Re: [OT] Wrath of God upon Indy and . . . Belgium?

2011-08-20 Thread Paul Hill
On Sat, Aug 20, 2011 at 1:04 AM, Pete Theisen petethei...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Everybody, I can understand the strike at degenerate capitalist evil Indianapolis, but aren't the Belgians God's anointed social democrats?

Re: [NF] Top 10 Things to Call a Linux Distro from Microsoft

2011-08-19 Thread Paul Hill
Do you know who was the biggest contributor to the recent 3.0 Linux Kernel? Microsoft. HyperV stuff IIRC. On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Stephen Russell srussell...@gmail.com wrote: Lin11 On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 8:40 AM, Ed Leafe ed.le...@rackspace.com wrote:

Re: Formula to Round to Closest Half Dollar

2011-08-19 Thread Paul Hill
Hi Jerry, Try something like this: FLOOR(3.45/0.5)*0.5 3.0 FLOOR(3.62/0.5)*0.5 3.5 Paul On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Jerry Foote jerryfo...@bellsouth.net wrote: What is vfp formula to Round amount to Closest Half Dollar. Example to round 3.62 to 3.50 Or 3.45 to 3.00 Always to the

Re: [NF] Word printer driver

2011-08-12 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 11:24 PM, Jarvis, Matthew mat...@mckweb.com wrote: Ya know how if you install, for example, CutePDF, then you have a choice to printer anything to that driver and it gives you a PDF document... CutePDF appears as just another printer on your machine and is slick and

Re: [NF] Seeking Free .docx to .doc Conversion Software

2011-08-12 Thread Paul Hill
Open Office can read docx files too. On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 2:31 PM, Grigore Dolghin gdolg...@gmail.com wrote: There is a patch that allows earlier Office versions to open docx files. Is that ok for you? On Fri, Aug 12, 2011 at 4:25 PM, Ken Dibble krdib...@stny.rr.com wrote: Hi All, I'm

Re: [NF] Has two network cards disabled today

2011-08-11 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Aug 11, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Jarvis, Matthew mat...@mckweb.com wrote: Somehow we've got all MS updates locked down to not happen... Supposedly... Our corporate overseers get the updates, test them (and I use that term very loosely), then we get a push from them about these new updates...

Re: [NF] iso file ripper

2011-08-10 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 2:43 AM, John Harvey john.har...@shelbynet.com wrote: I've got a 3+ gig iso file that I want to decompress on my new laptop, so I can install Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit. I don't want to burn to a dvd, just decompress the iso into a folder, so I will have the install files

Re: [NF] W7 strikes again!

2011-08-09 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Aug 9, 2011 at 4:38 PM, Jarvis, Matthew mat...@mckweb.com wrote: Well I guess you need to play more with international environments. Your keyboard is mapped to a language. Characters in Russian have a different ID on the keyboard then my US-EN keyboard. This sets up you your numbers,

Re: [NF] Clipping AVI or MP4 files?

2011-08-07 Thread Paul Hill
On Sun, Aug 7, 2011 at 2:06 AM, Joel N. Fischoff petru...@rcn.com wrote: Heya, I'm looking for a program I can use to clip segments out of a AVI or MP4 file.  Up until now, I've been using VirtualDub, but I've been having some odd problems with it.  For example, there are a few files that I

Re: [OT] Liberalism in academe

2011-08-06 Thread Paul Hill
On Sat, Aug 6, 2011 at 5:47 AM, Pete Theisen petethei...@verizon.net wrote: Michael Oke, II wrote: I read the article and found no reference to his being either Communist nor a liberal. Do you have more information about this individual or are you making specious guesses yet again?

Re: A STRANGE File Does Not Exist Problem...

2011-08-03 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 3:53 PM, Kurt Wendt kurtwe...@waitex.com wrote: Ahoy there Fellow Pro-Fox Groupies! I've stumbed upon a rather strange problem here at work. Yesterday I was connected to a client to trouble-shoot a problem. I was connected via VNC to thier Server - where I was running

Re: A STRANGE File Does Not Exist Problem...

