RE: VFP Job in Paradise

2007-10-05 Thread Allen
What you do in private can also reflect on the company. If you want to mash your brains then as said thats up to you. But I would never employ a drug user. At least heavy drugs. As for fire me if I suck, its a bit late if you invest in training be it expense or time. Allen -Original

RE: [NF] Internet Diary

2007-10-05 Thread John Weller
Thanks to everyone who responded. I think the idea of an internet group for the officers of the charity is a good one but it will need 100% commitment to its use by everyone involved, such as checking their emails more than once a month g. I am not confident that we will get that level of

Re: VFP9: Bar Code Labels

2007-10-05 Thread Brian Abbott
Hi James I'll bundle some stuff together and upload it over the weekend. James E Harvey wrote: Hi Brian, I'm interested in seeing how you do this, we may want to implement it here sometime. James E Harvey -- Cheers Brian Abbott

RE: VFP Job in Paradise

2007-10-05 Thread Michael Hawksworth
Obviously this is much more prevalent in the US where there is more private medical cover and I would guess is this that makes companies add stipulations that they no doubt would sooner ignore organising. I guess the thing is that if you want Medical cover then you have to go along with the

RE: VFP Job in Paradise

2007-10-05 Thread Allen
Unless Im mistaken, owning a cat is not illegal. and I would have kicked the cat out anyway. Steak likewise is not illegal (same for clipping posts) and in moderation steak does no harm. However at the moment, in the uk anyway, drugs are illegal. Maybe there is a difference. Allen -Original

Re: VFP Job in Paradise

2007-10-05 Thread Ed Leafe
On Oct 5, 2007, at 3:53 AM, Allen wrote: What you do in private can also reflect on the company. If you want to mash your brains then as said thats up to you. But I would never employ a drug user. At least heavy drugs. As for fire me if I suck, its a bit late if you invest in

Converting Excel to HTML to server as webpage

2007-10-05 Thread VFP
Does anyone have any idea about how I can run an Excel spreadsheet and convert it to HTML to be served from our Web server? I understand there may be a way to do this using Excel 2007 and Sharepoint Services. However, before going down that route I would like to investigate whether there are any

RE: Converting Excel to HTML to server as webpage

2007-10-05 Thread John Harvey
I create the spreadsheets and save them as excel. When the user hits the file they are prompted to save or run. If they run, it opens as an excel doc. Otherwise, you could save the excel file via ole automation as an html file. JH -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

SQL Select - anyone want some brain exercise?

2007-10-05 Thread Brian Abbott
Hi This one's eluding me at the moment - can any creative minds help? I have a log table where timestamped transactions are recorded. Typically they occur every 3 - 5 minutes (never less than every 2 minutes) and there is sequence of 4 or 5 spanning typically 4 - 10 seconds like this:

RE: Converting Excel to HTML to server as webpage

2007-10-05 Thread VFP
John, Problem is we need the spreadsheet to recalculate itself, using a number of input parameters, each time it is requested. The spreadsheet itself actually goes off and retrieves some data, I think using ODBC. Nick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [OT] VFP Job in Paradise

2007-10-05 Thread Ed Leafe
On Oct 5, 2007, at 7:49 AM, Allen wrote: Unless Im mistaken, owning a cat is not illegal. and I would have kicked the cat out anyway. Steak likewise is not illegal (same for clipping posts) and in moderation steak does no harm. However at the moment, in the uk anyway, drugs are

RE: VFP Job in Paradise

2007-10-05 Thread David Smith
could affect your work performance while at your employers, which therefore becomes their concern. I have worked for companies that felt this way, and I see a lot of this sort of thinking, and it always bothers me. Some quick examples: My cat decides to meow at me all night, waking me up

RE: VFP Job in Paradise

2007-10-05 Thread Allen
I refer to another answer I gave. Drugs are ilegal in the uk and I assume in the USA too. And you must be aware that these and drugs and not the same. Dont get me wrong, Im not saying an employer has the right to all of your life styles, though I would wonder about the sanity of a evangelist

Re: [NF] Internet Diary

2007-10-05 Thread Peter Cushing
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just because you are paranoid doesn't mean you don't have enemies. I looked up paranoid in the dictionary and it read What do you want to know for? ;-) Peter ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription

