RE: FoxRockX Introduction

2008-03-05 Thread Rick Schummer
I've got $99USD burning a hole in my pocket! g Soon Kevin, real soon. They are in the last steps of finalizing things on the Web site. I don't have the exact ETA, but check back in the next day or so. I am sure you will see a post here by someone once the subscriptions are open. Boy, I hate

RE: Image (screen) capture/image annotation software

2008-03-07 Thread Rick Schummer
I will second SnagIt from Techsmith. It is the only screen capturing software I need. It is especially strong in the annotation functionality with everything you mentioned as well as stamps, which are graphics you can add to your images. I use the editor to edit graphics all the time and to

RE: Image (screen) capture/image annotation software

2008-03-07 Thread Rick Schummer
I wonder if Dave or Rick can comment on the light of their experience(s) with SnagIt ? Yes, Snagit can capture drop-down lists and menus. It also does time captures if you like, but I don't really need to do this to capture a menu as there is a specific mode to capture them. I capture menus

RE: [NF] Sofware or templates for creating printed user manuals and PDF files with links

2010-01-22 Thread Rick Schummer
HTML Help Builder from West-Wind (Rick Strahl) creates CHMs, but also outputs to Word, and that can be printed to PDF. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -Original Message- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com

RE: VFP9 64 bit SQL Server

2010-01-23 Thread Rick Schummer
Ok, one last question after the last question. I have been including the runtimes in the application folder rather than installing them for some time without issue. If I place the application and runtimes in a folder on the server and run them from a workstation it seems to work fine. Is

RE: Help authoring

2010-01-25 Thread Rick Schummer
I need to write some html help .(chm) files. Can anyone reccomend a good tool? I use Rick Strahl's West Wind HTML Builder. Not only to help build end-user doco, but to create technical documentation for databases, VFP classes, and .NET stuff if you are doing that these days. You can even

RE: dbi-Tech SednaX components are NOT supported on Win7 per website

2010-01-31 Thread Rick Schummer
To be clear about the subject, the DBI controls are released as part of Sedna, not SednaX (which is the name used for VFPX before it was renamed to VFPX). Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -Original Message- From:

RE: NF Where Options Do I Have with VFP For Multiple Language

2010-02-02 Thread Rick Schummer
I wrote a program for a client of mine who is Spanish, now he wants me to rewrite the program in Spanish. Is there any easy way to do this? Do I have to modify all of my labels by hand? As noted, Intl from Steven Black is the way to go. His tool is simple to implement with very little work

RE: Form refreshes

2010-02-04 Thread Rick Schummer
In the CLICK of each page, I tell the form what TEXTs to show and what LABELS etc I would use the Activate of page before the click of a page. Activate fires once and only once when the page is selected as the current page. In the Activate you can add: This.Refresh() This will refresh all the

RE: Form refreshes

2010-02-04 Thread Rick Schummer
Are you saying the screen updates are all conditioned by the Activate event code (with the added line this.refresh() ?? What I like to do is put the refresh code for each control into the control itself, in the Refresh(). Not in the container like you are suggesting. This way the Activate code

RE: VFP9-errors

2010-02-09 Thread Rick Schummer
Can anyone suggest how this could end up in error 8, No table is open in the current work area You did not say which line of code is causing the error so we are all guessing. What error handling are you using, ON ERROR, or Error method? I have recently noticed VFP occasionally does not throw an

Southwest Fox 2010: Call for Speakers

2010-03-01 Thread Rick Schummer
Southwest Fox 2010 will once again be held in Mesa, AZ in October. Geek Gatherings has issued a call for speakers. Those interested in speaking at Southwest Fox should submit a proposal by March 15. See http://www.swfox.net for all the details. Rick Schummer Geek Gathering, LLC Southwest Fox

RE: Southwest Fox 2010: Call for Speakers

2010-03-01 Thread Rick Schummer
Wow...seems like it just happened not that long ago. Time flies. Glad to see you guys still running with this...keep up the good work! We are committed to running the conference as long as the community shows it wants us to run it. g Rick White Light Computing, Inc.

