Re: [OT] 25 billion won't do it?

2008-11-21 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Kristyne McDaniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fred, > >> When the smoke clears away and all the miscellaneous >> bills finish trickling in, the total for this will be >> about $28K. > > Sounds about like my bloody nose that wouldn't stop bleeding last year. The > b

Re: [OT] 25 billion won't do it?

2008-11-21 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Nov 21, 2008 at 6:32 PM, Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All discussions are useless, don't change the subject! Let me put it > another way: After taxes, can the euro-slaves really claim to have any > money left to live comfortable lives? Understanding "comfortable" as > including

Re: [NF] Tools released to add to Silverlight development

2008-11-12 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 2:12 PM, Stephen Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have placed the url for a demo of the new telerik controls that have > just been released. The speed of how silverlight works is very > impressive. this is not AJAX at all. > >

Re: OLEDB VFP in Visual Studio

2008-11-12 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:03 AM, geoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > yeah tried that no difference. Just as well I wil be using VFP to > export to SQL and not relying on this. Ive tried it on a vista > machine as well and it actually kills VS2008! just goota be something > else. Thanks for the help

Re: [OT] Idiot Californians approve Bullet Train development

2008-11-06 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Nov 6, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Larry Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Build the highways, let EVERYONE benefit from dollars spent. You seem to be forgetting something Larry, roads are built from taxpayers money also. -- Paul ___ Post Messages to:

Re: [NF] VMWare of other Virtualization software

2008-11-04 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 2:19 PM, David Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've had great luck with Sun VirtualBox under Linux. Runs XP and W2K > flawlessly. It's free too :) Same here. I was using it to run a small Linux distro for testing under XP. Normally I use VirtualPC but I couldn't get thi

Re: Helpdesk (2)

2008-10-21 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 8:50 PM, Sytze de Boer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I downloaded the file. > Do I have to install VFP5 to run it ? No, you can run the exe from VFP9 like I did :-) e.g. do c:\helpdesk\HDNODE3.EXE > On Sat, Oct 18, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Stephen Weeks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:

Re: [OT] Bunnygate

2008-10-19 Thread Paul Hill
On Sun, Oct 19, 2008 at 3:34 PM, Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Everybody! > > Intended to provide abundant and cheap food for North Korea's poor, > eight giant breeding stock bunnies have disappeared and the program > cancelled. Kim Jong Il says "I did not eat that rabbit at my birth

Re: POS application

2008-10-18 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Oct 17, 2008 at 7:53 PM, Michael Madigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We wrote a POS system years ago that wasn't nearly as good as a commercial > product. I no longer have the source for it. We have a simple POS module in our Hotel software. To be honest it's not very good. Now we tel

Re: [OT] Bookies stop taking bets on Alien Landing

2008-10-14 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Oct 14, 2008 at 5:26 AM, Michael Madigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/editors-choice/2008/10/13/bookies-suspend-bets-on-alien-landing-86908-20798802/ Heard something about this on the radio last night, this is all I can find: http://www.news.com.au/dailyte

Re: [NF] VB.Net Questions

2008-10-06 Thread Paul Hill
On Mon, Oct 6, 2008 at 9:43 AM, Dave Crozier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John, > I concur with the other group comments but would suggest that you seriously > look at C# as opposed to VB.Net. Agreed. Although I'm still starting out with .NET there seems to be much more information out there on C

Re: [NF] Anybody using USB Gigabit ethernet adapters?

2008-10-04 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Oct 2, 2008 at 10:48 PM, Michael Madigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is anyone using USB gigabit Ethernet adapters? If so, how are they > performing. > > I suppose there is the 2.0 USB limit that is about half of Gigabit, but are > they worth installing, particularly on laptops? You pr

Re: [NF] Converting a MOV file

2008-10-01 Thread Paul Hill
Resending to NF... On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 10:27 PM, Paul Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Cathy Pountney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> I have a small clip taken with a digital camera and the extension is MOV. I >> want to convert it

Re: Memory compaction/clean up

2008-10-01 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 10:00 PM, Lew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've just had an app blow up while loading a 1.3g file via file2str(). It was > the second file that size, the > first one processed ok. I was able to process the second, but only after > re-booting the machine, so I'm > wondering

Re: [OT] Converting a MOV file

2008-10-01 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 8:54 PM, Cathy Pountney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a small clip taken with a digital camera and the extension is MOV. I > want to convert it to AVI or something better suited so I can edit it, make > it shorter, and post it on my website. Any suggestions on how to do

Re: [OT] Is this the last British man who hasn't lost his mind?

