RE: [NF] SharePoint question, very general

2008-12-08 Thread Rick Schummer
I thought Notes was the email program? Lotus Notes is a giant filing cabinet with capability to provide applications as an interface to the backend filing cabinet. Email is more of a snap-in to the filing cabinet. The programming was clunky, but I witnessed several General Motors departments

DAFUG - December 2008

2008-12-09 Thread Rick Schummer
- VFP Calendar Controls Enhanced - Paul Mrozowski February 12, 2009 - Extending the Sedna Data Explorer - Rick Schummer March 12, 2009 - TBD April 9, 2009 - TBD May 14, 2009 - TBD June 11, 2009 - The Benefits of Advantage Database - Mike Hagman of Sybase July 2009

RE: DAFUG - December 2008

2008-12-10 Thread Rick Schummer
Do you know if Toni is willing to make this presentation available to those of us who are not in the Detroit area? I do. Toni is using this time at DAFUG as a rehearsal to a webinar she will be doing through F1 Technologies in the near future. Rick White Light Computing, Inc.

RE: [NF] c# .net and databases

2008-12-13 Thread Rick Schummer
I was going to try out sql 2008 express but I'm not sure how to deal with data on a server, or other workstation. Stephen told you that you need a connection. You have to determine how the connection is established. DSNs are easy to maintain and allow the users to switch to different servers

RE: [NF] Why do you think Vista sucks?

2008-12-13 Thread Rick Schummer
I am not a person who is in the Vista sucks camp. I am in the Vista is initially painful camp, but the pain goes away as you learn how to get things set up and find the things you know are there, but are somewhere else now. I think there are four reasons people don't like or have problems with

RE: [NF] Why do you think Vista sucks?

2008-12-13 Thread Rick Schummer
Ricardo, Your client forgot an important question, one of sound solid business sense. What do I win with this change? Do you know my client? No, and because you don't your statement is quite incorrect, and is actually way, way off mark. The statement I posted is only addressing the one

Why not push Linux to your customer, was Why do you think Vista sucks?

2008-12-13 Thread Rick Schummer
Of Leland Jackson Sent: Saturday, December 13, 2008 01:57 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: [NF] Why do you think Vista sucks? Rick Schummer wrote: Ed, Once again you play both sides of a smackdown. You call out Al for his alleged Linux bigotry (or as I see it, maybe his preference

RE: [NF] Why do you think Vista sucks?

2008-12-13 Thread Rick Schummer
I see by the way a few people here respond that they don't get Web2.0 and what it brings to the table for users and owners. What I find amazing Stephen is there has been very little said in this thread about what people think about Vista (good or bad). In true ProFox fashion it erodes into a

RE: Why not push Linux to your customer, was Why do you think Vista sucks?

2008-12-15 Thread Rick Schummer
So what's the hold-up? Simple, two words: Market Share. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

RE: VFP Debugger gone bonkers

2008-12-15 Thread Rick Schummer
As I posted on Twitter: Backup VCX, open VCX EXCL, REPLACE ALL ObjCode with , PACK, COMPILE CLASSLIB name, try again. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -Original Message- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com

RE: [NF] Who determines the type of app your making?

2008-12-16 Thread Rick Schummer
LOL...I don't know many who'd want to switch from web back to desktop...that seems like a step backwards to most. I am curious, step backwards from what perspective? Technical, buzzword compliance, usability, or features you can offer? Rick White Light Computing, Inc.

RE: Util for searching in class libs.

2008-12-17 Thread Rick Schummer
Thanks for the plug, but HackCX Professional won't search outside of the current VCX you have open, and definitely not through a folder tree where VCXs might be installed. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -Original Message-

RE: Open default browser

2008-12-18 Thread Rick Schummer
I think there's also an FFC class you can invoke that wraps the ShellExecute line and let's you do it in two lines of code... Yes there is, that is the first one answered in this thread by Michael (just so people are not further confused by too many choices thinking there are more g). Rick

RE: Release vs Unload

2008-12-18 Thread Rick Schummer
I was under the impression that with you click the X in the top right of a form it would call the form release method and then the unload method. The best way to understand the ordering of events is to use Event Tracking in the debugger. You pick the events, turn on tracking, and the

RE: Any way to edit VCX in a text/code editor?