RE: Unique Indexes = not so much

2010-03-07 Thread Rick Schummer
Ken, Using old-fashioned Fox, I do the expedient thing and create a unique index on *just that value* spin through the table, and populate the new structures. When you note unique indexes I have to think you are referring to the old 2.6 concept of unique indexes, not primary or candidate

RE: VFP9 sp1 Windows 7

2010-03-07 Thread Rick Schummer
Is this a problem? I know there are horror stories about Vista and VFP9SP1. VFP 9 SP2 with all hotfixes is the best FoxPro for Vista and Windows 7. All the horror stories are just stories. Your experience however will have some frustration. Specifics are a simple Google query away. Doug Hennig

DAFUG - March 2010

2010-03-08 Thread Rick Schummer
? And lots more! Rick also has a tip to reveal for those who are using Inno Setup for their deployment packages! We are always looking for volunteers and topics (please email Dale Zimmer or Rick Schummer) Meetings are typically followed by food, FoxPro, and developer discussion at a local restaurant

RE: DAFUG - March 2010

2010-03-08 Thread Rick Schummer
Is Northwestern Highway the extension of Grand River? I can't remember. Nope, different roads. http://dafug.org for location and a map. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com ___ Post

RE: DAFUG - March 2010

2010-03-09 Thread Rick Schummer
To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: DAFUG - March 2010 Rick Schummer wrote: Is Northwestern Highway the extension of Grand River? I can't remember. Nope, different roads. http://dafug.org for location and a map. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. Hi Rick, Cool map! Haven't been to Detroit since

RE: Vista Internet Security 2010 virus

2010-03-09 Thread Rick Schummer
On Linux, I run as a standard user. When I do the rare thing that requires root access, I get prompted for *my* password (*not* the admin's password). The system then caches the credentials for a short time (5 minutes I think) so I'm not prompted repeatedly for the password. I see the advantage

RE: Web services and VFP9SP1

2010-03-10 Thread Rick Schummer
You should be able to all of this very easily with VFP. Craig Boyd has a free zip encryption FLL. There are some very good free VFP FTP libraries or use WestWind IP-Tools(?) ($200) which would also allow you to upload your files via an HTTP/HTTPS interface. Craig Boyd also has a

RE: [NF] Who owns a netbook, what do you have, and do you like it?

2010-03-22 Thread Rick Schummer
Who owns a netbook, what do you have, and do you like it? I got my wife a HP Mini 110 from Costco. It comes with Windows 7 Starter and works great. All she does is email, Web surfing, and wordprocessing. I recommend getting 2 GBs of RAM though (something I have been meaning to do). The memory is

RE: [NF] Who owns a netbook, what do you have, and do you like it?

2010-03-22 Thread Rick Schummer
just something that will fire up really quickly to read emails and do Facebook. They are perfect appliances for email and Facebook and other web browsing. I just shutdown and restarted my wife's Win 7 netbook. Cold to login in 20 seconds. Normally it goes into hibernation, which is even faster.

RE: [NF] Who owns a netbook, what do you have, and do you like it?

2010-03-22 Thread Rick Schummer
I can get my mails and facebook on a pocketpc and it fits in a pocket. Heh, if you eyes can deal with everything on a 4 inch screen then more power to you. My eyes are use to a 24-inch monitor so when I read anything on my BB Storm it seems a bit difficult to use. Not bad in a pinch when I am

RE: Strange Reporting Problem with Clients

2010-03-24 Thread Rick Schummer
Has anyone seen this kind of thing happen before? It happens extremely infrequently - but, I would still like to see if I can get this issue resolved. I have seen add behavior in reports that were converted from FoxPro for DOS or FoxPro for Windows 2.6. I have not seen your exact issue, but you

