Re: [NF] A Better Windows Command Line

2007-04-12 Thread Alan Bourke
On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 09:21:48 -0400, Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Haven't tried it out, since we're not supporting Vista here (yet, anyways), It's available for XP as well though ... it can do some very cool things but equally is pretty complicated. -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Printing Synchronization Problem

2007-04-16 Thread Alan Bourke
Ken Dibble wrote: I thought that a separate .exe for printing, running in its own thread, would force a fairer allocation of resources so that things wouldn't bog down so much. This appears to be true. Surely only on a multi-core CPU though, which won't be there on your older systems?

DBC Compare Tool

2007-04-18 Thread Alan Bourke
Hi Does anyone know of or have a DBC comparison tool? That would compare the entire contents of two DBCs and associated tables, and list any differences? TIA ... -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: [NF] Dell once again offers Windows XP

2007-04-20 Thread Alan Bourke
MB Software Solutions wrote: This has to piss off M$, as it means less adoption (at this time) of its Vista OS! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070419/ap_on_hi_te/dell_xp I see they've slapped a Jan 2008 killswitch on XP for OEMs. Oh well, I've just upgraded my XP laptop with an MSDN copy

Re: Remote Desktop and Foxpro for Windows 2.6

2007-04-22 Thread Alan Bourke
Thanks Mike! Nice to see there are some other people out there still dealing with FPW apps! -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version

RE: [NF]was Dell once again offers Windows XP - Vista upgrade

2007-04-22 Thread Alan Bourke
have to say I was looking at the pricing for MS Office Small Business Edition in PC World yesterday and it is very expensive. -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman

Re: tracing via remote desktop connection

2007-04-23 Thread Alan Bourke
Presumably this is FoxPro 2.x You need to build the EXE with debugging information, and save generated code. Open up the project, then from the 'Project' option at the top menu select 'Options', and the options are in there. What I tend to do is do the above, then put a SET STEP ON in the code

Re: [NF] Maybe there is hope for the computer industry after all

2007-04-23 Thread Alan Bourke
He probably just dug up the rant he had when XP came out, and did a search and replace with Vista. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

Re: [NF] Maybe there is hope for the computer industry after all

2007-04-23 Thread Alan Bourke
Jeff Johnson wrote: XP itself was *really* an upgrade to NT and W95. And Windows 2000/NT Workstation ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

Re: [NF] Maybe there is hope for the computer industry after all

2007-04-23 Thread Alan Bourke
Jeff Johnson wrote: Alan: I originally had 512mb and I added 1g. A driver for my onboard network card was not available and had to purchase one. Hmm - the driver situation does seem to be a bit of a disaster at the minute. I think the bulk of businesses and savvy users will wait six

Re: [NF] Maybe there is hope for the computer industry after all

2007-04-23 Thread Alan Bourke
Jeff Johnson wrote: While the hardware and interface issues are no problem for people like us, the offer bigger challenges to the people we are developing applications for. I suppose after a couple of hours I can find most things in Vista, it seems to largely be a different interface in

Re: Still having problems with Remote desktop and Foxpro 2.5 for Windows

2007-04-24 Thread Alan Bourke
Are you using the latest remote desktop client? There was a new one released very recently to work when connecting to Vista. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of

RE: Still having problems with Remote desktop and Foxpro 2.5 forWindows

2007-04-25 Thread Alan Bourke
Consequently it is NOT 100% Windows compliant. It doesn't necessarily use Windows API controls, that's not the same thing. We have had numerous customers over the years running our FPW application via Citrix and TS, I've never come across this problem. -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Still having problems with Remote desktop and Foxpro 2.5 forWindows

2007-04-25 Thread Alan Bourke
Have you tried using the browser-based client? -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman

RE: Still having problems with Remote desktop and Foxpro 2.5 forWindows

2007-04-25 Thread Alan Bourke
I would also look at this MSKB article, it has details about how to fiddle with graphic caching settings for the TS client at a lower level. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/321706 -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox

Re: Interesting VSJ item

2007-04-25 Thread Alan Bourke
I knew VB6 applications were supported on Vista, didn't think Visual Studio 6 itself was, though ... -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT

Re: [NF] Is Choice Always Good?

2007-04-25 Thread Alan Bourke
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Re: quiet?

