RE: verts on vista

2007-02-16 Thread Tracy Pearson
One of these days I'll learn to copy/paste Tracy > -Original Message- > From: Andy Davies > > Tracy Pearson said ""AllUsersProfiles" returns C:\Documents > and Settings\All Users" > > Not on my box - but this does > ?GETENV("ALLUSERSPROFILE") > > Andrew Davies  MBCS CITP >   - AndyD 

Re: verts on vista

2007-02-16 Thread Ted Roche
On 2/15/07, Whil Hentzen (Pro*) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Or maybe I'm misunderstanding... what if I wanted this virtual thingee > to actually print a real piece of paper? Or save a file on a real usb > thumbdrive? Wouldn't it have to talk to those real pieces of hardware? I > thought I'd be a

Re: verts on vista

2007-02-16 Thread Andy Davies
Whil said: what if I wanted this virtual thingee to actually print a real piece of paper? Or save a file on a real usb thumbdrive? depends on the thingee - with the ms one, printers you set up as usual - you can even share them in a workgroup (sometimes); usb it doesn't do; cd/dvd drives can be 'g

RE: verts on vista

2007-02-16 Thread Andy Davies
Tracy Pearson said ""AllUsersProfiles" returns C:\Documents and Settings\All Users" Not on my box - but this does ?GETENV("ALLUSERSPROFILE") Andrew Davies  MBCS CITP   - AndyD    8-)# ** This email and any files transmitt

Re: verts on vista

2007-02-15 Thread Whil Hentzen (Pro*)
MB Software Solutions wrote: > Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: >> No wonder it took 14 years to produce five kids. I could never get the >> hang of it. >> > > Yeah but think of all of the fun in trying for 14 years YOU think of it. I've had my fill. 7 (seconds of fun) * 5 kids. Wow. A whole h

Re: verts on vista

2007-02-15 Thread Whil Hentzen (Pro*)
Alan Bourke wrote: > Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: >> I could never get VMWare to see anything (hardware-wise) on my box. > > Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but it shouldn't be picking up anything on > your box, it should be using its own virtual hardware surely? Or maybe I'm misunderstanding... what

Re: verts on vista

2007-02-15 Thread MB Software Solutions
Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: > No wonder it took 14 years to produce five kids. I could never get the > hang of it. > Yeah but think of all of the fun in trying for 14 years -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarte

Re: verts on vista

2007-02-15 Thread Alan Bourke
Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: > I could never get VMWare to see anything (hardware-wise) on my box. Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but it shouldn't be picking up anything on your box, it should be using its own virtual hardware surely? ___ Post Messages t

Re: verts on vista

2007-02-15 Thread Whil Hentzen (Pro*)
Kevin Cully wrote: > Just slap VMWare on one of those super duper Linux machines that you > got. That's a good way to test Vista without a full dedicated machine. Yeah, I could do that. Oh, wait, no I couldn't. Me and VMWare have not gotten along well in the past. Maybe I'll attempt a little ki

Re: verts on vista

2007-02-15 Thread Whil Hentzen (Pro*)
Vince Teachout wrote: > Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: >> OK, gang, I've inherited a vertical market app, sort of, that's >> installed all over the place. The system uses a licensing scheme that >> writes a file to one of several locations and then checks against that >> file to ensure that only an all

RE: verts on vista

2007-02-15 Thread Tracy Pearson
Looks like the Vista install I have from Dell has C:\Users\Public GetEnv("Public") should give this to you. GetEnv("AllUsersProfiles") returns "C:\ProgramData" My W2K box doesn't have a "Public" and "AllUsersProfiles" returns C:\Documents and Settings\All Users Tracy > -Original Message

Re: verts on vista

2007-02-15 Thread Kevin Cully
I like this solution. I used this paradigm on a system a while back. We put an RLOCK() on the record. If the machine was kicked off the network, the RLOCK was released. If the number of users is small, counting RLOCKS() wouldn't take too long. Maybe? Vince Teachout wrote: > Any chance of chan

Re: verts on vista

2007-02-15 Thread Kevin Cully
Just slap VMWare on one of those super duper Linux machines that you got. That's a good way to test Vista without a full dedicated machine. If you're counting concurrent users, shirley there's a mapped network drive somewhere. (Sorry about calling you Shirley. Bada bing!) Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wr

Re: verts on vista

2007-02-15 Thread Vince Teachout
Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: > OK, gang, I've inherited a vertical market app, sort of, that's > installed all over the place. The system uses a licensing scheme that > writes a file to one of several locations and then checks against that > file to ensure that only an allotted number of users are lo

Re: verts on vista

2007-02-15 Thread Whil Hentzen (Pro*)
Ted Roche wrote: > On 2/15/07, Whil Hentzen (Pro*) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> And now comes Vista, which won't let the app write that file to any of >> its configured locations (Windows system dir, root of C, etc.) It looks >> like the app will have to write to My Documents\User >> > > Isn't th

RE: verts on vista

2007-02-15 Thread henry.dagher
PROTECTED] Subject: verts on vista Another try Original Message Subject: Hey, look, ma, a technical question... verts on vista Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:56:26 -0600 From: Whil Hentzen (Pro*) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: profox@leafe.com OK, gang, I've inherited a vert

Re: verts on vista

2007-02-15 Thread Ted Roche
On 2/15/07, Whil Hentzen (Pro*) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > And now comes Vista, which won't let the app write that file to any of > its configured locations (Windows system dir, root of C, etc.) It looks > like the app will have to write to My Documents\User > Isn't there an "All Users" area t

verts on vista

2007-02-15 Thread Whil Hentzen (Pro*)
Another try Original Message Subject: Hey, look, ma, a technical question... verts on vista Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 09:56:26 -0600 From: Whil Hentzen (Pro*) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: profox@leafe.com OK, gang, I've inherited a vertical market app, sort of, that'