2008-10-01 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Oct 1, 2008 at 7:22 AM, Michael Madigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ox2-Wun2dIg http://www.patcondell.net/ "Welcome to Pat Condell's Godless Comedy" Nice God bless Atheish t-shirts!!! You've got some competition there Mike, LOL! -- Paul ___

Re: [NF] 2008 Backup?

2008-09-25 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Sep 25, 2008 at 8:16 PM, Michael Madigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Gil introduced me to syncback and it is awesome and free. Thanks Mike, looks interesting, I'll have a look at this tomorrow! -- Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

[NF] 2008 Backup?

2008-09-25 Thread Paul Hill
Hi All, Been struggling with the backup that's included in 2008 this morning and just come across this: http://www.leedesmond.com/weblog/?p=333 Windows Server 2008 Backup Features: * it is no longer possible to pick individual files, folders or Windows system state for backup * backup ca

Re: FPW 2.6 apps compatible with Vista?

2008-09-18 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 8:46 PM, Alan Bourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 11:53:48 -0700, "Paul McNett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> So... what to do to avoid this situation in the future? For FPW apps, >> you can at least compile them in VFP to make them 32-bit. But what do we

Re: FPW 2.6 apps compatible with Vista?

2008-09-18 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 7:26 PM, Paul McNett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Hill wrote: >> On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 5:54 PM, Alan Bourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:53:54 -0400, "Malcolm Greene" >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: FPW 2.6 apps compatible with Vista?

2008-09-18 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 5:54 PM, Alan Bourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:53:54 -0400, "Malcolm Greene" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> Anyone have any experience running FPW 2.6 apps under Vista? If >> so, how well does this work and what are the problems. > > Works about t

Re: [OT] finally some good news

2008-09-18 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 4:21 PM, Michael Madigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article4780648.ece Shocking! -- Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/ma

Re: [NF] Freeing up disk space in a pinch

2008-09-18 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 12:59 PM, Alan Bourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 18 Sep 2008 07:36:44 +0100, "Dave Crozier" > >> In addition to that download CCleaner from www.CCleaner.com (Free) and > > But don't run it if you have Visual Studio installed, as every time I > have it has require

Re: [NF]

2008-09-17 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Sep 18, 2008 at 3:34 AM, Mike Wohlrab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Go 64 bit otherwise windows 32 bit has a 4 GB limitation. The max is actually 3.5GB (with a special boot.in switch). The extra .5 is needed for memory mapped hardware etc. -- Paul __

Re: SQL > not optimised - Rushmore failing

2008-09-12 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 11:41 AM, NickC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Getting back to the original problem I think I have found the cause, not > necessarily the solution but at least getting closer. > > > Further testing suggests that the cause is SET ANSI ON!!! > > In ADO SET ANSI is ON by default,

Re: Theft Retrieval software

2008-08-27 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 9:04 PM, Peter Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi John > > I thought about this some time ago. What is needed I think is something > that runs as a service like a virus, then checks to see if it can > communicate with the device of choice, if not it emails you with enough

Re: Theft Retrieval software

2008-08-27 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 9:16 PM, Mike yearwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi John > > I recently saw a news story about a girl whose apartment was robbed. > She connected to her laptop somehow and used its webcam to photograph > the user. It turned out to be a friend of a friend that had attended

Re: [OT] You Tube version of Jay-walking

2008-08-26 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Aug 26, 2008 at 4:11 AM, Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Everybody! > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJuNgBkloFE&feature=related Did they add subtitles so Americans can understand the Aussie [1] accent. [1] That would be Austria of course. Land of kangaroos. -- Paul __

Re: [OT] I've changed my mind about Obama

2008-08-22 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 6:59 PM, Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Secondly, no form of birth control, besides abstinence, is 100% effective. > > This is true. The pill or condom + foam are only 98% effective. If you > get caught in the 2% consider the child a gift from God and welcome > h

