Re: Windows 10 X to support Win32 apps

2019-11-25 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 11/25/2019 9:35 AM, Alan Bourke wrote: On Fri, 22 Nov 2019, at 6:41 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: I thought we were pretty much told there would be no new operating systems past Windows 10, so if your VFP app ran on Windows 10 now, then it was going to run forever. Windows 10X

Re: Windows 10 X to support Win32 apps

2019-11-25 Thread Alan Bourke
On Fri, 22 Nov 2019, at 6:41 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > I thought we were pretty much told there would be no new operating > systems past Windows 10, so if your VFP app ran on Windows 10 now, then > it was going to run forever. Windows 10X is not Windows 10 like on your

Re: Windows 10 X to support Win32 apps

2019-11-22 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
I thought we were pretty much told there would be no new operating systems past Windows 10, so if your VFP app ran on Windows 10 now, then it was going to run forever.  On 11/22/2019 11:13 AM, Tracy Pearson wrote: This is good news. From what I gathered from the article the 32 bit apps

Re: Windows 10 Home and VFP9SP2 apps

2019-03-04 Thread Alan Bourke
Same OS just with various bits not enabled. And lots of very annoying bits enabled. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox

RE: Windows 10 Home and VFP9SP2 apps

2019-03-04 Thread Dave Crozier
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Re: Windows 10 Home and VFP9SP2 apps

2019-03-01 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
Thanks Tracey and John! On 2019-03-01 17:06, Tracy Pearson wrote: Yes. VFP 9 installs on HOME, and I have several customers that I've seen using HOME with our product. Tracy -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of

RE: Windows 10 Home and VFP9SP2 apps

2019-03-01 Thread John Weller
I use VFP9 on Home. John John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 VFP9SP2 apps work fine on Windows 10 HOME, right? I know they work fine on Win10 Professional but am double-checking the HOME version. tia, --Mike ___ Post Messages to:

RE: Windows 10 Home and VFP9SP2 apps

2019-03-01 Thread Tracy Pearson
Yes. VFP 9 installs on HOME, and I have several customers that I've seen using HOME with our product. Tracy -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com Sent: Friday, March 01, 2019 4:55 PM To:

RE: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba)

2018-05-30 Thread Dave Crozier
ntitled at any time -Original Message- From: ProFox On Behalf Of Paul Hill Sent: 29 May 2018 18:49 To: ProFox Email List Subject: Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba) Hi Gang, Does anyone know if MS released a changelog for this Windows release? I'm

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba)

2018-05-29 Thread Fred Taylor
So much fun, isn't it? The only problem we've seen (so far) is the can't connect remote desktop. Changing the server setting to uncheck the requirement for a secure connection at least lets that work. Connecting to SQL server has been noproblem. Fred On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 10:48 AM, Paul Hill

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba)

2018-05-29 Thread Paul Hill
Hi Gang, Does anyone know if MS released a changelog for this Windows release? I'm seeing odd network issues that are unrelated to my previous problems. e.g. can't connect to SQL server, access denied errors when creating a listening socket. -- Paul

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba)

2018-05-10 Thread Alan Bourke
client's databases > was just too risky. > > -- > > rk > > -Original Message- > From: ProfoxTech <profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com> On Behalf Of Alan Bourke > Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2018 7:19 AM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: Re: Windows 10 Ap

RE: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba)

2018-05-10 Thread Richard Kaye
:19 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba) IMO despite some initial problems with CDX corruption and SMB2 there has been no reason not to use it for over 10 years since those problems were fixed. If nothing else it

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba)

2018-05-10 Thread Alan Bourke
IMO despite some initial problems with CDX corruption and SMB2 there has been no reason not to use it for over 10 years since those problems were fixed. If nothing else it is orders of magnitude faster than SMB1. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba)

2018-05-10 Thread Paul Hill
It's not about running EXEs, it's about network connections: > Windows 10 update 1803 does not open *network connections* on executables > files on SMBv1 share. Explains why my ADS was blocked. People using Samba with SMB2 disable will have this problem too. -- Paul

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & ADS Server

2018-05-10 Thread Paul Hill
This issue is caused because SMB2 is disabled! Thanks to Alan Bourke for pointing me in the right direction. -- Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba)

