RE: Problem with VFP IDE (VFP9SP2, fully patched)

2016-10-21 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-10-21 09:29, Dave Crozier wrote: Mike, try running VFP with admin rights just to see if it is a permissions issue. Dave That fixed the Paste issue. Bizarre. Why all of the sudden would this be an issue?!?!?? ___ Post Messages to:

Re: Problem with VFP IDE (VFP9SP2, fully patched)

2016-10-21 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-10-21 08:15, Tracy Pearson wrote: Is the scx or sct file read only? Are you attempting to paste on an item that is not a container? No, this is a new CREATE FORM form. No classes either--straight VFP base controls. ___ Post Messages to:

Re: Speeding up a Powershell script

2016-10-21 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-10-19 09:43, Malcolm Greene wrote: A great use case for getting your feet wet with Python. BTW: Powershell syntax wants me to gouge my eyes out. Anyone else feel the same way? Malcolm +1. It's like the UberNerds who want to obfuscate just for the "fun" of it to be UberNerds. I

Problem with VFP IDE (VFP9SP2, fully patched)

2016-10-21 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
This just started yesterday. I can Copy objects on a form, but it won't let me paste them. In fact, the paste option is disabled when I right-click to do so. So bizarre. Copy/paste works outside VFP. I've applied Windows Updates recently. That's the only change in the system, afaik.

RE: Best way to determine file size from VFP9SP2 app using Excel automation

2016-10-20 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-10-20 12:32, Michael Glassman wrote: Why not just use adir()? = adir(a, "automation.xlsx") ? a[1, 2] Mike Yep...just posted that exactly and then saw this post! Thanks! ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

Re: Best way to determine file size from VFP9SP2 app using Excel automation

2016-10-20 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-10-20 12:25, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: My VFP9SP2 app creates an Excel file via automation. I want to echo back to the originating form the filename and filesize created. I checked out the FSIZE command but wondered if there was a better way to determine the

Re: Speeding up a Powershell script

2016-10-20 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-10-19 10:31, Peter Cushing wrote: On 19/10/2016 14:51, Dave Crozier wrote: Or: for i in $(find . -type f | perl -ne 'print $1 if m/\.([^.\/]+)$/' | sort -u); do echo "$i"": ""$(du -hac **/*."$i" | tail -n1 | awk '{print $1;}')"; done | sort -h -k 2 -r Assuming you have extglob

Best way to determine file size from VFP9SP2 app using Excel automation

2016-10-20 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
My VFP9SP2 app creates an Excel file via automation. I want to echo back to the originating form the filename and filesize created. I checked out the FSIZE command but wondered if there was a better way to determine the outputted file size? These files are being created on a network drive,

Re: Sending HTML email from CDO?

2016-10-14 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-10-14 08:55, Ted Roche wrote: Pop open an HTML mail you have on your system and view the source. It's likely you want to create a "multipart" email, with one part html/text and the other text. Googling how to create a multipart email should set you on the right track. Thanks, Ted.

Re: Sending HTML email from CDO?

2016-10-14 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-10-14 04:57, Alan Bourke wrote: Programmatically? Are you sending a content type in the header? Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Also you should construct both a HTML and plain text version of the mail and send both with the appropriate headers as not all mail clients will

Sending HTML email from CDO?

2016-10-13 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
I've constructed an HTML body that I want to email, but I must be missing a switch. When I send it, I just see text. I'm googling for the settings options but figured I'd fire this out in the meanwhile (if for nothing else than a future search). tia!

