RE: [OT] Republicans and Reality

2007-02-14 Thread Adam Buckland
Alledgedly. You take someone nice and normal say from New England, remove 3/4 of their brain, munch up their speech. Marry them off to their cousin, dump them in a trailer park, give them a dozen guns and a combined IQ to match. Get them the largest pickup truck you can find then smash it

Re: [OT] Republicans and Reality

2007-02-14 Thread Jean Laeremans
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Re: Recommended Icon/Graphics Libraries Free or Commercial

2007-02-14 Thread Alan Bourke
I've been down the same road myself and have ended up cobbling together icons from various sources. I've never found a large repository of 24-bit icons that you could use in applications. You're right, the sets supplied with VFP are in dire need of an overhaul, they're very Windows 95.

RE: [NF] I've HAD IT WITH QUICKEN

2007-02-14 Thread mrgmhale
I also have a CPA do my taxes because it is impossible for me to keep up with it. Confessions of a Mad Man! Actually, I am encouraged by your comment re: having a CPA do your taxes despite your own background and expertise. I was feeling badly that I finally retained a CPA last year to do my

RE: [NF] I've HAD IT WITH QUICKEN

2007-02-14 Thread mrgmhale
I have used Quicken for personal finances for years, and QuickBooks Pro for at least 6 years for business (I have some inventory, so only the Pro version will do for me). I never seriously considered using QuickBooks for both business and personal finances, but it actually makes sense to do so. I

RE: Recommended Icon/Graphics Libraries Free or Commercial

2007-02-14 Thread mrgmhale
One thing to consider for commercial apps, there are still some folks with business that are running relatively weak machines as compared to what I am running. So I use Virtual PC to make certain my apps still look good in lesser RAM and video configurations. I try to make certain all my apps

RE: Recommended Icon/Graphics Libraries Free or Commercial

2007-02-14 Thread Dave Crozier
Steve, For free nice looking ones take a look at http://www.famfamfam.com/ Dave Crozier -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Ellenoff Sent: 14 February 2007 05:40 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: Recommended Icon/Graphics Libraries Free

RE: [OT] Republicans and Reality

2007-02-14 Thread Stephen the Cook
Adam Buckland wrote: Alledgedly. You take someone nice and normal say from New England, remove 3/4 of their brain, munch up their speech. Marry them off to their cousin, dump them in a trailer park, give them a dozen guns and a combined IQ to match. Get them the largest pickup truck

RE: [OT] Republicans and Reality

2007-02-14 Thread Adam Buckland
I did go and see the Jerry Springer opera but I'm just stereotyping some of the people I've met on my travels through 47 states and one district! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen the Cook Sent: 14 February 2007 12:06 To: 'ProFox

RE: [NF] Why a CPA for taxes was I've HAD IT WITH QUICKEN

2007-02-14 Thread Stephen the Cook
Jeff Johnson wrote: I am a degreed accountant with many years in the field before turning to programming. I use Quickbooks. Always have, probably always will. I download all of my credit cards and bank statements. I run them through a VFP filter and then import them into Quickbooks. I

Re: [NF] I've HAD IT WITH QUICKEN

2007-02-14 Thread MB Software Solutions
Steve Ellenoff wrote: I've recently given up on quicken also and am curious to see what others suggest using. Steve -- why did you give up on it? -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS

RE: [NF] I've HAD IT WITH QUICKEN

2007-02-14 Thread Dave Crozier
Kevin, Yes, Turbocash is written in Delphi and versions up to last September can run when compiled with Kylix (The Linux fork of Delphi - which is no longer in production however). I have installed a couple of systems and they went in no problem with the addition of some bespoke code. The man

Re: [NF] I've HAD IT WITH QUICKEN

2007-02-14 Thread Kevin Cully
Dave, It looks like Delphi isn't going to be in production either. g That doesn't mean that Delphi or Turbocash won't be useful and productive for years into the future! I would think the main point of interest for developers on this forum is that their next accounting system is open enough that

RE: [NF] I've HAD IT WITH QUICKEN

2007-02-14 Thread Dave Crozier
Kevin, Well Delphi and the other Borland developer products may well be acquired by outside interests as Borland themselves want to concentrate on other non developer tools but judging by the turbo range of products Delphi, C++, C# and Delphi for .NET which are free) http://www.turboexplorer.com/