2007-04-27 Thread Alan Bourke
Derek Kalweit wrote: Based on the responses, it seems like most people are working on non-Fox projects at the moment... I'm working on a about 3 VFP9 projects, and one ASP.NET/C# project. In between scratching my ass and looking out the window.

Re: Trivial UI question!

2007-04-30 Thread Alan Bourke
MB Software Solutions wrote: In your messageboxes, what do you display for the header--the app name, a one-word description (like Problem, Alert, or Error), or something a bit more descriptive? Error in the title plus a stop icon, and some generally descriptive text, then a Details

Re: Trivial UI question!

2007-04-30 Thread Alan Bourke
One of these usually applies, I find: http://www.strangeplaces.net/weirdthings/haiku.html ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

Re: [NF] - a hybrid backup strategy in the making

2007-04-30 Thread Alan Bourke
Some of these suckas would be handy for backing up servers ... http://www.dabs.com/productview.aspx?quicklinx=3TVB ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

Re: [NF] Looking for a web designer

2007-04-30 Thread Alan Bourke
From the comments; Of course Apple's OS X installs like a dream. It damn well ought to as they control everything from the hardware through to the packaging your machine comes in - if it was not easy to install there would be something very, very wrong. That's one of the benefits of being

Re: [NF] Looking for a web designer

2007-04-30 Thread Alan Bourke
Whoops, replied to the wrong one! ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive:

Re: [NF] of operating systems and languages

2007-04-30 Thread Alan Bourke
From the comments; Of course Apple's OS X installs like a dream. It damn well ought to as they control everything from the hardware through to the packaging your machine comes in - if it was not easy to install there would be something very, very wrong. That's one of the benefits of being

Buffering, GetFldState and SQL Select cursors

2007-04-30 Thread Alan Bourke
I may be having a blonde day but: VFP9 SP1 application, I have a cursor, produced from a select statement: select blah into cursor _trans readwrite nofilter Then table buffering set with: cursorsetprop(Buffering, 5, _trans) I then bind that to a grid, and some grid columns have their

Re: Buffering, GetFldState and SQL Select cursors

2007-04-30 Thread Alan Bourke
Typical, buffer mode should be 4 not 5 ... working now. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable

Re: [NF] Hopw to dfine the Vista WOW experience! - an side, VFP7 under Vista

2007-04-30 Thread Alan Bourke
mrgmhale wrote: The only thing the cartoonist overlooked was the restraint belt system to prevent an End User from getting out of the Vista Chair after getting into it. Also the bit where the chair calls the factory once in a while in case it's been put in a different house.

Re: FW: [NF] Hopw to define the Vista WOW experience!

2007-05-01 Thread Alan Bourke
I thought that there were significant changes made to the base OS in terms of security and how the computer interacted with potential threats. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Features_new_to_Windows_Vista There's quite a bit new, including the UAC as mentioned above, and all the fun stuff

Re: [NF] Anybody using carbonite backup?

2007-05-01 Thread Alan Bourke
Michael Madigan wrote: I've been backing up my system since the 26th and it's only 30% complete. I have to say if I was doing this I'd be looking for a provider who can do an initial take-on of data from DVD or tape or something. ___ Post

Re: [NF] Microsoft announces IronRuby

2007-05-02 Thread Alan Bourke
All we need now is for someone to develop a web-centric scripting language called Butterfly, then we could have a .NET version called IronButterfly. -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance

Re: [NF] Microsoft announces IronRuby

2007-05-02 Thread Alan Bourke
and no longer a threat, Microsoft will kill its version of the language and push the developers into languages that Microsoft has developed and owns. Like what happened with Java? Er, no, wait a minute ... -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Post

Re: Vista+context menu

2007-05-03 Thread Alan Bourke
Does running it in Windows XP SP2 compatibility mode help? ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable

Invalid Seek Offset resolution.

2007-05-03 Thread Alan Bourke
Just posting this so it's out there. We have a customer running 2 networked VFP apps, one is VFP8, one is VFP9. They were getting persistent Invalid Seek Offset errors on one PC. Replaced the PC to no avail. The server is a Dell Poweredge 2950. This server has a fairly recent technology

Re: Invalid Seek Offset resolution.