Connection Strings for SQL SERVER

2016-10-11 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
https://www.connectionstrings.com/sql-server/ Interesting that it's not updated past SQL Server 2012. I'm trying out an instance of SQL Server 2014 Express (with tools). Wonder who updates this site? ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: Odd menu behavior in Win7Pro/VFP9SP2 all of the sudden

2016-10-06 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-09-29 13:12, Ajoy Khaund wrote: maybe I will have to open a new thread. Yes, I suggest you start a new thread. Better for all and easier to find in future searches. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

RE: sweetpotato

2016-10-06 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-10-05 06:32, Allen Pollard wrote: Never mind the invalid bit. For some reason it has decided to work after I put the 2 dll's in system32. Al -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Allen Pollard Sent: 05 October 2016 11:51 To:

Re: Conversion job from VFP -> C# MVC

2016-09-28 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-09-27 17:48, Stephen Russell wrote: they want the leader who can get the functionality defined from VFP and then architect it to function in the M$ world. and of course you mean the CURRENT M$ world. lol ___ Post Messages to:

RE: Odd menu behavior in Win7Pro/VFP9SP2 all of the sudden

2016-09-28 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-09-28 12:05, Richard Kaye wrote: I've also found that Teamviewer's mechanism for hooking into the keyboard and mouse events can cause odd behaviors like a left click resulting in a right click particularly when multiple remote access solutions are installed. Interesting. Thanks.

RE: Odd menu behavior in Win7Pro/VFP9SP2 all of the sudden

2016-09-28 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-09-28 11:53, Dave Crozier wrote: Short answer is NO, I use Splashtop Business here which incorporates Splashtop SOS after I became totally disillusioned by the pricing policy of Teamviewer which at that time was only superior because it included file transfer. However, the last few

Re: Odd menu behavior in Win7Pro/VFP9SP2 all of the sudden

2016-09-28 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
Hi Bobby, I use it to remote into clients and fix things, but also to switch screens and show them something on my screen perhaps too (like the next development item in Testing, for example). --Mike On 2016-09-28 06:16, Ajoy Khaund wrote: Mike, Are you using Teamviewer only for remote

Re: Conversion job from VFP -> C# MVC

2016-09-27 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-09-27 07:41, Stephen Russell wrote: 18-24 month project, probably billable rates at 80-100/hr. The demand is high for placing the product in current M$ technology. I'm not gonna call/contact them but I'm betting it's no more than $45/hr. Never was for this kind of work.

RE: [NF] Looking for Alpha 5 (Alpha Anywhere) users

2016-09-23 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-09-09 13:30, Gene Wirchenko wrote: At 07:34 2016-09-08, Kevin J Cully wrote: When I walk into a store, and prices aren't listed on the products ... I know I'm out of my comfort zone. I think that it is a cheap way to convert curiosity to prospects. I

Re: Odd menu behavior in Win7Pro/VFP9SP2 all of the sudden

2016-09-23 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-05-07 10:04, Ted Roche wrote: *POKE* Michael, any progress, resolution or clues on this? It's unusual for posts here to be unresolved after 11 days. Ted -- sorry...found this draft I started 4 months ago and never pressed Send. Somehow the issue has been resolved. I did upgrade to

RE: Trying to write Excel automation code in VFP9SP2 from Excel 2013 VBA macro code

2016-09-23 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-09-21 10:38, Kurt Wendt wrote: Mike - Here you go. Here's some of the code in our system: tab2_macro = ssMacroName+"!Module3.Tab2" oExcel.WINDOWS(JUSTFNAME(ssName)).ACTIVATE oExcel.Sheets("Account Level").SELECT oExcel.RANGE("A2").SELECT After the above

Re: M$ giving more support to dbf?

2016-09-21 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-09-16 08:31, Man-wai Chang wrote: You talking about wars and peace-time conflicts? They never end. :) Keeping VFP alive without adding new features is a simple task. But Micro$oft and possibly US Government chose the Dark Side. Actually I'd wager the US Govt--if anything--had a hand

RE: Trying to write Excel automation code in VFP9SP2 from Excel 2013 VBA macro code

2016-09-21 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-09-21 09:33, Kurt Wendt wrote: I agree - that's what you should do. At my job here - there is a "Report" that's done the same way. Although strangely - the way they had it setup before I started on the system - is one spreadsheet that is the Template for the report. Then, another

Re: Trying to write Excel automation code in VFP9SP2 from Excel 2013 VBA macro code