Re: Recommended Icon/Graphics Libraries Free or Commercial

2007-02-14 Thread Derek Kalweit
I'm not much of an artist and would really like to start jazzing up some of my apps with icons / graphics. The problem is I don't really know where to get nice looking graphics to include. The ones included with VFP look unprofessional, as do many of the freebies I've found on the net. I

RE: [NF] Why a CPA for taxes was I've HAD IT WITH QUICKEN

2007-02-14 Thread Jeff Johnson
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen the Cook Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 5:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [NF] Why a CPA for taxes was I've HAD IT WITH QUICKEN Jeff Johnson wrote: I am a degreed accountant

Re: Recommended Icon/Graphics Libraries Free or Commercial

2007-02-14 Thread Jack Skelley
Steve: I have collected over the years some 2400+ icons. I have them in a zipped folder and will email it to you if you wish. Regards, Jack Skelley Steve Ellenoff wrote: I'm not much of an artist and would really like to start jazzing up some of my apps with icons / graphics. The problem is

Re: Recommended Icon/Graphics Libraries Free or Commercial

2007-02-14 Thread Derek Kalweit
I have collected over the years some 2400+ icons. I have them in a zipped folder and will email it to you if you wish. Are these all royalty free? If so, I think a number of us would be interested-- I know I would... Thanks. -- Derek ___ Post

Re: Recommended Icon/Graphics Libraries Free or Commercial

2007-02-14 Thread Casey McGuire
Steve Ellenoff wrote: I'd appreciate hearing what you guys have used in the past/present, whether it's free or commerical. this one has some specific icons for database stuff http://www.iconexperience.com/index.php if you are 'ok' using the terms of use

Re: [NF] I've HAD IT WITH QUICKEN

2007-02-14 Thread Bob Patterson
We've been using old FoxPro 2.6 based accounting software for years ... since the early 80's.This is the last evolution of what WAS SBT Accounting software. It's still available, undergoing updates, multi-user, and runs on Linux Unix, and yes, the source code comes with it ! NOT

RE: I just got 3 photocopies of a 1099 from a client. That's not legal, is it?

2007-02-14 Thread Kristyne McDaniel
Madigan, That's not legal,is it? This guy sent me 3 photocopies of 1099s. Don't I have to provide originals to the IRS? At least he sent you something. Selling 1099 forms is a profit center for accounting software companies this time of year -- they're kinda expensive. He's probably just

Re: [NF] I've HAD IT WITH QUICKEN

2007-02-14 Thread Steve Ellenoff
Steve -- why did you give up on it? I was fed up with their backhanded upgrade tactics. I've been upgrading every year since 98, and have noticed the software get worse in terms of bloat, relentless advertising stuck in your face, and in many ways I prefered the older versions ( the

RE: Recommended Icon/Graphics Libraries Free or Commercial

2007-02-14 Thread Steve Ellenoff
Thanks Dave I'll check it out. At 04:39 AM 2/14/2007, you wrote: Steve, For free nice looking ones take a look at http://www.famfamfam.com/ Dave Crozier -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Steve Ellenoff Sent: 14 February 2007 05:40 To:

Re: [OT] Republicans and Reality

2007-02-14 Thread Ed Leafe
On Feb 14, 2007, at 7:13 AM, Adam Buckland wrote: I did go and see the Jerry Springer opera but I'm just stereotyping some of the people I've met on my travels through 47 states and one district! Getting away from talk of stereotypes and back to the original topic, it seems

[NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread srussell
So, there's our first look at Vista. It does benefit from a lot of good ideas, many of them Apple's, of course, but good nevertheless. It simply doesn't work very well, unfortunately. There are serious problems with execution; it's not polished; it's not ready. It should not be on the market, and

[NF] Software firm plans to move to Lansing

2007-02-14 Thread MB Software Solutions
http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070214/NEWS03/702140354/1004/news -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions

Re: [NF] Software firm plans to move to Lansing

2007-02-14 Thread Ed Leafe
On Feb 14, 2007, at 10:47 AM, MB Software Solutions wrote: http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070214/ NEWS03/702140354/1004/news Wait: they're moving from Okemos to Lansing? How is this significant? That's only a couple of miles away. -- Ed Leafe -- http://leafe.com

[OT] Gonna be easy!