Re: [NF] Camtasia

2008-08-22 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Aug 22, 2008 at 8:36 AM, Peter Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi > > I know that some of you use Camtasia to produce Videos so I wonder if > anyone can help. > > One of my Clients is trying to produce a video on DVD to send to their > Clients. The Video shows how to Navigate and fill in

Re: [NF] Dialup Internet Backup

2008-08-13 Thread Paul Hill
In my experience if there's a fault it normally in the 'last mile'. So your backup will probably fail too. Just hijack someone's wireless :-) On Wed, Aug 13, 2008 at 1:47 PM, Jeff Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree with that Paul. The only reason I would be using it is because > the pr

Re: [NF] Pictures of the Large Hadron Collider

2008-08-03 Thread Paul Hill
On Sun, Aug 3, 2008 at 4:19 AM, Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.boston.com/bigpicture/2008/08/the_large_hadron_collider.html > > ( -or- http://twurl.nl/q6tenx ) > >All I can say is - awesome! You realise when they fire that thing up it will create a black hole and we'll al

Re: [NF] 500 GB external hard disk, $79.00

2008-07-30 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 2:13 PM, Alan Bourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Compare and contrast with a tape of similar capacity ... Well tapes are around $30 but the drives aint cheap. -- Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Mainte

Re: VFP Tip o' the day

2008-07-30 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 2:36 PM, Vince Teachout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Garrett Fitzgerald wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 30, 2008 at 09:11, Richard Kaye <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> I needed to review a bunch of prgs in a folder. I didn't want to have to >>> modi comm each in the command window b

Re: Browse problem

2008-07-27 Thread Paul Hill
On Sun, Jul 27, 2008 at 9:52 AM, Bryant Minard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can someone explain why this coding will not work? > > Browse field1 :7 (this works, sets the field width to 7 characters) > > N=7 > Browse field1 :n (gives a syntax error) > > Is there any way to set a field in browse b

Re: Could you do this in FoxPro?

2008-07-24 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Jul 24, 2008 at 3:09 AM, Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Somehow I think that even the most die-hard Fox fans will admit that > this is pretty effin' amazing stuff: > > http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/playcrafter_the_game_creator.php > ( -or- http://twurl.nl/b7xqsm ) Erm,

Re: [NF] Drizzle, a fork of MySQL

2008-07-23 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 7:45 PM, Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >https://launchpad.net/drizzle > >This is a project designed to strip MySQL down to its basic > functions: no stored procedures, triggers, views, prepared statements, > etc. Simply a way to store and query data qui

Re: VFP9- SQL with UNION

2008-07-22 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Jul 23, 2008 at 7:32 AM, Sytze de Boer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Folk, I'm stuck > > I'm trying to extract data from 3 seperate tables as follows > Select date,stockcode,stktype,invnum,SUM(qty) ,sell,desc, "H" as SRCE From > winhst Where stktype=333 UNION ; > Select date,stockcode,stkty

Re: Integer 64 bit field

2008-07-21 Thread Paul Hill
On Mon, Jul 21, 2008 at 7:50 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stephen Russell wrote: You could keep it as char() and have him do the conversion on his side. You indexs should work for finding. He/she can do the conversion from their side as nee

Re: [NF] Business class Q

2008-07-21 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Jul 17, 2008 at 9:05 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Hill wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I've been thinking about n-tier design... >> >> I have a business class. This class has properties for all the >&g

Re: [OT] Fat Slobs struggle to put food on the table. LMAO

2008-07-20 Thread Paul Hill
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 10:24 PM, Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Hill wrote: > >> Generally the cheapest food is cheap vegetables, pulses etc. You >> don't have to buy quality organic produce, I'm sure US supermarkets >> stock 'value&#x

Re: [OT] Fat Slobs struggle to put food on the table. LMAO

2008-07-20 Thread Paul Hill
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 8:47 PM, Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Madigan wrote: >> Those slobs are eating at least 5000 calories a day. Eat less, feed your >> kids more. > > Hi Michael! > > Typically people eat this much because of poor food choices driven by > prices as much as

Re: [OT] VW Researcher Pours Cold Water on Electric Car Dream

2008-07-20 Thread Paul Hill
On Sun, Jul 20, 2008 at 6:45 PM, Leland F. Jackson, CPA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2) Hybrids are two expensive for what they deliver making a petrol or > natural gas vehicle an overall better value. > > 3) Hybrids are two complex; because, they use two separate engine > systems that must be in

