Re: Recent versions of Abri worth it?

2007-02-19 Thread Paul Newton
Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: Gentle programmers: Anyone have experience with recent versions of Abri (4.0) compared to earlier versions? I'm moving an app from VFP 3 and 7 to 9. The current version has a number of users who are getting hit by file corruption left and right. I'm thinking

Re: Recent versions of Abri worth it?

2007-02-19 Thread Whil Hentzen (Pro*)
Paul Newton wrote: Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: Gentle programmers: Anyone have experience with recent versions of Abri (4.0) compared to earlier versions? I'm moving an app from VFP 3 and 7 to 9. The current version has a number of users who are getting hit by file corruption left and

Re: Recent versions of Abri worth it?

2007-02-19 Thread MB Software Solutions
Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: I'm not sure what we can do about 'prevention' - like you said, tracking these issues down has been onerous. Users don't want to report what they were doing, you know the drill. I had one installation where they kept getting corruption problems because the

Re: Recent versions of Abri worth it?

2007-02-19 Thread Alan Bourke
MB Software Solutions wrote: Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: We don't want to do that. You fix your software instead. If they had said that to me one of them would have wearing a power strip up their arse. ___ Post Messages to:

Re: Recent versions of Abri worth it?

2007-02-19 Thread Whil Hentzen (Pro*)
Alan Bourke wrote: MB Software Solutions wrote: Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: We don't want to do that. You fix your software instead. If they had said that to me one of them would have wearing a power strip up their arse. But I'm a kinder, gentler type of software developer. Not

RE: Recent versions of Abri worth it?

2007-02-19 Thread John Weller
A gentleman would ensure that the power strip was disconnected first - me, I'd switch it on THEN insert it. :-) John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 If they had said that to me one of them would have wearing a power strip up their arse. But I'm a kinder, gentler type of software

Re: Recent versions of Abri worth it?

2007-02-19 Thread Alan Bourke
John Weller wrote: A gentleman would ensure that the power strip was disconnected first - me, I'd switch it on THEN insert it. :-) After wetting it, of course :^ ) ) ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

Re: Recent versions of Abri worth it?

2007-02-19 Thread Sales Info
Whil, We don't want to do that. You fix your software instead. I had a similar client (perhaps the same? name withheld to protect the guilty). My solution - and good advice in the broadest sense of the word ... flush often. In VFP this translates as: FLUSH FORCE Malcolm

Re: Recent versions of Abri worth it?

2007-02-19 Thread Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh
On Feb 19, 2007, at 2:46 PM, Sales Info wrote: ... flush often. In VFP this translates as: FLUSH FORCE Then: inkey(2,H) Slow the f'ing application down so much that they might reconsider where to shove the power strip. ___ Post Messages to:

Re: Recent versions of Abri worth it?

2007-02-19 Thread MB Software Solutions
Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh wrote: On Feb 19, 2007, at 2:46 PM, Sales Info wrote: ... flush often. In VFP this translates as: FLUSH FORCE Then: inkey(2,H) Slow the f'ing application down so much that they might reconsider where to shove the power strip. If you didn't mind