2007-02-14 Thread Ed Leafe
http://images.ucomics.com/comics/tt/2007/tt070213.gif -- Ed Leafe -- http://leafe.com -- http://dabodev.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

OLE Drag Drop Classes

2007-02-14 Thread Dave Crozier
To All, Following Malcolm’s (I think it was him or Michael and I apologise for not remembering) post regarding OLE drag/drop in VFP onto PageFrames where he wanted to flip over pages in the PageFrame when the OLE object was moved over the PageFrame got an idea in my brain going. Hence, I’ve

Re: [NF] Software firm plans to move to Lansing

2007-02-14 Thread Kevin Cully
Didn't you read the article? Here's how it is significant: $1.2 million business tax break bg Ed Leafe wrote: Wait: they're moving from Okemos to Lansing? How is this significant? ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

Re: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread Alan Bourke
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://www.theregister.com/2007/02/14/pricey_beta_bugger/ I don't know about the rest of what he says, not having tried it yet, but: Aero looks nearly as good as KDE, although it demands about three times the system resources. That's a ridiculous statement.

[OT] Same old, same old...

2007-02-14 Thread Ed Leafe
http://images.ucomics.com/comics/po/2007/po070212.gif -- Ed Leafe -- http://leafe.com -- http://dabodev.com ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

RE: OLE Drag Drop Classes

2007-02-14 Thread Dave Crozier
Just a note, The classes have a small gotcha if not used in VFP9 as there is a global include file (foxpro.h) which it expects in the VFP 9 folder so just change the include file reference in the classes if it is anywhere else. Dave Crozier -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [NF] I've HAD IT WITH QUICKEN

2007-02-14 Thread John Weller
I accept that my experiences in UK are possibly not relevant to the US but I use Excel. I just keep a record of my income and expenditure and then pass it to my accountant who checks it to tell me what I should be including (like heating and lighting for my office at home) and what I will be

Re: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread Derek Kalweit
http://www.theregister.com/2007/02/14/pricey_beta_bugger/ I don't know about the rest of what he says, not having tried it yet, but: FWIW, I tried it for about 20min in a virtual machine, and I think he was pretty kind. I hated the blasted thing. My limited opinion on it stands that Vista is

VFP + Vista + Cleartype = problem

2007-02-14 Thread Brian Abbott
Developing on XP I have Cleartype turned off - I think VFP is much more readable that way and it doesn't have too much impact on other programs. Yesterday I started doing some development on Vista for the first time. First thing I noticed was that cleartype (which is on by default) seems to

Re: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread Alan Bourke
Yep, it's pricey - especially in EU compared to US but I suppose that's what we get for busting their balls on the IE thing. The OEM versions are way cheaper but limit you to only ever installing it on one PC. Everyone hated XP when it came out as well, because things had been moved from where

RE: [OT] Republicans and Reality

2007-02-14 Thread john harvey
Sounds to me like he's been to Atoka, TN, except he forgot the thing about the teeth!G John -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Stephen the Cook Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 6:06 AM To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject: RE: [OT] Republicans

Re: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread Ed Leafe
On Feb 14, 2007, at 12:13 PM, Alan Bourke wrote: Everyone hated XP when it came out as well, because things had been moved from where they were in 2000, so that in itself doesn't bother me. I'll keep that quote in mind the next time someone says that Linux will never catch on,

Re: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread Derek Kalweit
Everyone hated XP when it came out as well, because things had been moved from where they were in 2000, so that in itself doesn't bother me. Many people I know are still on W2K due to what MS did with XP(primarily activation hassles). Vista promises to make even more hassles. Maybe even worse

Re: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread Alan Bourke
Ed Leafe wrote: I'll keep that quote in mind the next time someone says that Linux will never catch on, since things aren't in exactly the same place as what they're used to in Windows. That's probably the least of the hurdles facing it on the corporate desktop!

Re: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread Derek Kalweit
Vista will take a LONG time for mainstream adoption, just as Windows XP did, but I think it'll be even longer this time. I think you're right, as there is much less of a compelling reason to go from XP SP2 to Vista than there was from 2k to XP. I was thinking that when I wrote this

Re: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread Derek Kalweit
I'll keep that quote in mind the next time someone says that Linux will never catch on, since things aren't in exactly the same place as what they're used to in Windows. That's probably the least of the hurdles facing it on the corporate desktop! The #1 reason, obviously being that

RE: VFP + Vista + Cleartype = problem

2007-02-14 Thread mrgmhale
Hmmm, I will stay tuned for input from others. Interesting... Thanks for the Heads Up. Gil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Brian Abbott Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007 12:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: VFP + Vista +

