Anybody else get this junk mail with the Fox icon?

2024-05-20 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Screenshot:  https://app.screencast.com/bsTJKUFxMk5Cf I found it interesting that it had the Fox head.  Coincidence? If others here got the same/similar email, I figured not such a coincidence. (No, I didn't click their BS links!) -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP Fox/VFP dev since 1997 Developer

Re: Southwest Fox 2023: URGENT - Now or never, register today

2023-09-01 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
What was the outcome?  I signed up late. On 8/28/2023 7:16 AM, Rick Schummer wrote: The fate of Southwest Fox is being decided Wednesday. Help us make the decision to keep this conference going easy. We won't charge your credit card until September. There is no more time for you to

Re: Just call me Master, for short

2023-09-01 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Congratulations, Vince!  Paul better give you a raise now!  lol On 9/1/2023 2:32 PM, Ted Roche wrote: Now the student becomes the Master. Congratulations, Vince. That's a heck of an accomplishment! (Pretty sure my last college course in computers was Fortran IV) On Fri, Sep 1, 2023 at 1:19 

Re: Chilkat Version 95 released yesterday

2023-08-09 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
4:27 PM MB Software Solutions, LLC < mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote: "Version 95" -- when I saw that I heard the Rolling Stones tune "Start Me Up" in my head. (That was the rollout song used by M$ for Windows 95, iirc) ;-) On 8/4/2023 2:18 PM

Re: Chilkat Version 95 released yesterday

2023-08-08 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
"Version 95" -- when I saw that I heard the Rolling Stones tune "Start Me Up" in my head.  (That was the rollout song used by M$ for Windows 95, iirc) ;-) On 8/4/2023 2:18 PM, Bill Anderson wrote: ...for those that are interested. ChilkatVFP has some version 95 methods/properties already

Re: Fox.wikis.com

2023-07-20 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
~VisualFoxProWiki On Thu, Jul 20, 2023, 9:26 AM Man-wai Chang wrote: Turn on read-only or reader mode at least... nothing will be written to FoxWiki then and no extra harm can be done.. On Tue, Jul 18, 2023 at 5:03 AM MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: That's a real shame that it's still down. http

Fox.wikis.com

2023-07-17 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
That's a real shame that it's still down.  http://fox.wikis.com/ -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP Fox/VFP dev since 1997 Developer of FabNet estimating software - mbsoftwaresolutions.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

Re: VFP Report Dynamics Tab Missing

2023-04-21 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Yeah, those 2005 files are so oldyou need to new and improved 2007 version!!!  LOL (That's what year my Report*.app files are, anyway) On 4/20/2023 5:27 PM, Frank Cazabon wrote: Thanks 20 Apr 2023 17:20:29 Richard Kaye : It's all on VFPX via Github.

Re: VFP6 vs VFP9 query time on large table

2023-01-17 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
I'm just gonna throw out a WAG..  SET TABLEVALIDATE TO 0 in VFP9 and then re-test fresh. On 1/17/2023 12:52 PM, Jeff Roberts wrote: I have a large table, about 1.5GB with an index on invno which is a char 6. Files are on a file server, client machine where I am running VFP6 and VFP9 is

Re: AW: fox.wikis.com

2022-10-06 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
I could swear that Steve Black blocked the IP address when the infamous JVP worked back in 2004/2005 (because I was there too and I distinctly recall I couldn't access it).  I guess with VPNs nowadays such an attempted block wouldn't be possible. On 9/29/2022 4:50 AM, Jürgen Wondzinski

Re: Document View magic inside a long PRG

2022-08-10 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Nice caveat emptor!  ;-) On 8/10/2022 11:31 AM, Tracy Pearson wrote: It will, if the order of Document View is by Location. If it is by Name, or Type it may not. All is good here, Tracy -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of MB Software

Document View magic inside a long PRG

2022-08-10 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Well, maybe not magic...and maybe many of you already knew thisbut if you wondered "what method am I in right now?" whilst looking at a super long section of code in a PRG, opening up Document View will highlight the current method you're in. Again...probably "nothing to see here...please

Re: Need Help - Foxpro & Chilkat & Rest API

2022-08-03 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
that sounds like a great future Virtual FoxFest session, Bill!   hint hint On 8/1/2022 5:01 PM, Bill Anderson wrote: Paul, Well, I can report that the wrapper coding was finished over the weekend. There's still lots to do. There's about a dozen classes to review and a bunch of

Re: Last Chapter

2022-07-13 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Now those coozies I would want!!!   ;-) On 7/13/2022 5:39 PM, Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) wrote: I bet I could fit the main ones in a couple of Post Office fixed-rate boxes, which are $21.50 each. Might get a better rate just mailing them at the publication rate. I'll check next week. Still good?