2011-08-03 Thread Paul Hill
am! Thanks, -K- -Original Message- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Paul Hill Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2011 11:07 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: A STRANGE File Does Not Exist Problem... On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 3:53

Re: [OT] Unarmed Police

2011-07-29 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 5:31 AM, Pete Theisen petethei...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Everybody, http://www.nationalreview.com/articles/272819/when-i-m-president-c-jay-nordlinger?page=2 When hearing about the Norway massacre, I had many thoughts, of course. And one of them was this: The police

Re: [OT] Unarmed Police

2011-07-29 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 7:39 AM, Michael Madigan mmadi10...@yahoo.com wrote: Why would you want unarmed police when the terrorists are armed to the teeth? Because a gun is no use against a bomb. Because sometimes police shoot innocent people. Because armed police promote encourage armed

Re: [OT] Unarmed Police

2011-07-29 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 9:47 AM, Michael Madigan mmadi10...@yahoo.com wrote: So a man man comes onto an island and has a shooting spree for 90 minutes and nobody has a gun to shoot him.  I guess those 90 people were safer without owning a gun. The people on the island were kids teachers

Re: [NF] Video Editing Software

2011-07-29 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Lou Syracuse l...@iconmediadirect.com wrote: I think this has been asked before, but.  does anyone have a recommendation for a decent, low-cost Video Editing package? I just finished a little project where I had to video tape a skit for my department, but

Re: [NF] Video Editing Software

2011-07-29 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 4:45 PM, Paul Hill paulroberth...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Jul 29, 2011 at 4:18 PM, Lou Syracuse l...@iconmediadirect.com wrote: I think this has been asked before, but.  does anyone have a recommendation for a decent, low-cost Video Editing package? I just

Re: [NF] Video Editing Software

2011-07-29 Thread Paul Hill
I've got one of these: http://www.amazon.co.uk/EasyCAP-Video-Audio-Capture-Card/dp/B0011N9QNC/ref=tag_stp_s2_edpp_url Cheap and cheerful, but seems to work fine. Hard to tell with old VHS tapes though... £5.99 = approx 10 USD I'm trying to convert a video from my (now deceased) great uncles

Re: new server advice

2011-07-12 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 3:30 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: On 7/12/2011 10:52 AM, James E Harvey wrote: I believe I understand a benefit is the ability to have only physical box, but several servers running separately on that box.  Upside

Re: data problems vfp9sp1

2011-07-11 Thread Paul Hill
On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 12:17 PM, Allen pro...@gatwicksoftware.com wrote: Seems the data is also on XP. I'm sure I have run XP as a data server without problems before. Don't forget XP has a 5 user share limitation. -- Paul ___ Post Messages to:

Re: data problems vfp9sp1

2011-07-11 Thread Paul Hill
You're right Michael. But I'd be inclined to tell the customer it's 5 ;-) On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Michael Oke, II oke...@gmail.com wrote: 10 users, last time I checked anyhow. Michael Oke, II 661-349-6221 oke...@gmail.com On Jul 11, 2011 8:12 AM, Paul Hill paulroberth...@gmail.com

Re: [OT] Proxy server

2011-07-05 Thread Paul Hill
Download a pirate copy and send the author $$$ via paypal? On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 8:36 PM, Eurico Chagas Filho e28cha...@yahoo.com.br wrote: No, they deny on the grounds that they can only sell to USA or Canada. It's a $ 7.95 book, i have a friend that can buy it for me and send by email, or

Re: [OT] US to bail Greece?

2011-07-02 Thread Paul Hill
17% maybe, not 70%! On Sat, Jul 2, 2011 at 4:17 AM, Nicholas Geti ng...@optonline.net wrote: On Lehr News tonight the interviewee (don't recall his name) said that the new woman in charge of the IMF will be asking the U.S. to help bail out Greece. The way this works is that the IMF is funded

Re: [NF] Questions on migrating VFP app

2011-06-26 Thread Paul Hill
On Sun, Jun 26, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Ken Dibble krdib...@frontiernet.net wrote: And one more thing: I am still waiting for your answer on this: what your application does if the user wants to search for Mom and Pop shop (double quotes included, because that's the real name of the shop)? I really

Re: Universal Thread is slowing down????

2011-06-22 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Stephen Russell srussell...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jun 22, 2011 at 11:59 AM, Grigore Dolghin gdolg...@gmail.com wrote: I believe that's because Michel is too greedy. I ceased logging in to UT a long while ago because if you want to search, you need to pay.