2007-05-03 Thread Alan Bourke
Dave Crozier wrote: Alan, You mean you are brave enough to run VOIP and data on the same cable infrastructure?? Nope, but the customer was. We don't get a say unfortunately! At least application traffic has a quantifiable burst mode bandwidth which is never going to be for a long time. On

Re: Vista+context menu

2007-05-03 Thread Alan Bourke
Tracy Pearson wrote: And now it's entered as a bug: https://connect.microsoft.com/VisualStudio/feedback/ViewFeedback.aspx?Feedba ckID=275450 My Vista laptop is in it's bag but I'll give it a whirl later and let you know. ___ Post Messages to:

Re: BBC Radio on wmp

2007-05-03 Thread Alan Bourke
Adam Buckland wrote: I have found though that Real is better IMHO and takes far less time to buffer and get going! The thing is some people such as me still have an aversion to RealPlayer at a molecular level, due to earlier adware-ridden versions. But wait! Help is at hand!

Re: Vista+context menu

2007-05-04 Thread Alan Bourke
Yep, busted for me too: http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n285/ally_b_01/bug.jpg ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

Re: [NF] Windows 2000 password

2007-05-05 Thread Alan Bourke
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L0phtCrack -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: [NF] Windows 2000 password

2007-05-05 Thread Alan Bourke
Or http://ophcrack.sourceforge.net/ if ya want a free one. -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com

Re: Visual FoxPro on Vista

2007-05-08 Thread Alan Bourke
I've been running FoxPro for Windows, VFP6 and VFP9 on Vista Pro and have had no issues. The only one I know about is the multilevel context menu display problem, as discussed on this forum, but I don't use them so it's not an issue for me. ___ Post

Re: Visual FoxPro on Vista

2007-05-08 Thread Alan Bourke
Virgil Bierschwale wrote: EVERYTIME I try and run a program that's not Microsoft, both monitors go dim and you get a message asking you if you want to allow this program to run. Right-click on the shortcut and select 'Run as administrator'. Or use TweakUAC to make it silent.

Re: [NF] Programmers and OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

2007-05-08 Thread Alan Bourke
Michael Madigan wrote: I worked for a guy who would re-write anything I would do. I hate that. I wouldn't do it to anyone either no matter how crap their coding style. What I would do is just do any changes to someone's code in my own style. I think in multiple-developer situations you

Re: [NF] Programmers and OCD (Obsessive Compulsive Disorder)

2007-05-08 Thread Alan Bourke
On Mon, 7 May 2007 20:57:23 -0700 (PDT), Michael Madigan [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: He also collected professional wrestling action figures. That should have set alarm bells ringing on its own. -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Post

[NF] SpyBot lays the smackage down.

2007-05-09 Thread Alan Bourke
http://www.spybot.info/en/news/2007-05-08.html ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive:

Re: Denial isn't just a river in Egypt

2007-05-09 Thread Alan Bourke
MB Software Solutions wrote: Look at today--FPD and FPW apps still work and don't seem to be crapping out anytime soon! Not exactly the case. FPW and FPD will run today, but they run in an emulated machine. So they're isolated from the OS, and will probably be fine until Windows stops

Re: Bucket a reserver word?

2007-05-11 Thread Alan Bourke
I think VFP should kick the bucket in the next version. Wait a minute ... ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

Re: Bucket a reserver word?

2007-05-11 Thread Alan Bourke
Dave Crozier wrote: Bad Bad Alan! I'll get me coat. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable

Re: Cleaning up temp cursors

2007-05-14 Thread Alan Bourke
I always USE IN SELECT(mycursor) as soon as is convenient. Comes from being a C++ programmer and having to worry about things like freeing up resources probably. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

Re: [NF] Anyone having success with MS Empower MSDN downloads ?

2007-05-14 Thread Alan Bourke
I dowloaded the Vista DVD image recently without any problems. From MSDN subscriber downloads that is. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

Re: [NF] New Computer Program to piece together shredded files

2007-05-14 Thread Alan Bourke
mrgmhale wrote: little paper choplettes. Hanging chads, surely? ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech

Re: [NF] programming tool for kids

2007-05-15 Thread Alan Bourke
We've already got one - VB6. GDR ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive:

Re: [NF] I love contracting!

2007-05-17 Thread Alan Bourke
Stephen the Cook wrote: Hopefully it's a two to three year gig. I hope you cackled with evil glee? ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

[NF] 40 million Vista sales!