2018-05-10 Thread Paul Hill
On 10 May 2018 at 08:53, Alan Bourke wrote: > https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50172067/sqlconnection-error-if-exe-is-executed-from-network-path > > Looking at the above it seems to indicate that you can no longer run EXEs > from shared locations when the protocol is

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba)

2018-05-10 Thread Ted Roche
On Thu, May 10, 2018 at 4:14 AM, Mike wrote: > > But I still love to hate Windows. > Everyone needs a hobby. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba)

2018-05-10 Thread Alan Bourke
> But I still love to hate Windows. It's an annoying bugger sometimes. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba)

2018-05-10 Thread Mike
Alan, Confirmed. Many thanks! But I still love to hate Windows. Mike Alan Bourke wrote: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50172067/sqlconnection-error-if-exe-is-executed-from-network-path Looking at the above it seems to indicate that you can no longer run EXEs from shared locations

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba)

2018-05-10 Thread Mike
I'm placing my bets on your deduction, Alan. Now to make sure my Samba servers are all up-to-date! Thank you! Mike Alan Bourke wrote: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50172067/sqlconnection-error-if-exe-is-executed-from-network-path Looking at the above it seems to indicate that you can

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba)

2018-05-10 Thread Alan Bourke
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/50172067/sqlconnection-error-if-exe-is-executed-from-network-path Looking at the above it seems to indicate that you can no longer run EXEs from shared locations when the protocol is SMB1. Having said that SMB1 was superseded in 2007 and deprecated in 2014.

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba)

2018-05-10 Thread Alan Bourke
Homegroup was removed in 1803, if you're not using a Windows domain due to your servers being Linux I don't know if that is relevant. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba)

2018-05-09 Thread Fernando D. Bozzo
I don't know if you can find something here : https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletins.aspx El jue., 10 may. 2018 7:22, Mike escribió: > Fernando, > > Would love to. > > Where to start? > > Mike > > > Fernando D. Bozzo wrote: > > Hi Mike: > > > > If you

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba)

2018-05-09 Thread Mike
Fernando, Would love to. Where to start? Mike Fernando D. Bozzo wrote: Hi Mike: If you suspect that the problem could be because of a new restriction policy, you may try to find the full description of what did include this update. El jue., 10 may. 2018 5:33, Mike

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba)

2018-05-09 Thread Fernando D. Bozzo
Hi Mike: If you suspect that the problem could be because of a new restriction policy, you may try to find the full description of what did include this update. El jue., 10 may. 2018 5:33, Mike escribió: > Thanks, Gianni. That's a dead-on exact match for what I've run into.

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba)

2018-05-09 Thread Mike
Thanks, Gianni. That's a dead-on exact match for what I've run into. But, the TechNet article you referenced seems to point the finger at SMBv1, or higher not being available. While this might be the case, it's obvious that Windows 10 1803 is now applying additional restrictions when the EXE

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba)

2018-05-09 Thread Gianni Turri
Someone on the Italian TechNet Forum had a similar problem but with SQL server. May be you can find something useful in the discussion. Problemi connessione SQL dopo l'aggiornamento di Aprile 2018 https://social.technet.microsoft.com/Forums/it-IT/38a6727a-7dce-48ef-8c3e-a69e7847c9b8/ Gianni On

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba)

2018-05-09 Thread Mike
Have already tried that. No change. To be more precise...it's not that the EXE won't run, it's that the EXE can't connect to my Maria DB server. BUT! Since the same application CAN connect to Maria DB if the EXE is run locally, this appears to be a security policy issue. I am NOT on a

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & Running EXE from Shared drive (Samba)

2018-05-09 Thread Gianni Turri
Try enabling "SMB 1.0/CIFS File Sharing Support" in "Windows features". Gianni On Wed, 9 May 2018 16:23:49 -0500, Mike wrote: Heads up... After updating to Win 10 Pro 17134 (last night) apps that are stored on a network share (Samba server) will no longer run. Move the EXE

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & ADS Server

2018-05-09 Thread Ricardo Araoz
"hold off the regular monthly updates for up to 30 days", god! I had forgotten what Wd$ was all about. Thanks for the reminder. On 09/05/18 17:03, Ted Roche wrote: One of my clients had to recreate all their RDP settings. Whether that was related to this change, or just because the target