Re: Virtual Foxfest 2022

2022-05-06 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
I've always found your insights to be valuable, Dave, so I'd love to hear a session from you! Cheers, --Michael On 5/6/2022 6:48 AM, Dave Crozier wrote: What a great set of sessions it was yesterday. Great to meet old acquaintances who I haven’t been in contact with for a few years and also

Re: can visual foxpro create a table inside a sql statement?

2022-04-15 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
The short answer (as you've seen firsthand):  No, you cannot do that. You can do subqueries like this: select * from MySource where id in (select id from SomeOtherSource where condition=whatever) On 4/15/2022 9:49 AM, Jeff Roberts wrote: I've been watching a video tutorial called "Mastery

Re: VRunFox

2022-04-08 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Carl -- I'll leave that link for you to grab it from there. On 4/8/2022 4:14 PM, Carl Lindner wrote: Ed - Thanks! You have done above and beyond for this group. Carl -Original Message- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe Sent: Friday, April 08, 2022

Re: VRunFox

2022-04-08 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Hi Carl, I can send you my vrunfox9.exe if you want.  It's not the project but I know it works. Let me know! --Michael On 4/8/2022 11:02 AM, Carl Lindner wrote: I pulled down VRunFox-master.zip. The project seems to be missing phxbasecontrols.vcx and ts.scx. I copied the base

Re: 1001 Things You Wanted to Know About Visual FoxPro

2022-04-08 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Let us know your outcome, as I have the same question from a HWP book I bought awhile back.  Thanks! On 4/7/2022 4:37 AM, Alan Bourke wrote: Normally I'd harass people on Twitter but Whil doesn't appear to have been on that since 2019. Maybe call the number on the website ? -- Michael J.

Re: [NF] Facets Database???

2022-03-07 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Cue the Dilbert cartoon about databases.

Re: [NF] Facets Database???

2022-03-07 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
That reminds me of DotNet job ads when they asked the same thing.lol On 3/4/2022 4:57 PM, j...@johnweller.co.uk wrote: It may be that the headhunter doesn't fully understand what they are asking for. I remember a few weeks after Visual Basic was launched seeing adverts for programmers

Re: Using gmail to send emails from your VFP apps -- deadline approaching for shutoff

2022-03-04 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 3/4/2022 3:13 PM, Kurt @ Gmail wrote: Ah Cool - so that's how Tracy did it! I do remember someone posted about that in the past - because I have seen this problem many times before. But, now I'm curious. Is the problem related to my email reader - or it really is related to how Mike

Using gmail to send emails from your VFP apps -- deadline approaching for shutoff

2022-03-04 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Attempt #2...this time as text-onlyallegedly got this notice from google today: Less secure apps & your Google Account To help keep your account secure, starting*May 30, 2022*, ​​Google will no longer support the use of third-party apps or devices which ask you to sign in to your

Using gmail to send emails from your VFP apps -- deadline approaching for shutoff

2022-03-04 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
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Re: No classes in REGISTRY.VCX

2022-02-24 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Sounds like it got corrupted/hosed somehow.  Glad you've got another copy. On 2/24/2022 6:20 AM, paul.newton.h...@gmail.com wrote: Hi all When I open REGISTRY.VCX from its usual location (in folder FFC), there are no classes present. I have a good copy elsewhere and when I open it

Re: [NF] Beyond Quickbooks

2022-01-23 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Thanks, Andy!  Good tips to file away.  Looks like these folks did do something like that recently.  The QBW file is now only 386 MB. On 1/23/2022 6:37 AM, AndyHC wrote: seems to be plenty of info available on Google:

Re: [NF] Beyond Quickbooks

2022-01-21 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Yeah but they're near 2GB in file size (like 18 yrs worth of data) so they're in need of a solution beyond QB (or find a way to make QB keep working for them).  QB Online isn't an option as their VFP app integrates with the CFO's QB Desktop version. I'm no QB expert but I'd like to think

[NF] Beyond Quickbooks

2022-01-15 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Jeff Johnson's old client has contacted me asking about a replacement for their QuickBooks because they've basically outgrown it.  (Doesn't help that they've got 18 years of data in there and their trucking business has boomed since the pandemic, and I'm pretty sure they haven't closed out or

Re: [NF] Microsoft wrongly blocking lots of emails

2022-01-07 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
change bug that was triggered on 01 Jan 2022? On Thu, Jan 6, 2022 at 4:28 AM MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: Anybody else experiencing errors like this trying to email folks who use Office 365 as their email provider? Access denied, banned sender[172.104.208.100]. To request removal from this l

Re: VFP9 and SQL memo fields

2022-01-05 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
(Keep in mind I was looking at the MySQL part in that URL...search for whatever you'd like) On 1/5/2022 6:33 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: Richard makes me think of the connection string OPTIONS valuethere are certain flags to set to allow you to get memo fields in certain sizes

Re: VFP9 and SQL memo fields

2022-01-05 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Richard makes me think of the connection string OPTIONS valuethere are certain flags to set to allow you to get memo fields in certain sizes, iirc.  Something to investigate.  I went to https://www.connectionstrings.com/mysql/ to investigate but didn't see where the exhaustive list of

Re: [NF] Microsoft wrongly blocking lots of emails

2022-01-05 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
/e/3/3/e3397e7c-17a6-497d-9693-78f80be272fb/enhance_deliver.pdf " ...So now he's going to look into this IP Certification by Return Path product. On 1/5/2022 3:35 PM, Ed Leafe wrote: On Jan 5, 2022, at 14:21, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: Anybody else experiencing errors like

[NF] Microsoft wrongly blocking lots of emails

2022-01-05 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Anybody else experiencing errors like this trying to email folks who use Office 365 as their email provider? Access denied, banned sender[172.104.208.100]. To request removal from this list please forward this message todel...@messaging.microsoft.com. For more information please go to

Re: [NF] My laptop performance is soooo bad in ANY browser

2022-01-05 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
n Behalf Of MB Software Solutions, LLC Sent: 05 January 2022 04:35 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: [NF] My laptop performance is s bad in ANY browser Check out this screenshot: https://www.screencast.com/t/jPvGm7ebW Perhaps it's this syncing/backing-up that is caused my laptop's performance ALL DAY

[NF] My laptop performance is soooo bad in ANY browser

2022-01-04 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Check out this screenshot: https://www.screencast.com/t/jPvGm7ebW Perhaps it's this syncing/backing-up that is caused my laptop's performance ALL DAY to be dead dog slow?!?!???  It has been UNBEARABLE all day long. I did a SpeedTest.net and I'm getting great speeds (400/60) so it's NOT a

Re: ProTip: Still using the Project Manager?

2021-12-29 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
"This just inVisual FoxPro 9 support for *Mac Desktops*!" LOL! On 12/28/2021 3:06 PM, Tracy Pearson wrote: If you are still using the Project Manager and are on a High DPI screen. When you move the window around it is not a very pleasant experience. This code will put the window in an

Re: Windows 11 ads and unexpected restarts on Win 10 Pro

2021-12-27 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
, II oke...@gmail.com 661-349-6221 - On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 5:58 PM MB Software Solutions, LLC < mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote: I wonder how my Win10Pro machine would differ from yours? On 12/16/2021 6:13 PM, Michael Oke, II wrote: I h

Re: Just to set the mood for Christmas

2021-12-17 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Ah, now I see why Ted posted today.  Nice! On 12/17/2021 4:49 AM, Dave Crozier wrote: I know we have had some form of this poem submitted to Profox on many previous years (I think by Ted) so here is a version I found. Merry Xmas everyone The computers were whirring; they never do stop. The

Re: T'was the Night Before Crisis [NF]

2021-12-17 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
A little early this year, TR?   ;-) A timeless classic, though! On 12/17/2021 9:19 AM, Ted Roche wrote: 'Twas the night before crisis, and all through the house, Not a program was working, not even a browse. The programmers were wrung out, too mindless to care, Knowing chances of shipping