Re: [NF] Internet Diary

2007-10-05 Thread Leland F. Jackson, CPA
Yep, it's called a personal computer for a reason, and I would like to keep my computers, and the personal information they contain; well, personal. Now, if the government had probable cause to suspect I was involved in anything illegal, which I am not, and went through proper channels to

RE: Converting Excel to HTML to server as webpage

2007-10-05 Thread John Harvey
That shouldn't be a problem. Do the calcs via ole, then save it and post it to the server. JH -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 7:23 AM To: 'ProFox Email List' Subject: RE: Converting Excel

RE: VFP9: Bar Code Labels

2007-10-05 Thread James E Harvey
Hi Brian, I'm interested in seeing how you do this, we may want to implement it here sometime. James E Harvey Hanover Shoe Farms, Inc. M.I.S./Corresponding Officer Off: 717-637-8931 fax: 717-637-6766 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: VFP Job in Paradise

2007-10-05 Thread richmondeagle
Ed wrote So if an employee wanted to join an evangelical church, and you considered that a poor reflection on your company, you could fire them, even if they confined their religious activities to their private time? What if they played in a rock band, and you didn't like their music? Or

RE: [OT] Drug testing

2007-10-05 Thread David Crooks
On Thursday, October 04, 2007 7:52 PM Ed Leafe wrote: On Oct 4, 2007, at 7:47 PM, Ricardo Aráoz wrote: Do they also test for alcohol or tobacco use? No, since those are legal. There are all sorts of prescription drugs that are not tested for that can severely impact your ability to

Re: Converting Excel to HTML to server as webpage

2007-10-05 Thread Paul McNett
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John, Problem is we need the spreadsheet to recalculate itself, using a number of input parameters, each time it is requested. The spreadsheet itself actually goes off and retrieves some data, I think using ODBC. I've done this type of thing before. The thing you

[OT] Thoughts on child support

2007-10-05 Thread Michael J. Babcock, MCP
I pay $nnn to my not-soon-enough-ex-wife monthly for my 2 kids' child support. I get pissed because I know she's not spending ($nnn times 2) on the kids. Shouldn't it be a 50/50 thing, where she pays an equal amount on the kids? Also, I know that those monies go towards expenditures incurred

RE: VFP9: Bar Code Labels

2007-10-05 Thread James E Harvey
thanks much Brian James E Harvey Hanover Shoe Farms, Inc. M.I.S./Corresponding Officer Off: 717-637-8931 fax: 717-637-6766 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Abbott Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 7:48 AM To:

[NF] Annotating screenshots with simple tool (other than MS Paint)

2007-10-05 Thread Michael J. Babcock, MCP
Many times I take a screenshot of something, throw it into MS-Paint, and draw a red circle around the point of emphasis, then email that to someone. MS-Paint is ok, but a bit weak...for example, the circles are very thin and I see no way to adjust their thickness. Sure, I could draw my own with

Re: [NF] Internet Diary

2007-10-05 Thread richmondeagle
Yep, it's called a personal computer for a reason, and I would like to keep my computers, and the personal information they contain; well, personal. Now, if the government had probable cause to suspect I was involved in anything illegal, which I am not, and went through proper channels to

RE: SQL Select - anyone want some brain exercise?

2007-10-05 Thread Adam Buckland
Not with a select but with two short nested while loops it's easy. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Abbott Sent: 05 October 2007 13:22 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: SQL Select - anyone want some brain exercise? Hi This one's

Re: [NF] Annotating screenshots with simple tool (other than MS Paint)

2007-10-05 Thread Jeff Johnson
http://www.techsmith.com/screen-capture.asp?CMP=KgoogleStmhome I use this several times a day. Many of my customers use it to show me an error or some unusual situation with the application. I also use it for annotated screen shots I put in my html help files. Jeff Jeff Johnson [EMAIL

RE: [NF] Annotating screenshots with simple tool (other than MS Paint)

2007-10-05 Thread Dave Crozier
Mike, Fototagger does all the callouts and pushpins etc. you need but you can't draw freeform shapes. However it is free, easy to use and quick! http://www.bluechillies.com/download.html?sid=34174 I use Snagit as well, which is Excellent. Dave Crozier -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