Re: [OT] How to cheat my location

2011-06-21 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 1:06 PM, Eurico Chagas Filho e28cha...@yahoo.com.br wrote: I was in NY early this month and signed to some sites to watch videos. Now i am back to brazil and i get this message saying i cannot watch because it's forbiden from this location. Does anyone know hw to

Re: [OT] Atheists in the foxholes.

2011-06-18 Thread Paul Hill
Hi Pete, I don't see why not. A chaplain provides spiritual advice counselling. Spirituality != religion. Paul On Sat, Jun 18, 2011 at 11:04 AM, Pete Theisen petethei...@verizon.net wrote: Hi Everybody, http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/27/us/27atheists.html I don't know what to say about

Re: Error Condition 109

2011-06-17 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Jun 17, 2011 at 6:32 AM, Sytze de Boer sytze.k...@gmail.com wrote: Great way to go into the weekend My client has loaded a large batch file for updating stock on hand and is greeted with my error message reference 109, Record is in use by someone else System uses free tables without

Re: virtual servers

2011-06-09 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Jun 9, 2011 at 10:21 PM, John Harvey john.har...@shelbynet.com wrote: Yeah, I installed HyperV 2008 Rs server, but it has to run as it's on os, not as a VM under Windows 7. I  have a multi-boot menu, which I guess I may have to use, or else bite the bullet and get a copy of VM Ware.

Re: vRunFox - Now Open Sourced!

2011-06-08 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 2:14 AM, Ed Leafe e...@leafe.com wrote: On Jun 7, 2011, at 5:45 PM, Kurt Wendt wrote: I was confused at first as well - but, then I saw what the deal really was. Those other links have also to do with allowing people to update the code!        If you have git

Re: vfp vs tsql

2011-05-31 Thread Paul Hill
It kind of does: SELECT Name, ROW_NUMBER() OVER (ORDER BY Name ASC) AS RowNumber FROM Contacts Returns: Hammarberg, jesper 1 (Shanghai) Co.Ltd 2 1Dagskassa 3 733 VA Syd 4 Aastedt, Eva-Kristina 5 Ab Banankompaniet Er 43 6 This is useful where working with 'paged' data.

Re: [NF] Smartphone Questions

2011-05-26 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, May 26, 2011 at 9:25 AM, Allen pro...@gatwicksoftware.com wrote: I got an android Samsung galaxy s and I like the operating system, as far as the way it works. However I have two SIM's and I returned to France and swopped them only to find the apps fell over. I now have to reinstall

Re: Trick for converting unicode files to ansi.

2011-05-25 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 10:29 AM, Michael Madigan mmadi10...@yahoo.com wrote: A customer sent me a whole bunch of .csv files in unicode instead of ansi. a cool trick to convert almost all unicode files to ansi is to type the file and redirect the output. type unicode.csv ansi.csv Nice

Re: CATHY I JUST REALIZED WHO YOU WERE

2011-05-24 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Pete Theisen petethei...@verizon.net wrote: Allen wrote: works ok in the uk without guns :) Hi Al, It is my understanding that the cops without guns in the UK are in instant radio communication with cops who do have guns. Not just any guns, full auto guns.

Re: Rapture: new prediction [OT]

2011-05-24 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 5:15 PM, Nicholas Geti ng...@optonline.net wrote: Let's see. If I deposit $1000 dollars in my bank account, how much will I have in 4.5 billion years? At the rate UK banks are currently offering, not a lot! Not that it's an issue for me at the moment as my savings are

[NF] Wireless security

2011-05-24 Thread Paul Hill
Hi All, Just tried my hand at wifi cracking. Using the BackTrack Linux distribution (boots from USB) AirCrack I was able to crack my neighbours wifi in about 15 minutes. I was also able to capture a WPA authentication packet, which in theory is crackable with a dictionary attack. Tip of the

Re: Rapture: new prediction [OT]

2011-05-24 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, May 24, 2011 at 8:18 PM, Pete Theisen petethei...@verizon.net wrote: Paul Hill wrote: Not that it's an issue for me at the moment as my savings are in my solicitors bank account, while I wait for my new [1] property deal to fail (currently 3 months). [1] 1890, new by London standards

Re: [NF] New name for Skype?