Re: Windows 11 ads and unexpected restarts on Win 10 Pro

2021-12-17 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
. - Michael Oke, II oke...@gmail.com 661-349-6221 - On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 5:58 PM MB Software Solutions, LLC < mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote: I wonder how my Win10Pro machine would differ from yours? On 12/16/2021 6:13 PM, Michael Oke, II wro

Re: Windows 11 ads and unexpected restarts on Win 10 Pro

2021-12-16 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
661-349-6221 - On Thu, Dec 16, 2021 at 2:21 PM MB Software Solutions, LLC < mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote: My Win10Pro dev machine decided to reboot overnight without any warning to me TWICE in the past week, and it had me quite piss

Windows 11 ads and unexpected restarts on Win 10 Pro

2021-12-16 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
My Win10Pro dev machine decided to reboot overnight without any warning to me TWICE in the past week, and it had me quite pissed off.  Thankfully my code was all saved (or at least 99% of it), but admittedly, I often leave my VFP window open and pick up where I left off the next day. As some

Re: CABuilder

2021-12-16 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Ever since Ed Leafe and some others posted that failings of CAs, I never spent another minute on them.  I've used Paul McNett's MakeUpdatable.prg for years although I morphed it into something else I think eventually in my framework which uses SPT exclusively.  I will admit that the Fox team

Re: [NF] you are...

2021-11-11 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 11/11/2021 8:41 AM, Malcolm Greene wrote: Hey! I used to be that guy. I switched to Python ... now happily married to a great woman. Causation or correlation? I'm going with causation and citing XKCD as my source. #python-antigravity https://xkcd.com/353/ Malcolm LOL!!!  That's

Fatal error 708 while trying to report error 708 -- do I win a prize???

2021-11-08 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
My Fox seemed to have that deer in the headlights after some FRX testing.  Got this error after trying to quit after selecting each of the datasessions open: https://www.screencast.com/t/eVtnBdvsvmt I think I at least deserve a t-shirt for that or something. (Everybody say together now.

Re: [NF] Want to hear what .NET 6 has?

2021-10-31 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
There's good ol' Jim Duffy!!!  And looks like he's lost a lot of weight too...good to see him again. On 10/28/2021 1:35 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: Marcus Egger gives another talk on what M$ is releasing next month. Mobile, cloud, web. desktop, IOT, and more. CODE Video - (codemag.com)

WhilFest 2002 (or 2003?) Halloween pictures???

2021-10-29 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
I'm hoping somebody has my Halloween costume pic from GLGDW (WhilFest) back in either 2002 or 2003?  I can't recall which one was at Halloween time. (left as regular post since it was at the Foxpro conference...lol) tia! -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP Fox/VFP dev since 1997 Developer of FabNet

Re: Slow performance after moving to VM

2021-10-26 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
I ran into something like you're discussing below back in 2017 (?) but thankfully my client just moved to my newer version of software that used a MariaDB (MySQL) backend instead of the DBFs. The old DBF version for them was suffering network/corruption problems.  Interestingly enough, those

Re: Matt Slay

2021-10-12 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 10/12/2021 7:14 AM, Alan Bourke wrote: That's terrible news, he was a real expert and a credit to the community. RIP Yep.  Such an ace and always classy from my interactions with him.  He was great.  RIP Matt.  Prayers for his family. -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP Fox/VFP dev since 1997

Re: AW: "Eric Rapaport" at Microsoft

2021-09-23 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 9/22/2021 10:10 AM, Eric Selje wrote: He probably wrote the Rushmore algorithm, in a coffee-fueled morning frenzy, before moving on to writing screenplays and scores. LMAO -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP Fox/VFP dev since 1997 Developer of FabNet estimating software -

Re: AW: "Eric Rapaport" at Microsoft

2021-09-21 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 9/20/2021 1:50 PM, Jürgen Wondzinski wrote: Wouldn't he then be either mentioned on http://www.foxprohistory.org/ or in the FoxTales book? wOOdy Well his part was obviously TOP SECRET so he couldn't be officially named.  LOL -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP Fox/VFP dev since 1997 Developer

Re: Retire the CSV?