2008-12-29 Thread Rick Schummer
Several options: 1) SCCText.prg - used to flatten out DBF source to text for source code integration. People are surprised some times to learn this tool can go both ways. Output is not pretty to edit though. wOOdy has a version many people think is better on VFPX. 2) Tom Rettig (RIP) had tools

RE: Base Windows Vista recommendations; FoxPro porting issues?

2008-12-29 Thread Rick Schummer
I can pick up a certified refurb Dell Lattitude D630: 2 Gb RAM, Core Duo 2.16, 14.1, 60 Gb SATA HDD for $729 Don't skimp in the RAM (regular or video) with Vista. RAM is relatively cheap and useful for any of the repurposed uses you have. I find dedicated video RAM is best. Same goes for

RE: Who still using visual foxpro do developer they software?

2009-01-02 Thread Rick Schummer
Still doing FPD? There are tons of systems still running using FPD. I know several companies with revenues in the hundreds of millions that base their core operations on FPD. I know one that has revenues in the billion range that was using FPW up until a year ago. Just because it is old does

RE: [NF] M$ Zune players conk out

2009-01-03 Thread Rick Schummer
Think of how M$ could have evolved a bit better perhaps if they'd been split up. (Or would that have made M$ worse?) Just read how well it works out when monopolies are split up to understand what likely would have happened. Instead of being #1 with a bloated infrastructure that is slowing

RE: Passing control to the next object in the tab order (newbee)

2009-01-03 Thread Rick Schummer
I want programmatically by stuffing a Tab into the keyboard buffer. I think this would be easier and more stable: from the VFP Help file The Valid event can also return a numeric value. Returning a numeric value has one of three effects: If 0 is returned, the control does not lose focus. If

RE: [NF] Extreme Programming Such...

2009-01-05 Thread Rick Schummer
I was curious to know if anyone here has done development using the Extreme Programming paradigm. And, if so, can you give me any feedback to its successful or Un-successful usage? When two people are programming on one computer this is referred to as Pair Programming. This concept is part of

RE: [NF] Low priced MSDN Subscription

2009-01-09 Thread Rick Schummer
Nothing I would use when MSDN is available... Action Packs are completely different. They give you 10 licenses for Office and the current OS, and the server licenses (Windows Server, SQL Server, Exchange, etc.) for your production server. MSDN is developer licenses, all the OS licenses, and

RE: Setting up a standard development environment (Newbee)

2009-01-09 Thread Rick Schummer
It is a bummer that VFP saves source in binary instead of plain text, because you lose out on diffing and merging (two powerful features of source control). But I don't recommend using my scX because the format it saves, although it is plain text and single-file rather than dual-file, isn't

RE: FoxCharts users

2009-01-12 Thread Rick Schummer
My recommendation is to post on the VFPX forum. Cesar and others who are using FoxCharts monitor the messages there as well. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -Original Message- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com

RE: PEM Editor 3.0 released on VFPx...

2009-01-12 Thread Rick Schummer
Installed, v. nice thank you! It is very nice. I have been using it through the limited alpha/beta process. The amount of features added to this tool originally developed by Marcia Akins is phenomenal. Anyone who uses the original Edit Property/Method dialog built into VFP should take a look

RE: PEM Editor 3.0 released on VFPx...

2009-01-12 Thread Rick Schummer
Hi Rick, One question: if it became necessary to revert to the native PEM editor for some reason, it looks like all you'd need to do is delete the appropriate rows from foxcode.dbf. Is that correct? Yes, that is correct. A couple records need to be deleted in the FoxCode table if you want

RE: email in vfp-6

2009-01-13 Thread Rick Schummer
how can we send tht email in vfp-6 with attachedment ( .prn file) Google VFP email will literally give you hundreds of possibilities. It all depends on the target environment of the customer. It will be hard to test if you don't have access to the Internet and want to send directly via email

RE: edit fxlistener class

2009-01-13 Thread Rick Schummer
He may be on a ski trip this week per twitter messages but that may all have been last week? Wrong Markus. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

RE: VFP and Excel 2007

2009-01-14 Thread Rick Schummer
Craig Boyd has solved this problem. Check out his blog. http://www.sweetpotatosoftware.com/SPSBlog/PermaLink,guid,6b9d4c6f-76bb--8d5b-9e321c605534.aspx OR http://is.gd/d8rR Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -Original

RE: Delphi (clarify)...

