RE: [NF] SQL Server shareware

2006-12-22 Thread Rick Schummer
You can easily write an ASP page that opens the connection and does a SQL-Delete from each of the tables involved in your database. Then remove the ASP page so you don't accidentally open the page and delete the production data. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com

RE: [NF] Oooo, isn't Vista shiny? (paid to blog positively?)

2006-12-29 Thread Rick Schummer
Ed, Really pathetic, if you ask me. If Vista offered anything compelling people would be flocking to it, rather than having to be bribed with a free laptop in order to try it out. First I will say I have never accepted a dime for ads on my Web site, never blogged after being bribed, and have

RE: [NF] Oooo, isn't Vista shiny? (paid to blog positively?)

2006-12-29 Thread Rick Schummer
Hi Ed, Thanks for responding. Why the free laptop? Why not provide a free copy of Vista? Why not do what hardware companies do, and provide a paid shipping box for returning the hardware after the review? I agree this is a bit much. If I was a blogger in this situation I would be

RE: [NF] Oooo, isn't Vista shiny? (paid to blog positively?)

2006-12-29 Thread Rick Schummer
Thanks for the discussion Ted. My disclaimer page is at http://www.tedroche.com/blog/?page_id=2621. I am curious about Recent winners should sit on their hands and let someone else play for a change. Care to explain? Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com

RE: [NF] Oooo, isn't Vista shiny? (paid to blog positively?)

2006-12-29 Thread Rick Schummer
Tweet! Timeout! Off sides! I'd just like to clarify the context of our discussion here. Thanks for the official clarification Ted. But I really think the difference between a service designed to pay hired people to blog about products, and individual or independent people blogging about

RE: [NF] Oooo, isn't Vista shiny? (paid to blog positively?)

2006-12-29 Thread Rick Schummer
I see it differently, but suspect we agree more than disagree. Definitely. I just read on Geek News Central about Microsoft pulling the laptops back after the bloggers are done with the reviews. Dilbertville style of management lives strong even on the holiday break for some people.

RE: [NF] SQL Server Management Studio Express

2007-01-08 Thread Rick Schummer
I don't think he was referring to SQL Server 2005. I believe he is referring to Management Studio for SQL Server *Express* is dog slow, even on latest and greatest hardware. It is a pig and should be considered an embarrassment to the SQL Server team. Rick White Light Computing, Inc.

RE: [NF] SQL Server Management Studio Express

2007-01-08 Thread Rick Schummer
Ok, what is slow? The time to start it up, or the time to change db's or servers and have all those objects in the IDE? Yes. Yes. Yes. Yes. (attempting my best to not sound sarcastic, but it is all slow) I want to reiterate, I am referring to the SQL Express version, not the regular

RE: Strange error message

2007-01-10 Thread Rick Schummer
Dave, After all these years I've never noticed the compilation output in the debug window before. Nice find. This is new in VFP 9. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.rickschummer.com 586.254.2530 - office 586.254.2539 - fax

RE: Weird menu effect for SkipFor clause (VFP8 SP1)

2007-01-12 Thread Rick Schummer
I would think a simple .T. in the SkipFor clause would work better. You also might want to try (1=1) so it is evaluated. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.rickschummer.com 586.254.2530 - office 586.254.2539 - fax   -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: Weird menu effect for SkipFor clause (VFP8 SP1)

2007-01-12 Thread Rick Schummer
You mean use the parenthesis pair around the equation? Yes, so Fox does the evaluation. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.rickschummer.com 586.254.2530 - office 586.254.2539 - fax ___ Post Messages to:

RE: Vfp 10

2007-01-14 Thread Rick Schummer
If you want the current future of VFP as Microsoft declares it, go directly to the VFP Roadmap for their disclosure: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/roadmap/ I second Malcolm's recommendation for xFRX if you are looking for Excel output of your reports. Rick White Light Computing, Inc.