2007-05-17 Thread Alan Bourke
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39636 ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable

Re: [NF] 40 million Vista sales!

2007-05-17 Thread Alan Bourke
Virgil Bierschwale wrote: It said you do not have the rights to save in this directory, please choose another For me personally, it would take a lot more than that to force me to reinstall another OS! I think the whole security thing is going to take a while to shake down into a happy

Re: [NF] 40 million Vista sales!

2007-05-17 Thread Alan Bourke
Tracy Pearson wrote: Two support techs here bought their own copies from Amazon and were showing the box off last month or so. Only complaint I have heard is how annoying the UAC stuff can be. It's annoying but ... read the instructions people! It doesn't work like earlier versions of

Re: [NF] 40 million Vista sales!

2007-05-17 Thread Alan Bourke
Just those VERY annoying popups when you try to run things. There should be an option to turn them off, but I haven't found it yet. There are many ways. Right-click on shortcut, select 'Run As Administrator' Change the shortcut properties to give the program administrator priviliges.

Re: Want to activate child form launched in parent (but keep parent open)

2007-05-17 Thread Alan Bourke
You could change the child form to a form class instead. Then on the parent form: Local oChildForm oChildForm = CreateObject(myChildFormClass) oChildForm.Show(1) x1 = oChildForm.Property1 Query a property set when the form was running oChildForm.Release()

Re: Want to activate child form launched in parent (but keep parent open)

2007-05-17 Thread Alan Bourke
MB Software Solutions wrote: But I don't want it to be a modal form. Your example is just that (since you use the 1 for the Show parameter value). Well, make the 1 a 2 then. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

Re: Use Google Desktop Search to search PRG/SPR files

2007-05-17 Thread Alan Bourke
Richard Kaye wrote: Thanks for that, Alan. Might I suggest you also may want SCA, MNA, VCA as well. What are they ? ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this

Define Class Add Object question.

2007-05-17 Thread Alan Bourke
It's late and my head hurts and I can't find an answer anywhere boo hoo. Anyway: Define Class MyClass As Custom Add Object Protected ADODBStream As ADODB.Stream EndDefine The above compiles OK but throws a syntax error at runtime. Is it possible to add an object like that or should I

Re: DLL/OCX to use with VFP ???

2007-05-17 Thread Alan Bourke
John Weller wrote: I use Xzip from http://xstandard.com. Freeware and works like a charm. Hey, nice one, hadn't seen that before. I use Craig Boyd's FLL though, because all you have to do is put it in the same place as the EXE and SET LIBRARY, there's no registration to worry about.

Re: Define Class Add Object question.

2007-05-17 Thread Alan Bourke
MB Software Solutions wrote: g the office, but a quick glance looks like you're using some sort of DotNot syntax and not the regular VFP syntax. I could be wrong, though! Well, x = CreateObject(ADODB.Stream) works OK ... ___ Post Messages

Re: Define Class Add Object question.

2007-05-17 Thread Alan Bourke
Christof Wollenhaupt wrote: Hi Alan, Add Object Protected ADODBStream As ADODB.Stream ADODB.Stream is not an ActiveX control and can therefore not be added to a container. You have to use CREATEOBJECT() and store the reference in a property. smacks forehead Of course.

Re: DLL/OCX to use with VFP ???

2007-05-17 Thread Alan Bourke
Ailsom F. Heringer (Osklen) wrote: Thank You ! Very good and easy to use. But I could unzip an encrypted zip file (with password) . Is it possible ? Probably not, because the encryption would be dependent on the software that created the Zip file. So if you used WinZip and added a

Re: DLL/OCX to use with VFP ???

2007-05-18 Thread Alan Bourke
Bill Arnold wrote: Much thanks for Craig for this valuable contribution! Much thanks to Craig for *all* his great libraries. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version

Creating a VFP Cursor with the same structure as an SQL Server table.

2007-05-18 Thread Alan Bourke
Is there a quick-n-filthy way to do this? ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive:

Re: Creating a VFP Cursor with the same structure as an SQL Server table.

2007-05-18 Thread Alan Bourke
Ted Roche wrote: Well, for a different question, you might get a different answer. No, no, your first answer was plenty good! ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free

Re: Creating a VFP Cursor with the same structure as an SQL Server table.

