RE: [OT] Legal Battles (I changed the title)

I have a client who offered to install a sewer line to an adjacent home near a new development he was building. Since the ground was going to be open anyway, he thought he's offer to allow this homeowner to connect to the city sewer rather than continue with her septic tank. After it was all insta

RE: [OT] Legal Battles (I changed the title)

Cathy, > So after my two legal battles .. I have lost all faith in our > legal system. My brother was ejected from his own home by a girlfriend that filed a restraining order against him. He has supervised visitation with his son because of tales the girlfriend told, and yet she's the one with a

Re: GUID generation (was VFP SPT Canvassing Opinion)

Stephen Russell wrote: > On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Mike yearwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > We do a reindex of our high velocity tables weekly because we can! > Very cool. What version of SQL Server are you using? ___ Post Messages to: ProFox

Re: [ADMIN] We are being watched

On Mar 20, 2008, at 9:08 PM, Paul Hill wrote: > Still smells a little of censorship to me. I don't agree. The ProFoxTech is already "censored" for those who can't have or don't want non-technical stuff; right now we rely on people acting in a decent and responsible manner to achieve t

Re: [ADMIN] We are being watched

On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 1:32 AM, Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 20, 2008, at 8:15 PM, Paul Hill wrote: > > >>Just one bit of clarification: I do not moderate the list. > >> 'Moderator' implies that I check each message and either approve or > >> disapprove of it before it g

Re: [ADMIN] We are being watched

On Mar 20, 2008, at 8:15 PM, Paul Hill wrote: >>Just one bit of clarification: I do not moderate the list. >> 'Moderator' implies that I check each message and either approve or >> disapprove of it before it gets sent out. All I do is host the list. > > Until recently I would agree. Howev

Re: GUID generation (was VFP SPT Canvassing Opinion)

Hi Stephen You haven't addressed my questions specifically. > Message: 6 > Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:17:13 -0500 > From: "Stephen Russell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: GUID generation (was VFP SPT Canvassing Opinion) > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Conte

Re: [ADMIN] We are being watched

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 8:56 PM, Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just one bit of clarification: I do not moderate the list. > 'Moderator' implies that I check each message and either approve or > disapprove of it before it gets sent out. All I do is host the list. Until recently I

Re: Using RECNO in SELECT-SQL statements

Hi Mike Under no circumstances do I use DELETED() or RECNO() in SQL. SQL re-opens the tables you started with. So if you had TableA in workarea 1 and TableB in workarea 2, when your SQL starts it re-opens TableA and TableB temporarily in new work areas. If you then refer to DELETED("TABLEA") or

Re: Using RECNO in SELECT-SQL statements

Gil Hale wrote: > FWIW I never, ever use RECNO() for anything other than getting a current > location in a table before moving off that record with the intent to come > back to that specific record again (usually for record-by-record comparative > analysis type of work). Even with that use, I've

RE: VFP and Graphs

Sytze, I have just loaded up a small demo program for RMChart which is a direct copy of the VB sample on the RM site but in VFP with a project file and sample form. www.replacement-software.co.uk/vfp/RMChart.zip The zip file contains the current version of RMCHart as well just in case you haven't

RE: Using RECNO in SELECT-SQL statements

Michael, My only advice is NO NO NO. Certainly in VFP9 the recno() function has absolutely no meaning and can in fact assume mythical values which must be drawn from the temporary background temporary cursors used in the VFP Engine I guess because when analysing within the SQL statement you are nev

Re: Using RECNO in SELECT-SQL statements

Or perhaps specify the alias of one of the tables in the recno() expression. Not that I would do that, either, as it has probably as much meaning... Alan Bourke wrote: > If you locked the entire table first, then using Recno() might just be > OK. Otherwise - doubleplus ungood -- Richard Kaye

Re: GUID generation (was VFP SPT Canvassing Opinion)

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 12:14 PM, Mike yearwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 1 - NewSequentialID is sequential if SQL Server generates the ID. > That's because SQL Server apparently calls UuidCreateSequential on the > server. If I have a client generate a GUID using UuidCreateSequential > the re