2016-09-21 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-09-20 03:56, Alan Bourke wrote: Well in terms of the named parameters don't you just need to use positional parameters in the Add() instead? loListObject = loSheet.ListObjects.Add(0, "ODBC:" ... ) Or maybe I can create a template file with the macro embedded, and call the macro,

Trying to write Excel automation code in VFP9SP2 from Excel 2013 VBA macro code

2016-09-19 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
VFP9SP2. Data is in MySQL (MariaDB) database on a different machine (at 10.8.20.109). Trying to use VFP to generate Excel files for 55 different outputs (providers), with each workbook/file having a tab for each record type (which is usually 3 types: 1, 2, and 3). My initial concern is how

Re: M$ giving more support to dbf?

2016-09-15 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-09-14 07:47, Man-wai Chang wrote: The simplest solution is still resurrecting Visual Foxpro. Micro$oft has its source codes. Market shares of VFP has nothing to do with maintaining an old but popular tool. Of course, abandoning VFP could force everyone to buy new developments from

Re: Sending Faxes from FoxPro

2016-09-13 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-09-13 08:53, Ted Roche wrote: ... and to support one client who just can't explain problems other than to draw all over their reports to show me where the numbers should be coming out. That's where TeamViewer has been OUTSTANDING for me and my clients. They love the "connected"

Re: Sending Faxes from FoxPro

2016-09-13 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-09-12 10:21, Ted Roche wrote: I'm supporting a vertical niche app that sends faxes. (Yes, faxes. I've gotten a lot of snarky comments from folks who can't believe in the Third Age of the Internet that people still rely on faxes to do business, but it is true: the recipients of orders are

Re: M$ giving more support to dbf?

2016-09-13 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-09-13 09:49, Ted Roche wrote: On Tue, Sep 13, 2016 at 9:22 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: I don't think that the core of the OS is today what was around when they were making VFP. Nonsense. No matter how much lipstick they slap on the pig, this is still Windows

Re: [NF] Maybe THIS is the year for Linux....lol

2016-08-31 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-08-30 06:56, Ted Roche wrote: The revenge of Linux https://opensource.com/life/16/8/revenge-linux He's right...they all laughed at it! Didn't monkeyboy Ballmer call it a "cancer?" ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

[NF] Maybe THIS is the year for Linux....lol

2016-08-26 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/the-great-linux-game-25-years-and-maybe-the-year-of-linux-is-finally-here-331855.html How many times have they said "Maybe this year!?!?!" ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

Re: Flat file to Excel....but it's got more than 255 columns!

2016-08-25 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-08-20 06:09, Wollenhaupt, Christof wrote: Sounds like Christof's ExcelXML class. Recall that I can't use VFP data storage due to > 255 columns. My class uses the first Excel XML format; the VFPX class uses the current XML format. The old format has the advantage of easily being

RE: VFP Call to Google Geocoding API

2016-08-25 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-08-25 10:52, Dave Crozier wrote: it just seems so damned complicated for a simple result. That pretty much sums up lots of the web and early DotNet stuff I swear sometimes it seems like these uber-nerds create things to be so complex simply because they can.

Re: Flat file to Excel....but it's got more than 255 columns!

2016-08-19 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
Nothing to do with relations. Just too wide a dataset for conventional Fox stuff. The CSV approach worked out great, btw...thanks, Joe!!! On 2016-08-19 14:56, Stephen Russell wrote: What was the command Set relation to? You might be able to get all your tables synced this way. Wow is

Re: Flat file to Excel....but it's got more than 255 columns!

2016-08-19 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-08-19 04:19, Alan Bourke wrote: I've used the XLSXWorkbook classes on VFPx before (https://vfpx.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=XLSXWorkbook=Home) which can read from\write to .XLSX format using native VFP code without Excel being installed. Sounds like Christof's ExcelXML class. Recall

RE: Flat file to Excel....but it's got more than 255 columns!