RE: Automated test harness for VFP apps

2010-04-06 Thread Rick Schummer
Anyone ever use this or some other automated test harness device for helping to test your VFP applications? I tested it extensively in the VFP betas and it rarely worked. At one point an XP update broke it, and it was not easily fixed or never fixed (not sure). As you might have guessed, I gave

RE: [NF] Blog package for internal use

2010-04-06 Thread Rick Schummer
I've been tasked with looking into a blog package for our muckity-mucks to use to share info with each other... supposedly it is for internal use only. It almost sounds like might want to check into setting up a wiki instead of a blog. There are tons of wikis depending on your infrastructure and

RE: PEM editor

2010-04-06 Thread Rick Schummer
If I'm too grey for this product, is it easy to revert and un-install? Yes, it comes with uninstall_pemeditor.prg Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com ___ Post Messages to:

RE: [NF] Recommendations for a source code escrow service

2010-04-14 Thread Rick Schummer
Anyone have any recommendations for a source code escrow service? Markus Egger has a service: http://www.tower48.com/ Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com ___ Post Messages to:

RE: [NF] Recommendations for a source code escrow service

2010-04-15 Thread Rick Schummer
I would have gone with them if the customer was willing to pay for it. Developers I know with vertical market applications have put in the cost of the escrow service into annual maintenance contracts. Some separate them out as a separate line item as a service to the customers. It is in the best

RE: VFP Studio - vapourware ?

2010-04-20 Thread Rick Schummer
Hi Alan, The problem that Craig and Bo faced was the typical Microsoft nonsense of changing targets. Like nailing jello to the wall. VFP Studio is using the Visual Studio Shell for the IDE. Basically the guys would pour a lot of time getting the VFP Studio working, Microsoft would update the

RE: VFP Studio - vapourware ?

2010-04-20 Thread Rick Schummer
Craig Boyd and Alan Stevens were heading it up, but I'm guessing their paying gigs took took much of their time and so no resources for this. Sad, but that's reality. Alan Stevens was involved for about a day. Nothing more. This project is definitely Craig Boyd and Bo Durban, and as far as I

RE: VFP Studio - vapourware ?

2010-04-20 Thread Rick Schummer
And while true, it demonstrates the biggest weakness of open source development. Some products need big dollars put up front to get off the ground. I would suggest that this is one of them. I agree in general that this is a weakness of open source, but not the case in this project. VFP Studio is

RE: VFP Studio - vapourware ?

2010-04-20 Thread Rick Schummer
Since it's so typical, it raises the question of the wisdom of continuing to invest in Microsoft solutions. No surprise you would come out with another broad stroke without any backing in the specific case. In the specific case of VFP Studio the product was going through a 0.5 to 2.0 cycle

RE: VFP Studio - vapourware ?

2010-04-20 Thread Rick Schummer
Of MB Software Solutions, LLC Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2010 09:59 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: VFP Studio - vapourware ? Rick Schummer wrote: Craig Boyd and Alan Stevens were heading it up, but I'm guessing their paying gigs took took much of their time and so no resources for this. Sad

RE: VFP Studio - vapourware ?

2010-04-21 Thread Rick Schummer
Have a question though. The product, has gone from 0.5 to 2.0 in...how much? 5 years? And according to you it will be mature by 3.0, let's say 8 years total? Do not mix up the VS IDE Shell with VS in general. The Shell has only been available for a couple of years. Craig and Bo were battling the

RE: VFP Studio - vapourware ?

2010-04-21 Thread Rick Schummer
Here's where I'm unclear - all I remember is the screencasts on SPS Weblog, a bunch of comments under that, the appearance of vfpstudio.com, and then the whole thing going dark in 2008. I don't recall any help being solicited from the community. Now I don't frequent anything like all the sites

RE: VFP Studio - vapourware ?