Re: Using RECNO in SELECT-SQL statements

If you locked the entire table first, then using Recno() might just be OK. Otherwise - doubleplus ungood. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://lea

Re: Using RECNO in SELECT-SQL statements

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 4:06 PM, John Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Danger Will Robinson Danger Will Robinson Danger Will Robinson > > jh > -- You beat me to the line :( -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer Mimeo.com Memphis TN 901.246-0159

Re: Getting at Excel data from VFP

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 3:34 PM, NickC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Almost there! > > It transpires that writing with ADO is nearly impossible so I have almost > found another way... > > 1). Use ADO to read all data from one worksheet > 2). Use a CursorAdapter to convert the ADO Record Set into a

RE: Using RECNO in SELECT-SQL statements

Danger Will Robinson Danger Will Robinson Danger Will Robinson jh -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions General Account Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 3:03 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: Using RECNO in SELECT

RE: Using RECNO in SELECT-SQL statements

Ah-Ha! Good call, I learn something each day from my Fellow Fox(y)Heads! Gil > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Tracy Pearson > Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2008 4:56 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Using RECNO in SELECT-SQL statem

RE: Using RECNO in SELECT-SQL statements

A behavior change from VFP 8 to VFP 9 caused a RecNo() in a SELECT - SQL statement with a JOIN clause to randomly decide which table it gets the RecNo() from. Took me a while to understand why some customers were seeing a problem and we couldn't reproduce it. The code now uses PK's or some tough re

Re: [ADMIN] We are being watched

On Mar 20, 2008, at 3:48 PM, Cesar wrote: > I've never seen such a message comming from a forum moderator. Just one bit of clarification: I do not moderate the list. 'Moderator' implies that I check each message and either approve or disapprove of it before it gets sent out. All I do

RE: VFP9 Wierd Behaviour

Dave, This reminds me of a bug I found once in program somewhere: on error resume Or in the error code of one of the objects involved - similar code. This last part is especially tricky since the object's error method overrides the ON ERROR. Did you get any of the object code from an outside s

Re:[ADMIN] We are being watched

Ed, I've never seen such a message comming from a forum moderator. Thanks and congratulations. I wish other VFP moderators had the same attitude as yours, regarding such kinds of problems. Doing this way, you preserve the focus of the list, and the good health of people's relashionships. I ta

Re: Using RECNO in SELECT-SQL statements

On Mar 20, 2008, at 3:40 PM, Gil Hale wrote: > They were using RECNO() for some purpose, and this unusul > process they would do (apparently to reorder records in some kind of > pattern > without having to use an index) caused all kinds of problems, but > only once > in a while... I bet Ed ha

RE: Using RECNO in SELECT-SQL statements

I have seen cases where a person would output records from a table to a different table, Zap the Source table and APPEND FROM the table they had just out from. Depending the Sort Order used then, or previously, it was entirely possible to get new RECNO() values assigned to the newly appended recor

RE: Getting at Excel data from VFP

Almost there! It transpires that writing with ADO is nearly impossible so I have almost found another way... 1). Use ADO to read all data from one worksheet 2). Use a CursorAdapter to convert the ADO Record Set into a VFP cursor. 3). Use the VFP 'EXPORT TO x TYPE XL5' to create the new spreadshee

Using RECNO in SELECT-SQL statements

(finally...a VFP post!) We've got a bug SOMEWHERE in this legacy code but it's a very difficult bug to recreate. iow, it only appears SOMETIMES and has no consistency whatsoever. This code creates a lot of temp tables locally (instead of cursors...why can I only guess that perhaps they didn't

Re: [ADMIN] We are being watched

Ed Leafe wrote: > Just a heads-up: I was checking my spam filter, and saw that there > was a message from one of the principles in the current discussion > about the Fox Wiki and FoxRockX. It was an odd coincidence, so my only > guess is that it was in response to the thread. > >

[ADMIN] We are being watched

Just a heads-up: I was checking my spam filter, and saw that there was a message from one of the principles in the current discussion about the Fox Wiki and FoxRockX. It was an odd coincidence, so my only guess is that it was in response to the thread. Let's drop the whole th

[NF] Required non-default Drupal modules?

