[NF] One door closes, another opens... anyone doing VFP-DotNet conversions?

2007-03-29 Thread Ted Roche
On another thread, someone claimed that there are a lot of DotNet conversions going on. Anyone doing one of those? How's that working for you? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: [NF] One door closes, another opens... anyone doing VFP-DotNet conversions?

2007-03-29 Thread Ted Roche
On 3/29/07, MB Software Solutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Ted Roche wrote: On another thread, someone claimed that there are a lot of DotNet conversions going on. Anyone doing one of those? How's that working for you? OR counterpoint to that question: Has anyone heard of or had

Re: Date calculations.

2007-03-30 Thread Ted Roche
and 30.4375 for days and return the answer as approximate #DEFINE DaysInYear 365.25 #DEFINE DaysInMonth 30.4275 * Given d=397, the number of days: nYears = INT(d/DaysInYear) nMonths = INT((d-nYears*DaysInYear)/DaysInMonth) nDays = INT(d-(nYears*DaysInYear)-(nMonths*DaysInMonth)) -- Ted Roche Ted

Re: VFP9 design question(s)

2007-03-30 Thread Ted Roche
in the same, scan the queue, determine if there's more work to be done, do it, and remove the entry from the queue. That way, if someone drags a dozen files into the folder (or a hundred), VFP doesn't fall over. Separate out the message reciept from the processing. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC

Re: FoxForward 2007 - Topic Deadline Approaches

2007-04-01 Thread Ted Roche
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Re: Another life after VFP thread?

2007-04-02 Thread Ted Roche
product development cycle on a set of development tools that are single-sourced from any vendor? I've come to the conclusion it is not. Best of fortunes with your business, Ted -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post

Re: [NF] Firefox cruds out often?

2007-04-02 Thread Ted Roche
. I have a lot of other add-ons for Firefox as well. That could be part of the problem. Ensure they're all up to date. Try turning them all off and see if the problem goes away, then add them back in one at a time to see if you can identify the unstable one. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates

Re: [NF] Firefox cruds out often?

2007-04-02 Thread Ted Roche
/wiki/Netscape_Navigator -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ 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: Another life after VFP thread?

2007-04-03 Thread Ted Roche
On 4/3/07, Robert Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just imagine that Microsoft write Office 2007 in C# Very unlikely. MS views DotNet as something users write applications in. They consider themselves above that. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: Another life after VFP thread?

2007-04-03 Thread Ted Roche
. And the C compiler is GPL, to boot. Or you can continue to lock yourself into what a vendor wants to sell you. Until they take it away. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

Re: Another life after VFP thread?

2007-04-03 Thread Ted Roche
(Additional links in the original) VFP 9 EULA posted to FoxForum Wiki By Ted Roche Andrew MacNeill points out that the VFP 9 EULA is posted in its entirety to the FoxForum Wiki at http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~VFP9EuLA~VFP.; It's great to see the brain-dead requirement of having to uninstall previous

Re: Another life after VFP thread?

2007-04-03 Thread Ted Roche
features or worse, lacks a feature (like no floating point processor or memory-management-unit). So, porting code to a new platform usually involves more than changing a compiler switch. How much more depends on the code, the differences in the target platform, etc. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche

Re: [NF] Python: Any advantage to ActivateState IDE/Editor?

2007-04-03 Thread Ted Roche
to self: ... too many damn choices ;) Yeah, it's great! -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list

Re: [NF] Python: Any advantage to ActivateState IDE/Editor?

2007-04-03 Thread Ted Roche
://www.paulgraham.com/quotes.html -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ 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: [NF] Visting selected sites with IE 6 or 7 infects your machine

2007-04-03 Thread Ted Roche
Microsoft released an out-of-cycle patch for this one today. It must be really bad. I can't remember the last time they've done this. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-apr.mspx -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: VFP Open SOurce Push

2007-04-04 Thread Ted Roche
Software, after all, probably still has some hacks from being compiled in Watcom C back in the days, and likely has a lot of interesting stuff about how COM and ODBC and OLE are implemented internally. I don't think that is stuff they would be inclined to give away without a warrent. -- Ted Roche Ted

Re: Another life after VFP thread? PostgreSQL for Windowsbook justhitthe market

2007-04-04 Thread Ted Roche
On 4/4/07, Dave Crozier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Happy days! Left Handed Screwdrivers in the RAF in my day and lots of tins of Elbow Grease. And the young recruits got sent to the stores for a Long Stand. We'd send the young sailors aft and fore for 10 fathoms of centerline... -- Ted Roche