2010-04-21 Thread Rick Schummer
How's this: No facts available, but I know it takes much to volunteer. Ask the men directly for real answers. Yeah, that would be better. g Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com ___

RE: You should really check out PEM Editor (was Re: VFP Studio - vapourware)

2010-04-21 Thread Rick Schummer
Speaking of something better...if you haven't checked out the new PEM Editor, do yourself a favor and try it. It BLOWS AWAY the traditional experience! Um, I am on the beta test team! g Oh, maybe you were addressing others on the list. Jim is a freak of nature though with respect to punching

RE: VFP Studio - vapourware ?

2010-04-21 Thread Rick Schummer
Steve, The goal of VFP Studio is to be a complete alternative IDE for VFP developers, not to extend it. What Craig and Bo have demonstrated the language service, editing PRG and class code in an editor with full VFP IntelliSense, code colorization, with the additional benefits that the VS editors

RE: VFP Studio - vapourware ?

2010-04-21 Thread Rick Schummer
Sorry for any confusion, yes, I know it's a complete alternative. Perhaps my choice of extend was misleading. Yeah, email is the worst form of human communication because it leaves things for others to interpret, allows others to insert their own read on the emotion, and no immediate way to

RE: Open source updates cost TIME instead of $$$

2010-04-23 Thread Rick Schummer
Seems more and more like nobody wants to pay for anything...employers are expecting employees to foot all the bill...not even tuition reimbursement in some circumstances. :-( Yes, this is very much the common thoughts of those who are working for the man. In Michigan (#1 in unemployment in the

RE: [NF] Personal firewall software for limiting access to internet by total time or specific time periods

2010-04-23 Thread Rick Schummer
Any recommendations on personal firewall software for Windows that would allow me to limit the total time my kids spend on the internet each day and/or control the time periods they have access to the internet? Vista and Windows 7 has parental controls that allow you to do it. I was fixing

RE: Open source updates cost TIME instead of $$$

2010-04-24 Thread Rick Schummer
Pete, We have been buying our own toilet paper here for over a year. Honestly, there is a big difference between someone treating someone in a subhuman manner, and not sending them to a training class to learn something they could learn by reading a book, going online and reading forum,

RE: Need to replace word in sentence with *

2010-04-29 Thread Rick Schummer
Oh, yeah: regular expressions. I think there must be an external library for this in VFP? There are several approaches to regular expressions with VFP. One is pre-canned in the Solution Samples (see Task Pane Manager), and the other best approach is using Craig Boyd's FLL. Rick White Light

RE: [NF] $229 a good deal for scratch dent Dell Inspiron Mini 10 - 1012?

2010-04-30 Thread Rick Schummer
Just make sure the video card bumps the resolution when connected to external monitor. I know Kevin Cully warned me of this feature and it really makes a significant difference. We have a few HP Minis and the resolution adjusts to the external monitor capability. Also available at Costco with 2

Southwest Fox 2010

2010-05-05 Thread Rick Schummer
://www.swfox.net. Rick Schummer Geek Gathering, LLC Southwest Fox October 14-17, 2010 Arizona Golf Resort and Conference Center Mesa, Arizona www.swfox.net ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo

RE: Southwest Fox 2010

2010-05-06 Thread Rick Schummer
I hope the boycott of Arizona doesn't hurt the conference; I already heard of one that has been canceled, and another that was moved because of the backlash against the Arizona state government. Naturally I am hopeful it won't affect Southwest Fox too. Which conference was canceled? I know of

DAFUG: May 2010

2010-05-11 Thread Rick Schummer
Thursday, May 13, 2010 Detroit Area Fox User Group (DAFUG) presents: Creating Gadgets in Windows Vista Windows 7, by Paul Mrozowski of White Light Computing Desktop Gadgets, such as clocks and weather controls, are those cool little mini-apps you can add to your Windows desktop. Ever want to

RE: VFP7 local views not seen via ODBC ?