I've recently started blogging on a Drupal site that the owner has been happy to hand me the keys to. :-) So far, I've installed PathAuto to give me sane URLs, and Akismet, in case the spammers find me. What else do people install by default? Thanks. :-) --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME pa

Re: VFP and Graphs

Dave and/or Ajit, can you give me a small example of VFP code to make a RMCHART graph ? It looks just what I need but I've hit the Wall Sytze On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 9:08 PM, Ajit Abraham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dave Crozier wrote: > > Sytze, > > Take a look at: > > > > http://www.rmcha

Re: He who must not be named...

Michael Madigan wrote: > Maybe it is a personal vendetta, but so what? Would > you like your enemy to be republishing your work > "illegally". Illegally is in quotes because I have no > idea whether it is or not. > > What if you found one of your customers reselling your > software? > If the

Re: He who must not be named...

Maybe it is a personal vendetta, but so what? Would you like your enemy to be republishing your work "illegally". Illegally is in quotes because I have no idea whether it is or not. What if you found one of your customers reselling your software? --- MB Software Solutions General Account <[EM

Re: GUID generation (was VFP SPT Canvassing Opinion)

Hi Mike > Message: 1 > Date: Thu, 20 Mar 2008 10:29:45 -0400 > From: MB Software Solutions General Account ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: VFP SPT Canvassing Opinion > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Ajit Abraha

Re: [OT]: newbie question re: ProFox-Tech off-topic threads

Stephen Russell wrote: > > I also have to laugh when Babcock apples his beer fines and doesn't do the > subject change at the same time. > That means I'm doing a dollar for dollar match with you!LOL!!! (Laughing is good for the soul!) __

[OT] Thank God for twit filters

Just saw some email that automatically was deleted by my filters via the Filter Log from people I have no intention of ever wasting energy on again. It's a beautiful day when those people can't bother you any more. Ahh.. ___ Post Messages t

Re: [ADMIN]: newbie question re: ProFox-Tech off-topic threads

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 9:14 AM, David Crooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday, March 20, 2008 10:08 AM Ed Leafe wrote: > > > Oh? And what exactly is "the truth"? > > That we are a bunch of ruckus guys who love to abuse this e-mail list > and scare off the newbies with our flagrant d

[OT] I is against the war. LOL

http://www.moonbattery.com/archives/2008/03/prosurrender_mo.html#comments Eliot Spitzer Gear! Once you Barack you never go back! I

Re: [OT] The teflon coating on Obama has been stripped off.

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 4:28 PM, Michael Madigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Stereotypes are mostly true, that's why they're > stereotypes. > "A stereotype is a simplified and/or standardized conception or image with specific meaning, often held in common by one group of people about another grou

Re: [ADMIN] Report OT Abuse

Allen wrote: > Question > Several have mentioned including myself about allowing semi personal things > on here. Being some like to get ideas how other's life is shaping. Its not > techical but seems to be part of the foxpro community. Is this now not > allowed. I understand if this is now to be OT

RE: [OT] The teflon coating on Obama has been stripped off.

Stereotypes are mostly true, that's why they're stereotypes. Only a jury who believed in conspiracies could believe OJ didn't murder Ron and Nicole. --- Adam Buckland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > And you asked how many people black people, oh no > sorry you just > stereotyped... > > Oooh and b

Re: He who must not be named...

Ted Roche wrote: > If anyone really wants to know how to make a 16-color (and blinking!) > ANSI color startup screen for their FoxPro DOS application, I'll be > glad to point them to the original article . > > ROFLMAO!!! ___ Post Messages to: ProFox

Re: He who must not be named...