2021-08-25 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
True story:  when I worked at a US Govt contractor from 2017-2021, they created all kinds of alternatives to the XML submission formats that were primarily designed...because not many people want to work with XML.  Experience speaks volumes with that one. On 8/25/2021 8:09 AM, Richard Kaye

Re: [NF] - Is Bigger Always Better When It Comes To Your Monitors? :)

2021-08-25 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Your docking station should take care of any port issues...assuming you're using a laptop? On 8/24/2021 3:04 PM, John Weller wrote: I'd say go for it - you can't have too much screen real estate! Don't know about Display Ports, no experience. John John Weller 07976 393631 -Original

Re: Outlook Office 365

2021-08-24 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Not much to say, Dave? On 8/24/2021 7:08 AM, Dave Crozier wrote: --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative --- StripMime Errors --- A message with no text/plain section was received. The entire body of the message was removed. Please resend the email using

Re: Retire the CSV?

2021-08-24 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
"the Fox is dead" ...but we're still here with many of us still using the Fox to kick ass and get shit done.  lol On 8/24/2021 5:14 AM, Alan Bourke wrote: On Tue, 24 Aug 2021, at 9:45 AM, data...@adam.com.au wrote: You wont get rid of the CSV anytime soon. It reminds me of the University

Re: Retire the CSV?

2021-08-24 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
This all reminds me of the conversation here 20+ years ago regarding the best way to transfer data between stations with some clamoring for XML and then others saying all the declarations (rightly) added weight to the transport. On 8/23/2021 9:43 AM, Garrett Fitzgerald wrote:

Re: [NF] Winforms

2021-08-20 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Wow...I see you created that in 2019.  I can't believe what I saw...I'd have expected it to work much better than that.  VFP has been off-support officially for 4+ years by that time yet the "old girl" still looks better for designers given this obvious shortfall. On 8/20/2021 8:44 AM, Matt

Re: [NF] Recommendations on a developer seat cushion?

2021-08-16 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Malcolm -- I'm awaiting your product review with baited breath and a butt thinking this could improve my work day!  ;-) On 8/12/2021 12:09 PM, Malcolm Greene wrote: These might not be as comfy as real ones, but great fun nevertheless! 

Re: AW: Disappearing pop-up windows (like the Find window dialog in Code References, and sometimes the entire Debug window)

2021-08-11 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Yeah Richard sent that to me today too...gonna check that out. On 8/10/2021 1:52 PM, Jürgen Wondzinski wrote: Maybe Doug Hennig's whitepaper will be of some help: https://doughennig.com/papers.aspx There look for "Handling Multiple Monitors" wOOdy [excessive quoting removed by server]

Re: Disappearing pop-up windows (like the Find window dialog in Code References, and sometimes the entire Debug window)

2021-08-09 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
My workaround is to delete all the foxuser.id rows with 'debug' in them but that's a PITA. On 8/9/2021 7:56 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: VFP9SP2 Win10Pro Dell Latitude 3400 and my favorite color today is red. Has anyone come across where your resource file just seems to get crazy

Disappearing pop-up windows (like the Find window dialog in Code References, and sometimes the entire Debug window)

2021-08-09 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
VFP9SP2 Win10Pro Dell Latitude 3400 and my favorite color today is red. Has anyone come across where your resource file just seems to get crazy and show windows in coordinates that are entirely off-monitor and you cannot see them?  I do!  Started not too long ago.  I use a dual-monitor setup

Windows 11???

2021-06-28 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Hmmm...I thought Windows 10 was the last OS!  Does this mean we have the anxiety yet again of "will our VFP apps work in Win" ??? -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP Fox/VFP dev since 1997 Developer of FabNet estimating software - mbsoftwaresolutions.com ___

Re: Builders and the VFP Undo function

2021-06-19 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 6/18/2021 11:50 AM, Malcolm Greene wrote: From: Jean Laeremans Builders around here are french. They don't do let alone undo ;) My vote for funniest comment on Profox this year! Malcolm + 1!! -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.