2009-01-14 Thread Rick Schummer
Do you really trust the tiobe index? The Tiobe index is a measurement of Internet activity, not of absolute popularity, or job ads, or performance of any kind, or anything else. It is a glorified popularity index based on an algorithm designed by some team.

DAFUG - January 2009

2009-01-14 Thread Rick Schummer
Enhanced - Paul Mrozowski February 12, 2009 - Extending the Sedna Data Explorer - Rick Schummer March 12, 2009 - TBD April 9, 2009 - TBD May 14, 2009 - TBD June 11, 2009 - The Benefits of Advantage Database - Mike Hagman of Sybase July 2009 - No Meeting (maybe a baseball

RE: Delphi (clarify)...

2009-01-15 Thread Rick Schummer
Stephen, You think that the sheare volume of Foxpro blogs is what keeps the index so high? I'd guess that there is more in C# blogs in a week than VFP for a month. And C# (#6) is way ahead of VFP (#19), so yes, it is the volume of blogs *and* other posts (web forums, press releases, vendor

RE: edit fxlistener class

2009-01-15 Thread Rick Schummer
I'm not Cathy, but I can tell you why I use it and recommend it: 1) Lots of export formats (this is enough by itself, killer feature and original reason for purchase). 2) Better previewer out of the box with export integrated in. 3) Is being enhanced. 4) Is compatible with report designer

RE: VFP and SQLServer 2005 Std Edition

2009-01-16 Thread Rick Schummer
for odbc do I have to install a sql server odbc driver ??? The SQL Client is installed when you install SQL Server 2005. It can be installed separately too (which you need during your deployment). Plus I read there are two ways to go views sql pasthrough. Which one would be easy for a

RE: using FLUSH in your apps -- any negative consequence?

2009-01-16 Thread Rick Schummer
Some folks say that FLUSH definitely helps, but is there any reason where FLUSH would HURT or CAUSE ISSUES? FLUSH does have a performance hit on a network and does not guarantee the writing of data if there buffering on the drive by the OS. You would need the FLUSH FORCE to tell Windows to

RE: edit fxlistener class

2009-01-17 Thread Rick Schummer
When would one go for the source code version and how would it help in any extra way. Source code version is for those who have customers who have requirements for source code, and interested developers. I don't really need it and consider the XFRX development team an extension of my own,

RE: using FLUSH in your apps -- any negative consequence?

2009-01-17 Thread Rick Schummer
Of MB Software Solutions General Account Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 12:59 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: using FLUSH in your apps -- any negative consequence? Rick Schummer wrote: Some folks say that FLUSH definitely helps, but is there any reason where FLUSH would HURT or CAUSE

RE: Vfp9 Try command

2009-01-18 Thread Rick Schummer
I am getting my msgbox but I still get a vfp error message. How to avaoid that. What error? Unhandled Exception? LOOP does not seem necessary in your code since next line is the ENDSCAN. I am not sure I would put a LOOP inside a CATCH anyway. Rick White Light Computing, Inc.

RE: VFP9-Escape

2009-01-28 Thread Rick Schummer
Should SET ESCAPE be ON or OFF ? ON if in development, OFF by default in run-time environment, unless long process where user should have ability to cancel. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com

RE: : [NF] Linux Laptop

2009-01-28 Thread Rick Schummer
I thought your computer was really cool Kevin. Perfect size for traveling and keeping in touch. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

RE: VFP 9 runtime on Vista, the QD way

2009-01-30 Thread Rick Schummer
Hi Whil, Runtimes for VFP absolutely do not go in the Windows System folder. Practice of using the System folder and associated DLL Hell has been frowned upon for years. If they are put 'where they belong' (or the standard folder) you would install them to: C:\Program Files\Common

RE: VFP 9 runtime on Vista, the QD way

2009-01-30 Thread Rick Schummer
Oh but why install the app on the network drive? IMO apps should be installed on the local computer. I realize this is an old, old argument around here, too. I was not recommending it be on a network, and I doubt Whil's question related to Vista was installing it on a network. It seems

RE: [NF] Firefox Not Playing Music

2009-01-30 Thread Rick Schummer
Anyone got any suggestions You mean other than to recommend to your friend to not play music when I navigate to his pages? gdr, and sorry for not being helpful... just a pet peeve of mine. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com

RE: VFP 9 runtime on Vista, the QD way

2009-01-30 Thread Rick Schummer
but what's a good reason for the client to absolutely insist that the program be installed on the LAN instead of the local machine? - IT Standards for the organization - Absolutely guarantees everyone will run the same EXE (no local copies on workstation with previous bugs because launcher

RE: VFP 9 runtime on Vista, the QD way

2009-01-31 Thread Rick Schummer
Paul, Can't argue with that, but have you really ever seen Microsoft Office installed and running from the network? Yes, probably the exact same performance you would get with any app designed to work on a local workstation. I am guessing the same with Open Office for similar reasons wink.