Ed Leafe wrote: > This whole thing smells of personal vendetta. I wonder what the > potential for income would be for computer articles that are a decade- > plus old; my guess would be zero. I think that I'll steer clear of > this whole train wreck. > Absolutely...I would concur on a

Re: He who must not be named...

Christof Wollenhaupt wrote: > The only persons who can answer this question are Rainer, Whil, and the > author of the wiki text. I don't know if any of them reads this list > regularly, so what about asking them by e-mail? > > > No, this is much more funNOT. Gawd, it's probably safe to

RE: He who must not be named...

I cannot say for sure and with absolute authority since I am not at home right now. My first article was printed in November 1994, but I don't see how this matters for John's situation. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com www.swfox.net www.rickschummer.com -Origin

Re: He who must not be named...

Kevin S. Goff wrote: > I'm not making any threats - but what's a fact is the statement on the > Wiki misrepresents John's statements to Whil and Rainer. Would you > personally want to wear the shoes of someone misrepresenting John? > > > > The Wiki statement reads, "as we were told by him that he

Re: [OT ] Re He who must not be named...

John Harvey wrote: > I was referring to his apology for slavery. > > That's cheaper than reparations. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://le

Re: VFP SPT Canvassing Opinion

Ajit Abraham wrote: > Michael, > > MB Software Solutions General Account wrote: > >> How does that do for multiple users hitting the database with >> adds/updates at the same time? >> > > Lets take example of a sales invoice. > > For a new invoice, the Frontend generates the primary key fo

RE: [ADMIN] Report OT Abuse

While I would have hoped this to be the case Ed has already said otherwise so I guess otherwise it will have to be. Allen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian Abbott Allen wrote: > Question > Several have mentioned including myself about

RE: [ADMIN]: newbie question re: ProFox-Tech off-topic threads

On Thursday, March 20, 2008 10:08 AM Ed Leafe wrote: > Oh? And what exactly is "the truth"? That we are a bunch of ruckus guys who love to abuse this e-mail list and scare off the newbies with our flagrant disregard to the rules... David L. Crooks ___

Re: [ADMIN] Report OT Abuse

Allen wrote: > Question > Several have mentioned including myself about allowing semi personal things > on here. Being some like to get ideas how other's life is shaping. Its not > techical but seems to be part of the foxpro community. Is this now not > allowed. I understand if this is now to be OT

Re: [ADMIN]: newbie question re: ProFox-Tech off-topic threads

On Mar 20, 2008, at 8:28 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > I guess if you posted the truth about the list on the sign up page > you would > have little new person volume. Oh? And what exactly is "the truth"? -- Ed Leafe ___ Post Messages to:

Re: [ADMIN] Report OT Abuse

On Mar 20, 2008, at 8:48 AM, Allen wrote: > Several have mentioned including myself about allowing semi personal > things > on here. Being some like to get ideas how other's life is shaping. > Its not > techical but seems to be part of the foxpro community. Is this now not > allowed. I underst

RE: [ADMIN] Report OT Abuse

Question Several have mentioned including myself about allowing semi personal things on here. Being some like to get ideas how other's life is shaping. Its not techical but seems to be part of the foxpro community. Is this now not allowed. I understand if this is now to be OT but then I wont see it

[OT] Father, no one will ever spot the reweaving.

Hi Everyone! http://www.shroudstory.com/faq-carbon-14.htm -- Regards, Pete http://www.pete-theisen.com/ ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://lea

Re: He who must not be named...

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 9:22 AM, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Neither Rick nor Ed, but I first signed on July 27, 1992. > That, of course, was with Pinnacle, back in 1992. In 2003, I signed an agreement with Ragan, one that was substantially different, an "all-rights" agreement (yuck)

Re: [ADMIN]: newbie question re: ProFox-Tech off-topic threads

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Ed Leafe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mar 19, 2008, at 5:00 PM, Ted Roche wrote: > > > Is it April 1 already? > > > > Okay, who are you and what did you do with the real Ed Leafe ? > > Take the number of complaints posted to the list about abuse of > OT,

Re: He who must not be named...