2011-05-12 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, May 12, 2011 at 4:49 PM, Jarvis, Matthew mat...@mckweb.com wrote: Maybe M$ has designs on like you said - aquiring the Skype infrastructure (??) for its' own purposes... or maybe they have plans to buy Ma Bell and just skuttle Skype in order to make money via good old fashioned phone

Re: transact sql

2011-05-11 Thread Paul Hill
I prefer: SELECT * FROM invoices WHERE DATEDIFF(Day, invdate, getdate()) = 0 'Day' can be Month, Year, etc. On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 8:07 PM, Rafael Copquin rcopq...@ciudad.com.ar wrote: I am using 2008 and did not know that. I tried this: select * from invoices where invdate=cast(getdate()

Re: [NF] web hosting location

2011-05-09 Thread Paul Hill
Hi James, I think this is just where the domain is registered? Try a trace route, this is what I get: tracert www.theblackbook.com Tracing route to www.theblackbook.com [69.175.39.218] over a maximum of 30 hops: 11 ms * 1 ms hoist-dc5.hoistlondon.com [192.168.0.254] 2 *

Re: [OT] Bin Laden probably IS dead

2011-05-08 Thread Paul Hill
http://www.b3tards.com/u/899d78c16b9bb1676226/royal_joke.jpg On Sun, May 8, 2011 at 10:29 PM, Michael Madigan mmadi10...@yahoo.com wrote: Another reason it would have been better to capture him alive.  According to The Atlantic, the orders were to kill him, not capture him. --- On Sun,

Re: [NF] Give Chrome a try

2011-05-03 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 9:40 AM, Thierry Nivelet tnive...@foxincloud.com wrote: Faster at HTML display and/or javascript execution ? Faster at sending your browsing habits to Google :-) -- Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

Re: ODBC from FPDos?

2011-04-28 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 9:20 PM, Stephen Russell srussell...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 28, 2011 at 3:12 PM, Kevin Cully kcu...@cullytechnologies.com wrote: I think you were addressing the opposite of what I'm needing.  There is a client with a FPDos application and wants to upsize some of

Re: [NF] Lock down your WI-FI RIGHT NOW!

2011-04-25 Thread Paul Hill
On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Ted Roche tedro...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 25, 2011 at 11:53 AM, Richard Kaye rk...@artfact.com wrote: You don't have to broadcast the SSID Broadcasting your SSID is not a security vulnerability, any more than having house numbers on your house. If you

Re: [NF] SharpDevelop

2011-04-14 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 4:59 PM, Dave Crozier dcroz...@flexipol.co.uk wrote: I'm looking at the Android Mono dot net port at the moment with a view of porting some C# code over onto an Android Pad. All working on the GUI front but I need to sort out the database connection(s) as of yet...

Re: [NF] SharpDevelop

2011-04-14 Thread Paul Hill
I'm guessing it runs in a Mono environment? So could be used with non-Windows platforms. On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 5:06 PM, Alan Bourke alanpbou...@fastmail.fm wrote: I've had a look at it from time to time but I don't know why you'd use it over the Express versions of Visual Studio, unless you

Re: [NF] Windows 8!

2011-04-13 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:22 AM, Alan Bourke alanpbou...@fastmail.fm wrote: At a guess I would say the ribbon will feature heavily, and there will be no 32-bit version. Except maybe an ARM 32-bit version? -- Paul ___ Post Messages to:

Re: [NF] Windows 8!

2011-04-13 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 3:07 PM, Stephen Russell srussell...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 8:03 AM, Alan Bourke alanpbou...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Wed, 13 Apr 2011 07:43 -0500, Stephen Russell srussell...@gmail.com wrote: What volume or percentage of new systems are like this

Re: [NF] Remote Access

2011-04-13 Thread Paul Hill
Hi All, Personally I would advise NOT to use Logmein or similar services. The performance of Remote Desktop/Terminal services is *far* superior. Jeff, what exactly are the problems you are having? Windows supports VPN Remote Desktop out of the box. Be sure to enable TCP port 1723 to the

Re: [NF] Remote Access

2011-04-13 Thread Paul Hill
experience, the performance differences in terms of screen drawing is roughly equivalent. I also find LMI's file transfer blows the doors off copying files via RDP. -- rk -Original Message- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Paul