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & ADS Server

2018-05-09 Thread Ted Roche
One of my clients had to recreate all their RDP settings. Whether that was related to this change, or just because the target machine changed its DNS name and that didn't show until the monthly reboot, well, we may never know. The post I made earlier about blocking the "April Update" also had

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & ADS Server

2018-05-09 Thread Fred Taylor
Thanks Paul. Now maybe I'll have to talk someone through how to change it, since it's a remote site. Fred On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 12:12 PM, Paul Hill wrote: > On 9 May 2018 at 20:00, Fred Taylor wrote: > > We don't use Advantage, but we had a

RE: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & ADS Server

2018-05-09 Thread Richard Kaye
f Paul Hill Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2018 3:13 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & ADS Server On 9 May 2018 at 20:00, Fred Taylor <fbtay...@gmail.com> wrote: > We don't use Advantage, but we had a problem with a machine trying to use > remote de

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & ADS Server

2018-05-09 Thread Paul Hill
On 9 May 2018 at 20:00, Fred Taylor wrote: > We don't use Advantage, but we had a problem with a machine trying to use > remote desktop after the latest update for W10. Had to uninstall it. It > kept saying something about security corruption. The old 'Allow remote

Re: Windows 10 April 2018 Update & ADS Server

2018-05-09 Thread Fred Taylor
We don't use Advantage, but we had a problem with a machine trying to use remote desktop after the latest update for W10. Had to uninstall it. It kept saying something about security corruption. . Fred On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 11:26 AM, Paul Hill wrote: > Hi Guys, > >

Re: Windows 10 Home edition (was Re: Listbox auto-magically filters unwanted characters)

2017-12-07 Thread Man-wai Chang
If you are only using US English in language settings, nothing would go bad. :) But I noticed that some differences regarding Chinese Hong Kong Language Pack between Home and Professional. It seemed that Win 10 Home didn't install Hong Kong's Supplementary Character Set. I didn't noticed the same

RE: Windows 10 Anniversary Update Massively Broken

2016-08-04 Thread Ken Dibble
-212-747-9100 www.GlobeTax.com -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2016 2:58 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Windows 10 Anniversary Update Massively Broken On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Kurt

RE: Windows 10 Anniversary Update Massively Broken

2016-08-04 Thread Kurt Wendt
Of Ted Roche Sent: Thursday, August 04, 2016 2:58 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Windows 10 Anniversary Update Massively Broken On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Kurt Wendt <kurt_we...@globetax.com> wrote: > So - it's the Windows version of Russian Roulette! :-) Well, except you

Re: Windows 10 Anniversary Update Massively Broken

2016-08-04 Thread Vince Teachout
On 8/4/2016 2:57 PM, Ted Roche wrote: On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Kurt Wendt wrote: So - it's the Windows version of Russian Roulette! :-) Well, except you don't get any vodka... ... and you have to clean up the mess after you lose ;^) Oh, that is just

Re: Windows 10 Anniversary Update Massively Broken

2016-08-04 Thread Ted Roche
On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 1:58 PM, Kurt Wendt wrote: > So - it's the Windows version of Russian Roulette! :-) Well, except you don't get any vodka... ... and you have to clean up the mess after you lose ;^) -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC

RE: Windows 10 Anniversary Update Massively Broken

2016-08-04 Thread Kurt Wendt
To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Windows 10 Anniversary Update Massively Broken On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Paul Hill <paulroberth...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 4 August 2016 at 17:12, Ken Dibble <krdib...@stny.rr.com> wrote: >> >> Even more reasons why we all should bend o

Re: Windows 10 Anniversary Update Massively Broken

2016-08-04 Thread Ted Roche
On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 1:36 PM, Paul Hill wrote: > On 4 August 2016 at 17:12, Ken Dibble wrote: >> >> Even more reasons why we all should bend over and let Microsoft force >> "updates" on us, and why software professionals should advise people that

Re: Windows 10 Anniversary Update Massively Broken

2016-08-04 Thread Paul Hill
On 4 August 2016 at 17:12, Ken Dibble wrote: > Woody Leonhard, I guy I trust: > > http://www.infoworld.com/article/3104389/microsoft-windows/the-case-against-windows-10-anniversary-update-grows.html > > Even more reasons why we all should bend over and let Microsoft force >