2010-05-21 Thread Rick Schummer
Is this a 64-bit machine? If so, you have to use the 32-bit ODBC Manager applet. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -Original Message- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of

RE: backup to a pendrive

2010-05-23 Thread Rick Schummer
About a year ago I made a form using the drivetype function to detect that the pendrive had in effect been plugged to the machine. You can use Windows Event Binding in Visual FoxPro 9. Doug Hennig wrote an article on this for FoxTalk 2.0. You can find it here:

RE: backup to a pendrive

2010-05-24 Thread Rick Schummer
That's a good article, Rick, thank you. However, I cannot get the constants file mentioned. The download link quoted there just does not bring the WinUser.H file. If you have access to the Foxtalk Archives (free with FoxRockX subscription) or purchased the What's New in Nine book from

RE: vfp and sql function equivalence

2010-05-28 Thread Rick Schummer
http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~VFPSQL-TSQL-Mapping Great resource. I think I hit this page several times a week. {g} Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com ___ Post Messages to:

RE: Problem building EXE

2010-06-01 Thread Rick Schummer
Right at the end it when you'd expect it to come up and say Completed, it comes up with a messagebox that says 'File is not open'. I probably means the APP or EXE is open either in another session of VFP, or running standalone, or by another process. Rick White Light Computing, Inc.

RE: My ugly little friend the DBC

2010-06-02 Thread Rick Schummer
How would new objects appear in the DBC? Most of the time temp tables are created using the CREATE TABLE, but the developer forgets to use the FREE clause so it is not included in the current database container. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net

RE: My ugly little friend the DBC

2010-06-02 Thread Rick Schummer
Thanks. Free sounds like something I never used in my code. Is it VFP6 or a newer version? According to Hacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro 6.0 it is in the CREATE TABLE syntax. I believe it was in VFP 3.0. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net

RE: VFP 9 Forms

2010-06-07 Thread Rick Schummer
In VFP6 this will run the form until exited. In VFP9 it runs the form but immediately returns to the menu... Is it possible it is failing on the Init which stops the form from running? Are you getting any sort of error log? You could SET STEP ON in the Init (and possibly DODEFAULT() if there is

RE: ADO and VFP

2010-06-08 Thread Rick Schummer
Rafael, I am beginning to use VFP9 as a front end and SQL server as a backend. I wonder if any of you can help with examples of code to use ADO with VFP. During my remote data session (presented at Southwest Fox 2009 and German Devcon 2009) I tested the performance of each of the VFP data

RE: VFP OLEDRAGDROP not working in dev mode

2010-06-09 Thread Rick Schummer
I have not seen an original Dave email for ages, only get to see them when it is included in some else's replay. I thought this was just me!!! Been looking at rules and junk-mail list until blue in the face and has been driving me nuts. Thanks for piping in with this. Rick White Light

DAFUG - June 2010

2010-06-09 Thread Rick Schummer
Thursday, June 10, 2010 Detroit Area Fox User Group (DAFUG) presents: Introduction to Regular Expressions, by Dave Hanna This presentation provides an introduction to a powerful tool called regular expressions. Regular expressions are available in many types of applications (e.g., editors, word

RE: LA Fox 20th Anniversary Celebration!

2010-06-10 Thread Rick Schummer
On Tuesday June 15 LA Fox celebrates 20 years of existence! Congratulations to the group on 20 years. That is fantastic! Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com ___ Post Messages to:

RE: C05 error

2010-06-12 Thread Rick Schummer
I have just noticed a C05 error seems to occur if you hit the Directory settings in Environment Manager before VFP finishes loading. I had it a few times but didn't know what happened. If this is not reproduced by other people I suspect it could be corruption of the EnvMgr.DBF/FPT files,

RE: How many of the tools do you use ?