2016-08-18 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
Thanks, Joe, Stephen, and Kevin for these ideas. Yep...I've used Christof's ExcelXML class years ago here so that would work for sure. I'm going to try Joe's CSV approach first though, as there's no pretty formatting to be done with this. On 2016-08-18 12:58, Kevin J Cully wrote: Thinking

Flat file to Excel....but it's got more than 255 columns!

2016-08-18 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
VFP9SP2/Win7Pro/SDF fixed width file I've got a flat file that needs to be translated to an Excel file. Traditional program put it into a cursor and then via automation did copy/paste into Excel. Problem is now that there are more than 255 columns (410 to be exact) so using a VFP

RE: Better way of determining resulting Excel column from integer?

2016-08-17 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-08-16 17:25, Darren wrote: This is what I use. It can be refined for sure but it does work. PROCEDURE spnCol2cCol LPARAMETERS vnCol LOCAL lnInt1, lnInt2, lnInt3, lcColumn STORE "" TO lcColumn lcColumn = "" DO CASE CASE m.vnCol > 1378 STORE m.vnCol -

Better way of determining resulting Excel column from integer?

2016-08-16 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
(Retrying to send this for the 3rd time; this time I trimmed the bottom) I've got a need to know which Excel column a value will be placed using an integer number. I came up with this routine below but it seems klunky, and although it works, I was wondering if someone had a better way?

From the VFP webpage (launched from Task Pane mgr inside VFP)

2016-08-11 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vfoxpro/ At the end of the first paragraph: "For a great solution for building modern business applications, take a look at LightSwitch in Visual Studio 2012" Is Lightswitch still in play? Just curious if VFP outlived that reference. lol

Re: Development platform/language

2016-08-04 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-07-31 12:43, Fernando D. Bozzo wrote: There will be a lot of movement on top languages, depending on the application type and environment, but particulary in web languages. Some big companies are using various of them, because of this movement, and because of the rise of new ones based

Re: Bad getwordnum

2016-08-04 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
Stephen -- didn't you stop using VFP at version 6 back in 1999? LOL On 2016-07-28 12:44, Fred Taylor wrote: Hi Stephen, Got an example where numbers aren't considered words in GETWORDNUM()? Seems to work fine for me. Fred On Thu, Jul 28, 2016 at 6:59 AM, Stephen Russell

Re: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-27 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-07-27 04:59, Alan Bourke wrote: I just tested this under Windows 10, VFP9 SP2 and a small table with a general field linked to Word 2016 .docx files. It seems to indeed work fine once I set the properties of the report field to 'Scale Picture - Retain Shape'. So again I would strongly

Re: ProFox Support Request #987654321

2016-07-26 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-07-22 15:56, Ted Roche wrote: On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 1:24 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: At 08:49 2016-07-22, Ted Roche wrote: Please note that we are not Microsoft. Well, of course not. They haven't been delighted with Visual FoxPro for quite

VFP Steam (was Re: Can you work VFP into Win10?)

2016-07-26 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
"VFP steam" -- What is that? Never heard of it! Bing search turned up nothing: https://www.bing.com/search?q=What+is+VFP+Steam=U316=CHROMN On 2016-07-26 06:10, Thierry Nivelet wrote: Even if Microsoft has stopped evolutions, VFP keeps growing with third-party products that brings great

Re: Menu

2016-07-13 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-07-12 06:53, Laurie Alvey wrote: In my apps I don't have a "main" form. I call the menu.mpr in the main prg. No problems. Sytze, have you tried regenerating the menu (in case something went wrong)? Laurie That's how I do it as well, followed by the READ EVENTS.