Re: [NF] Annotating screenshots with simple tool (other than MS Paint)

2007-10-05 Thread Paul McNett
Michael J. Babcock, MCP wrote: Many times I take a screenshot of something, throw it into MS-Paint, and draw a red circle around the point of emphasis, then email that to someone. MS-Paint is ok, but a bit weak...for example, the circles are very thin and I see no way to adjust their

RE: [NF] Annotating screenshots with simple tool (other than MS Paint)

2007-10-05 Thread Dave Crozier
Michael, And I forgot about HandySnap which is also free http://www.dirfile.com/handysnap.htm Dave Crozier -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael J. Babcock, MCP Sent: 05 October 2007 15:06 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: [NF] Annotating

RE: [NF] Annotating screenshots with simple tool (other than MS Paint)

2007-10-05 Thread Dave Crozier
Forgot to add the Handysnap Home Page: http://www.wisepixel.com/screenshots.php Dave Crozire -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael J. Babcock, MCP Sent: 05 October 2007 15:06 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: [NF] Annotating screenshots

Re: [NF] Annotating screenshots with simple tool (other than MS Paint)

2007-10-05 Thread Brian Abbott
SnagIt Well worth the money IMHO Michael J. Babcock, MCP wrote: Many times I take a screenshot of something, throw it into MS-Paint, and draw a red circle around the point of emphasis, then email that to someone. MS-Paint is ok, but a bit weak...for example, the circles are very thin and

Re: [NF] Annotating screenshots with simple tool (other than MS Paint)

2007-10-05 Thread Michael J. Babcock, MCP
Paul McNett wrote: Paste screenshot into OpenOffice, then do your annotation, and export to pdf. Hell, you can even send as pdf using your email client right from the OpenOffice menu. You are out zero dollars, and once you have it set up the whole process will take under a minute. Last I

RE: [NF] Annotating screenshots with simple tool (other than MS Paint)

2007-10-05 Thread Christof Wollenhaupt
Hi Mike, MS-Paint is ok, but a bit weak...for example, the circles are very thin and I see no way to adjust their thickness. Select the line tool, pick the desired thickness and switch back to the circle tool. -- Christof ___ Post Messages to:

RE: VFP 9 and ODBC for Access

2007-10-05 Thread Tracy Pearson
I've not used Access to connect to VFP ever. I do know the VFP ODBC driver does not support the new features available in VFP 9. Use ADO recordsets to get the data via the OLE DB driver. http://leafe.com/archives/showMsg/36 Tracy -Original Message- From: Philip Borkholder Sent:

Re: [NF] Annotating screenshots with simple tool (other than MS Paint)

2007-10-05 Thread Charlie Coleman
At 10:05 AM 10/5/2007 -0400, Michael J. Babcock, MCP wrote: Many times I take a screenshot of something, throw it into MS-Paint, and draw a red circle around the point of emphasis, then email that to someone. Suggestions? tia! GIMP http://www.gimp.org/ -Charlie

RE: using Access to open VFP 9 DBC via ODBC

2007-10-05 Thread Charlie Coleman
Quick question Tracy, how do you set up the ADO connection? Can you provide a quick example? -Charlie At 01:04 PM 10/4/2007 -0400, Tracy Pearson wrote: The ODBC driver supports VFP 6 and lower. If you are using features that have been added after that, you'll need to access the DBC and tables

Re: [NF] Annotating screenshots with simple tool (other than MS Paint)

2007-10-05 Thread Michael J. Babcock, MCP
Christof Wollenhaupt wrote: Hi Mike, MS-Paint is ok, but a bit weak...for example, the circles are very thin and I see no way to adjust their thickness. Select the line tool, pick the desired thickness and switch back to the circle tool. Well I'll be darned.thanks, Christof --

Re: [NF] Annotating screenshots with simple tool (other than MS Paint)

2007-10-05 Thread Paul McNett
Charlie Coleman wrote: At 07:18 AM 10/5/2007 -0700, Paul McNett wrote: ... Paste screenshot into OpenOffice, then do your annotation, and export to pdf. Hell, you can even send as pdf using your email client right from the OpenOffice menu. You are out zero dollars, and once you have it set

RE: [NF] Annotating screenshots with simple tool (other than MS Paint)