2010-06-12 Thread Rick Schummer
Regular Use 1) Class Browser 2) Data Explorer 3) Code References 4) Coverage Profiler Occasional Use 1) Object Browser when looking into ActiveX PEMs 2) Task Pane Manager when looking up Solution Samples, XML Web Services 3) Toolbox, finding more uses, but it has not worked way into my goto tool

RE: WhatsNewinVFP9 book (was Re: VFP, EDI XML - Oh My...)

2009-02-13 Thread Rick Schummer
Is the entire book available free online, or just this chapter? The entire book is online. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

RE: WhatsNewinVFP9 book (was Re: VFP, EDI XML - Oh My...)

2009-02-14 Thread Rick Schummer
which pisses me off as I brought the dam thing. Wow, can I use this quote for my Web site? Another satisfied customer. It brought a tear to my eye. g And fear not, the Sedna update book is going to hit the streets soon in case you are looking for another paperweight for your collection. beg

RE: [NF] Vista vs. Ubuntu Power Struggle

2009-02-14 Thread Rick Schummer
Almost sounds like you are suspending the machine instead of turning it off or hibernating it. Could it be there is some sort of errant power settings in the Ubuntu config? Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -Original

RE: WhatsNewinVFP9 book (was Re: VFP, EDI XML - Oh My...)

2009-02-15 Thread Rick Schummer
of the talk but because I cant be bothered to update runtimes on client machine when it runs fine in SP1 Al - Original Message - From: Rick Schummer pro...@whitelightcomputing.com To: profoxt...@leafe.com Sent: Sunday, February 15, 2009 1:37 AM Subject: RE: WhatsNewinVFP9 book (was Re

RE: WhatsNewinVFP9 book (was Re: VFP, EDI XML - Oh My...)

2009-02-15 Thread Rick Schummer
I'm sure it's confidential and most of us will never know, but I'm curious as to how much M$ paid for that for the WhatsNew book? I am not sure as I only get a very small percentage of the profits from the book. I actually never thought about how much Microsoft paid. I think the fact that they

RE: WhatsNewinVFP9 book (was Re: VFP, EDI XML - Oh My...)

2009-02-15 Thread Rick Schummer
Cant see anything about any new vfp books on Whil;'s site. I assume this will be electronic only. Hentzenwerke is not the publisher on the Sedna/SP2 book. Rainer Becker and dFPUG is the publisher (same as FoxRockX). So different decisions on what gets published might surprise you. I can guess

RE: Report designer mass font change

2009-02-16 Thread Rick Schummer
Is there a way to select a series of controls on a report and change the font on all of them at the same time? One of the problems with the suggested lassoing of the controls and changing the font is that you have to change the fontsize as well. This means you need to lasso the controls of the

DAFUG - February 2009

2009-02-17 Thread Rick Schummer
Detroit Area Fox User Group (DAFUG) presents: Extending the Sedna Data Explorer By Rick Schummer of White Light Computing, Inc. Thursday, February 19, 2009 - Extending the Sedna Data Explorer - Rick Schummer The enhanced Data Explorer shipped with Sedna has improvements to help VFP developers

RE: WhatsNewinVFP9 book (was Re: VFP, EDI XML - Oh My...)

2009-02-17 Thread Rick Schummer
Would someone care to provide a link to the online version of the book? I can't seem to find anything except the page from which to order it on Wil's site. I Googled whats new in nine and the first hit is the book, same for Yahoo!, and Ask.com. Live Search is third. Maybe you are using Cuil

RE: Default property keeps reverting to non-default

2009-02-25 Thread Rick Schummer
Save the form and re-open it. The Alignment property has reverted to the non-default property color. Turn the Autosize property to false. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com ___ Post

RE: [NF] Outlook 2003 and Junk E-mail

2009-02-25 Thread Rick Schummer
I have noticed that the Junk E-mail folder has a 'No Entry' sign on it which is probably why they are not going there although I can copy an email directly in to the folder. Nope. Mine has the 'No Entry' as well and I regularly get 200-250 spams a day dumped into the folder. The junk mail

RE: Where to place DLLs?