Re: VFP Display a PDF

2016-07-12 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-07-12 18:11, Ted Roche wrote: Use ShellExecute() http://leafe.com/archives/full_thread/485262 Deja Vu! ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this

Re: Installed Windows 10 now cannot print landscape to a Microline 321 Turbo 9 pin

2016-07-08 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-07-08 15:36, Gene Wirchenko wrote: At 10:42 2016-07-08, ProFox Email List wrote: On 2016-07-08 13:40, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: On 2016-07-08 04:32, Alan Bourke wrote: Is now a good time to get them onto laser? I would imagine several

Re: Installed Windows 10 now cannot print landscape to a Microline 321 Turbo 9 pin

2016-07-08 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-07-08 13:40, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: On 2016-07-08 04:32, Alan Bourke wrote: Is now a good time to get them onto laser? I would imagine several folks HAVE to stay with pin-printers because of their triplicate carbon paper for additional copies. Of

Re: Installed Windows 10 now cannot print landscape to a Microline 321 Turbo 9 pin

2016-07-08 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-07-08 04:32, Alan Bourke wrote: Is now a good time to get them onto laser? I would imagine several folks HAVE to stay with pin-printers because of their triplicate carbon paper for additional copies. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: updating 2 forms

2016-07-06 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-07-06 17:01, Ted Roche wrote: On Wed, Jul 6, 2016 at 4:51 PM, Edward Leafe wrote: I know I've said it, and I know Ted's said it, and so have many others. It is excellent advice. 'Tis. I'm pretty sure I learned it from Steven Black, who 'got' OOP long before I did.

Re: updating 2 forms

2016-07-06 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-07-06 16:51, Edward Leafe wrote: On Jul 6, 2016, at 2:09 PM, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: This tip below reminds me of that phrase years ago by Ed or Ted or somebody else that said "program to the interface, not the implementation." I know I've said it, and I

Re: updating 2 forms

2016-07-06 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
This tip below reminds me of that phrase years ago by Ed or Ted or somebody else that said "program to the interface, not the implementation." Alan's example was very good and not cluttered. On 2016-07-06 09:50, rafael copquin wrote: I would do it this way: On your first form, put a button

RE: updating 2 forms

2016-07-05 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
Plenty of ways to do it but I'd avoid global variables if you can help it. If we knew more about the purpose/application, I think you could get additional advice. Typically, I have a form that is a List/Library form. User clicks on the "Add" (record) button and I launch the 2nd (MODAL!)

Re: ProFox List Statistics for June 2016

2016-07-01 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-07-01 07:03, List Administrator Account wrote: == ProFox List Statistics June 2016 Total [OT] Posts: 0 (Down 100.0% from May 2016) WOW! Never saw a month with ZERO [OT] posts! Those guys must be on vacation or passed away. lol

Re: Other former ProFoxers (was Re: Rox Seibert)

2016-06-29 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
I had used that to locate Rox: http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~RoxanneSeibert~B2B which turned up dead links. Thanks for the links. They're only as good as the last update of course (as evidenced above). On that WhereAreTheyNow page, I think I only recognized 2 people, and none of

[NF] M$ pays woman $10k for botched Win10 updates

2016-06-29 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
http://www.pcmag.com/news/345656/microsoft-gives-woman-10-000-for-forced-windows-10-upgrade ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

Other former ProFoxers (was Re: Rox Seibert)

2016-06-29 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-06-29 09:27, Stephen Russell wrote: Maybe she got married and has a new last name? Even if you get married, you don't let your professional identity online go offline. Oh well. I was just curious. Bill Arnold -- you still here? We lost Greg Gum years ago to DotNet iirc. Chad

Re: Rox Seibert

2016-06-28 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-06-28 16:19, Stephen Russell wrote: Somehow I thought she started doing java dev or php & javascript but that was a long time ago. I remember her at Whilfest as Cat in the Hat. Yep. I think she won Best Speaker/Session or something like that too. Heard she got a job with Jim

RE: Rox Seibert

2016-06-28 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-06-28 15:48, Michael Glassman wrote: Roxanne's last post appears to have been on 8/25/06. She was quite active on UT from 1997 to 2001, but so much after that. https://www.universalthread.com/List.aspx?ID=251=11887 I knew her back in the early 2000s when I started and ran the

Re: VFP Undocumented functions/clauses

2016-06-28 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-06-27 04:13, Bill Anderson wrote: Koen, From the home page select Categories, then UndocumentedVFPFunctions. Bill Anderson http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~CategoryUndocumentedVFPFunctions ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: [NF] Password instructions from my local credit union