Re: [NF] Remote desktop (Windows to Linux)

2011-04-13 Thread Paul Hill
Hi Malcolm, You could try an X-Windows client for Windows. Cygwin has one, but I've never used it: http://x.cygwin.com/ It's not really remote desktop, it allows you to run X-Windows apps locally. Have a read up here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-windows Regards, Paul On Wed, Apr 13, 2011

Re: [NF] Remote Access

2011-04-13 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Apr 13, 2011 at 11:05 PM, Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com wrote: The problem we are having is on the host computer (not a server).  We can not get the remote to connect to the host using a vpn.  The error 789 is saying all kinds of stuff about shared keys and it seems a lot more

Re: Testing for leap year?

2011-04-12 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 10:59 PM, Paul McNett p...@ulmcnett.com wrote: On 4/12/11 2:56 PM, Ed Leafe wrote: On Apr 12, 2011, at 5:54 PM, Paul McNett wrote:  But I like Mike's TRY/CATCH approach.       In Python you could do that, or simply: import calendar return calendar.isleap(year)

Re: Testing for leap year?

2011-04-12 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 11:08 PM, Paul McNett p...@ulmcnett.com wrote: On 4/12/11 2:56 PM, Ed Leafe wrote: import calendar return calendar.isleap(year) Hmm, looking at the source, at least in Python 2.6.5, I think the isleap() function isn't as efficient as it could be. But it is one line.

Re: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-11 Thread Paul Hill
Dragon 32 here (British Tandy Coco clone). Games were scarce so I started playing around with BASIC. The rest is history... Kids today don't have this kind of experience. On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 3:52 AM, Ken Dibble krdib...@frontiernet.net wrote: Raise your hands if yoj didn't start with at

Re: I bet I'm the only person on the planet ..

2011-04-11 Thread Paul Hill
I had 2 clients upgrade from DOS this year, 10 last year. They're still out there! On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Geoff data...@adam.com.au wrote: Hard to imagine someone who WONT upgrade from DOS. It's not unlike upgrading from your horse to a car and asking why you even need a reason!

Re: [NF] Anyone See This?

2011-04-11 Thread Paul Hill
On Mon, Apr 11, 2011 at 8:10 AM, Adam Buckland adam.buckl...@eurohill.com wrote: 6809... nuff said great bit of kit at the time... Yep. A joy to program, as was its big brother, the 68000. -- Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

Re: Windows 7/Office 2010 rollout

2011-04-08 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Alan Bourke alanpbou...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Thu, 07 Apr 2011 12:01 -0400, Ted Roche tedro...@gmail.com wrote: If you're getting more than 2 Gb of RAM, folks will likely opt for 64-bit OS I find most customers are going down the 64-bit route, and they might

Re: VFP a .NET language

2011-04-08 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Rick Schummer pro...@whitelightcomputing.com wrote: Ken Levy is off working on his own company Ken also presents the CodeCast podcast, which I highly recommend. -- Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: Barcode on FedEx Express label

2011-03-30 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 5:35 PM, Mike Copeland mlcopel...@gmail.com wrote: Anyone have experience with a FedEx barcode that appears to be a very odd format? Hi Mike. Got an iPhone or an Android phone? If so try one of the barcode apps. They support many types of barcode, both 2d 3d. --

Re: [NF] Interesting new programming certification.

2011-03-29 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 9:37 AM, Alan Bourke alanpbou...@fastmail.fm wrote: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2007/03/the-works-on-my-machine-certification-program.html I work with someone who says that all the time... -- Paul ___ Post Messages to:

Re: VFP9 Help has died

2011-03-29 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Mar 29, 2011 at 11:25 PM, Mike Copeland mlcopel...@gmail.com wrote: ...literally. For some odd reason, the HELP is no longer accessible from within VFP9 (sp2) on my WinXP development system. I press F1, nothing. Type help in the command window, nadda. CLick Help on the menu bar,

Re: OFF OFF Topic -- But important

2011-03-24 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Mar 24, 2011 at 10:08 PM, Mike Copeland mlcopel...@gmail.com wrote: I'm finding that folks are not so wild about Win7 AFTER they get some time with it and its new security model. The security model has pretty much been the same since NT4. I guess you're talking about UAC? Why not

Re: Where to install a VFP exe and its data on Windows 7?