[NF] Business class Q

2008-07-17 Thread Paul Hill
Hi All, I've been thinking about n-tier design... I have a business class. This class has properties for all the underlying database fields. There's a method called GetByID() that fetches 1 record based on the PK for that table. Great. I can update the properties and call Save() which sends an

Re: NF Any idea how to verify that HotSync is running on a remote machine

2008-07-15 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 6:29 PM, Joe Yoder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My simple app looks up the IP address of a machine that runs a HotSync > server. I would like it to verify that the HotSync server is actually > functional before it reports the address. If the machine is locatable but > t

Re: Anybody using EZTwain to control an HP ScanJet 5P from VFP?

2008-07-12 Thread Paul Hill
On Sat, Jul 12, 2008 at 12:38 AM, Joe Yoder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have the EZtwain Classic package from dosadi installed and scanning to > memory and then writing from memory to file. I can control the resolution > and the pixel type (BW/GrayScale/Color) of the scan but can't control th

Re: [OT] Morecambe and Wise

2008-07-10 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Jul 11, 2008 at 7:04 AM, Michael Madigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Those are just the stupid Americans who like to travel to the third world. I'm curious. Do you own a passport Mike? -- Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscrip

Re: SQL structure to Excel

2008-07-09 Thread Paul Hill
ry tomorrow. Many thanks. > Paul Hill wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> I've inherited a project with little documentation. >> >> So I'm after a simple tool that can take a MS SQL database and produce >> a Excel sheet containing the field structures etc

SQL structure to Excel

2008-07-09 Thread Paul Hill
Hi All, I've inherited a project with little documentation. So I'm after a simple tool that can take a MS SQL database and produce a Excel sheet containing the field structures etc. It would be nice if it could identify foreign keys etc. Once it generates the structure I'll add my own comments.

Re: [NF] Can I force a USB floppy drive to be A:?

2008-07-09 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 10:18 AM, Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Hill wrote: >> On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Alan Bourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:47:34 -0400, "Ken Dibble" >>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [NF] Can I force a USB floppy drive to be A:?

2008-07-09 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Jul 9, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Alan Bourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tue, 08 Jul 2008 21:47:34 -0400, "Ken Dibble" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >> >> Hm... that might actually work. I'll try it tomorrow. > > It won't IIRC, you can't reassign A: using SUBST. You can't even do it > by reassig

Re: [OT] Free Trade Phallacies

2008-07-08 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 7:16 PM, Vince Teachout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Virgil Bierschwale wrote: >> Mine too is an observation. >> I have worked with some very good people from india over the years, and they >> too would tell you the same thing. > > I thought the primary religion in India was

Re: [OT] Free Trade Phallacies

2008-07-08 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 6:18 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Hill wrote: >> Out of interest how do you guys tell is someone is Muslim? Do you ask >> every time? > > They wear their pin. They do? Must be a USA thing. >

Re: [OT] Free Trade Phallacies

2008-07-08 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Jul 8, 2008 at 5:17 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Virgil Bierschwale wrote: >> I told myself I was just here to get some foxpro advice and I was going to >> stay out of this stuff, but here's one I can't resist. >> >> Has anybody but myself noticed t

Re: Firebird or MySQL

2008-07-06 Thread Paul Hill
On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Lew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is that 4g total for all combined tables in a database? Are multiple > databases supported one a single install? Yes, 4Gb total for all tables etc in a single database. Multiple databases are supported. Years ago I was working on

Re: [NF] Looking for an automatic backup program.

2008-07-06 Thread Paul Hill
On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 4:24 AM, KAM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the past on this list someone suggested 'Handy Backup'. I have been using > it for a couple of years with no problems. Now it > recently quit working. I sent the log and other information to their > 'support'. That was last week

Re: [OT] Looking for an automatic backup program.

2008-07-05 Thread Paul Hill
On Sat, Jul 5, 2008 at 11:21 PM, KAM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > In the past on this list someone suggested 'Handy Backup'. I have been using > it for a couple of years with no problems. Now it > recently quit working. I sent the log and other information to their > 'support'. That was last week

Re: [NF] Still want to use AVG ?