Re: [NF] Strange File Behavior

2007-04-04 Thread Ted Roche
for this) and remove the file, making a copy if you want to study it further. Then, virus scan, patch and restore the system: a full reformat and reinstall from trusted media is often best. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: Expression now available in MSDN

2007-04-04 Thread Ted Roche
On 4/4/07, David Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I really thing MS has abandoned the core FP user base to appeal to the pro-level folk; and I think it's a mistake. So, is Expressions more of a Visual InterDev on Steroids or something else? Dreamweaver? HTML-Kit? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche

Re: [NF] CSS / JavaScript examples

2007-04-04 Thread Ted Roche
On 4/4/07, David Crooks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The biggest question I have is how hard is it to install on the ISP? Joomla offers an installation guide at: http://help.joomla.org/content/category/15/99/132/ RTFM, and it's relatively painless. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http

Re: Expression now available in MSDN

2007-04-04 Thread Ted Roche
Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ 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: PDF to DBF

2007-04-04 Thread Ted Roche
On 4/4/07, Paul Czura [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just wondering if anyone knows how to extract information from a PDF file into DBF. Haven't used it myself, but I've heard of Monarch: http://monarch.datawatch.com/monarch-standard.asp -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http

Re: Expression now available in MSDN

2007-04-04 Thread Ted Roche
On 4/4/07, Chet Gardiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Isn't it more like: Micro$oft: Where the hell you think you're going??!!?!?! :) Yup. I'm outa here! -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox

Re: [NF] what's in an operating system?

2007-04-05 Thread Ted Roche
isn't really there what about Vista? Bill Gates: And through Windows NT, you can see it throughout the design. In a weak sense, it is a form of Unix. http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/billg/speeches/1996/uexpo.aspx -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: VFP Open SOurce Push

2007-04-05 Thread Ted Roche
distorted view of the community. I'm familiar with a number of projects with _huge_ installed bases that locked down on VFP 5 or 6. Not everyone salivates every time MS rings the bell. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: Sending mail from VFP w/o mailto

2007-04-05 Thread Ted Roche
On 4/5/07, Whil Hentzen (Pro*) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: mailto: BAD, BLAT good. ActiveX BAAD, BLAT good. MAPI bad, SMTP (and BLAT) good. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

[NF] Those responsible for patching the patch have been sacked.

2007-04-05 Thread Ted Roche
patch. Interestingly, the Hhctrl.ocx they refer to is the HTML Help display, a wrapper around the IE HTML Help rendering engine. Now, who thought it was a good idea to embed a browser in the operating system again? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: [NF] -- Good InformationWeek articles

2006-09-15 Thread Ted Roche
out there that isn't dependent on a jarring every 3-to-5-year transition, but instead incremental transitions at the discretion and in the control of the business. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages

Re: [NF] soffice Always in Task Manager ... Rats

2006-09-15 Thread Ted Roche
and OpenOffice.org use really similar dialogs. In OO.o, open any document (or create a new one) to get the GUI and select Tools|Options, OpenOffice.org, Memory and uncheck the box that says Load OpenOffice.org during system start-up. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: [NF] soffice Always in Task Manager ... Rats

2006-09-15 Thread Ted Roche
hostile act. Make sure you included a Tools|Options checkbox in your application to Stop making my startup so slow! -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http

Re: How to display XML? need xsl

2006-09-15 Thread Ted Roche
If you're looking for a tool that understands XML and lets you browse it, check out: http://www.daveswebsite.com/software/xmleditpro.2.0/ -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: [nf] 10 programming languages to learn know

2006-09-18 Thread Ted Roche
by making the computer do what you want. The language? Who cares? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version

Re: Rick Schummer blogs on Eli's invoice scam...

2006-09-19 Thread Ted Roche
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Re: [NF] -- Glutton for Market Share

2006-09-19 Thread Ted Roche
guys like Vermeer (Front Page, 1996), Fox Software (1994) and One Tree Software (SourceSafe, 1994) since the beginning. Ref: http://www.microsoft.com/msft/acquisitions/history.mspx -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: [nf] 10 programming languages to learn know

2006-09-19 Thread Ted Roche
. But do not program in Cobol if you can avoid it. The Tao of Programming, Geoffrey James, 1987. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman

Re: [nf] 10 programming languages to learn know

2006-09-19 Thread Ted Roche
. Scripts, rich client apps and web apps -- looks like it can do it all. Javascript for richer web apps, but not AJAX until generation 2 or 3. The MLs: HTML, XHTML, XML, XML CSS, which isn't really a language as much as a syntax. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: FoxPro at The Daily WTF