RE: remote access with sqlserver express 2005

2009-02-04 Thread Rick Schummer
But in my ignorance, I have no clue on how to establish an IP connection from the branches to SQLServer. You should use a VPN connection. If you set the VPN up you reference the SQL Server via the servername\instance just like you would inside your network. The VPN establishes a secure

RE: Win7, Innosetup and other stuff

2009-02-07 Thread Rick Schummer
Then when you find them, you find that there are enough changes so they don't work properly. I guess that is why they call it BETA (actually the earliest beta 1, not the release candidate), but obviously you are so against Microsoft you refuse to understand and rather go on another rant.

RE: suppressing foxuser.* files in vfp9 distributed app

2009-02-09 Thread Rick Schummer
Yes, it's in the project. If included in the EXE then are also leaving open the external FPW (ALLOWEXTERNAL ON) in the internal Config.FPW? Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com ___ Post

RE: suppressing foxuser.* files in vfp9 distributed app

2009-02-10 Thread Rick Schummer
I dont have the foxuser problem and I dont have this in either If Michael did have it in the internal Config.FPW, the external FPW file could have RESOURCE = Foxuser.DBF, which gets precedence in the app boot process. Possible for users and/or tech support could have added a rouge Config.FPW

RE: pdf in vfp

2008-07-08 Thread Rick Schummer
You can check this out, but the fifth parameter is the folder, and the second parameter is the file name. You have combined them in your code. declare long ShellExecute in shell32.dll ; long hwnd, ; string lpszOp, ; string lpszFile, ; string lpszParams, ;

RE: Foxpro in Orlando

2008-07-08 Thread Rick Schummer
Or drive twice as fast, and get there in, well you know Not in Georgia with non-Georgia license plates! Georgia ranks right up there with Ohio for speed traps with the police. Although the Atlanta Fox User Group is one of the best groups I have visited over the years so it might be worth

RE: Where have you gone, Visual FoxPro?

2008-07-20 Thread Rick Schummer
Some losers treat you like 2nd class if you stick with the Fox and not run to the latest M$ offering. You will be in very good company. g Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com ___ Post

RE: Another simple app question

2008-07-22 Thread Rick Schummer
I really appreciate all the help I am getting from the ProFox group but I feel like I should be able to find something to read or a course to take that will speed up my learning and save the list some bandwidth! Any recommendations? You might consider coming to the Southwest Fox Conference in

RE: Can I programattically set method code?

2008-07-23 Thread Rick Schummer
Ed's suggestion for BindEvents would be a runtime solution. Are you trying to add code to the Click method at design time? (I could read your question either way g) If so: lcMethodCode = 'Messagebox(hi)' oButton.WriteMethod(Click, lcMethodCode) Rick White Light Computing, Inc.

RE: Can I programattically set method code?

2008-07-24 Thread Rick Schummer
In my experience, bindevents is great !! I think BindEvent() is great too, but one other *little* drawback is the debugging of your code becomes way more difficult because you are off the call stack. I am not saying this is a showstopper, but I have worked with my own code and other

RE: Can I programattically set method code?

2008-07-24 Thread Rick Schummer
That is pretty cool. What kind of scenario would foster this kind of approach? Builders. Most people see them as shortcuts to set properties. I use them to do code occasionally. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com

RE: Third issue of FoxRockX - and VFP Lifetime Achievers....