RE: FoxPro on Vista

2007-01-17 Thread Rick Schummer
Allen, VFP7 moans about MSXML4 and the task manager does not work. Assuming you meant VFP 9, did you apply the SP2 CTP patch? I am not sure this fixes your problem or not, and if it does not I would report this to the VFP team via the Connect Web site

RE: Index on collector tag collector unique

2007-01-17 Thread Rick Schummer
Unique indexes are bad and the behavior you are observing is how they are designed. Direct from HackFox: A so-called unique index contains a key only for the first record that has a particular key value. That is, once a key value occurs, no other records with that key value get added to the

RE: Index on collector tag collector unique

2007-01-17 Thread Rick Schummer
It is a type of index for VFP data, which enforces uniqueness and does not accept nulls (just like a primary key, but you can only have one primary key per table). Check out the topic Visual FoxPro Index Types in the VFP Help file. It clearly explains all the different index types (including a

RE: Determining the type of active index

2007-01-18 Thread Rick Schummer
it's for times where the choices are 1/0 Yes, that is why they are called *Binary* Indexes - bg. Don't worry, you are not the last person to understand this concept. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.rickschummer.com 586.254.2530 - office 586.254.2539 - fax

RE: Design question -- APP vs EXE for better memory management

2007-01-19 Thread Rick Schummer
Michael, By creating several APPs instead of one big, all encompassing EXE, do you manage memory better via your application's performance since in theory, when an APP was done, it'd be released from memory? (Assuming that's how it works?!?) One of the problems with APPs called from a single

RE: Design question -- APP vs EXE for better memory management

2007-01-19 Thread Rick Schummer
It's funny, I just did this (splitting into multiple Apps) for a huge VFE app. Thanks for presenting this Bill. Knowing VFE, the shear number of class libraries involved and what this must have taken, I am very impressed. One question: do you release the EXE and all the APP files at the same

RE: Design question -- APP vs EXE for better memory management

2007-01-20 Thread Rick Schummer
I suppose you could use Stephen Settimi's approach in EXCLUDING almost EVERYTHING basically and referring to it in code... Yes, this definitely defeats the caching problem, but now you are managing the release of source code to production instead of APPs. You really only need one EXE and just

RE: Vfp 10

2007-01-21 Thread Rick Schummer
Rick, can the Sedna Upsizing Wizard target other servers, like Oracle or PostgreSQL? No it can't Ted. I am sure it could work for other servers if you made it that way. The code is released with the APP so you can modify it. I am not familiar with the exact architecture because I have not

RE: [NF] feed your inner geek

2007-01-23 Thread Rick Schummer
So the FP had nothing to do with Foxpro? Here I thought you guys were from Foxpro Geekdom with your Foxpro jackets. ;-) They were speaker jackets from one of the FoxTeach conferences years ago. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.rickschummer.com 586.254.2530 -

RE: [NF] feed your inner geek

2007-01-23 Thread Rick Schummer
David, I recently came across a couple of the plastic cups from a San Diego DevCon with the sand and stuff in bottom. I wonder how much they are worth? The sand cups are cool and were from the year we were at the Swan in DisneyWorld. I think mine are still packed away somewhere. A few years

RE: [NF] feed your inner geek

2007-01-24 Thread Rick Schummer
Are the white FoxPro mugs from the San Diego (??) Devcon that had a fox in red,blue and purple? You are describing the same mug. I don't recall getting them in San Diego (1995), which was a great swag year with the grey sweat shirts discussed here. Rick White Light Computing, Inc.

RE: [NF] Medical insurance

2007-01-25 Thread Rick Schummer
Anybody have a great deal on medical insurance? My Cobra runs out the end of February. Medical insurance is specific to the locale you reside in. I have someone I can recommend if you live in the state of Michigan. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com

RE: [NF] Medical insurance

2007-01-26 Thread Rick Schummer
I figured they didn't really notice the billing part but left that to the office staff (i.e., I figured they only focused on your care). ROFL - Oh, you were serious. Maybe it is different in PA than MI, but most doctors I have visited are interested in treating the patient, not healing them.

RE: VFPCom.dll - Which Language?