Re: Builders and the VFP Undo function

2021-06-19 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 6/18/2021 11:34 AM, Jean Laeremans wrote: Builders around here are french. They don't do let alone undo ;) LMAO! -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ___

Re: ShellExecute

2021-06-10 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Sounds like the Task Scheduler would suit you.  It has an option to not run if there's an existing run in progress. On 6/9/2021 5:33 AM, Chris Davis wrote: Hi All I want to ShellExecute a program repeatedly but not until the previous instance has finished, what's the best approach? So I

Re: AW: Searching classes and forms for something specific

2021-05-12 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
That looks REALLY COOL!!  Thanks for posting that!!!  Gonna try that soon! On 5/12/2021 6:19 PM, Jürgen Wondzinski wrote: Maybe that's what you're looking for: VFPX VFP-Editors: https://github.com/ggreen86/VFP-Editors wOOdy -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: ProFox Im Auftrag von Tracy

Re: Searching classes and forms for something specific

2021-05-11 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
My answer would be to roll your own as you have using the SCX/VCX as a table and looking at the baseclass and properties fields. On 5/11/2021 10:12 PM, Tracy Pearson wrote: Is there a search tool out there that can search for criteria such as the following: The Column.Sparse is set to False.

Re: <> "" vs. NOT EMPTY(field1) in SQL and the former is better than the latter

2021-05-11 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
This was the prologue to the SET ANSI OFF thread.  When I changed for optimization's sake (because the customer had complained that the original code was very slow), I got 0 results due to the legacy code having SET ANSI OFF. On 5/11/2021 8:47 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: In case

<> "" vs. NOT EMPTY(field1) in SQL and the former is better than the latter

2021-05-11 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
In case you weren't aware that NOT EMPTY appears to be unable to use Rushmore optimization... There is a regular index on the order.srep field.  I added the SETs to emulate the environment per legacy code. The results are why I changed the original author's NOT EMPTY(field1) SQL to field1

SET ANSI OFF

2021-05-11 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
I was investigating why a simple query (SELECT DISTINCT srep FROM order WHERE srep <> "") worked on my machine and yet when deployed, it did NOT work.  Instead of returning several dozen names, it was returning zero.  Now..."why did it work before?" Well, I had changed the query from using

Re: AW: Drag and Drop code

2021-05-07 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 5/4/2021 9:13 AM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: VERY COOL, wOOdy  How great that there's folks learning VFP yet. ;-) I'll dig into this more later but at first try, this looks/works great.  An added bonus I wasn't seeing:  setting the Team Captain ("Team X: Name") from the gri

Re: _framewk,vct is missing or invalid, but it isn't and it's not.

2021-05-04 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 5/4/2021 4:15 PM, Vince Teachout wrote: Wow, it sounds like the remote developers she works with are idiots.  I think she should grab them by their scrawny neck, and slam them against the wall saying "Adhere TO CURRENT PROGRAMMING PRACITICES OR I WILL END YOU! " Careful,

Re: _framewk,vct is missing or invalid, but it isn't and it's not.

2021-05-04 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 5/4/2021 9:31 AM, Frank Cazabon wrote: Could it be anything to do with that old virtualisation thing that Windows used to do? Agreed...this sounds like the "sandbox" gotcha reported years ago. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.

Re: AW: Drag and Drop code

2021-05-04 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
ing status on a dedicated Report/Print Server using VFP5/6 on a Novell Netware client network at KePRO, Inc in Harrisburg, PA. :D On 5/3/2021 5:22 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: Hi wOOdy! Oh believe me...grids would be S MUCH EASIER I'm gonna rebuild this with grids insteadbut

Re: Drag and Drop code

2021-05-03 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
, PA.  :D On 5/3/2021 5:22 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: Hi wOOdy! Oh believe me...grids would be S MUCH EASIER   I'm gonna rebuild this with grids insteadbut my meeting with the Team Captains was tonight at 8pm so I wasn't sure I'd get it done in time.  SWMBO wants to go

Re: Drag and Drop code

2021-05-03 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Listboxes But back to your problem: So you want to drag players from the left list to any of those Team groups as well as criss-cross ? wOOdy -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: ProFox Im Auftrag von MB Software Solutions, LLC Gesendet: Montag, 3. Mai 2021 21:44 An: ProFox Email List Bet

Re: Drag and Drop code

2021-05-03 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
b.io) <https://hackfox.github.io/section4/s4g830.html> Might help with specifics: Using Drag and Drop In Visual FoxPro (aksel.com) <http://www.aksel.com/whitepapers/DragDrop.htm> Frank. Frank Cazabon On 03/05/2021 3:43 pm, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: Many many moons ago

Drag and Drop code

2021-05-03 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Many many moons ago I did some drag and drop code, but I have forgotten completely and it's no longer in my possession anyway. I want to drag names amongst a screen full of listboxes: https://www.screencast.com/t/6M8XxvSFV I know I need to code in the OLEDragDrop event and native VFP Help

Re: VFP9 (and VFPA) on Windows 10 -- wish Mr. Chen would fix the visual bugs!