2008-07-24 Thread Rick Schummer
Would you post the url again please ? I'd like to take a look at it. For more details see: http://www.foxrockx.com. To subscribe now, visit either http://shop.dfpug.com or http://www.hentzenwerke.com. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net

RE: [NF] Windows Mojave

2008-07-25 Thread Rick Schummer
I'm totally in agreement that a fair percentage of Vista-haters only hate it because they read on a load of forums and blogs that they should hate it. Me too. I also believe that most Vista problems come from upgrading underpowered hardware. I know, my world is not a scientific sample, but it

RE: [NF] Windows Mojave

2008-07-25 Thread Rick Schummer
Who's to blame for sticking that bad rep on M$? Is it Mac with those hilarious commercials, or perhaps the grassroots Linux folks, or the little green men? g Not sure there is any one person/entity you can point to, or if it is even necessary. Microsoft upper management made mistakes,

RE: [NF] Windows Mojave

2008-07-25 Thread Rick Schummer
Linux will always be a platform for geeks. People used to say that about DOS. Completely different era and hardly a decent comparison when we have so many options today and the OS has become ubiquitous. No OS manufacturer wanting their product to be adopted by the masses should make

RE: [NF] Windows Mojave

2008-07-26 Thread Rick Schummer
I wonder why there was such a lack of progress for the masses? Perhaps this is due to a certain 93% of the market company deciding to wring profits for its shareholders instead of thinking of improving the state of computing? ROFL, the stockholders of the 93% market share company

RE: [NF] Windows Mojave

2008-07-26 Thread Rick Schummer
My parents disagree. They love their Dell Ubuntu box. bg Yeah, but if I remember correctly a geek set it up for them. g Off to wire and wireless up my sister-in-law's computers. I hate this stuff. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com

RE: using VFP triggers/stored procs

2008-07-26 Thread Rick Schummer
Hi Richard, one would be to capture the current system state at that point in time including call stack, program/method, etc and log it for me and two would be to return false on the trigger and automatically recall/revert the deletion. We had the same problem in the last month with a new

RE: Problems getting mailto command to work with attachment for Tbird email client

2008-07-26 Thread Rick Schummer
What happens currently: the email gets created, with the proper To: Subject, and Bodybut the attachment doesn't come along for the ride. Attachments with mailto does not work in my experience (Outlook and Outlook Express). I have observed this exact behavior, and wasted hours following

RE: using VFP triggers/stored procs

2008-07-26 Thread Rick Schummer
Hey, I thought I fixed that before I released that code. gdr I have not worked on any of your code at any of your former employers. g This app was VFP, not FPD 2.5! Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com

RE: [NF] T Boone Pickens sells his 10mil shares of Yahoo

2008-07-29 Thread Rick Schummer
So why do you think that Jerry Z. and the Yahoo board hate M$, or at least seem to have plenty of contempt for them? Ya think? My perspective is that both sides of this deal are making emotional decisions that are not in the best interest of the stockholders. All of them are crazy. Only bad

RE: Open report for editing with a specific report object selected

2008-07-30 Thread Rick Schummer
Paul, I spent three and a half hours on this but found a solution. Any comments/suggestions/criticisms welcome ... One comment. If I remember correctly from one of Colin Nicholls' sessions at OzFox and Advisor DevCon, I am pretty sure you can add the extensions without the need to rebuild

RE: [NF] T Boone Pickens sells his 10mil shares of Yahoo

2008-07-30 Thread Rick Schummer
I believe that M$ figured out that if the deal went through, all the significant employees at Yahoo would flee to Google or start a competitor. I have already read many of the Yahoo developers left the company, and Microsoft continued to pursue the deal. This was not a deal breaker at all. I

RE: VFP - Outlook

2008-07-30 Thread Rick Schummer
I haven't seen anything cuil in a while ;) Grape minds thinking alike. This was the exact line I was forming in my mind when I was reading Ted's post. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com

RE: VFP - Outlook

2008-07-30 Thread Rick Schummer
I was tempted to play the cuil card myself, but I shan't speak ill of the dead :) Not sure what you mean here, I am able to do cuil searches. I heard they had some scalability issues, but it is up. Have I missed something? Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com

RE: VFP - Outlook

2008-07-31 Thread Rick Schummer
At the moment, a lot of searchs I'm getting relevant results with associated pictures that don't match up. This is my observation as well. I like the philosophy they are using for the ranking. It is not a popularity or ad-based contest, it is a content contest. Only time will tell. Rick

RE: VFP and MS OutLook Contact List

2008-08-04 Thread Rick Schummer
I need to find and read the Outlook contact list with VFP one record at a time so we can send a email announcing a different web page. Absolutely get the Microsoft Office Automation with Visual FoxPro book from Hentzenwerke.com. Examples working with the Contacts folder are in the book, as is