2009-02-26 Thread Rick Schummer
Do I need to place them in the same folder as my executable, or can I make a BIN folder with all the DLLS in it, and tell my app to look there? And if so -- how do I tell it where to look? Putting them outside of the application folder and outside of the common folder puts your application at

RE: VFP9 SP3

2009-03-09 Thread Rick Schummer
So no future ANYTHING officially from M$, but of course there's VFPX! Is there some stinking rule that we have to drudge this topic up every couple of months? g In the last year Microsoft has released two hotfixes for VFP 9 SP2 and recently (as in the last week) re-released the broken Sedna

RE: Visual FoxPro is no longer supported through Connect ?!

2009-03-11 Thread Rick Schummer
Hi Gianni, I have sent an email off to Microsoft to confirm this is not a glitch. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -Original Message- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of

DAFUG - March 2009 Meeting

2009-03-11 Thread Rick Schummer
a new report? WinMAGI allows them to do that too. WinMAGI is getting updated? WinMAGI won't blow away the customers' changes. - Twitter and Skype - Communication Tools Today - Rick Schummer Much has been a flutter about the social networking tool called Twitter. Many DAFUG members learned about

RE: VFP9 SP3

2009-03-12 Thread Rick Schummer
Hi Rick. Sedna DDEX component re-released? Would you expand on how/where to obtain this please? Doug Hennig uploaded it to VFPX late last week. http://vfpx.codeplex.com/ On the home page is a link to the VFP DDEX Provider under the Recent Releases section. Doug Hennig blogged about it here:

RE: Visual FoxPro is no longer supported through Connect ?!

2009-03-13 Thread Rick Schummer
Milind Lele from Microsoft explains it like this: -- Yes, this is correct. VFP bug reports need to go thru product support. Connect is great when there is continuous development and reported issues and suggestions can get rolled into the next release. Since

RE: Good reasons to upgrade (was Re: FW: Autoincrement field)

2009-03-13 Thread Rick Schummer
It works perfectly. I like to use the Anchor property editor/builder too. It is really useful with common settings and the always helpful try it out here feature. Cool example what you can do with property editors. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net

RE: Good reasons to upgrade (was Re: FW: Autoincrement field)

2009-03-13 Thread Rick Schummer
(Side note: same rationale applies to why the programmer should NEVER increase/decrease the font size during resize). While I agree that the zoom/resize feature is annoying, I have customers who are visually handicap and they love the zoom feature. Another one of those personal preferences.

RE: Visual FoxPro is no longer supported through Connect ?!

2009-03-14 Thread Rick Schummer
No, they are not committed to correcting the bugs for free, they effectively won't charge you for the technical support call if the situation you report is a bug in Visual FoxPro. What Milind said is that reporting bugs through tech support is the fastest way of getting the bug recognized and

RE: FoxCharts (was Re: Error 2071)

2009-03-16 Thread Rick Schummer
Also, did you say there was a forum/support board for posting questions/answers/tips on the FoxCharts product? VFPX has a threaded message forum and you can post issues to the issue tracking database. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net

RE: invalid dbi link on VFPX page

2009-03-17 Thread Rick Schummer
Michael, From here (http://vfpx.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?title=Sednaversion=41), the DBI link for Sedna components is invalid (http://www.dbi-tech.com/Special_Offers_SednaComponents.asp) Thanks for pointing it out. The VFPX page you pointed to is part of the CodePlex Wiki. When you log in

RE: VFP9SP1 Foxuser.* files created on desktop

2009-03-19 Thread Rick Schummer
It allows you to override the config file built into the EXE. Sort of true and I think you know this, but more accurately (for Sytze) it allows you to override specific options you have in the external Config.FPW. Anything in the internal config are still in effect unless you override them by

RE: [NF] Installshield 2009 -- uninstall info

2009-03-19 Thread Rick Schummer
Hey Rick, Isn't it possible Windows Installer is determining the file version is different from what was installed and not uninstalling it? Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -Original Message- From:

RE: VFP9SP2 help file...still missing stuff?