2016-06-28 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-06-28 12:44, Paul Hill wrote: In all seriousness you should NOT be storing the password in any form, but instead a salted hash of the password. Agreed! So glad I retooled mine for FabNet years ago with a salted hashed encrypted value. Big thanks to this list for the guidance. I

Re: Rox Seibert

2016-06-28 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
If any of you are on the Universal Thread, can you tell me if she's still active on there? tia, --Mike On 2016-06-22 13:42, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: Bill's mentioning the FoxWiki being offline for 4 days made me think of some yesteryear prominent Fox folks who seemed

[NF] Password instructions from my local credit union

2016-06-28 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
"Passwords must not contain all letters or numbers, and be at least 6 characters and no more than 10 characters long" WHY I just don't understand how here in 2016, we're limited to 10 characters. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: [NF] Which Programming Language Should I Learn?

2016-06-22 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
EXACTLY!!! Our VFP apps should live for quite a long time yet. On 2016-06-22 07:51, Allen wrote: As microsoft said windows 10 is the last windows, no i didn't get that one either, and VFP works with windows 10, no problem Al -Original Message- From: Alan Bourke Sent: Wednesday, June

Rox Seibert

2016-06-22 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
Bill's mentioning the FoxWiki being offline for 4 days made me think of some yesteryear prominent Fox folks who seemed to have moved on (or at least seem to have fallen off the radar). One that came to my mind was Rox Seibert. Her website is no longer valid (just the other week is was a

RE: [NF] Which Programming Language Should I Learn?

2016-06-21 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-06-21 05:00, Dave Crozier wrote: No, not correct. There are 3 kinds of people in the world, people who can count and people who can't ;-) Dave That would factor in the NULL folks? lol ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

RE: [NF] Which Programming Language Should I Learn?

2016-06-20 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-06-20 14:35, Kurt Wendt wrote: Seems Many figure VB is on the way out Where have we heard that before. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of

FoxBin2Prg (was Re: VFP menu documentation utility?)

2016-06-16 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-06-16 13:26, Fernando D. Bozzo wrote: Well, I think that you can see it by yourself. Downloading and making a quick test is faster than the time required to write an email. We have 2 independent/distributed teams working with VFP 9 projects with more than 1.5 millon lines of code

Re: [NF] Windows 10 for less than $54!

2016-06-16 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
No...I had a laptop with NO operating system on it. By spending the $54 on Win7Pro, I got the free Win10 upgrade. I couldn't get the free upgrade without any operating system on it. It was a computer I had purchased from my corporate office job, and they come completely wiped with nothing

RE: [NF] Windows 10 for less than $54!

2016-06-16 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-06-15 17:21, Carl Lindner wrote: Sorry, was the Win 10 the Pro version? I'll have to double-check, but surely it would be since I had the 7-Pro, right? ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

RE: [NF] Windows 10 for less than $54!

2016-06-16 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
I bought Win7 Pro. On 2016-06-15 17:19, Carl Lindner wrote: Was it the Pro Version? ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

Re: [NF] Windows 10 for less than $54!

2016-06-16 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
Exactly...so if you wanted to take advantage of this price, do it now if you're not yet at Win7. On 2016-06-15 17:22, Alan Bourke wrote: Well yeah, the free upgrade period is still ongoing. It'll be different in August. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm On Wed, 15 Jun

Re: [NF] Windows 10 for less than $54!

2016-06-15 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
Did you read this? I did get 10for the price of 7. On 2016-06-15 17:00, Stephen Russell wrote: Why not go for 10? It is much better than 8. On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 4:00 PM, < mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote: Awhile back I ordered Win 7 Pro from Amazon and paid $54.

[NF] Windows 10 for less than $54!

2016-06-15 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
Awhile back I ordered Win 7 Pro from Amazon and paid $54. Upon installation, it upgraded on demand to Win 10. :-) Cart Items SKU Qty Item Price Item Total Microsoft Windows 7 Professional 64 Bit Download (Download Files) PG-FQC00734S (291) 1 $53.98 USD $53.98

VFP9SP2 error trying to open project: "Project file ... is in the wrong version."