RE: Time to argue about long vs short methods

2008-08-05 Thread Rick Schummer
Put the weapons away. Discuss. Geez, such rules. Hold on... List of weapons removed from the email in case it is sniffed by the gov't department of snoopers. g I also agree with your associate, especially if there is a possibility for subclassing and overriding one of the smaller methods. I

RE: Time to argue about long vs short methods

2008-08-06 Thread Rick Schummer
So now instead of one easy to scan method of 150 lines, we get two dozen methods of 3 to 7 lines, plus one method that's just function call after function call. Is the other rule that you must use VCX based classes? If not, using a PRG-based class might solve your pain and his requirements.

RE: Really weird One

2008-08-07 Thread Rick Schummer
Hi Jeff, There are several executables on several terminal servers and they all behave the same way. It also happens to all users. What about drive space, or permissions on the TMP folder. Corrupt in indexes would give your views strange results although you indicated you are fine in the

DAFUG - August 2008

2008-08-11 Thread Rick Schummer
either join the group (at the low cost of $30 a year, $15 for a half year) or you will be asked to pay $5 per meeting you attend. The $5 will grant you admission but no other rights or privileges of membership. Rick Schummer, Secretary for DAFUG

RE: Sending database changes off-site for views

2008-08-13 Thread Rick Schummer
But what if I make changes to a view? How do I transfer those changes to the user's site? You can script out a CREATE SQL VIEW command just like you do the ALTER TABLE. You can use the View Designer to show code and grab this for your program, or GenDbc to script out the entire database (just

RE: [NF] Microblogging smackdown - Twitter v. Indenti.ca

2008-08-13 Thread Rick Schummer
I stopped using Twitter because it was down so much. It has been mostly up for the last couple of weeks. Definitely not as frustrating. Probably better because so many people bailed because of the scalability issues. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net

RE: [NF] Microblogging smackdown - Twitter v. Indenti.ca

2008-08-13 Thread Rick Schummer
I can't see Indenti.ca giving them a run for the money unless someone's willing to throw a lot of money at them. What's the business model for this stuff? Pile money on floor, add gasoline, toss match on top g. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net

RE: VFP9 vs J2EE on technical merit comparison

2008-08-13 Thread Rick Schummer
Just curious as to what bullet points *technically speaking* you might address (and certainly any other points you might raise to help sell your solution to the client). Your experience with a vertical is probably stronger than mine, so take this for what it is. I would only discuss technology

RE: [NF] IE7 version?

2008-08-19 Thread Rick Schummer
Maybe it updated a DLL or another component, and the EXE remained untouched and the same version. shrug Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul

RE: [NF] Microsoft slips Novell another tenth of a billion

2008-08-21 Thread Rick Schummer
With winders it was a reformat and reinstall every month or so :-( What?!? Are you serious or exaggerating Pete? I have six PCs running Windows XP, three used by non-professionals including kids who load all kinds of crap on them. I have several more virtual machines with XP Pro. I have never

RE: [NF] Microsoft slips Novell another tenth of a billion

2008-08-21 Thread Rick Schummer
Don't forget about opportunity! Since the source is all open, others can step right in and pick up where the previous developer left off, something you can't get even if you wanted to with closed source stuff like VFP. gdr I already mentioned this. I am totally anxious to see how Pete's

RE: How do I get Intellisense data from the QuickBooks SDK into the VFP development environment

2008-08-29 Thread Rick Schummer
It seems the fix was temporary. I can use Intellisense in the command window if I open a connection etc. but not in the editor. What do I do now? You need to declare the variable in each program you want the Intellisense available. If you have the code in the program or method you want to

RE: [NF] Chrome this!

2008-09-03 Thread Rick Schummer
I see it this way: anyone who might even consider Chrome will have likely already switched to FF. Those who are still using IE are much less likely to switch to Chrome. Also, Google has actively promoted FF in the past, and are now competing in the same space instead of working with them.

RE: [NF] Whither Firefox 3??