2011-03-20 Thread Paul Hill
On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 8:34 PM, Mike Copeland mlcopel...@gmail.com wrote: Ditto. I've always created my own folder off the root and created my own subfolder structure. I never saw the benefit of putting code files in C:\program files\Genesis Group\Application Name and data files in some

Re: [NF] Backup software recommendations

2011-03-14 Thread Paul Hill
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 5:07 PM, Tracy Pearson tr...@powerchurch.com wrote: Ted Roche wrote on 2011-03-14: On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 12:06 PM, Tracy Pearson tr...@powerchurch.com wrote: Plug in an external hard drive and a program will launch. Many of the inexpensive external drives come with

Re: [NF] Upgrading Computers

2011-03-10 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Mar 11, 2011 at 6:06 AM, Dan Covill dcov...@san.rr.com wrote: UAC, on the other hand, is constantly in your face. Really? I hardly ever see it. Don't see what the fuss is about. -- Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

Re: Windows 7 + VFP9 speed problem

2011-03-03 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Mar 3, 2011 at 3:29 PM, Alan Bourke alanpbou...@fastmail.fm wrote: If you have a Windows Server 2008 in the mix you definitely need to either set the server to use SMB1 over SMB2, or alternatively apply the SMB2 hotfix that MS released recently. This will stop index corruption issues

Re: [NF] Format laptop hard drive

2011-03-02 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 7:31 PM, david Smith dsm...@doandelivers.com wrote: Two words: Shop Magnet. A few moments under one of the technicians monstrously powerful magnets and the data is gone forever. I'm not entirely convinced. Have you ever played with the magnets inside a hard drive?

Re: [NF] Format laptop harddrive

2011-03-02 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 9:21 PM, Jarvis, Matthew mat...@mckweb.com wrote: It may seem silly but I don't think driving a nail thru a drive or shooting it full of holes is good enough - if someone really really really wanted to read what was left of the drive, they could devise a way to do that.

Re: [NF] Bluetooth headphones/mic, but NOT for phone?

2011-03-01 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Vincent Teachout tea...@taconic.net wrote: Does such a creature exist as a bluetooth Headphone/mic set, but NOT for a cell phone?  I like my Skype, except for the fact that I'm tethered near the laptop for calls.  Would like to be able to pace around.  Am

Re: Variable name oddity?

2011-02-22 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 7:16 PM, Ted Roche tedro...@gmail.com wrote: Single letters are assumed to be aliases for work areas a through j. Don't use them as objects. For that matter, don't use them as work areas, either, aliases are much better ways to refer to tables and cursors. Don't you

Re: Win API Struct conversion to vfp

2011-02-16 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 8:56 AM, na...@syedjunaidalam.com wrote: Hi Paul, DECLARE INTEGER BS_ReadLogCache IN BS_SDK.DLL INTEGER handle, INTEGER @numOfLog, STRING @logRecord result = BS_ReadLogCache(lnhandle, @lnNumOfLog, @lcBuffs) lnNumOfLog : returns integer 2 when I record my finger on

Re: Win API Struct conversion to vfp

2011-02-14 Thread Paul Hill
On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:30 PM, na...@syedjunaidalam.com wrote: Hi, I want to convert this following c/c++ code into vfp. This code is provided by the Biometric TA SDK. Their .NET/VB sample is working fine. But VB ocx control has some strange problem in vfp. Sometimes, when I open the

Re: [OT] Tablet

2011-02-10 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 3:36 PM, Jean Laeremans laeremans.jeanma...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 3:51 PM, Stephen Russell srussell...@gmail.comwrote: On Thu, Feb 10, 2011 at 4:54 AM, Charlie Coleman colem...@acm.org wrote: Getting an OS update on an Android device is difficult

Re: VFP and Source control

2011-02-04 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 6:13 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: On 2/4/2011 11:24 AM, Lou Syracuse wrote: Is anyone using source control with VFP? We use SourceGear's Vault here, Lou.  I think there's a free version too I've also used

Re: [OT] Last of the IP addresses allocated today

2011-02-04 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 4:58 PM, Nicholas Geti ng...@optonline.net wrote: The Internet today runs out of IP addresses under the current IPv4 format. The last four blocks were allocated. The Internet will go to the IPv6 format in order to generate more available addresses. Machines will have to

Re: VFP and Source control

2011-02-04 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 7:17 PM, Ted Roche tedro...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 11:24 AM, Lou Syracuse l...@iconmediadirect.com wrote: Is anyone using source control with VFP? Only the professionals. By definition, I think. You ain't one without the other, imnsho. Agreed.