2007-01-26 Thread Rick Schummer
I believe you are correct Dave, I believe it is C++ and the source has never been distributed by Microsoft. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.rickschummer.com 586.254.2530 - office 586.254.2539 - fax   -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: What do I use in place of MSDE?

2007-01-31 Thread Rick Schummer
MSSQL developers version, or something like that? There is a SQL Server Developer's Edition which is the full SQL Server for $50. Cannot use it for production databases, but works great in development mode and you get everything (no limitations of MSDE or SQL Server Express). It is perfect for

RE: What do I use in place of MSDE?

2007-01-31 Thread Rick Schummer
Also, unlike MSDE, it has a Management Studio application and no throttling on the number of concurrent users! The only real constraint is a 4GB (I think) max database size. Another constraint to consider when moving from MSDE to SQL Server 2005 Express is the SQL Agent no longer gets shipped

RE: Quickest way to load VFP tables to MSSQL?

2007-02-01 Thread Rick Schummer
Upsizing wizard is out of the question. I can highly recommend you test out the new *Sedna* Upsizing Wizard if the structures are the same (not sure if this was a reason for the constraint of if you were thinking the old Upsizing wizard stinks). It has moved several of my VFP DBCs and the data

RE: Adding a button to the report viewer (REPORT FORM ... PREVIEW)

2007-02-01 Thread Rick Schummer
This works just fine, but I was hoping to save a step and put a PDF icon in the report viewing window. The complete source for the Report Previewer and toolbar are available in the VFP Xsource ZIP file. You would need to recompile the appropriate project. I recommend you subclassing the

RE: Quickest way to load VFP tables to MSSQL?

2007-02-01 Thread Rick Schummer
www.rickschummer.com 586.254.2530 - office 586.254.2539 - fax   -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Vince Teachout Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2007 05:07 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Quickest way to load VFP tables to MSSQL? Rick Schummer wrote

RE: [NF] The Ultimate Vista Upgrade

2007-02-04 Thread Rick Schummer
John, I need something which will advise me on how to set a machine from scratch for basic email and word processing use... This is absolutely the primary roadblock for large scale adoption of Linux in my opinion. Installing and configuring the operating system needs to be easy before the

RE: [NF] The Ultimate Vista Upgrade

2007-02-05 Thread Rick Schummer
And once you've installed KDE PLEASE install Basket 0.6.0, you won't regret it. Are you trying to help with my point? bg Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.rickschummer.com 586.254.2530 - office 586.254.2539 - fax  

RE: [NF] The Ultimate Vista Upgrade

2007-02-05 Thread Rick Schummer
This concept of having a choice is definitely bad. Too many choices! Stop! Make them stop! Just tell me what to do. I don't want to have to decide!! gdrfRS I am not saying choice is bad and you know that. What I am saying is it is confusing the marketplace. I don't want to return to the

[NF] OS Recalls, was: The Ultimate Vista Upgrade

2007-02-05 Thread Rick Schummer
And since MS isn't going to be selling or supporting their legacy OSes any more, how are they going to do that? I warned you not to get me started on this. g We discussed this very issue after the DAFUG meeting a couple of months ago. I am not a fan of legislating every darn thing in our

RE: [NF] The Ultimate Vista Upgrade

2007-02-05 Thread Rick Schummer
Please don't speak for me.I don't want to be down to one. That would be a monopoly and a monotony. I was not speaking *for* you Ted. You stated in a previous post that you have a Linux box (for most software) and a Windows box (for Fox and Quickbooks), as did Whil, to run your business. I was

RE: [NF] OS Recalls, was: The Ultimate Vista Upgrade

2007-02-06 Thread Rick Schummer
If we kept the PC exactly as it was sold to you then maybe they would be able to offer a longer warranty, but we don't so they can't. I am not referring to a warranty Adam. The operating system manufacturers do not support the other software you load on your machine today. All they support is

RE: [NF] OS Recalls, was: The Ultimate Vista Upgrade

2007-02-06 Thread Rick Schummer
Sounds to me like it all comes down to managed computing---how much influence/control do you want the OS maker to have on your daily computing life? Some want M$ to handle all of it; others don't want anyone else's hands in the mix but their own. There are different kinds of users, obviously.