RE: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread mrgmhale
I'll keep that quote in mind the next time someone says that Linux will never catch on, since things aren't in exactly the same place as what they're used to in Windows. Good shot! Gil -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ed Leafe

RE: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread mrgmhale
Vista will take a LONG time for mainstream adoption, just as Windows XP did, but I think it'll be even longer this time. I think Vista will roll out far faster than we would like. Many PC manufacturers are providing Vista now, unless you want a very expensive business class PC, where you can

Re: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread Whil Hentzen (Pro*)
Derek Kalweit wrote: I'll keep that quote in mind the next time someone says that Linux will never catch on, since things aren't in exactly the same place as what they're used to in Windows. That's probably the least of the hurdles facing it on the corporate desktop! The #1 reason,

RE: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread mrgmhale
I was thinking that when I wrote this comment, but it's hard for me to think of any specific reasons XP is better than W2K... Only a few ideas come to mind: I sill run Pro2k on several machines, but on my primary communication PC I do use XP Pro. Largely to be familiar with it for clients

Re: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread Derek Kalweit
I was thinking that when I wrote this comment, but it's hard for me to think of any specific reasons XP is better than W2K... Only a few ideas come to mind: o new 'look and feel'/themes o Easy Alternate IP configuration for NIC's(useful for laptops) o ClearType fonts o Better handling

Re: OLE Drag Drop Classes

2007-02-14 Thread Steve Ellenoff
That sounds like a great contribution to the community, thanks Dave. At 11:18 AM 2/14/2007, you wrote: To All, Following Malcolm's (I think it was him or Michael and I apologise for not remembering) post regarding OLE drag/drop in VFP onto PageFrames where he wanted to flip over pages in the

RE: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread mrgmhale
I don't know about the rest of what he says, not having tried it yet, but: I have been waiting for VPC 2007 to come out of beta (I heard from a colleague this morning it is now released, I have not checked). But an associate of mine went to a M$ sponsored seminar yesterday in Rochester, NY, and

RE: [NF] Why a CPA for taxes was I've HAD IT WITH QUICKEN

2007-02-14 Thread Dan Neuman
Stephen, Besides all the changes in the tax laws, and what is deductible and what is not, especially when it comes to self-employment which is all a minor consideration for the rate difference... The real benefit is a CPA can sit in an IRS audit with you and defned your tax return. The pimple

RE: [OT] Republicans and Reality

2007-02-14 Thread Michael Madigan
They gave you a visa? --- Adam Buckland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I did go and see the Jerry Springer opera but I'm just stereotyping some of the people I've met on my travels through 47 states and one district! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: VFP + Vista + Cleartype = problem

2007-02-14 Thread Richard Kaye
I know Rick Strahl has blogged on his opinion of Cleartype but don't know if he's revisited under Vista. Brian Abbott wrote: Developing on XP I have Cleartype turned off - I think VFP is much more readable that way and it doesn't have too much impact on other programs. -- Richard Kaye

Re: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread Whil Hentzen (Pro*)
Oh, in the Register article Stephen Russell sent to us (see below), did y'all catch the deal where FireFox can't be made the default browser? Very clever. M$ allows other browsers to be used (maybe g), but only IE7 can be the default? Talk about slicing hairs... Technically compliant with

Re: VFP + Vista + Cleartype = problem

2007-02-14 Thread Kevin Cully
Rich Schummer blogged a couple of days ago about a new font in VS 2005. I'm not sure if the Consolas Font Pack applies to Vista's Cleartype or not. http://rickschummer.com/blog/2007/02/consolas-font-paying-it-forward.html Richard Kaye wrote: I know Rick Strahl has blogged on his opinion of

[OT] Climate getting warmer

2007-02-14 Thread Helio W.
Exxon leader: 'Climate getting warmer' By DAN PILLER Star-Telegram Staff Writer http://www.dfw.com/mld/dfw/16689019.htm HOUSTON — Exxon Mobil Chairman Rex Tillerson told a world energy conference today that there is no question that the world's climate is getting warmer, and said that

RE: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread mrgmhale
Far superior to the alternatives, in practice, I've found. UltraVNC is more likely to crash my host computer and performs poorly over slow links Check out LogMeIn.com, with their free version. I finally let guilt get the best of me and licesned 5 Pro versions, but I still have almost 30 PCs