2006-09-21 Thread Ted Roche
we're taking over from someone else and seen code that looks like nothing we've every seen before. What else would you say in such a situation, except... What's This For? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post

Re: FoxPro at The Daily WTF

2006-09-21 Thread Ted Roche
On 9/21/06, Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I explained this at my Software Maintenance presentations in the last century. http://www.tedroche.com/Present/2001/fam/img9.html -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: [NF] Design isn't childs play

2006-09-23 Thread Ted Roche
On 9/23/06, Whil Hentzen (Pro*) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MY designs look they were done by a child. A child with... issues. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of

Re: Anyone seen this ? Internet Paladin

2006-09-26 Thread Ted Roche
/Have_Gun,_Will_Travel -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ 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] -- Culture of Evasion

2006-09-27 Thread Ted Roche
to the audience, who only wanted to know when the lot of them would resign, was disrespectful. It was just a users meeting. At the shareholder's meetings, I expect to see serious consideration that the board step aside. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: [NF] Python - Thinking Differently

2006-09-27 Thread Ted Roche
Group Leader, NASA STEP Testbed. Source: http://www.python.org/Quotes.html -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT

Re: DBase Plus

2006-09-27 Thread Ted Roche
the table with VFP, I am told that the file is not a table. None of the VFP import or copy formats seem to work either. Ah! Does dBI supply an ODBC driver for their product? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post

Re: [NF] Python - Thinking Differently

2006-09-27 Thread Ted Roche
syntaxes does have advantages. But if you don't like it, you don't have to try Python. You have a choice. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com

Re: [NF] Python - Thinking Differently

2006-09-27 Thread Ted Roche
. Or you may decide you prefer delimiters. But you will not know until you have tried. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox

Re: [NF] MS06-049 may corrupt compressed folders

2006-09-28 Thread Ted Roche
their usual monthly schedule. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ 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: VFP7: SQL Passthrough failure

2006-09-28 Thread Ted Roche
, ?lcAddress, ?lcCSZ, ?lyCreditLimit) lcCustName = Acme Aggregates lcAddress = 666 Mockingbird Lane lcCSZ = Lost Wages, NM 98765-4321 liCreditLimit = $1 liResult = SQLExec(liHandle, lcSQL) -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

[NF] More MS insecurities

2006-09-28 Thread Ted Roche
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Re: Agle Programming

2006-09-28 Thread Ted Roche
that crossing the chasm is all you need to think outside of the box and find a new paradigm. THAT's The Next Big Thing. Yeah, I'd rather help real clients solve real business problems. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post

Re: [NF] More MS insecurities

2006-09-28 Thread Ted Roche
On 9/28/06, Ed Leafe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Wasn't that a John Lennon lyric? ;-) No, he was visualizing whirled peas. It was Tufte who said PowerPoint is Evil. http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/11.09/ppt2.html -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: Get location (full path) of Documents and Settings

2006-09-29 Thread Ted Roche
is it that you are trying to accomplish? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http

Re: Get location (full path) of Documents and Settings

2006-09-29 Thread Ted Roche
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Re: [NF] Picking an online backup service (was Handybackup)

2006-10-01 Thread Ted Roche
of the documents are fairly static, so diffs each night should be manageable. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT

Re: [NF] Python - Thinking Differently

2006-10-02 Thread Ted Roche
with serious security issues, and I am not comfortable basing a client's business on technology that shaky. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman

Re: SPS Weblog

2006-10-02 Thread Ted Roche
the wrapping: link rel=alternate type=application/rss+xml title=RSS href=http://www.sweetpotatosoftware.com/SPSBlog/SyndicationService.asmx/GetRss; / link rel=alternate type=application/atom+xml title=Atom href=http://www.sweetpotatosoftware.com/SPSBlog/SyndicationService.asmx/GetAtom; / -- Ted Roche

Re: [NF] Python - Thinking Differently

2006-10-02 Thread Ted Roche
on CompuServe's PCVEND forums, but the latest one is pretty amazing. There's some great ideas, but an awful lot of the same old thing, too. Me, I just write code... -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages

Re: [NF] Picking an online backup service (was Handybackup)

2006-10-02 Thread Ted Roche
will support 400 Gb for a mere $360/month. What a deal! -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http

Re: [NF]: Alleged 'Unfixable' Exploit in Firefox

2006-10-03 Thread Ted Roche
of the exploit's severity and even existence has yet to materialize from official sources, including the Mozilla organization responsible for Firefox's development. http://www.betanews.com/article/Alleged_Unfixable_Exploit_in_Firefox/1159803553 -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http