RE: Any Conferences to attend this year?

2007-02-06 Thread Rick Schummer
There is definitely going to be a Southwest Fox 2007, details coming soon. German DevCon for the next eight years is posted on the Fox Wiki. Prague is being planned, although I don't have absolute date knowledge at this time. Advisor Speakers so far are: Tamar Granor Doug Hennig Rick Schummer

Southwest Fox 2007

2007-03-01 Thread Rick Schummer
in more details for the conference you can send them to [EMAIL PROTECTED] You will also notice that Southwest Fox is under new management. After three very successful years under Bob Kocher's management, Southwest Fox is now being organized by Visual FoxPro MVPs Rick Schummer, Doug Hennig

Southwest Fox 2007 - Call for speakers

2007-03-07 Thread Rick Schummer
Southwest Fox 2007 (October 18-21 in Mesa, AZ, www.swfox.net) is looking for speakers. The conference is focused on Visual FoxPro and sessions should fit into one of the following tracks: * Working with Sedna and SP2: This track will cover the new features and changes introduced in Sedna and

RE: VFP bugs with Vista

2007-03-26 Thread Rick Schummer
Tracy, Better safe than sorry to report these to the Fox Team. According to Milind's February 2007 letter, send all reports through the Connect site. Details can be found here: http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/vfoxpro/bb308951.aspx Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com

RE: Foxpro going opensource

2007-03-26 Thread Rick Schummer
Bill, YAG has been quite clear on the fact VFP will never be sold because of the Intellectual Property (IP) in VFP that is now in other MS products. He also mentioned that Microsoft will look at any severe problem in VFP discovered after VFP 9 SP2 is released and address it on a case-by-case

RE: Foxpro going opensource

2007-03-26 Thread Rick Schummer
Pablo, Just so you are clear, SP2 is pre-beta and will overwrite your VFP 9 runtimes and merge modules if you install it. These runtimes are not necessarily ready for prime-time and you could accidentally release them to your clients if you are not careful when installing the SP2 patch file.

RE: VFP bugs with Vista

2007-03-26 Thread Rick Schummer
Tracy, none have a comment from Microsoft acknowledging they will look at it Microsoft is looking at every VFP submission on Connect. I know that for a fact because the team told us while at the MVP Summit and I believe them. Do not take the status of any VFP report on Connect to mean

RE: VFP9 design question(s)

2007-03-30 Thread Rick Schummer
Hi Bill, Not sure about the BindEvents() solution, but I implemented a timer-based one as you noted. It was designed to meet 200 requests in a day (nothing by anyone's standards). It polled the folder every minute when the timer triggered. I tested the solution I created with several hundred

RE: FoxForward -- thanks

2006-09-18 Thread Rick Schummer
-- thanks I couldn't agree more with Michael about the networking; that's the biggest value for me and our company. No matter the material available via screencast, it wouldn't change my conference plans one nit. -Original Message- Rick Schummer recently blogged about screencasts and how

RE: Anyone used SQL Express?

2006-10-27 Thread Rick Schummer
Derek, While MSDE (SQL Server 2000) has a performance governor on it, SQL Server 2005 Express (the version Paul is asking about) does not. They also raised the database size limit to 4GB from 2GB. One thing in MSDE not in SQL Server 2005 is the SQL Agent used to schedule things like backups.

RE: [NF] How Can I Find Laptop Memory?