Re: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread Richard Kaye
I've been using LogMeIn for a while now with both free and Pro accounts in addition to TS, VNC and pcAW. If you need remote printing and file transfer, you need the Pro license. Highly recommended although I do prefer pcAW for it's file transfer. Except when it gives me agita... mrgmhale

Re: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread kam
I agree with all except the multiple monitors, I have multiple monitors on Win2K - no problem. If you have trouble, it is probably due to the driver. You may be able to get an upgrade. Maybe we need a list of reasons for not upgrading: 1. don't have to worry about being forced to load IE7 with

Re: [NF] I've HAD IT WITH QUICKEN

2007-02-14 Thread MB Software Solutions
Steve Ellenoff wrote: snipped I was and am still outraged at this tactic, so I decided instead of knuckling under, I would abandon them all together. So I did, but now I'm looking for a replacement, and I'm unsure what to go with ( I've heard some horror stories about MS Money )..

Re: [NF] Software firm plans to move to Lansing

2007-02-14 Thread MB Software Solutions
Ed Leafe wrote: On Feb 14, 2007, at 10:47 AM, MB Software Solutions wrote: http://www.lsj.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070214/ NEWS03/702140354/1004/news Wait: they're moving from Okemos to Lansing? How is this significant? That's only a couple of miles away

Re: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread Derek Kalweit
Far superior to the alternatives, in practice, I've found. UltraVNC is more likely to crash my host computer and performs poorly over slow links Check out LogMeIn.com, with their free version. I finally let guilt get the best of me and licesned 5 Pro versions, but I still have almost 30

[OT] Beretta and Toyota Prius

2007-02-14 Thread Leland F. Jackson, CPA
The Beretta Man was not impressed with the Toyota Prisu. LOL http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOvp69lnZbANR http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOvp69lnZbANR Regards, LelandJ ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

Re: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread MB Software Solutions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So, there's our first look at Vista. It does benefit from a lot of good ideas, many of them Apple's, of course, but good nevertheless. It simply doesn't work very well, unfortunately. There are serious problems with execution; it's not polished; it's not ready. It

RE: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread Bill Arnold
Ah-- just remembered the #1 reason to go to WINXP Pro from W2K Pro-- Remote Desktop. Far superior to the alternatives, in practice, I've found. UltraVNC is more likely to crash my host computer and performs poorly over slow links FWIW, I'm using UltraVNC just about daily, including it's

Re: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread MB Software Solutions
mrgmhale wrote: snipped Now, if M$ were to do as the Blu-Ray (and in decades past VHS vs BetaMax) folks are supposedly doing, and try to edge into the benefits of Vista to the porn industry What advantage would the porn industry have with Vista???!? -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software

Re: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread MB Software Solutions
Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: Oh, in the Register article Stephen Russell sent to us (see below), did y'all catch the deal where FireFox can't be made the default browser? Very clever. M$ allows other browsers to be used (maybe g), but only IE7 can be the default? Talk about slicing hairs...

RE: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread Kevin Ragsdale
For what it's worth, you *can* make FireFox the default browser in Vista. Back in the day, I bought my first Pentium computer (60 Mhz, with 32MB of RAM and a 10GB hard drive --- I thought I'd never need to buy a new computer again). It had Windows 95 preinstalled on it. After using it for two

Re: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread Derek Kalweit
I agree with all except the multiple monitors, I have multiple monitors on Win2K - no problem. If you have trouble, it is probably due to the driver. You may be able to get an upgrade. I haven't tried multiple monitors on W2K, so it's probably better now, yes. I tried to load a 3rd monitor the

Re: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread Derek Kalweit
Ah-- just remembered the #1 reason to go to WINXP Pro from W2K Pro-- Remote Desktop. Far superior to the alternatives, in practice, I've found. UltraVNC is more likely to crash my host computer and performs poorly over slow links FWIW, I'm using UltraVNC just about daily, including it's

Re: Recommended Icon/Graphics Libraries Free or Commercial

2007-02-14 Thread MB Software Solutions
Jack Skelley wrote: Steve: I have collected over the years some 2400+ icons. I have them in a zipped folder and will email it to you if you wish. Jack -- put them on the ProFox downloads page! http://leafe.com/dls -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC

RE: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread mrgmhale
How is that compliant? I'd raise holy hell about that one. Seems to me DOJ required M$ to separate IE from the core OS, which M$ said could not be done without causing serious problems, rendering Windows inoperable. Along the way DOJ paved the way to require M$ to not prohibit competitive