Re: Windows 10 Anniversary Update Massively Broken

2016-08-04 Thread Ted Roche
This really sounds like a re-run of the horrors they had with rolling out version 3.11 of Windows for Workgroups. And every single version since then. Bill's gone, Steve's gone, and yet... On Thu, Aug 4, 2016 at 12:12 PM, Ken Dibble wrote: > Woody Leonhard, I guy I trust:

Re: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-27 Thread Sytze de Boer
Update Thank you all for your comments/opinions or otherwise. My client has reversed the Win10 update and all is well again. i.e. same pc, same office, no change to my application. It simply fails to "append general", as in it skips this line in my code. So now I have time to apply a

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: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-27 Thread Ted Roche
In my case, I started with an invoice already in a PDF, as that's how I send them to clients. I'm a big fan of PDF for this purpose: they're not (easily) modified, the print pretty at the client's site regardless of their printers, and they make a professional appearance. Word, not so much.

Re: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-27 Thread Ted Roche
Okay, Sytze, Alan says it works fine. Is it possible that you are trying to run 64-bit Office from within (always 32-bit) Visual FoxPro? That might cause a problem. On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 4:59 AM, Alan Bourke wrote: > I just tested this under Windows 10, VFP9 SP2 and a

Re: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-27 Thread Man-wai Chang
That's how most do it! Storing those files outside of VFP DBF files actually improve security and ease of management. You can make use of the file sytsem's features to manage them. In the case of extreme security breaches, you could just relocate if not delete the file, instead of having to dig

Re: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-27 Thread Alan Bourke
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 suspect path resolution issues. -- Alan

Re: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-27 Thread Alan Bourke
On Tue, 26 Jul 2016, at 10:11 PM, Sytze de Boer wrote: > Yes, I'm trying to print the Doc file embedded in a report. Like you can > with a picture. I'm amazed that *ever* worked without getting involved in ReportListeners. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm

RE: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-27 Thread Paul Newton
To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Windows 10 and Append General Yes, I'm trying to print the Doc file embedded in a report. Like you can with a picture. On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Ted Roche <tedro...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Sytze de Boer

Re: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-26 Thread Ted Roche
On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Sytze de Boer wrote: > > My remaining issue though, is there some way I can print a report with the > DOC file details.? (In much the same way as printing a report with a JPG > file, or otherwise) > I'm sorry for being dense, but what do you

Re: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-26 Thread Sytze de Boer
Yes, I'm trying to print the Doc file embedded in a report. Like you can with a picture. On Wed, Jul 27, 2016 at 9:08 AM, Ted Roche wrote: > On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 3:56 PM, Sytze de Boer > wrote: > > > > My remaining issue though, is there some way

Re: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-26 Thread Sytze de Boer
Thank you all for your opinions/advice. I am happy to NOT store data in the General field, since the data is already saved in DOC format, which is unique to each invoice. ("INV"+alltrim(str(invnum))+".DOC" My remaining issue though, is there some way I can print a report with the DOC file

RE: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-26 Thread Gene Wirchenko
[reordered to chronological] At 02:26 2016-07-26, Dave Crozier wrote: -Original Message- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Sytze de Boer Sent: 26 July 2016 04:46 To: profox Subject: Windows 10 and Append General So I

Re: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-26 Thread Ted Roche
On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 10:03 AM, Koen Piller wrote: > And Ted yes I am with you when changing functional good running code. > However Sytze has a problem with exactly that. So in this case it is my > opinion to change completely and dont store anything in a General Field

Re: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-26 Thread Koen Piller
Alan I mistread sure my advise was for Sytze. And Ted yes I am with you when changing functional good running code. However Sytze has a problem with exactly that. So in this case it is my opinion to change completely and dont store anything in a General Field but change the code I am sure he will

Re: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-26 Thread Alan Bourke
> Alan, > > Donot store anything in GeneralFields, and if you must than donot. I don't. The original questioner did. > Just store the fullpath in of the .doc .xls or whatever file in your memo > field. I generally store a relative path beneath a defined root location and retrieve files when

Re: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-26 Thread Ted Roche
Well, I think the effect that Sytze was depending on was the feature of General fields that store a bitmap image of the linked OLE object in the field, suitable, in some cases, for printing. That's how the FRX report worked. It's a dangerous thing to depend on, since different OLE servers store