2006-10-31 Thread Rick Schummer
I would try www.crucial.com. I just purchased memory from them for an older desktop unit and my new Lenovo laptop. Their customer reps are helpful in recommending the memory and have reliable delivery. I hate dealing with hardware, but they are a joy to work with when it comes to memory. Rick

RE: FoxTalk vs. FoxPro Advisor

2006-11-01 Thread Rick Schummer
Michael, Let's hope Rick Schummer's advice to them helps them to change. I'll give them the benefit of the doubt that the crap still in the pipeline was in there prior to Rick speaking with them. ??? Just because I have offered them advice does not mean they are taking it bg. There are

RE: [NF] IE7 Breaks Older QuickBooks

2006-11-03 Thread Rick Schummer
If you don't have the latest version, you're SOL. Not entirely true Ted. It appears the latest version has no problems, but n-1 has a patch, and it sounds like n-2 is in process of getting a patch. It is the n-3 people (me for one) who have to bite the bullet and upgrade. Rick White Light

RE: [NF] Sage Accounts

2006-11-19 Thread Rick Schummer
Peter, Sage has purchased a lot of older software packages over the years. I am not familiar with the one you are asking about, but last year I did contact them about one of their other accounting packages (Business Works) to write a bridge file between a custom package and the accounting

RE: Error 2091 table corrupted, needs repaired!

2006-11-22 Thread Rick Schummer
James, Is there less expensive option than foxfix 5.2 ($249.00) Recover from Abri.com is under US$100 and has only failed me once in the years I have used it. I have only had to fix tables a handful of times to date, and the only time it failed me was when I recommended it to another developer

RE: Changing Colours

2006-11-29 Thread Rick Schummer
Chris, Could anyone suggest a way of working out a brigter version of a colour. Just in case you have not seen this, Cesar has a function/form to lighten/darken colors: http://weblogs.foxite.com/cesarchalom/archive/2006/11/27/2974.aspx Rick White Light Computing, Inc.

RE: An Alternative to Norton ... Suggestions Please

2006-12-04 Thread Rick Schummer
Adam, I have AVG Network Edition installed on my Windows 2003 Server. It protects my server, downloads the latest versions and signature files, and allows me to manage all the client workstations (pulls new files from server, and scheduling scans). Great product. Rick White Light Computing,

RE: Integrated Source Control and a Project Hook

2006-12-04 Thread Rick Schummer
Tracy, Try using the NOPROJECTHOOK clause when you open the project, check it in, and close the project. Then open the project up and see if things work. You won't be able to check this class in and out when it is in use, but projecthooks probably don't change as much as your project source

RE: Integrated Source Control and a Project Hook

2006-12-04 Thread Rick Schummer
control? I guess if every developer is going to use it, it does need to be in source control, just not part of the compile project. That does make sense. Tracy -Original Message- From: Rick Schummer Sent: Monday, December 04, 2006 12:38 PM Tracy, Try using the NOPROJECTHOOK

RE: Integrated Source Control and a Project Hook

2006-12-04 Thread Rick Schummer
Is this project hook dropping from the project a known problem to MS? I am not sure. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.rickschummer.com 586.254.2530 - office 586.254.2539 - fax ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

RE: Preventing new records from being added to a table

2006-12-05 Thread Rick Schummer
But what if they change their mind about adding that record? How do I prevent that blank record from being added to the table if they click my IGNORE button? I don't want my table to have blank records in it. TABLEREVERT() will remove the added record. Buffering is for all changes to the

RE: Grid class defined as read-only, but editing is allowed

2006-12-06 Thread Rick Schummer
You need to determine when the ReadOnly property is getting set to .F. It could be code in the grid superclass hierarchy, or it could be code outside of the grid in the form. What I would do is open up the debugger and set a breakpoint on the value changing for mygrid1.ReadOnly (with the full

RE: [NF] Rick Schummer's double posts (was Re: Grid class defined asread-only, but editing is allowed)

2006-12-06 Thread Rick Schummer
I was just alerted of this off-list. I am not sure why. I thought I had an Outlook rule screwing things up on my receiving end. It is only recent that this has been happening, and the timing of a new login id on my machine causing me some grief with other Outlook rules, so I just thought it was

RE: [NF] Anyway to discover/reset MSSQL UID and PW?