2021-04-30 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
shadow bug. Are you talking about the one where if you drag a window it will leave a shadow of the frame of the window artifcated all over the screen? Eric On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 11:29 AM MB Software Solutions, LLC < mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote: I finally moved

VFP9 (and VFPA) on Windows 10 -- wish Mr. Chen would fix the visual bugs!

2021-04-29 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
I finally moved my dev to a Windows 10 laptop.  Was using Win7 forever prior.  The window dialog border "phantoms/shadows" is very annoying.  It'd be great if Mr. Chen fixed in addition to the other bugs he's fixed! (I think I have his name wrong...I've looked on his

Re: looking for a multi-user alternative to view gmail emails

2021-04-23 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 4/23/2021 10:45 AM, Malcolm Greene wrote: Ken, Possible to configure gmail account to forward your support emails to multiple email addresses, eg. using a forwarding rule to replace your MS Exchange? https://gsuitetips.com/tips/gmail/automatically-forward-emails-to-multiple-recipients/

Re: [NF] VS 2022 will be 64 bit they say.

2021-04-20 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
I remarked on this awhile back on my LinkedIn profile.  Why can't they come up with something new?  Why use the Floppy Disk image yet?!?  Today's generation never even saw/used a floppy disk! On 4/19/2021 2:24 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: The brand image for Save is in need of an overhaul.

More required to make things work nowadays (was Re: Paul McNett)

2021-04-09 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
(Recoded subject line to facilitate comments on that topic instead of just good ol Paul McNett.  lol) On 4/2/2021 11:11 PM, Paul McNett wrote: I do miss desktop app development and not needing a team of fronties, full stacks, product managers, ops and security people to stand up an

Re: Interesting Error 1426 on COPY TO (lcFile) FIELDS a, b, c FOR condition TYPE XL5

2021-04-09 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
The lcDocumentsPath code. On 4/8/2021 3:44 PM, Frank Cazabon wrote: Hey Mike, what exactly worked? On 8 April 2021 13:34:30 GMT-04:00, "MB Software Solutions, LLC" wrote: Thanks, Frank and othersthat worked. On 4/7/2021 8:52 AM, Frank Cazabon wrote: Hi Mike, have you worke

Re: Paul McNett

2021-04-08 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 4/2/2021 11:11 PM, Paul McNett wrote: I do miss desktop app development and not needing a team of fronties, full stacks, product managers, ops and security people to stand up an enterprise app. Paul That's the thing with today's latest/greatestseems like you need many more parts

Re: Interesting Error 1426 on COPY TO (lcFile) FIELDS a, b, c FOR condition TYPE XL5

2021-04-08 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
n86/XLSX-Workbook-Class Doug Hennig has a paper here that may be helpful if you want to consider alternatives: https://doughennig.com/papers/Pub/201607dhen.pdf Frank. Frank Cazabon On 06/04/2021 1:56 pm, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: I get this error when executing a COPY TO T

Re: Virtual Fox Fest 2021 (May): Time to Register

2021-04-07 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
The Emporer's New Clothes?  lol On 4/6/2021 4:42 PM, Eric Selje wrote: I got a virtual shirt! I wore it to the store and got kicked out :( On Tue, Apr 6, 2021 at 12:52 PM Richard Kaye wrote: See you there! -- rk -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech On Behalf Of Tracy Pearson

Interesting Error 1426 on COPY TO (lcFile) FIELDS a, b, c FOR condition TYPE XL5

2021-04-06 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
I get this error when executing a COPY TO TYPE XL5 line in a program designed over a decade ago: /OLE error code 0x80030003: Unknown COM status code. / Interesting. I remoted into the guy's computer.  He said it's a fairly new laptop (3 months old?) and it's version is 2102 (Build