Re: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-26 Thread Koen Piller
Alan, Donot store anything in GeneralFields, and if you must than donot. Just store the fullpath in of the .doc .xls or whatever file in your memo field. Advise you to change your code and I can garantee you will be a happy foxpro user again. Regards, Koen 2016-07-26 9:46 GMT+02:00 Alan Bourke

Re: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-26 Thread Ted Roche
Sytze: As you're coming to learn, depending on Microsoft to maintain their APIs and compatibility from version to version is a gamble. Unless there's some reason the client wants to edit their invoices after sending, rather than saving in Word, have them save a PDF file. Test out your code to

RE: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-26 Thread Dave Crozier
/products. Dave -Original Message- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: 26 July 2016 11:17 To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Windows 10 and Append General Dave Crozier wrote: > Even SQLExpress can now hold over 100Gb of data Currently it is 1

Re: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-26 Thread Alan Bourke
Dave Crozier wrote: > Even SQLExpress can now hold over 100Gb of data Currently it is 10GB per database, you can have as many databases as disk space allows. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

RE: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-26 Thread Dave Crozier
No, No, No ... General fields are the work of the devil bloated memo files, VFP table size restrictions, links that get mysteriously corrupted, slow as hell etc. Better to store your binary data outside VFP in a SQL server of some type which is made for the job and/or just store links to

RE: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-26 Thread Allen Pollard
Not saving in Program files are you? That's a no no now. Al -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: 26 July 2016 09:47 To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Windows 10 and Append General > It seems this no longer wo

Re: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-26 Thread Alan Bourke
> It seems this no longer works with Win10 I don't know why it wouldn't work with Windows 10 other than you are linking it and it can't resolve the path in the link. If you do MODIFY GENERAL does it bring up the .DOC? Frankly I'm surprised it worked on a report layout in *any* OS. The help

Re: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-26 Thread Man-wai Chang
I don't use the GENERAL data type in VFP. I always think It's better to store binary data outside of DBF. On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 11:46 AM, Sytze de Boer wrote: > So I have used this approach for 20 years and it has always worked > My client prepares an invoice using Word >

Re: Windows 10 and Append General

2016-07-25 Thread Mike Copeland
Here's (possibly) some helpful info. I have a client that I upgraded from Win7 to 10, and he uses Excel a LOT. There's a website that he goes to and they have a link he clicks that downloads a collection of data that is autoloaded from the browser into Excel. Well, after working for years

RE: Windows 10 tablet Mode keyboard

2016-05-12 Thread Tracy Pearson
Using the CLSID {054AAE20-4BEA-4347-8A35-64A533254A9D}, the LocalServer32 key has a default value that will point to the TabTip.exe. Running that will launch the onscreen keyboard. I dug through a patch to some code to discover that. https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=8643501=diff

RE: Windows 10

2015-09-03 Thread John Weller
Thanks to Alan and Paul. I'd forgotten about the Disk Cleanup tool. John John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 > > There is a 'Windows.old' folder, which is your old installation should you > decide to roll back. Here's how to delete it: > http://blog.laptopmag.com/delete-windows-old-folder >

Re: Windows 10

2015-09-03 Thread Alan Bourke
There is a 'Windows.old' folder, which is your old installation should you decide to roll back. Here's how to delete it: http://blog.laptopmag.com/delete-windows-old-folder Obviously don't delete it until your are 100% sure. I think any '$windows' folder is the location to which the Windows 10

Re: Windows 10

2015-09-03 Thread Paul Hill
Hi John, I think it's related to the upgrade process. If you are happy with Windows 10 and don't want to downgrade you can run the 'Disk Clean-Up' tool that is built into Windows. Paul On 3 September 2015 at 10:32, John Weller wrote: > I've just successfully upgrade to

Re: Windows 10 datetime formats - I need help

2015-08-06 Thread Paul Hill
On 5 August 2015 at 22:19, Stephen Russell srussell...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Paul Hill paulroberth...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I discovered this bug in C# but I suspect it will effect other languages. It looks like ADO is effected so could effect Fox. Windows 10