2006-12-14 Thread Rick Schummer
Vince, If you are not reengineering the database model then you need to consider the Sedna Upsizing Wizard. I have used it numerous times in testing and it has worked every time. I am talking about migrating structures *and* data to SQL Server 2000 and 2005. You can run the wizard or you can

RE: [NF] Anyway to discover/reset MSSQL UID and PW?

2006-12-14 Thread Rick Schummer
That sounds like something that will be handy in the future. Where do I get it? Sedna October Community Tech Preview (CTP, aka. pre-beta) http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=808E96E1-3D87-421F-9BA5-4AAFE70C7B21displa ylang=en But as I said, the Upsizing Wizard is very

RE: [NF] microsoft_antipiracy_will_drive_people_to_linux

2006-12-15 Thread Rick Schummer
Don't tell them that!! Let them keep their warm and fuzzy myth that Windows is easy and Linux is hard. I mean, you don't go around telling little kids about Santa, now do you? What about Santa? Are you telling me he moved his entire operation to Linux and Dabo? To many myths being

RE: [NF] godaddy.com and sql server

2006-12-18 Thread Rick Schummer
Sounds like a connection problem. If you are running your own code you should be able to look line 28 up and let us look at the code. Otherwise, if it is canned GoDaddy code then you need to call their tech support, which is pretty good. Rick White Light Computing, Inc.

RE: [NF] FileMaker

2006-06-20 Thread Rick Schummer
Not impressed. I saw a demo of it by a FileMaker MVP and the presentation was horrible. The product seems to be less flexible than MS Access in many ways and more powerful in some. It is pretty self contained and when I asked about programming/scripting capabilities I was told it is an end user

RE: Ever wish this for VFP? Last modified class in VCX library

2006-06-20 Thread Rick Schummer
Michael, Actually this would not be hard at all. AVCXCLASSES() will give you a list of the classes and some other details. One of the details missing is the datetime stamp. You could then open the VCX and locate the records and pull in the date time stamp for each of the classes and store this

RE: Docking Toolbar in Top-Level Form

2006-06-27 Thread Rick Schummer
You have to make sure the toolbar.ShowWindow = 1 (In Top Level Form) Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.rickschummer.com 586.254.2530 - office 586.254.2539 - fax   -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave

RE: Suppress a band in vfp9 report writer

2006-07-26 Thread Rick Schummer
REPORT FORM . SUMMARY Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.rickschummer.com 586.254.2530 - office 586.254.2539 - fax   -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael Hawksworth Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006

RE: Suppress a band in vfp9 report writer

2006-07-26 Thread Rick Schummer
Not a generic VFP provided solution. You need to set up a Print When condition (something like: lPrintGroupHeaderFooter = .T.) for each object in the headers and footers and Remove Line When Blank. Toggle the condition before running the report. You can set this up with a different variable

RE: Buffering and TableUpdate()

2006-07-31 Thread Rick Schummer
Assuming you are using tables and not views, you can use the SET REFRESH command to control how often VFP refreshes the local cache. The only other way to force VFP to refresh the local cache is to lock a record (which is what happens when you perform the TABLEUPDATE() in a optimistic buffering

RE: EventHandler() function help

2006-08-04 Thread Rick Schummer
Bill, Your eventhandler object has to have all the events in the interface coded in your PRG. This does not mean you need behavior code in each event, but the shell of the procedure has to be there. The VFP Object Browser can help in this respect. All you have to do is drag the interface to a

RE: Outlook automation error - for info

2006-08-07 Thread Rick Schummer
Graham, This is a problem I have run into without resolution so thanks. I see there is two keys with reference to the DLL. HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{0006F03A---C000-0046}\InprocServer32 HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Classes\CLSID\{0006F03A---C000-0046}\InprocSer

RE: VFP Keyword Jeopardy (45)

2006-08-07 Thread Rick Schummer
Used it the other day... What is SQLCOLUMNS()? Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.rickschummer.com 586.254.2530 - office 586.254.2539 - fax   -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Anderson Sent: Monday,

RE: Southwests Fox 2006 - good news and bad news

2006-08-12 Thread Rick Schummer
I believe Ed did a Dabo session at the first Southwest Fox Conference. I am sure he (or someone else) could do it again in the vendor track. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.rickschummer.com 586.254.2530 - office 586.254.2539 - fax   -Original

RE: Southwests Fox 2006 - good news and bad news

2006-08-12 Thread Rick Schummer
Leafe Sent: Saturday, August 12, 2006 10:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Southwests Fox 2006 - good news and bad news On Aug 12, 2006, at 9:58 PM, Rick Schummer wrote: I believe Ed did a Dabo session at the first Southwest Fox Conference. I am sure he (or someone else) could do it again

RE: [NF] Varchar(1) ???