2007-10-05 Thread Rick Schummer
Michael, SnagIt not only does circles, it does arrows, it does highlighting (like with a highlight marker), and there are stamps (pre-canned images). I use the image editor quite often when I would have used Paint. The outputs are probably every image format known to man, as well as PDF and

Re: [NF] Annotating screenshots with simple tool (other than MS Paint)

2007-10-05 Thread Charlie Coleman
At 07:18 AM 10/5/2007 -0700, Paul McNett wrote: ... Paste screenshot into OpenOffice, then do your annotation, and export to pdf. Hell, you can even send as pdf using your email client right from the OpenOffice menu. You are out zero dollars, and once you have it set up the whole process will take

RE: [NF] Annotating screenshots with simple tool (other than MS Paint)

2007-10-05 Thread Jim Dettman
Mike, I use a product called Full Shot: http://www.inbit.com/ Has been around for years. Probably more then you need though. Jim. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Michael J. Babcock, MCP Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 10:06 AM To:

Re: [NF] Annotating screenshots with simple tool (other than MS Paint)

2007-10-05 Thread Garrett Fitzgerald
On 10/5/07, Michael J. Babcock, MCP [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MS-Paint is ok, but a bit weak... snip Suggestions? tia! http://www.getpaint.net/ is a lot better than MSPaint, and not as heavy as The Gimp. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: [OT] Thoughts on child support

2007-10-05 Thread Pete Theisen
On Friday 05 October 2007 08:49, Michael J. Babcock, MCP wrote: I get pissed because I know she's not spending ($nnn times 2) on the kids. Shouldn't it be a 50/50 thing, where she pays an equal amount on the kids? Also, I know that those monies go towards expenditures incurred because of

Re: VFP 9 and ODBC for Access

2007-10-05 Thread Jim Winter
Philip Borkholder wrote: Hey All, I've been trying to connect to VFP 9 database containers from Access and am getting an error that does not recognize the tables as tables. Using the ODBC Visual Foxpro Database driver. Anyone know what to do to connect Access to VFP 9 database Philip,

Re: [NF] Annotating screenshots with simple tool (other than MS Paint)

2007-10-05 Thread Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh
On Oct 5, 2007, at 9:18 AM, Paul McNett wrote: Last I checked, Microsoft Office *still* doesn't have a PDF export option... It is even worse than that, M$ Office sabotages Acrobat. When you create a PDF from a M$ Office program, it sets the default for Acrobat to have send fonts OFF. If

RE: using Access to open VFP 9 DBC via ODBC

2007-10-05 Thread Tracy Pearson
I usually reference this http://www.connectionstrings.com/ I've not used Access in years for anything then a quick glance of an MDB before extracting it to VFP. HTH, Tracy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Charlie Coleman Sent: Friday,

Re: [NF] Annotating screenshots with simple tool (other than MS Paint)

2007-10-05 Thread Michael J. Babcock, MCP
Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh wrote: On Oct 5, 2007, at 9:18 AM, Paul McNett wrote: Last I checked, Microsoft Office *still* doesn't have a PDF export option... It is even worse than that, M$ Office sabotages Acrobat. When you create a PDF from a M$ Office program, it sets the default for Acrobat

RE: [NF] Annotating screenshots with simple tool (other than MS Paint)

2007-10-05 Thread Pablo Rivera
Ken, can you share this tidbit about the send fonts settings in Acrobat? How do I set it on as my default? Thanks. Pablo * -Original Message- * From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:profoxtech- * [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh * Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 12:53

RE: [NF] Annotating screenshots with simple tool (other than MS Paint)

2007-10-05 Thread Tracy Pearson
Look at making the annotations on the screen, then capturing it from there. I don't know how they'll play together. ZoomIt will enable you to draw, and type text onto the display. (Great presentation assistant) http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/utilities/zoomit.mspx Print Screen will

Re: [NF] Internet Diary

2007-10-05 Thread Leland F. Jackson, CPA
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep, it's called a personal computer for a reason, and I would like to keep my computers, and the personal information they contain; well, personal. Now, if the government had probable cause to suspect I was involved in anything illegal, which I am not, and went

Re: [NF] Acrobat fonts, was Annotating screenshots...