2008-07-04 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 8:35 AM, Dave Crozier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael, > It isn't just the links in a Google search it is all the links on a page. I > turned it off completely and it now works much better. Unfortunately, > because you have this feature disabled you get the AVG status ic

Re: [NF] Still want to use AVG ?

2008-07-03 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 4:55 PM, Alan Bourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/07/03/1411254&from=rss > > Nice one, guys. There isn't enough bandwidth used up by people > torrenting pirated movies or anything. Funny thing is when I updated to 8.x I didn't install

Re: VFP9 and Recno(0)

2008-06-24 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 11:52 PM, Sytze de Boer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I don't know what I've done but I've upset my system where an unsuccessful > SEEK does not give me a recno(9) > i.e. recno(0)=0 > > my test code goes > If !found() > mf1=recno(0) > mf2=recno() > endif > > It returns mf

Re: [NF] C++ books

2008-06-24 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 5:54 AM, Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Anything wrong with GCC? It's a great compiler. Of course the GUI >> stuff won't work... > > Hi Paul! > > I don't doubt you, but about these two books I have here - which one > should I read first. Starting with no knowle

Re: [NF] C++ books

2008-06-24 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 9:29 PM, Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Everybody! > > I have on my desk here *C+ + Programming* by Greg Perry and *C+ + from > scratch* by Jesse Liberty. Which one should I read first? > > I also have *Introduction to Visual C + + 6.0* and *Beginning Visual C

Re: FW: Today you'll make history with Firefox

2008-06-19 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Jun 19, 2008 at 1:56 AM, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 12:51 PM, Paul Hill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I wouldn't bother. I installed FF 3 today and IMHO it's not ready for >> release. I'm going back t

Re: FW: Today you'll make history with Firefox

2008-06-18 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Jun 18, 2008 at 5:36 PM, Mike Wohlrab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yesterday Evening and Today is download day for Firefox. They are trying to > set a world record for > most downloads done in one day. So to help them and yourselves out, click the > link below to download > Firefox 3.0.

Re: [OT] Male priests marry in Anglican church's first gay wedding

2008-06-16 Thread Paul Hill
On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 10:11 PM, Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Hey, I grew up being told that the Catholic version was the correct > one, and that the Protestants changed it just to be different. They > also added a clause to the Lord's Prayer; again, just to be different. I was at

Re: [NF] HTML, CSS editor recommendations?

2008-06-11 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 11:17 PM, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Netbeans is kind of heavy just for text editing, but it is a snappy > IDE on strong enough machines. That's a thought. Last I checked, > Kompozer was the living branch off of Nvu, which has gone dormant. Thanks for that! I'v

Re: [OT] Audiophiles out there?

2008-06-11 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 9:43 PM, David Crooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday, June 11, 2008 4:37 PM Paul Hill wrote: > >>Pediphile? Would that be someone who has an obsession with feet? :-) > > I thought if you cross an Audiophile with a Pediphile, you would ge

Re: [OT] Audiophiles out there?

2008-06-11 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, Jun 11, 2008 at 9:19 PM, John Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is an audiophile anything like a pediphile? Pediphile? Would that be someone who has an obsession with feet? :-) -- Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription M

Re: [OT] The Stupid Saga Continues

2008-06-10 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Jun 10, 2008 at 11:22 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>My wife and I went to Sweden few years ago and visited some relatives. >>We also visited Anders Altberg who used to be part of this group. It >>was a great vacation where they spoke better English than me. I think >>one of the hardes

Re: a HUGE THANK YOU to Kevin Cully and Ed Leafe for the stru2mysqlcode!!!!

2008-06-02 Thread Paul Hill
On Mon, Jun 2, 2008 at 5:16 PM, Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Did you try opening up a DOS window directly? Start by typing: > > ftp leafe.com > > (use anonymous as the user name when prompted) > > ...and then at the prompt, typing > > get mbabcock_ntier_demo.ZIP Don't forget to ent

Re: [NF] F*cking M$ update

2008-05-28 Thread Paul Hill
On Wed, May 28, 2008 at 4:46 PM, Paul McNett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm... I have my Windows XP set to "turn off automatic updates". I'll > periodically manually apply the updates that seem important given my > Windows use patterns, and that hasn't happened in quite a while. I do the same bu

Re: [NF] Contract not renewed.