2006-08-14 Thread Rick Schummer
Maybe the company/shop have a standard that all character fields are varchar and the developer was trying to follow the rules to keep their job. Maybe the specs dictated the design. Maybe the original developer set it up to test out the new guy to see if they are paying attention. It is quite

RE: [NF] Varchar(1) ???

2006-08-14 Thread Rick Schummer
- fax   -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions Sent: Monday, August 14, 2006 11:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NF] Varchar(1) ??? Rick Schummer wrote: Maybe the company/shop have a standard that all character

RE: [NF] Varchar(1) ???

2006-08-15 Thread Rick Schummer
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NF] Varchar(1) ??? Rick Schummer wrote: Heh, I didn't say I designed it. I cannot take any credit for anything = you are seeing with varchar involved. g but varchar is a *good* thing, isn't it? Oh wait...are you saying it's better optimized as fixed length

RE: [NF] Vista and what may not work????

2006-08-16 Thread Rick Schummer
I first read about it here: http://blogs.msdn.com/sqlexpress/default.aspx The primary reasons (posted in this blog entry) for this decision are lame. My recommendation is to use the Email link on this page to express your displeasure with this bad decision. The person who blogs on this page is

RE: Visual Foxpro : Data From Scratch

2006-08-21 Thread Rick Schummer
Actually it was Doug Carpenter who was the driving force behind FoxCast.org, and Drew was a big contributor. Doug left Visionpace a while back and the site has since become a bit under utilized. I suspect Russ would be happy to get it moving again, but we would need a champion at Visionpace to

RE: Can VFP9 SP1 SP2 runtimes co-exist happily?

2008-11-03 Thread Rick Schummer
All feedback on this topic welcome and appreciated- Runtime files are named identical for a major release of VFP, so your SP1 and SP2 runtimes are identically named. No way around that. I agree with Paul and Andrew in this situation about putting the runtimes in the folder with your

RE: Can VFP9 SP1 SP2 runtimes co-exist happily?

2008-11-04 Thread Rick Schummer
Besides, disk space is cheap so there's no need to rely on the old approach of having it exist in one spot and using the registry for that reference. Depends. Some of us still prefer run times on client machine for performance. In this case you really should have them installed in common

RE: Can VFP9 SP1 SP2 runtimes co-exist happily?

2008-11-04 Thread Rick Schummer
Are you saying that it would perform better if you had installed the runtimes in the common folder? You are thinking the app and the runtimes are on the same machine. I normally think of it as running off a network server. On the same machine we are talking small differences, but over a

RE: Can VFP9 SP1 SP2 runtimes co-exist happily?

2008-11-04 Thread Rick Schummer
VFP will find the runtimes in the application folder before even looking in the common folder. So, it'll load a smidgen faster by putting the runtimes in the application folder. Depends, naturally. If the app folder is on the network and has to pull it over wire, the commons folder even being

RE: Can VFP9 SP1 SP2 runtimes co-exist happily?

2008-11-05 Thread Rick Schummer
Different strokes for different folks. Why go through the unnecessary network overhead? Loader apps work well *most* of the time, but there is one reason I like a mechanism (manual or automated) to kick people out of the app: it ensures they are running the current one. Case in point: rogue

RE: Can VFP9 SP1 SP2 runtimes co-exist happily?