RE: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread Bill Arnold
FWIW, I'm using UltraVNC just about daily, including it's file transfer and chat, for at least a month now. I love it - and especially so because I have no expection they are going to change policy and start charging for it. I use UltraVNC daily. It crashes my one machine sometimes,

RE: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread mrgmhale
What advantage would the porn industry have with Vista???!? Uhhh,, h, sharper images? More detail with all that extra video RAM? A slicker experience for their viewers? I was kind of spoofing anyway, tongue in cheek with that crack. But, I bet if M$ could find some way to horn in there

RE: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread mrgmhale
For what it's worth, you *can* make FireFox the default browser in Vista. Glad to hear it. The author of the article I cited was then incorrect, and I had already qualified that I have not used it myself - therefore was relying on what seemed to be accurate info (but even that author was

re: [SQL2K] Replication to Foxpro

2007-02-14 Thread William Sanders / EFG
Point by point, but not in the original order as presented: 1. The problem is that they have screens that pull back all the data from certain key tables that are pretty large. ALL the data? so the sql query code looks like: select * from tablename. Always bad form , imo/ime, in any

Re: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread Derek Kalweit
trouble down the road. Well, will have to take it a machine at a time, and maybe try Remote Desktop again (with a simpler cable modem-router-PC setup) when/if I do run into trouble with UltraVNC on some other machine. A modem-router-router-PC setup should work as long as the outside router

Re: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread Derek Kalweit
Not knowing your environment, version of PCA, etc., I can't say why you are having such issues. I am running versions on some client PCs as hosts as far back as v-8.0, most are now 10.5-12.5. Yet all work fine with my VPN connections on several of my PCs. I am running v-10 - v-12.5 on my

re: [SQL2K] Replication to Foxpro

2007-02-14 Thread Mike yearwood
Hi Bill From: William Sanders / EFG [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: re: [SQL2K] Replication to Foxpro To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Point by point, but not in the original order as presented: 3. Therefore, the application is

RE: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread Kevin Ragsdale
my first Pentium computer (60 Mhz, with 32MB of RAM and a 10GB hard drive Actually, I think it was an 850MB hard drive. A HUGE increase over the computer it replaced (which had a 10MB hard drive). Ten megabytes --- I thought I'd *never* run out of disk space on that thing... :)

RE: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread Bill Arnold
trouble down the road. Well, will have to take it a machine at a time, and maybe try Remote Desktop again (with a simpler cable modem-router-PC setup) when/if I do run into trouble with UltraVNC modem-router-on some other machine. A modem-router-router-PC setup should work as long

Re: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread MB Software Solutions
mrgmhale wrote: snipped Hmmm, I thought this was a new OS from the ground, devoid of DOS (like XP 2000, eh?), yet the browser seems awfully tied to the OS again... I smell a long dead fish around here. Thoughts? Clarifications? Corrections? Am I being paranoid? It can't be

Index on Deleted()

2007-02-14 Thread John Weller
I have an index on DELETED() in most of my tables. To check if a table needs packing I look for a deleted record using this index. When I look at a table with no deleted records I'm finding that the line: LOCATE FOR DELETED() ?FOUND() returns False, whereas ? SEEK(DELETED(), 'MyTable',

[OT] You and I are not in the Big Club

2007-02-14 Thread Helio W.
You and I are not in the Big Club by George Carlin (Forward by Mark Faulk) http://www.faulkingtruth.com/Articles/Investing101/1070.html (Editor's note: WARNING- This is an R-rated excerpt from George Carlin's lastest special, Life is worth Losing. It's been airing for the past few months on HBO.

Re: Index on Deleted()

2007-02-14 Thread Ted Roche
On 2/14/07, John Weller [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ? SEEK(DELETED(), 'MyTable', 'DelRecs') is returning True - which is obviously wrong! Isn't the first argument the value you are supposed to be looking for? If so, it should be .T. shouldn't it? With your argument, it's evaluating DELETED()

Re: Index on Deleted()

2007-02-14 Thread Vince Teachout
John Weller wrote: I have an index on DELETED() in most of my tables. To check if a table needs packing I look for a deleted record using this index. When I look at a table with no deleted records I'm finding that the line: LOCATE FOR DELETED() ?FOUND() returns False, whereas ?