Re: old dos program

2011-02-04 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Feb 4, 2011 at 9:25 PM, Steve Ellenoff sellen...@pinmame.com wrote: If you're running Windows 7 ( I assume so since you said it's a new machine), it won't run 16 bit programs out of the box if I recall correctly. There was some chatter on this list about it a couple weeks ago. It's

[NF] Router Suggestions

2011-01-31 Thread Paul Hill
Hi Folks, I need an ethernet router that does the following: - Supports a range of external ip addresses - Allows me to forward external addresses and/or a single port to a machine on my internal network - Provides NAT Firewall etc for internal machines to access the internet. It looks like

Re: [NF] Router Suggestions

2011-01-31 Thread Paul Hill
On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 6:23 PM, Ted Roche tedro...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 9:27 AM, Paul Hill paulroberth...@gmail.com wrote: I need an ethernet router that does the following: - Supports a range of external ip addresses Just to clarify, you have a range of IP addresses

Re: vfp9 and t sql (just a a quickie)

2011-01-24 Thread Paul Hill
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 11:38 AM, Rafael Copquin rcopq...@hotmail.com wrote: Please tell me how to replace the following vfp functions with their equivalent T-SQL functions (for SQL Server) Hi Rafael , NVL ISNULL( check_expression ,replacement_value ) VAL CONVERT(int, xxx) they are

Re: [NF] installing VS 2010 from downloaded ISO

2011-01-24 Thread Paul Hill
So does 7-Zip, which is far better, and free-er than WinRAR :-) On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 6:33 PM, Alan Bourke alanpbou...@fastmail.fm wrote: WinRAR, aside from being the best archive manager, will handle ISO files. So just extract it to a folder and run setup from there. On Mon, 24 Jan 2011

Re: [NF] Connecting XP to W98 to get tables

2011-01-24 Thread Paul Hill
On Mon, Jan 24, 2011 at 10:37 PM, Jeff Johnson j...@san-dc.com wrote: This is fun!  Kind of like a puzzle.  No CD, No Internet connection, and too big for floppies.  The only practical way is to connect with the crossover cable. How about a Laplink cable!?! Zip programs often allow you to

Re: macro substitution in T-SQL

2011-01-20 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 4:01 AM, Stephen Russell srussell...@gmail.com wrote: SQL injection is a tough thing.  When there is no textbox axis and it is not via the url you could be safe.  It is hard to know how to do it and when to NOT use it. Using sp_executesql() can help: EXECUTE

Re: [NF] Convert variety of databases (including Access, FoxPro) to SQLite

2011-01-13 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 4:19 PM, Ted Roche tedro...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 8:39 AM, Alan Bourke alanpbou...@fastmail.fm wrote: Since SQLite isn't really good in multiuser environments you'd have to wonder why someone using Oracle or SQL Server would want to move to it.

Re: Windows 7 Professional 64 bit and VFP 9

2011-01-07 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Jan 7, 2011 at 5:37 PM, Malcolm Greene pro...@bdurham.com wrote: 2. When you say 16-bit Foxen, does this include FoxPro for Windows 2.6? It does. Strictly speaking this is not a Windows 7 problem. You will also have the same problem on any 64bit Windows OS, such as 64bit Vista 64bit

Re: [OT] HOT Tax

2011-01-02 Thread Paul Hill
On Sun, Jan 2, 2011 at 11:19 AM, Publius Maximus publius.b.maxi...@gmail.com wrote: I love the idea. Decided to post a blog about it at my new literary dumping ground: http://blog.bobcalco.net By the way, I wasn't a huge fan of Stephen Baxter's Ark either. -- Paul