2007-05-18 Thread Alan Bourke
Thanks all. Well, I should have qualified my question by mentioning that the server in question is in the US, and I'm in Ireland! But all those methods would work I presume ... The core problem is that I'm using SQLXML to return data, then XMLTOCURSOR in VFP to create a cursor from the data.

Re: UMPC future prediction....what do you think?

2007-05-20 Thread Alan Bourke
On Sat, 19 May 2007 16:52:04 -0400, MB Software Solutions Your thoughts on UMPC's future? Same as Tablet PC and voice recognition, i.e. niche. -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance

Re: [NF] Looking for old Windows 2000 Pro and Windows 2000 Server ISO images

2007-05-20 Thread Alan Bourke
it in a virtual machine first, then get hold of all the freeware antispyware and antivirus applications and run them in the virtual machine. But that still doesn't preclude it having some sort of undetectable rootkit there. -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [NF] Lightweight Task Manager

2007-05-20 Thread Alan Bourke
On Sun, 20 May 2007 11:07:14 -0500 (CDT), William Sanders / EFG I'd recommend Telemagic. Wow, I remember fighting MergeMagic in the very early 1990's. -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

Re: [NF] UMPC future prediction....what do you think?

2007-05-22 Thread Alan Bourke
What's this? WiFi is going to melt our heads now? Admmit, after we all narrowly escaped getting fried by mobile phones. Pffft. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version

Re: FPW 2.6 Change default printer in Vista

2007-05-22 Thread Alan Bourke
Well, WIN.INI is certainly still there in Vista, it has to be for 16-bit application support. I can't vouch for changing the default printer using the method you mentioned though. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

Re: [NF] Cities struggle with wireless Internet

2007-05-22 Thread Alan Bourke
Allen wrote: there is so much radiation around it cant be that good for us. Why is radiation necessarily bad for you? Radiation from electronics probably has tiny effects. Solar radiation is good for you in moderation, isn't it? ___ Post Messages

Re: [NF] Cities struggle with wireless Internet

2007-05-22 Thread Alan Bourke
This sort of reminds me about how, in the days of CRT monitors, how we were all going to die from monitor radiation. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this

Re: [NF] Cities struggle with wireless Internet

2007-05-22 Thread Alan Bourke
Jim Dettman wrote: Who's to say with 100% certainty that monitors have not caused health problems? Nobody for sure Jim, but it's the usual perception of risk thing and a tiny, tiny risk. Everyone in our office once had those smoked-glass screen covers, yet half of them smoked. The BSE (mad

Re: [NF] Cities struggle with wireless Internet

2007-05-22 Thread Alan Bourke
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/05/22/wifi_science_bunk/ ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable

Re: Find out when a cursor is closing?

2007-05-22 Thread Alan Bourke
If it's breaking unexpectedly it may be due to the datasession being switched for some reason. I'd use set asserts on assert used(mycursor) Then when used(mycursor) is .F. you will get a set of choices and you can continue on if you know it's not in the area you want to be checking.

Re: [NF] Lightweight Task Manager

2007-05-22 Thread Alan Bourke
Paging Mr Crozier, Mr Crozier to the list please ... ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable

Re: [NF] 100 days of Vista: Is it Windows ME all over again?

2007-05-24 Thread Alan Bourke
Well, it's the easy criticism I suppose, but in reality the situation is different I think. ME was obviously a crock. Vista is a good, solid OS albeit with incomplete driver support so far, and of course the UAC palaver. The driver support coupled with the fact that there's no compelling

RE: [NF] Cities struggle with wireless Internet

2007-05-25 Thread Alan Bourke
This is the oT police! Step AWAY from the discussion and put your hands behind your head! -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version

Re: [NF] variable processing

2007-05-28 Thread Alan Bourke
Virgil Bierschwale wrote: Surely asp has something like that ?? Not built in, AFAIK. Oh no! That therefore means that PHP is better than ASP! ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

[NF] More on the impending Wi-Fi-mageddon.

2007-05-28 Thread Alan Bourke
http://www.theinquirer.net/default.aspx?article=39890 ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable

Re: [NF] UK Microsoft: Kick out incompetent IT pros

2007-05-28 Thread Alan Bourke
Mike yearwood wrote: It seems everybody does this: REPLACE table.field1 with value1, table.field2 with value2 even though REPLACE field1 with value1, field2 with value2 in table is the correct and safest way to do it. Well, no. I use Begin Transaction lFailed = .f. Try

[NF] Interesting Apple concept videos from 1988.