2007-10-05 Thread Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh
On Oct 5, 2007, at 12:22 PM, Pablo Rivera wrote: can you share this tidbit about the send fonts settings in Acrobat? How do I set it on as my default? In your Settings/Printers area, Right click on Adobe PDF and choose Preferences. Turn off Do not send fonts... Even the dialog box is

Re: [NF] Internet Diary

2007-10-05 Thread Leland F. Jackson, CPA
Below is a better link to the new PCI standards: https://www.pcisecuritystandards.org/tech/index.htm Regards, LelandJ Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Yep, it's called a personal computer for a reason, and I would like to keep my computers, and the personal

RE: [OT] Thoughts on child support

2007-10-05 Thread John Harvey
There's a song...It's Cheaper to Keep Her Of course my brothers (both divorced) say divorce costs so much because it's worth it! JH -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pete Theisen Sent: Friday, October 05, 2007 12:08 PM To: ProFox Email

RE: Converting Excel to HTML to server as webpage

2007-10-05 Thread VFP
At the risk of discussing the wrong religion do I actually need Foxpro to do this, could ASP do the Excel automation directly? Nick -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul McNett Sent: 05 October 2007 14:14 To: profox@leafe.com

Re: Converting Excel to HTML to server as webpage

2007-10-05 Thread Paul McNett
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: At the risk of discussing the wrong religion do I actually need Foxpro to do this, could ASP do the Excel automation directly? I didn't use Fox for the solutions I described. I used Python for the language and a webserver called CherryPy. I automated Excel from my

Re: [OT] Drug testing

2007-10-05 Thread richmondeagle
They do not test for tobacco as it does not impair the function of the worker. Actually it does impair their performance... usually for about ten minutes every hour when then sneak out to puff on their weeds, while the rest of the worker bees are producing. When I worked out in Nashville,

Re: [OT] Thoughts on child support

2007-10-05 Thread Pete Theisen
On Friday 05 October 2007 08:49, Michael J. Babcock, MCP wrote: I pay $nnn to my not-soon-enough-ex-wife monthly for my 2 kids' child support. I get pissed because I know she's not spending ($nnn times 2) on the kids. Hi Michael! Notwithstanding my earlier reply, try not to get *too*

Re: [OT] VFP Job in Paradise

2007-10-05 Thread Ricardo Aráoz
Ed Leafe wrote: On Oct 5, 2007, at 7:49 AM, Allen wrote: Unless Im mistaken, owning a cat is not illegal. and I would have kicked the cat out anyway. Steak likewise is not illegal (same for clipping posts) and in moderation steak does no harm. However at the moment, in the uk

[OT] Come Let Us Reason Together...

2007-10-05 Thread Bob Calco
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/oct/06/genetics.climatechange We are dealing in big ideas. We are trying to create a new value system for life So: Bacteria could be created, he speculates, that could help mop up excessive carbon dioxide, thus contributing to the solution to global

Re: [NF] Annotating screenshots with simple tool (other than MS Paint)

2007-10-05 Thread Man-wai Chang
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Re: [OT] Come Let Us Reason Together...

2007-10-05 Thread Pete Theisen
On Friday 05 October 2007 20:47, Bob Calco wrote: http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2007/oct/06/genetics.climatechange We are dealing in big ideas. We are trying to create a new value system for life So: Bacteria could be created, he speculates, that could help mop up excessive carbon

[OT] They can't outsource psychotherapy?

2007-10-05 Thread Pete Theisen
Hi Everybody! Good for techs, bad for shrinks? http://www.fearfighter.com/index.htm -- Regards, Pete http://www.pete-theisen.com/ ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free

Re: [OT] Thoughts on child support

2007-10-05 Thread Ricardo Aráoz
Michael J. Babcock, MCP wrote: I pay $nnn to my not-soon-enough-ex-wife monthly for my 2 kids' child support. I get pissed because I know she's not spending ($nnn times 2) on the kids. Shouldn't it be a 50/50 thing, where she pays an equal amount on the kids? Also, I know that those

Re: [OT] Drug testing

2007-10-05 Thread Ricardo Aráoz
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: They do not test for tobacco as it does not impair the function of the worker. Actually it does impair their performance... usually for about ten minutes every hour when then sneak out to puff on their weeds, while the rest of the worker bees are producing. When