrote: Jim: Congratulations on your retirement! I am also a bicycle fan, but I don't find it reasonable to bill my clients for time that isn't spent building their applications. Sure, the value of our product is based on the care and thought we put into it, and

Re: newbie consultant biling question

2014-04-21 Thread Ted Roche
On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 4:15 PM, Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com wrote: Those darn dogs. They get all the attention but never pay their bill. I follow the same path that Ted does. If I can't bid a job closely, I will propose an hourly rate and a cap of hours. Let's say 10 hours at $5,000

Re: VFP6: Procedure File Blues

2014-04-21 Thread Desmond Lloyd
An interesting consolation. 8-) On 21 April 2014 15:20, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: On 2014-04-21 15:31, Desmond Lloyd wrote: Yes, it is VFP6. In this case the program is an old fashion @ say @ get screen... Well, at least you can legally run this on

RE: newbie consultant billing question

2014-04-21 Thread Dan Covill
From: jim.harv...@verizon.net To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: newbie consultant biling question Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 15:45:12 -0400 Now that I'm retired, and doing work for them as a consultant (independent contractor), billing by the hour, I was wondering how does one charge for

RE: VFP6: Procedure File Blues

2014-04-21 Thread Dan Covill
Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:56:24 -0500 Subject: VFP6: Procedure File Blues From: desmond.ll...@gmail.com To: profoxt...@leafe.com --- Note that a procedure file was already set at the time, so I made sure that I issued the additive command at the end of

Re: VFP6: Procedure File Blues

2014-04-21 Thread Jeff Johnson
On 4/21/2014 2:32 PM, Dan Covill wrote: Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2014 13:56:24 -0500 Subject: VFP6: Procedure File Blues From: desmond.ll...@gmail.com To: profoxt...@leafe.com --- Note that a procedure file was already set at the time, so I made sure that I issued

Re: VFP6: Procedure File Blues

2014-04-21 Thread Ted Roche
Desmond: Program too large does not mean what you think it does. It is not the size of the procedure file, but the size of the largest procedure. Fox is limited, even after all these years, to a maximum procedure size of 64k. Take a look at the sizes of your procedures. Since it occurs in

RE: newbie consultant billing question

2014-04-21 Thread Jim Harvey
That's interesting about testing time. While at the office I'd do some testing. But often allowed users to help me do the more intensive testing. Now that I'm physically removed, and on my own, should I spend more time with that aspect? Truthfully I'd rather not, and I'm pretty sure the way our

Re: VFP6: Procedure File Blues

2014-04-21 Thread Jean MAURICE
Le 21/04/2014 21:13, Tracy Pearson a écrit : Since this is VFP 6, I'm not sure what tool is available to you for searching your code for a SET PROC line. Hi Desmond, you can download the textsearch utility from Ed'site HTH The Foxil ___ Post