2007-05-28 Thread Alan Bourke
http://paleo-future.blogspot.com/ Scroll down a bit, it's the 'Grey Flannel Navigator' stuff. Some of it is pretty spot-on. First person to say the interface looks like Vista gets a slap round the lughole. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: VFP to XML

2007-05-29 Thread Alan Bourke
Sytze de Boer wrote: Hi Foxers This is completely new territory for me and I hope someone can help Client has given a XSL file and an XML file The XSL file is referred to as a schema file How can I convert a small dbf file to XML file ? Do I need the XSL file to do this ? Look at the

Re: [NF] First war in cyberspace

2007-05-29 Thread Alan Bourke
I've been playing Quake for years. Where do I sign up? ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable

[NF] New programming language LOLCODE.

2007-05-29 Thread Alan Bourke
A new language developed by cats. http://lolcode.com/home Rather unusual, here's Hello World: HAI CAN HAS STDIO? VISIBLE HAI WORLD! KTHXBYE Notice the 'HAI' and the start, and the 'KTHXBYE' to indicate program termination. Here we see AWSUM THX ... O NOES structured error handling, similar

Re: [NF] Surface Computing has arrived

2007-05-31 Thread Alan Bourke
It's the way of the future ... http://www.ted.com/index.php/talks/view/id/65 ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

Re: [NF] Surface Computing has arrived

2007-05-31 Thread Alan Bourke
MB Software Solutions wrote: I don't get that same feeling. I see this as a kewl thing but not practical for regular mass usage. I think it'll find many applications, like in the design and CAD world, but will remain too expensive for say mass deployment in offices for a long time.

Re: [NF] Surface Computing has arrived

2007-05-31 Thread Alan Bourke
Derek Kalweit wrote: I don't see this dominating anywhere keyboards are used much anytime soon... Well, did you watch the link that I posted? That system just draws a keyboard and you can drag it around, resize it etc ... just think, you could have a different layout for work and games.

Re: [NF] Surface Computing has arrived

2007-05-31 Thread Alan Bourke
Derek Kalweit wrote: Cocktail arcade machines, I think they called them. The sit-down variety of video games that were common in the 80's were called cocktail cabinets, yeah. Somehow I think the technology involved here won't be suited to the sort of abuse it could expect in a pub! Beer,

Re: VFP Job in UK

2007-06-01 Thread Alan Bourke
They are based in Somerset; there must be free cider ;-) Mmmm. Free proper zider. Full of bird's beaks and twigs etc ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of

Re: Looking for killer file finder

2007-06-05 Thread Alan Bourke
Dan Olsson wrote: and still there is no OS that can multitask as well as it could Er ... is this the Amiga OS running on 68000-series chips? With no memory protection? Meaning that a misbehaved program could take down the entire system? ;)

Re: [NF} FoxPro and .NET better than Linux?

2007-06-06 Thread Alan Bourke
on whether the above is the most important thing to you is the development environment. -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version

RE: [NF} FoxPro and .NET better than Linux?

2007-06-06 Thread Alan Bourke
On Wed, 6 Jun 2007 09:33:46 +0100, Andy Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: exactly what was said about .net v1, and v2 was a re-learning exercise. There is no (ongoing) money in selling a stable platform! .NET is free. As are the entry-level versions of the various dev tools. -- Alan Bourke

Re: [NF} FoxPro and .NET better than Linux?

2007-06-06 Thread Alan Bourke
Older version not supported any more! More news at 10! -- Alan Bourke [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com

Re: [NF} FoxPro and .NET better than Linux?

2007-06-06 Thread Alan Bourke
The only thing I've ever come across is that the recommended approach for using configuration files was deprecated in 2.0. It will still work, it'll just throw up warnings when you compile it. Granted, they did replace the old way with an overly complicated method as well. -- Alan Bourke

Re: xmltocursor

2007-06-11 Thread Alan Bourke
You may find that the functionality in VFP to read XML can't handle very deeply nested schemas. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

Re: [NF} FoxPro and .NET better than Linux?

2007-06-11 Thread Alan Bourke
Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: With these tools I can build a web site without the need of writing a single line of java code. Netbeans visual web plugin allows me to create web pages by dragging and dropping objects onto the designer frame and then filling out a property sheets on the

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