Re: [NF] LCD projectors

2006-10-03 Thread Ted Roche
it a bit to fit. So, the right answer might be to find a local shop that will let you bring in your laptop and try it... -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http

Re: [NF] LCD projectors

2006-10-03 Thread Ted Roche
a spare bulb will cost (Yow!) and if they have one in stock, buy it. A quick scan of Best Buy shows that they have 4 $899 ones at 1024x768 from Toshiba, Optoma, Panasonic and Insight. I hear the blue ones are faster s. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: [NF] LCD projectors

2006-10-03 Thread Ted Roche
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Re: [NF] LCD projectors

2006-10-03 Thread Ted Roche
On 10/3/06, Ted Roche [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: And with a ~500 rated lifetime. Hours, I meant, but I'm wrong. The X3 bulb is rated for 4000 hours. And 39 dB, if that matters. http://www.infocus.com/Products/Projectors/X3.aspx Most of the vendors seem to have spec sheets available. -- Ted

Re: [NF] Can Netware 3.1.??? Load MySQL?

2006-10-04 Thread Ted Roche
/supportedplatforms.html -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ 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] Do people really want to deal with this?

2006-10-05 Thread Ted Roche
source. Dongles are built into most modern machines in the form of TPCM (?) modules. It will be interesting to see who starts using them. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

Re: [NF] Do people really want to deal with this?

2006-10-05 Thread Ted Roche
for the cost. Unfortunately there are still a lot of people whose requirements aren't met by non-Windows platforms though. But there are millions and millions whose requirements are. And I can't see their ranks do anything but grow over time. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http

Re: [NF] Do people really want to deal with this?

2006-10-05 Thread Ted Roche
Trusted Platform Computing Module, iirc. AKA TPM. AKA NGSCP, nee Palladium. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trusted_Platform_Module On 10/5/06, Tristan Leask [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What the heck is TPCM?? It's not even in the wiki? Have you got any good info on it? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche

Re: VFP J-O-B , Central Westchester County, NY

2006-10-05 Thread Ted Roche
On 10/5/06, Andy Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So for comparison purposes what does say a 1200 sq ft house/ apartment cost? What? No Google over there? Google westchester county 1200 sq ft house rental USD $375k decent one, half-a-mil. A little pricey. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche

[NF] Firefox Gains Ground On Microsoft's IE

2006-10-05 Thread Ted Roche
percent. http://www.techweb.com/wire/security/193104314 Inch by inch. Resistance is futile. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman

Re: VFP J-O-B , Central Westchester County, NY

2006-10-05 Thread Ted Roche
with care. There are some nice neighborhoods, if you know what to look for. But I think the point of the discussion was that the $35k - $60k salary range (and I believe the posting is from the principal, www.axiomsw.com) is a bit low for the area. Maybe, maybe not. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC

Re: [NF] Firefox Gains Ground On Microsoft's IE

2006-10-05 Thread Ted Roche
. Firefox went up 0.5, IE went down 0.9 and somebody else had to go up 0.4 to make things even. Who was that? Netscape? Well, as a last resort, you could try reading the article. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: [NF] AJAX a security risk?

2006-10-09 Thread Ted Roche
. Javascript introduces addtional concerns and requires some careful auditing and thought to avoid exposing additional threats. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

Re: VFP Up in Tiobe Index

2006-10-10 Thread Ted Roche
Visual Basic, QBasic, Microsoft Basic, VB.NET, etc. If everyone wants the Visual Foxpro number to grow, you better get blogging! g I think when a dead horse is involved, the term is flogging. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: VFP Up in Tiobe Index

2006-10-10 Thread Ted Roche
consultants and developers like us to succeed in environments where we don't have to fight so hard to use the right tools for the job. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

Re: [NF] Sys Admin questions

2006-10-10 Thread Ted Roche
/(2^#years-old) and send them off to Dell to buy a new box. Fix the old one at your leisure. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman

Re: [NF] It's Patch Tuesday!