Re: Windows 10 datetime formats - I need help

2015-08-05 Thread Stephen Russell
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Paul Hill paulroberth...@gmail.com wrote: Hi All, I discovered this bug in C# but I suspect it will effect other languages. It looks like ADO is effected so could effect Fox. Windows 10 introduced changes to the following cultures: Finnish (Finland)

Re: Windows 10

2014-10-21 Thread Peter Cushing
Gene Wirchenko wrote: snip 3.11 is an interesting version number. Networking got added to Windows. You might have thought that this was a big thing, but the version number was not bumped to 4 or even 3.2. If I remember correctly it was called Windows for workgroups and it

RE: Windows 10

2014-10-21 Thread Allen
It was in the days of DDE and you could change chart data on one machine and have the chart update on another. DDE was brilliant, yet now there is talk of windows machines talking like that. All old hat , been done. Al -Original Message- If I remember correctly it was called Windows for

Re: Windows 10

2014-10-21 Thread Alan Bourke
3.11 is an interesting version number. Networking got added to Windows. Not exactly. There was Windows 3.1, and then Windows 3.11 which was what we would now think of as a service pack for Windows 3.1, i.e. not a standalone product. These had network support but only with third-party

Re: Windows 10

2014-10-21 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2014-10-20 16:44, Ed Leafe wrote: On Oct 20, 2014, at 12:58 PM, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: Was Windows 1.0 the one where Steve Ballmer did a crazy commercial akin to Crazy Eddie back in the 80s? Crazy Eddiehis prices are INSANE! lol

Re: Windows 10

2014-10-21 Thread Ed Leafe
On Oct 17, 2014, at 2:13 PM, Paul Hill paulroberth...@gmail.com wrote: Don't think it will be a problem. Windows 10 is basically Windows 8.2. Love this! http://talkinthe.net/Images/2014/10/21/001.jpg -- Ed Leafe --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/signed

Re: Windows 10

2014-10-21 Thread Jeff Johnson
On 10/21/2014 11:27 AM, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: On 2014-10-20 16:44, Ed Leafe wrote: On Oct 20, 2014, at 12:58 PM, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: Was Windows 1.0 the one where Steve Ballmer did a crazy commercial akin to Crazy Eddie back in the

Re: Windows 10

2014-10-21 Thread Jeff Johnson
On 10/21/2014 12:59 PM, Ed Leafe wrote: On Oct 17, 2014, at 2:13 PM, Paul Hill paulroberth...@gmail.com wrote: Don't think it will be a problem. Windows 10 is basically Windows 8.2. Love this! http://talkinthe.net/Images/2014/10/21/001.jpg -- Ed Leafe

RE: Windows 10

2014-10-20 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
for a '9'. Maybe MS can solve the problem in their time-tested fashion, by renaming everything. Dan Covill From: j...@johnweller.co.uk To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: RE: Windows 10 Date: Fri, 17 Oct 2014 21:42:16 +0100 What happened to Windows 9? John Weller

Re: Windows 10

2014-10-20 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
, long, long time ago. On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 12:22 PM, jeff j...@san-dc.com wrote: Wasn't there an NT 2.0? Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: Ed Leafe e...@leafe.com Date:10/18/2014 07:02 (GMT-07:00) To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Windows 10

Re: Windows 10

2014-10-20 Thread Mike Copeland
message From: Ed Leafe e...@leafe.com Date:10/18/2014 07:02 (GMT-07:00) To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Windows 10 On Oct 17, 2014, at 7:39 PM, Ted Roche tedro...@gmail.com wrote: This is the company that made: Windows 3 Windows 3.11 Windows 95 Windows NT Windows NT 3.51 WIndows 98

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2014-10-20 Thread Stephen Russell
From: Ed Leafe e...@leafe.com Date:10/18/2014 07:02 (GMT-07:00) To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Windows 10 On Oct 17, 2014, at 7:39 PM, Ted Roche tedro...@gmail.com wrote: This is the company that made: Windows 3 Windows 3.11 Windows 95 Windows NT Windows NT 3.51 WIndows 98

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2014-10-20 Thread Gene Wirchenko
At 07:02 2014-10-18, Ed Leafe e...@leafe.com wrote: On Oct 17, 2014, at 7:39 PM, Ted Roche tedro...@gmail.com wrote: This is the company that made: Windows 3 Windows 3.11 Windows 95 Windows NT Windows NT 3.51 WIndows 98 Windows NT 4 Windows Me Windows 2000 Windows Vista Windows 7