2008-11-05 Thread Rick Schummer
I wouldn't dream of running the app on the server anymore, ever since 1999 when I learned about the LOADER idea from others here on ProFox. So how do you ensure the user is running the loader and not the local EXE? Have you taken the precaution of adding versioning logic to the app startup

RE: VFP9-system content

2008-11-06 Thread Rick Schummer
Make a new project and put the main prg in it and build. You are assuming all code is called directly. Many of use call code through indirection and table driven factories. In this case it will not work. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net

RE: How to organize emails

2008-11-06 Thread Rick Schummer
I would like to have a program where I could search the mails and organize them my way. Any suggestions ? I use Outlook rules extensively. It saves me a lot of time to have them filed based on content, subject, or email address for the account. Works great, but it can take time to get set

RE: Can VFP9 SP1 SP2 runtimes co-exist happily?

2008-11-06 Thread Rick Schummer
well and provides a great and easy way for me to eventually move to SP2 or perhaps back to SP1 someday.. PS - Thanks to Rick Schummer for his terrific write up of how to keep all 3 versions of VFP9 on the same dev box. I use Virtual Machines but find having all 3 on the same single Virtual

RE: Property and Method Editor ver 2.0...

2008-11-11 Thread Rick Schummer
Sometimes as programmers we get so close to an application that we can't think like beginners anymore. Beginners like me! ;) I was just talking to my developer this morning about being a beginner at something and finding resources. With respect to today's technologies and authors willing to

RE: Property and Method Editor ver 2.0...

2008-11-11 Thread Rick Schummer
Dave, And don't forget Marcia Akins who originally did the Edit Property and Method replacement dialog with some help from Doug. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com ___ Post Messages

RE: Property and Method Editor ver 2.0...

2008-11-11 Thread Rick Schummer
Kevin, I may be dense but what exactly do I do to install this? There are two APP files. Run each APP file which registers the MenuHit records in FoxCode. That is all. Once you bring up the dialogs from the VFP IDE menu to add new property or method, or edit property/method you should see the

RE: When will User Group meetings go virtual (live on the web) ?

2008-11-17 Thread Rick Schummer
Hi Matt, I have been playing around with this for the last couple of meetings at DAFUG with moderate success by recording the audio portion. But it is hard to not see what is going on. Our latest thought is taking the idea we implemented at SWFox and UStream the meetings. Might start this in

RE: When will User Group meetings go virtual (live on the web) ?

2008-11-18 Thread Rick Schummer
Matt, Love the enthusiasm, but one question: How are user group leaders suppose to deliver on value if presenters are not willing to allow their sessions recorded or broadcasted. User group leaders already struggle to get people to present stuff in front of small groups. Now I have to tell

RE: When will User Group meetings go virtual (live on the web) ?

2008-11-18 Thread Rick Schummer
Maybe they could coordinate this on a rotation so that it was not overly burdensome on any one person or group. Ah, I did not pick up on the point of groups sharing/pooling the resources and posting the videos. Interesting thought. An Extended Fox User Group. One unfortunate side-effect of

DAFUG - November 2008

2008-11-18 Thread Rick Schummer
: November 20, 2008 - Getting Started with Amazon Elastic Cloud Compute - Frank Perez December 11, 2008 - Getting Started with SVN/Tortoise - Toni Feltman January 2009 - VFP Calendar Controls Enhanced - Paul Mrozowski February 2009 - Extending the Sedna Data Explorer - Rick Schummer

RE: Environment vars in Vista not returning expected values

2008-11-22 Thread Rick Schummer
Check out Doug's blog. He has code that you can run that will make the data folder under your app be available for writing data without affecting the other security. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -Original Message- From:

RE: [NF] I blame you!

2008-11-28 Thread Rick Schummer
He really should just Blame It On Rick: http://blameitonrick.com Nice post by the way. One thing you also could recommend is trying out various distros in virtual machines to test them out. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com

RE: VFPCompression.FLL update 11/30/2008

2008-12-01 Thread Rick Schummer
Do I have to add the VFPcompression.FLL file into the project somehow? Yes, under the API Libraries node of the Code page in the Project Manager. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com ___

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