Re: Paul McNett

2021-04-02 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
I answered my own question.  He's apparently the Engineering Director at Lucid Design Group (Acuity Brands) in Hollister, CA. https://www.linkedin.com/in/pmcnett/ On 4/2/2021 2:38 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: Ed's recent post about the 2010 Dabo video made me wonder about Paul

Paul McNett

2021-04-02 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Ed's recent post about the 2010 Dabo video made me wonder about Paul.  Anybody know what he's up to nowadays?  Haven't seen him here in years. -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

Re: [NF] Desktop Development in the roaring 20s

2021-04-02 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 4/2/2021 10:26 AM, Ed Leafe wrote: On Mar 31, 2021, at 14:11, Paul Hemans wrote: I built an app that allows access to local devices and data while still being a browser, if anyone needs help in that area. I built a desktop app that communicates with a server via HTTP, allowing the app to

Re: [NF] Desktop Development in the roaring 20s

2021-03-29 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
It used to be that you could get a much richer user experience in a desktop app compared to a web app for many head-down data entry kinds of apps.  Is that still true to the most extent? On 3/29/2021 10:32 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: Most of the group will remember Robert Green.

Re: VFP 9 SP2 3 Hot Fix descriptions

2021-03-16 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
the road due to the enormity of this application. Gotta digest this app first before that type of fix/enhancement. Bill Anderson On Mon, Mar 15, 2021 at 10:12 PM MB Software Solutions, LLC < mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote: Hi Bill, I know there's a comprehensive l

Re: VFP 9 SP2 3 Hot Fix descriptions

2021-03-15 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Hi Bill, I know there's a comprehensive listing somewhere, but I wanted to ask if you'd consider our Chinese friend's VFPA Advanced version? (Visual FoxPro 10.00..1909 for Windows) He's got more fixes beyond what M$ did. --Mike On 3/15/2021 5:32 PM, Bill Anderson wrote: Folks, I

Re: Citrix issue or network issue?

2021-03-15 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
WAG:  SET TABLEVALIDATE TO 0 ??? On 3/15/2021 5:40 PM, Bill Anderson wrote: Folks, I'm working on a VFP 9 app that is having issues with Citrix. Or at least that is their explanation. This client upgraded both Citrix and their Windows 2003 Server to something like Windows 2008 or 2012, I don't

Re: CRS and Generating a Data Dictionary.

2021-03-10 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
That's it...knew I heard that right.  Thanks for the links, Ted! On 3/10/2021 3:47 PM, Ted Roche wrote: https://doughennig.blogspot.com/2020/01/stonefield-database-toolkit-is-now-open.html https://github.com/DougHennig/StonefieldDatabaseToolkit On Wed, Mar 10, 2021 at 3:38 PM Vince Teachout

Re: CRS and Generating a Data Dictionary.

2021-03-10 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Also, iirc, Stonefield Database Toolkit was made open source awhile back.  Even at cost, it's super worth it.  Provides great documentation too.  I work with VFP databases with one client and it makes database management so much easier than without it. On 3/10/2021 11:44 AM, Richard Kaye

Re: Debenu.com/FoxItSoftware for creating PDFs

2021-03-09 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
) Frank. Frank Cazabon On 09/03/2021 10:13 am, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: If this were your task (/Task: Create PDFs via scheduled job calls of my Fox EXE for creating "reports at certain times of day" for historical review for various users to view for their own data/), how

Re: Debenu.com/FoxItSoftware for creating PDFs

2021-03-09 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
Thanks for the info, Ajit! Looks like I'll use XFRX to generate the PDFs.  Since I already owned QuickPDF, I was hoping to use it for creation without recreating the wheel. On 3/9/2021 9:37 AM, Ajit Abraham wrote: Hello Mike, On 09/03/2021 17:13, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote

Re: Debenu.com/FoxItSoftware for creating PDFs

2021-03-09 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
I don't think speed is a big deal for this task...having it complete the PDF in 5 seconds is not going to be a deal killer. Imagine the clock striking X o'clock firing off the PDF reports that are supposed to be generated at that hour.  Not a big deal if they complete at X:01, or even X:04 for

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