Re: Windows 10

2014-10-20 Thread Ed Leafe
On Oct 20, 2014, at 12:58 PM, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: Was Windows 1.0 the one where Steve Ballmer did a crazy commercial akin to Crazy Eddie back in the 80s? Crazy Eddiehis prices are INSANE! lol https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGvHNNOLnCk -- Ed Leafe

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2014-10-20 Thread Mike Copeland
Wow! He almost had hair back then! Ed Leafe wrote: On Oct 20, 2014, at 12:58 PM, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: Was Windows 1.0 the one where Steve Ballmer did a crazy commercial akin to Crazy Eddie back in the 80s? Crazy Eddiehis prices are INSANE! lol

Re: Windows 10

2014-10-19 Thread Alan Bourke
On Sat, 18 Oct 2014, at 10:20 PM, AndyHC wrote: I had a copy of Windows 1.x given out free by ms at a meeting of the PC Users Group in London sometime in the mid 80s. In sort of similar news, we very occasionally have a need to dredge up Foxpro for Windows 2.6 and the old 16-bit version of

Re: Windows 10

2014-10-18 Thread Ed Leafe
On Oct 17, 2014, at 7:39 PM, Ted Roche tedro...@gmail.com wrote: This is the company that made: Windows 3 Windows 3.11 Windows 95 Windows NT Windows NT 3.51 WIndows 98 Windows NT 4 Windows Me Windows 2000 Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 You left out Windows XP. How is that

Re: Windows 10

2014-10-18 Thread jeff
Wasn't there an NT 2.0? Sent from my T-Mobile 4G LTE Device Original message From: Ed Leafe e...@leafe.com Date:10/18/2014 07:02 (GMT-07:00) To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Windows 10 On Oct 17, 2014, at 7:39 PM, Ted Roche tedro...@gmail.com wrote

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2014-10-18 Thread Ted Roche
Leafe e...@leafe.com Date:10/18/2014 07:02 (GMT-07:00) To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Windows 10 On Oct 17, 2014, at 7:39 PM, Ted Roche tedro...@gmail.com wrote: This is the company that made: Windows 3 Windows 3.11 Windows 95 Windows NT Windows NT 3.51 WIndows 98

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2014-10-18 Thread Fred Taylor
: Windows 10 On Oct 17, 2014, at 7:39 PM, Ted Roche tedro...@gmail.com wrote: This is the company that made: Windows 3 Windows 3.11 Windows 95 Windows NT Windows NT 3.51 WIndows 98 Windows NT 4 Windows Me Windows 2000 Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows

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2014-10-18 Thread Ted Roche
On Sat, Oct 18, 2014 at 1:40 PM, Fred Taylor fbtay...@gmail.com wrote: I can verify the Windows 2.0 runtime with PageMaker. Either that or I'm mis-remembering the same as you, Ted Thanks, Fred. We can always look it up and cite Wikipedia:

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2014-10-18 Thread Mike Copeland
...@leafe.com Date:10/18/2014 07:02 (GMT-07:00) To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Windows 10 On Oct 17, 2014, at 7:39 PM, Ted Roche tedro...@gmail.com wrote: This is the company that made: Windows 3 Windows 3.11 Windows 95 Windows NT Windows NT 3.51 WIndows 98 Windows NT 4 Windows Me

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2014-10-18 Thread José Enrique Llopis
: Re: Windows 10 I swear I had a copy of Win 1.0 I may have been smoking something (it was a different time then), and from what I recall it was pretty much click and look...no apps, no functionality. I even kept the diskettes for a while along with my Lotus 123 and Frogger disks. Mike Ted

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2014-10-18 Thread AndyHC
I had a copy of Windows 1.x given out free by ms at a meeting of the PC Users Group in London sometime in the mid 80s. On the PC's available at the time it was slower than watching paint dry, I couldn't get my management even vaguely interested - they had taken the giant step from mainframes to

Re: Windows 10

2014-10-17 Thread Paul Hill
On 17 October 2014 20:05, Mike Copeland m...@ggisoft.com wrote: I may have missed it...has anyone tested VFP 9 on Windows 10 yet? Don't think it will be a problem. Windows 10 is basically Windows 8.2. -- Paul ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

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