2016-06-14 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
This project has been under VFP9SP2 for years now. Somehow, the PJX/PJT files must have gotten corrupted. We use SourceGear Vault for VCS. I'm going to grab that last saved project files from the Vault but I just wondered if anyone else has ever come across this error? I might try to

Re: New FoxBin2Prg v1.19.47 is out!

2016-06-13 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-06-10 14:31, Fernando D. Bozzo wrote: The IDE integration something comfortable, but normally this kind of use is for the legacy way of working with SCM tools like VSS. If you want to get the best of a DVCS tool for working with a team and use the more modern "branch by task", like

Re: New FoxBin2Prg v1.19.47 is out!

2016-06-10 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-06-09 16:10, Fernando D. Bozzo wrote: Yes, there are some options available for MSSCCI interface, but in this case, isn't better to use directly DVCS tools to get the full experience of working with Source Control? like git (there are some git-ides) or PlasticSCM (commercial DVCS, the

Re: New FoxBin2Prg v1.19.47 is out!

2016-06-10 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
No, that's not what I meant. I didn't mean to use it WITH VSS, I thought it was a dropin kind of replacement but in re-reading all this, it's not the DVCS system; it's just a way to make flat files (instead of binary files) for ease in comparisonscorrect? On 2016-06-09 15:42, Fernando

Re: Its ALL Fun & Games!

2016-06-09 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-06-03 12:46, Kurt Wendt wrote: https://www.universalthread.com/ShowHeaderDownloadOneItem.aspx?ID=28563 UniversalThreadwow.there's something I hadn't thought about in forever. Obviously still around (like us!) ___ Post Messages

RE: [NF] back in the dev game

2016-06-09 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-06-08 10:49, Kurt Wendt wrote: As for Delphi - I'm almost jealous - as I'd like to do that - since its so similar to Pascal - which was one of my First Loves! (Well - at least the non-female type!). I LOVED LOVED LOVED Turbo Pascal back in the day. I think I'd enjoy that again.

Re: New FoxBin2Prg v1.19.47 is out!

2016-06-09 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
Is it possible to integrate into the VFP IDE like we used to do with Visual SourceSafe, where everything was so easy to check out/in and diff? On 2016-06-09 03:31, Fernando D. Bozzo wrote: Hi everybody: Just want you to know that there is a new version of this bidirectional bin<->text tool

Re: [NF] back in the dev game

2016-06-09 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-06-09 12:50, Malcolm Greene wrote: Matt, Welcome back. https://xkcd.com/353/ LOL Malcolm!!! ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

Re: [NF] TEAMVIEWER

2016-06-01 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-06-01 15:06, rafael copquin wrote: Is the TeamViewer site down? I can't get into www.teamviewer.com with any browsers and neither can I connect with my TeamViewer app Rafael Copquin I justed signed in ok. ___ Post Messages to:

Re: [NF] Win10 Free Upgrade Expiration???

2016-05-31 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-05-26 15:40, Stephen Russell wrote: This isn't the same Balmer windows anymore. Thank God...or M$'s new leadership or whoever you choose. Too bad they didn't fire Balmer years ago. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

Re: [NF] Web-based Database

2016-05-31 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-05-28 04:21, AndyHC wrote: avfp is an interesting option - https://activevfp.codeplex.com/ Everything in the childcare demo says "This action has not been implemented." Are you using AVFP, Andy? ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

[NF] HBO's show "Silicon Valley" most recent episode featured the "Tabs vs. Spaces" religious war

2016-05-31 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
LOL...if you can watch the latest episode, it was funny. Dude basically finds out his new girlfriend uses Spaces instead of Tabs. I won't spoil it by saying how it ended. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

Re: Leafe Downloads (was: Re: Shortcut to generalized click column for sort order browse?)