2009-03-24 Thread Rick Schummer
There's still issues with double-byte character set functions. The help references are incomplete re: these functions. Easiest way to get the attention of Francis is to post them in the Issue Tracking on VFPX. This way the community can see what is going on, not replicating bug reports, and

RE: VFP9SP2 help file...still missing stuff?

2009-03-24 Thread Rick Schummer
You are not running the correct Help file from VFPX if these are not in the index. I see BINTOC and CREATEBINARY in the index (not recollecting what CINTOB is). The latest VFP 9 SP2 Help file is dated Feb 18, 2009. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net

RE: [NF] Anyone else have the PHP blues?

2009-03-29 Thread Rick Schummer
. Antagonizing the developers is not productive. I could not agree more with this statement. So true. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com 586.254.2530 - office ___ Post Messages to:

RE: Using Inno Setup to deploy VFP runtimes

2009-04-01 Thread Rick Schummer
Rick ...over to you! Thanks Dave! My documentation on running various versions of VFP 9 is for the development environment, not production. It sounds like Rodney is looking to update production environments. I have an Inno Setup installer that just does the runtime. If I patch my environment

RE: Using Inno Setup to deploy VFP runtimes

2009-04-01 Thread Rick Schummer
So if I send out the Inno Setup exe after all this, everything should get patched? From a runtime perspective, yes. It is up to you to decide which files get replaced for your application. My other recommendation is to do a complete system test on the new service pack before you ship. Each of

RE: [NF] Unexpected SQL result - why?

2009-04-01 Thread Rick Schummer
But why do I get 0.00 in the first query? Just curious. My recommendation is to run the queries in Management Studio and see the data types selected by SQL Server. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com

RE: Connecting To MySql

2009-04-01 Thread Rick Schummer
Bill, I had a similar problem with connecting to a server on GoDaddy, and after some frustrating moments with trying different versions of the ODBC drivers I found out that the Web server was not configured for remote access. Once the switch was thrown on the GoDaddy site I was able to connect

RE: Save fails sometimes Vfp9 Sp1

2009-04-02 Thread Rick Schummer
The form works fine but sometimes a 'Save' of the view fails. Have you checked the result of the TABLEUPDATE() to see if it fails, and then check AERROR() to see what the internal reason is? Sounds like you have a data conflict. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com

RE: Save fails sometimes Vfp9 Sp1

2009-04-02 Thread Rick Schummer
Since it does not happen always and I cant reproduce it how do I trap the error and save it to somewhere. If you cannot reproduce the problem, it likely is a data conflict as I mentioned, but it could be a different bug. I already told you how to determine the problem (check the tableupdate and

RE: Save fails sometimes Vfp9 Sp1

2009-04-02 Thread Rick Schummer
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RE: Connecting To MySql

2009-04-02 Thread Rick Schummer
Hi Steve, Yes, the tech support people had to move my site to a server that supports remote access. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -Original Message- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com

RE: vfp9 Sp1 to Sp2

2009-04-02 Thread Rick Schummer
If I am wrong can anyone correct me. No correction here. It is recommended to start from a fresh install of RTM because of the possible overwriting of some of the sample/FFC classes. You can read the comments to this blog post where Colin Nichols (one of the contractors on the changes in SP2)

RE: Microsoft release hotfix for report data group bug!

2009-04-03 Thread Rick Schummer
Yes, it has been awhile since I ran the install, but I am fairly certain it will install properly from any folder. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -Original Message- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com

VFP 9 SP2 Hotfix with VFP9T.DLL

2009-04-07 Thread Rick Schummer
I have blogged about the updated VFP 9 SP2 Hotfix, which includes the missing multi-threaded. http://rickschummer.com/blog/2009/04/vfp-9-sp2-hotfix-update.html Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com

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