RE: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread mrgmhale
I'm a developer with supports guys. I had to install PCA once, and I guess I installed a version on W2K that made it crash-- no message saying it was incompatible, etc.-- just breakage... Not at all acceptable, IMO. I learned the hard way with a Win2k Pro machine as well, tried to install

M$ Vista Speech Recognition and Programming

2007-02-14 Thread Kevin Cully
Gil! You'll have to wait for the voice recognition built into Vista! http://youtube.com/watch?v=KyLqUf4cdwc (Yes, this seems like a hatched job. They probably have a terrible microphone but I was laughing my evil laugh anyway.) ___ Post Messages

Re: [OT] Republicans and Reality

2007-02-14 Thread Ricardo Aráoz
Pete Theisen wrote: On Wednesday 14 February 2007 1:02 am, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: snip Yeah, you and your lefty friends, bring it on. Wouldn't even make landfall before the Navy/CoastGuard blew you out of the water or Air Force blew you out of the sky. If you by some miracle did get here you

Re: I just got 3 photocopies of a 1099 from a client. That's notlegal, is it?

2007-02-14 Thread ken.com
I use quickbooks. They have a function to print the 1099. I have been printing on plain paper for years, no problem at all. Forget those forms. - Original Message - From: Kristyne McDaniel [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: 'ProFox Email List' profox@leafe.com Sent: Wednesday, February 14, 2007

Re: I just got 3 photocopies of a 1099 from a client. That's notlegal, is it?

2007-02-14 Thread Whil Hentzen (Pro*)
ken.com wrote: I use quickbooks. They have a function to print the 1099. I have been printing on plain paper for years, no problem at all. Forget those forms. OK, I'll bite. I just navigated to 'ken.com', and well, I sure was surprised not to see the McGinnis software empire show up. s

Re: [OT] Republicans and Reality

2007-02-14 Thread Pete Theisen
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 4:05 am, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: Pete Theisen wrote: On Wednesday 14 February 2007 1:02 am, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: snip Yeah, you and your lefty friends, bring it on. Wouldn't even make landfall before the Navy/CoastGuard blew you out of the water or Air Force

Re: [NF] Software firm plans to move to Lansing

2007-02-14 Thread Ed Leafe
On Feb 14, 2007, at 2:38 PM, MB Software Solutions wrote: The article, from a MI publication, is basically saying they stayed in MI (as opposed to moving out of state). That's my take on it anyway. I guess I got thrown by the moved to in the subject, rather than stays put. ;-)

RE: M$ Vista Speech Recognition and Programming

2007-02-14 Thread mrgmhale
What a hoot! I just ordered Dragon Speaking Naturally, latest version, yesterday. I was hoping the symptoms would subside, but thus far I have more bad days than good days. I can hardly wait to train The Dragon, then unleash its power onto ProFox! It ought to be a source of amusement and

RE: I just got 3 photocopies of a 1099 from a client. That'snotlegal, is it?

2007-02-14 Thread Kristyne McDaniel
Ken, I use QuickBooks. They have a function to print the 1099. I have been printing on plain paper for years, no problem at all. Forget those forms. According to the QuickBooks help, the IRS requires the preprinted forms for 1099s. I have no idea why it would be required, but that's what it

Re: [OT] Republicans and Reality

2007-02-14 Thread Pete Theisen
On Wednesday 14 February 2007 10:04 pm, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: snip It's not a gentlemen's duel, for those who would invade the US are not gentlemen. If you invade the US you get shot. According to you pretty soon your population will be very old (they are killing the babies!) and full of

Re: M$ Vista Speech Recognition and Programming

2007-02-14 Thread Kevin Cully
I'm sure this guy didn't Train the system. With training, I'm sure that your Dragon will Sit, Roll-over, play dead, and speak on command. g mrgmhale wrote: What a hoot! I just ordered Dragon Speaking Naturally, latest version, yesterday. I was hoping the symptoms would subside, but thus far

VFP - Vista - Cleartype: problem

2007-02-14 Thread Brian Abbott
Developing on XP I have Cleartype turned off - I think VFP is much more readable that way and it doesn't have too much impact on other programs. Yesterday I started doing some development on Vista for the first time. First thing I noticed was that cleartype (which is on by default) seems to

RE: [NF] Vista, all it's CRAPPED up to be

2007-02-14 Thread David Smith
I actually like Vista. Here's why: It's more stable when compared to my experience with XPSP2. I log 60+ hours a week on the same PC running Vista that used to run XP, and Vista doesn't crash or hang nearly as often. The interface is better; that is less cluttered and a little more intuitive for

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