2016-05-16 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-05-16 17:35, Gene Wirchenko wrote: At 05:55 2016-05-15, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: I'll remind you of the grid class from the ProFox downloads section: http://leafe.com/download/grdbase.prg How do I see a list of what is there? I get a 404 on

Re: Shortcut to generalized click column for sort order browse?

2016-05-15 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-05-13 20:03, Joe Yoder wrote: Thanks guys - the SPS package is even better than I had hoped! Now I need to learn how to work with grids! Hmmm...I'm gonna have to check out the SPS grid...sounds even better than what I'm currently using!

Re: Shortcut to generalized click column for sort order browse?

2016-05-15 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
I'll remind you of the grid class from the ProFox downloads section: http://leafe.com/download/grdbase.prg Also, I use this method call from the Header1.Click event usually, calling thisform.ToggleSortOrder2(this.parent) && where this.parent is the Column PARAMETERS toColumn this.cOrder =

Re: DBF Records on a Web Server and EXE on Local Box

2016-05-13 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-05-13 05:01, Alan Bourke wrote: In this scenario SQL Server or indeed any full-fat database server like PostGres or MariaDB would be far better. Been using MySQL (MariaDB now) since 2004. Awesome and no issues. ___ Post Messages to:

Re: [NF] Virtual Box

2016-05-10 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-05-10 10:15, Thierry Nivelet wrote: Win 7 pro guest on Mac OS X host: OK for 5 years. Win 10 pro guest on Mac OS X host: froze until recently, have filed a ticket about this, still observing before I migrate. Thanks, Thierry. Was thinking that instead of using that older Dell

[NF] Virtual Box

2016-05-10 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads I'm going to let my main dev machine do the free upgrade to Win10 soon. I bought a Win7 Pro license yesterday to put on another older Dell laptop I've got (where I currently have Linux Mint on it). Tech buddy here at the Corporate gig suggested I

Re: [NF] Win10 Free Upgrade Expiration???

2016-05-05 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
I get the nag update screen too. Win7Pro here. I'll probably just keep it at Win7Pro though and get a new machine with Win 10 Pro so I can adequately test my apps in both 7 & 10. (No, I don't use VMWare and have multiple M$ licenses with which to apply to said VM.) VM always sounded like

[NF] Quickbooks 2016 Pro purchase -- this site prices it at least $30 cheaper than I've seen elsewhere....legit???

2016-05-04 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
I need to get QB Pro 2016 for not only my stuff but to also help with dev work related to one of Jeff Johnson's clients. I found it on Intuit's site for $199, but this site below has it for $169: https://www.softwarediscountcenter.com/quickbooks/about-us/ Something just felt weird, like it

Re: Odd menu behavior in Win7Pro/VFP9SP2 all of the sudden

2016-04-29 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-04-29 09:09, Ted Roche wrote: On Fri, Apr 29, 2016 at 1:12 AM, wrote: Hey...interesting...it's not just in VFP!! When I opened an image file in an editing programsame blank-until-you-scroll-over-choices behavior. I don't think

Re: Odd menu behavior in Win7Pro/VFP9SP2 all of the sudden

2016-04-28 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-04-27 07:18, Ted Roche wrote: On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 9:32 PM, wrote: All of the sudden, when I go into VFP and choose something off the main menu, the dropdown area appears but it's all blank. As I scroll down over where the item choices

RE: Odd menu behavior in Win7Pro/VFP9SP2 all of the sudden

2016-04-28 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
I've got 10.0.47484, Date Sep 11 2015 17:23:00. This is so bizarre because it's only with the main menus (not shortcut menus) and only happens with the mouse--using the keyboard, the menu displays fine. And no Ted, I honestly don't recall changing anything, other than applying Windows

RE: Odd menu behavior in Win7Pro/VFP9SP2 all of the sudden

2016-04-27 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-04-26 22:22, Darren wrote: I've seen it with a Version of TeamViewer 9 installed. I reported it to them and they, very promptly gave me a fix. Don't recall seeing that behaviour otherwise. I've got TeamViewer 10. Guess I'll contact them! Thanks!

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