2008-09-04 Thread Rick Schummer
How about now? Any downside to upgrading? FireFox is now at 3.0.1 and I downloaded it recently. So far so good. I have had no problems and most of the add-ons I use work (SnagIt was the only one not working as far as I can tell). It appears to me to be faster, but not night and day faster. I

RE: Ken Levy moving to EPS

2008-09-05 Thread Rick Schummer
Anybody else get the announcement? Five copies of it. g Reading the announcement, he is not moving to EPS, just partnering with them. He will be at Southwest Fox, manning the VFPConversion booth Friday if you are coming to the conference and want to congratulate him in person. Rick White

RE: SQL not optimised

2008-09-06 Thread Rick Schummer
I obviously didn't explain fully. This is an ASP webpage running on IIS which uses ADO to retrieve data from FoxPro tables. The Fox tables are shared with thirty year old applications, so no chance of making any substantial modifications to the table structures. By any chance, is the index tag

RE: Ken Levy moving to EPS

2008-09-06 Thread Rick Schummer
Or ask questions like what will I gain when I take my existing skills in fox over to vs2008? Should I look to F# or stick with the standards of either VB or C#? Or ask him how a VFP developer can leverage some of the .NET framework without the need to completely abandon a perfectly working

RE: SQL not optimised

2008-09-06 Thread Rick Schummer
I like your theory but unfortunately still doesn't help speed this up. According to SYS(3054) it is being optimised but even so still takes almost a minute to extract one record. Fully or partially. Big difference. In an earlier message you noted the table is wide, over 200 columns. What about

RE: Ken Levy moving to EPS

2008-09-06 Thread Rick Schummer
...but VFPConversion.com is probably banking on you dumping your current Fox investment! I hope not. If they are banking on *me* converting all my dev to .NET they likely will be out of business. bg Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net

RE: Ken Levy moving to EPS

2008-09-06 Thread Rick Schummer
Because VS2008 web is easier to do web services on a web site. Best of both worlds Exactly. Some hard-heads believe it is an all-or-nothing choice instead of picking the tool appropriate for the job and situation. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net

RE: [NF] How to partion a hard drive

2008-09-06 Thread Rick Schummer
Does Partition Magic work with Vista? No it does not work with Vista. Vista has partitioning features similar to Partition Magic built in. http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/resize-a-partition-for-free-in-windows-vista/ Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com

RE: [NF] What Google *really* meant in that comic strip.

2008-09-08 Thread Rick Schummer
It is so much clearer when translated. g Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox

RE: Combo Box questions

2008-09-08 Thread Rick Schummer
1) When I click on the combo box to view the options in the dropdown list, moving the mouse over the options highlights them. This makes sense for the option the mouse is currently over, but when I move the mouse to another option, any previous option the mouse was over remains highlighted. I'll

DAFUG - September 2008

2008-09-08 Thread Rick Schummer
Pountney October 9, 2008 - Extending the Sedna Data Explorer - Rick Schummer November 20, 2008 - TBD December 11, 2008 - TBD DAFUG meets on the second or third Thursday of the month (except for July). Admission to DAFUG meetings will be granted free to anyone for 1 (one

RE: DAFUG - September 2008

2008-09-09 Thread Rick Schummer
Is there any way people outside USA get access to this presentation ? That would be up to Cathy. Currently she is presenting it to the user group and at Southwest Fox. It is her material and she can distribute it however she sees fit. You are naturally welcome to come to the conference, but I

RE: Where files go?

2008-09-10 Thread Rick Schummer
Does anybody know where Microsoft's documentation for distributing applications is? I'm looking for the recommended folder locations. Are you thinking of Doug Hennig's blog posts on the subject? Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com

RE: vfp cannot not start. Could not load resources

2008-09-10 Thread Rick Schummer
I'm attempting to deploy a small app by copying all the rt dll's my exe into the same directory. Here is the go to resource for files you need to deploy: http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~VFP9RuntimeFiles~VFP Another great resource is the Hentzenwerke Deploying Visual FoxPro Solutions, but

RE: Local DBC - How to do it?

2008-09-12 Thread Rick Schummer
I have had speed issues in the multiuser environment and someone suggested that I place the dbc locally on the user's hard drive. Are you referring to a DBC on the local machine and contained tables on the server? Or are you referring to a views-only DBC pointing to tables-only DBC on the

RE: SQL not optimised

2008-09-12 Thread Rick Schummer
dBase2 had 4 tables open as a limit, dBase3 you could get 25 dBaseIII+ had 10 work areas (source, page 20 of Hacker Guide 6.0) Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com ___ Post Messages

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