2008-05-13 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, May 13, 2008 at 11:01 PM, Mike Wohlrab <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please keep this NF. It is NF: > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Stephen Russell > Sent: Tuesday, May 13, 2008 5:22 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject:

Re: [OT] domain name registration scam

2008-05-10 Thread Paul Hill
On Sat, May 10, 2008 at 3:05 AM, KAM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I got the following scam email for one of the domains I manage. This was sent > to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] which you can only > get by crawling the web site as it does not appear anywhere else. I remember getting these sorts of emails y

Re: [OT] teens use corpse's head to smoke pot

2008-05-09 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 4:07 PM, Michael Madigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Those crazy teens! > > http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5764886.html I doubt they dug up the skull. They probably just bought it from a head shop :-) -- Paul ___ P

Re: [NF] XP Service Pack 3 is out.

2008-05-06 Thread Paul Hill
le Sharing' dialog :-) I've used many different networks with IPX & TCP/IP, both in a domain and a simple workgroup. > - Original Message - > From: "Paul Hill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Right click, select 'Sharing', check 'share thi

Re: [NF] XP Service Pack 3 is out.

2008-05-06 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 5:43 PM, kam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 5:21 PM, kam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Yes, the networking is great. I like the way that you can share the drive > in XP and Vista, but the drive is not really shared. > > You > > are required to do 47

Re: [NF] XP Service Pack 3 is out.

2008-05-06 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, May 6, 2008 at 5:21 PM, kam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yes, the networking is great. I like the way that you can share the drive in > XP and Vista, but the drive is not really shared. You > are required to do 47 other undocumented steps. That is just one example of > all the ways that

Re: Help! VFP and SQL Named instances.

2008-05-05 Thread Paul Hill
On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Vince Teachout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have a vendor questionnaire that I need to fill out and return today, > and it deals with SQL Server named instances, which I know nothing about. > > I'm in the process of googling madly, but given that we're run

Re: Program Key

2008-05-05 Thread Paul Hill
On Mon, May 5, 2008 at 4:40 PM, Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 05 May 2008 09:22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Unfortunately, some places do use the user1, user2 approach of sharing one > > user ID amopng many same-type users. I try to educate the Admin that all > > audits a

Fwd: Visual Foxpro Contract position - Camberley, Surrey

2008-05-01 Thread Paul Hill
Could be of interest to someone in the UK? -- Forwarded message -- From: George Hillier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, May 1, 2008 at 12:34 PM Subject: Visual Foxpro Contract position - Camberley, Surrey To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Paul, We have an urgent requirement for a Visua

Re: [OT] Poor baby. How much do they pay her?

2008-04-29 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 7:11 PM, Stephen Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You can now learn at home with GTA IV. Did you see this. You couldn't make it up: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7373348.stm Stab attack at Grand Theft queue A man was stabbed in front of a queue of people

Re: [OT] Improve aim with a defined target

2008-04-29 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 12:45 PM, Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 29 April 2008 05:30, Jean Laeremans wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 29, 2008 at 1:23 PM, Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: Old hat. > > Rather familiar sight in Europe too. > > Hi Jean! > > Really? Seldom d

Re: XP02 SP2 - AVG Free 8.0

2008-04-28 Thread Paul Hill
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 12:35 PM, Malcolm Greene <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ken, > > If you continue to have problems, check out Avast. I had problems with Avast bluescreening every so often. I thought my PC was overheating or the hard drive had developed a fault. It was only when I examined

Re: Need a GOOD hex editor

2008-04-28 Thread Paul Hill
On Mon, Apr 28, 2008 at 9:44 AM, Alan Bourke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://mh-nexus.de/hxd/ Looks good, thanks Alan! p.s. sorry Rob, Winvi supports max 2Gb files. -- Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://

Re: Need a GOOD hex editor

2008-04-26 Thread Paul Hill
On Sat, Apr 26, 2008 at 1:14 AM, Cathy Pountney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does the HexEditor that ships with VFP work for this situation? > > C:\Program Files\Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9\Tools\HexEdit Thanks for the suggestion Cathy but it can't handle 4Gb files. "Invalid Seek Offset" -- Paul

Re: Need a GOOD hex editor

2008-04-25 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 11:28 PM, Bill Arnold <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul, > > They should be able to restore yesterday's backup, archive some of the > database to reduce it's size, and then apply changes from yesterday > using images of changes stored in an audit trail. The problem is th

Re: [NF] top 10 software innovators of all time?