Re: [NF] Android Database

2010-12-23 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 3:56 PM, Alan Bourke alanpbou...@fastmail.fm wrote: I don't know of any others - you might find that you'd have to develop an application (APK) to do it, and bundle the DB with it. Out of interest, does anyone here develop Android apps? From a business app point of view

Re: [NF] Android Database

2010-12-23 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Dec 23, 2010 at 10:09 PM, Alan Bourke alanpbou...@fastmail.fm wrote: Out of interest, does anyone here develop Android apps? From a business app point of view it seems a better platform than iPhone/iPad simply because you don't need to put your app on the store, or get it approved

Re: [NF] Best Remote Access

2010-12-22 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 3:22 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: On 12/22/2010 3:24 AM, Alan Bourke wrote: Remote Desktop either through a VPN for extra security or not. We have any number of customers who do this. Put your app on a hosted server in

Re: [NF] Best Remote Access

2010-12-22 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 4:36 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: On 12/22/2010 11:24 AM, Paul Hill wrote: On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 3:22 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com  wrote: On 12/22/2010 3:24 AM, Alan

Re: [NF] is this real or an early April Fools joke?

2010-12-19 Thread Paul Hill
Isn't this pretty much what Google Googles does? (which runs on Android iPhone) On Sun, Dec 19, 2010 at 9:12 AM, a...@gatwicksoftware.com wrote: If it is and when its in French It's the only reason I would have to buy an iphoney. Al -Original Message- From: Alan Bourke I think

Re: ODBC

2010-12-12 Thread Paul Hill
On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 12:01 AM, Bill Anderson billan...@gmail.com wrote: I believe Sybase has a VFP 64 bit ODBC driver (check the Advantage Database Server). That would be the Advantage ODBC Driver I assume? If that's the case it requires the Advantage Dlls and will be limited to 5 users

Amazon is down

2010-12-12 Thread Paul Hill
Wow. Most of Amazons European sites are down, .com is still working (for now). Confirmed by many on Twitter. Bummer, I'm trying to do my Christmas shopping! Hope the cart remembers my items! http://thenextweb.com/uk/2010/12/12/amazon-co-uk-and-de-are-down-is-anonymous-to-blame/ -- Paul

Re: Amazon is down

2010-12-12 Thread Paul Hill
Back again. All hail the cloud! On Sun, Dec 12, 2010 at 9:25 PM, Paul Hill paulroberth...@gmail.com wrote: Wow.  Most of Amazons European sites are down, .com is still working (for now). Confirmed by many on Twitter. Bummer, I'm trying to do my Christmas shopping!  Hope the cart remembers

Re: Visual Studio 2010 and databases

2010-12-12 Thread Paul Hill
Hi Al, You realise SQL Server Express is free right? 10Gb database limit though. Flat files may be OK for a single user app but for multi users they suck. Especially with all the SMB2 OpLocks problems we see these days. Paul On Mon, Dec 13, 2010 at 5:41 AM, a...@gatwicksoftware.com wrote:

Re: [NF] Decentralized P2P

2010-12-11 Thread Paul Hill
Didn't the Gnutella network (Limewire, Shareaza, etc) do this years ago? On Sat, Dec 11, 2010 at 3:15 PM, Ricardo Araoz ricar...@gmail.com wrote: Have you checked this? What do you think? http://www.tribler.org http://www.tribler.org/ -- Paul ___

Re: [NF] Build your own

2010-12-10 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 6:58 PM, Lou Syracuse l...@iconmediadirect.com wrote: There haven't been a lot of changes to the size of motherboards.  ATX has been the defacto-standard size for years.  But there ARE others out there. Even AT cases are somewhat compatible with ATX. My Linux box is in

Re: [NF] Build your own

2010-12-10 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 7:33 PM, a...@gatwicksoftware.com wrote: BTW I noticed that VFP does not make use of dual processors. So you only get half the speed on duals. But somewhere I saw code to allow VFP to choose the part of the dual. Hi Al, It tends to be a problem with older languages.

Re: [NF] Build your own

2010-12-10 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Dec 10, 2010 at 7:50 PM, Dan Covill dcov...@san.rr.com wrote: Dual processors are still worth it. Can you even buy a non-dual processor PC these days? I'm typing this on a cheap (~$500) Celeron laptop. 64bit dual core, about a year old. Runs Visual Studio great. -- Paul

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