2006-10-11 Thread Ted Roche
?storyid=1770 -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ 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: VFP Up in Tiobe Index

2006-10-11 Thread Ted Roche
at the acceptance stage. It feels good. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http

Re: Design question

2006-10-11 Thread Ted Roche
On 10/11/06, Paul Newton [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anybody have any further info on Cathy or her software ? http://www.frontier2000.com/ http://www.mbs-intl.com/ -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages

Re: [NF] Laptop Battery

2006-10-16 Thread Ted Roche
and Google for some alternate opinions. And keep a fire extinguisher handy! -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free

[NF] Terabyte servers for the home

2006-10-16 Thread Ted Roche
video and audio. Has anyone done this? Alternatively, have you set up NAS or a SAN for access? Any pointers? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http

Re: [NF] Terabyte servers for the home

2006-10-16 Thread Ted Roche
a Hauppage PCR-150mce and analog cable here, and I'm using it straight off the cable, without an intervening box. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http

Re: [NF] Terabyte servers for the home

2006-10-16 Thread Ted Roche
that... -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ 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 ** All

Re: DBF() and GETFILE() no respecters of case

2006-10-16 Thread Ted Roche
the years, in all of the Fox magazines, and may even be in the Solution app. And Windows developers whine that *nix is case-sensitive shesh! -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: System not deleting files

2006-10-16 Thread Ted Roche
-closed file. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ 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] Terabyte servers for the home

2006-10-17 Thread Ted Roche
terabyte servers. I'm the only poster on the list verifiably left of you on most issues, but that's OT. How would you configure a media server to be the central store for your movies, CDs, pictures, and so forth? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: [NF] Terabyte servers for the home

2006-10-18 Thread Ted Roche
On 10/17/06, Jaime Vasquez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I made a NAS server with 4 160 gb IDE disks and Naslite: http://www.serverelements.com/naslite.php That's a pretty neat little product. File server on a floppy! -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: Simple blogging to integrate into a web site?

2006-10-18 Thread Ted Roche
is a favorite of mine. Movable Type works, too. There are dozens of others, but I have experience with those two. http://www.tedroche.com/blog/ is a WordPress blog. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox

Re: Distributing question for VFP9/MySQL app -- sqlconnect string

2006-10-18 Thread Ted Roche
with the easy questions where we can say Hackers Guide, page 397 or Fundamentals, chapter 6 Maybe we should see if someone would actually *pay* us to answer these questions, since they make it so hard for us to do so. Never mind! -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: Simple blogging to integrate into a web site?

2006-10-18 Thread Ted Roche
and easily parsed, the middle tier is PHP, the front end is a combination of pretty easy-to-hack templates and clean XHTML/CSS. Looks like a winner. I'll be transitioning officially as my hosting contract runs out at weblogs.com. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

[NF] IE7 Breaks Older QuickBooks

2006-11-02 Thread Ted Roche
Over at Shedding Some Light, Rick Schummer blogs IE7 Breaks Older QuickBooks: http://rickschummer.com/blog/2006/11/ie7-breaks-older-quickbooks.html http://tinyurl.com/yz4z43 -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post

[NF] Microsoft to become a SuSE reseller?

2006-11-03 Thread Ted Roche
and... Microsoft. Novell is playing a very dangerous game. And Oracle's threatening RedHat. Next players to make a move? Watch Sun and IBM. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

Re: [NF] IE7 Breaks Older QuickBooks

2006-11-03 Thread Ted Roche
Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ 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 ** All postings

Re: [NF] IE7 Breaks Older QuickBooks

2006-11-04 Thread Ted Roche
, that wasn't what I picked up from the OP site. I am also an n-3 user (QBP 2003, iirc). If their update still depends on IE, I think this is a great chance to shop for alternatives. I'll ask my accountant if she has alternative recommendations... -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

Re: [NF] IE7 Breaks Older QuickBooks

2006-11-06 Thread Ted Roche
could run it in a VM without any access to the network or Internet. I don't use the online banking features, so I might get away with that. Thanks for the idea, Ken! -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages

Re: [NF] What are people doing with cable interfaces?

2006-11-07 Thread Ted Roche
On 11/7/06, Whil Hentzen (Pro*) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: BTW, CM is from Frederic, WI. http://www.letsmakeadeal.com/carol.htm -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

Re: [NF] Windows Vista

2006-11-07 Thread Ted Roche
? What's it good for? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ 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: [NF] Windows Vista

2006-11-07 Thread Ted Roche
. No rush. No compelling reason to switch. Unless your clients are demanding Vista. Are they, Virgil? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com

Re: [NF] Windows Vista

2006-11-07 Thread Ted Roche
and on the ProLinux forums. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ 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 Vista

2006-11-07 Thread Ted Roche
, either. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ 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: Copying databases.

2006-11-08 Thread Ted Roche
changes (source control, diff), easy to debug. You can do it all with data manipulation code in VFP, but what are the advantages of doing so? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

Re: Strange behaviour in the VFP IDE

2006-11-08 Thread Ted Roche
this, or is this new behavior? Er, behaviour? Is this a new machine or one that hasn't exhibited this behaviour before? This is most likely a video driver problem. Have you changed anything recently? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

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