2008-04-25 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:23 PM, Jean Laeremans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 10:18 PM, Stephen Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > URL says it all. > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Cai

Re: [NF] Unattended Email download at night via dialup

2008-04-25 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Apr 25, 2008 at 8:09 PM, Joe Yoder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My plan is to have a nightly process on her computer automatically dial out > at 1:00AM every day and download any incoming mail and update the Anti-Virus > etc. I expect to setup a Gmail account for her use and will want t

Need a GOOD hex editor

2008-04-25 Thread Paul Hill
Hi All, Just had a nightmare support call. A hotel in Sweden somehow ended up with a 4Gb DBF. I've got a tool I've developed over the years (written in fox) for recovering corrupt dbfs. It reads the structure using fopen() etc and tries to recreate it. I suppose it's a bit like the old foxfix.

Re: [OT] Yet another person trying to f*ck me over

2008-04-24 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 3:15 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > To illustrate how cheap and illegal these bastards were---they'd turn > off my heat--turning it down to 58 except one occasion where they > completely turned it off from the boiler room--after I l

Re: [OT] Girls sports too dangerous?

2008-04-23 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 2:34 AM, Leland F. Jackson, CPA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Michael Madigan wrote: > > Any sport where there's subjective scoring is not a real sport. > > > > Boxers should fight until someone is knocked out > > > > Wrestlers should wrestle to a pin. > > Professional

Re: [OT] Yet another person trying to f*ck me over

2008-04-23 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 6:55 AM, Michael Madigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I used to work with a douchebag who would brag that he would never give back > a security deposit, he would find enough "damage" to equal the security > deposit. Landlords are the same this side of the pond. It's not u

Re: SP2 without VFP 9 CD?

2008-04-22 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 8:41 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Paul Hill wrote: > > On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Gil Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> But if you have a pirated copy of VFP9, you'd have the

Re: SP2 without VFP 9 CD?

2008-04-22 Thread Paul Hill
On Tue, Apr 22, 2008 at 7:19 PM, Gil Hale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But if you have a pirated copy of VFP9, you'd have the pirated CD. > > Schemes like this inconvenience legal users with no real benefit. > > Not if you borrowed the install CD ... Or downloaded it using your MSDN subscripti

Re: Tool to dump index

2008-04-22 Thread Paul Hill
t closer. SEEK("Bjørn")&& Fails SEEK("BJØRN")&& Fails SEEK("BJøRN") && Works! So in other words xBase is not making the ø upper case in the index... Thanks anyway! Paul > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTE

Tool to dump index

2008-04-22 Thread Paul Hill
Hi All, Got an odd problem here. I have a DBF & CDX that's created by XBase++ (a clipper compiler). There's a field called 'name' and an index on UPPER(name). If I open the table in Fox and seek on UPPER("Fred") it works fine. However, if I seek on UPPER("Bjørn") it fails to find the record. Si

Re: [NF} Acronyms - was Re: SP2 Fixes - Light at the end of the tunnel

2008-04-18 Thread Paul Hill
On Fri, Apr 18, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Brian Abbott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmmm, I assumed (wrongly, obviously) that AIUI was a WKA (well known > acronym). > > Just for interest, who does / doesn't know these: > > AIUI - as I understand it > AKA - also known as > IMO - in my opinion > IOW - i

Re: Design Question

2008-04-09 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Apr 10, 2008 at 12:06 AM, Jeff Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > VFP tables work for me because they don't require a server like MSSQL > Server or PostGreSQL or even Advantage. Well technically Advantage doesn't need a server either. 'Advantage local' is free and compatible with the s

Re: [OT] Watch out, Kevin Cully!

2008-04-05 Thread Paul Hill
On Sat, Apr 5, 2008 at 1:23 AM, Michael Madigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can it be global warming if global temperatures > have actually gone down the last 10 years? > > http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7329799.stm Did you even read that article? -- Paul

Re: [OT] $8 FOR A GALLON OF GAS?! IN GERMANY, YES

2008-04-03 Thread Paul Hill
On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 11:37 PM, Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 03 April 2008 15:48, Paul Hill wrote: > > On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 9:52 PM, Pete Theisen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Vegetation also requires minerals in the soil but

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