On Wed, Mar 19, 2008 at 11:43 PM, Kevin S. Goff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A question for both Rick and Ed > > Do you recall what year did you start writing for Pinnacle/FoxTalk, and > in what year you signed your author agreements? > Neither Rick nor Ed, but I first signed on July 27, 199

RE: VFP9 Wierd Behaviour

Bill and all the other respondees, I have definitely proved that this is a design time problem and I can recreate an instance of the problem at on demand. The problem seems to be with timing in that calling the base class code "sometimes" needs to have a delay between the original method call and t

[OT] Legal Battles (I changed the title)

Ed .. I've been in a similar lawsuit over a house. The first house we purchased had evidence of water damage in the basement. The Seller's disclosure statement clearly had written on it that there was previous water damage but the owners have resolved the problem. We hadn't lived there 2 weeks and

Re: He who must not be named...

On Mar 20, 2008, at 7:02 AM, Cathy Pountney wrote: > Even if Rainer's company has full rights to republish, long drawn > out legal > battles can take a toll on anyone. I think that they must teach that the first day of law school. I have been involved in several such cases in my days

Re: He who must not be named...

On Mar 19, 2008, at 10:43 PM, Kevin S. Goff wrote: > A question for both Rick and Ed > > Do you recall what year did you start writing for Pinnacle/FoxTalk, > and > in what year you signed your author agreements? I would guess it was around '93 or '94. -- Ed Leafe ___

RE: He who must not be named...

I'll take a stab at this one ... Even if Rainer's company has full rights to republish, long drawn out legal battles can take a toll on anyone. I was falsely accused of poisoning my son by me ex-husband and it took me over a year and a half to fight that battle in the court system and tens of tho

RE: He who must not be named...

Hi Kevin, > But once again I'll ask - if Rainer felt confident about the issue, then why the need for the Wiki post The only persons who can answer this question are Rainer, Whil, and the author of the wiki text. I don't know if any of them reads this list regularly, so what about asking them by

Re: [ADMIN]: newbie question re: ProFox-Tech off-topic threads

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 4:23 AM, MB Software Solutions General Account <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Richard Kaye wrote: > > Maybe we should post the voluntary rules of Profox order on the Fox > > wiki. Assuming Mr. Black will let us... > > > As long as you're initials don't being with J and en

RE: [OT] The teflon coating on Obama has been stripped off.

And you asked how many people black people, oh no sorry you just stereotyped... Oooh and by the way the jury said that he did not MURDER them, but when have you ever let facts get in the way of good old racial bigotry -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

Re: Re He who must not be named...

Kevin S. Goff wrote: > Just to set the record straight on the Wiki (on > http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~FoxRockXArchives) > > I know for a fact that John Petersen (JVP) told Whil and Rainer that he > didn't have a problem if they made his old content available for free. > In fact, John stat

Re: VFP and Graphs

Dave Crozier wrote: > Sytze, > Take a look at: > > http://www.rmchart.com/ > > Completely free and works fine with VFP. > > Dave Crozier > I second that!!! Rmchart works great with VFP and thanks to Dave for giving me the link before. _Ajit Abraham ___

Re: He who must not be named...

<< Hmm, I was under the impression that Rainer (that is, his company ISYS GmbH) bought FoxTalk from Eli Research which would imply that Rainer has the same rights to use the articles as Eli, Pinnacle, and all previous owners of FoxTalk. Christof" >> According to John, he has no recollection o

RE: VFP and Graphs

Sytze, Take a look at: http://www.rmchart.com/ Completely free and works fine with VFP. Dave Crozier -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sytze de Boer Sent: 20 March 2008 03:17 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: VFP and Graphs Hi Folk Sorry to b

Re: He who must not be named...

"Oh, great. You've appointed yourself the JVP surrogate threat-meister. I'm SO scared, and I'll just bet Steven Black is shaking in his boots as we speak as well. Kristyne" I'm not making any threats - but what's a fact is the statement on the Wiki misrepresents John's stat

RE: Re He who must not be named...

Hi Kevin, > JVP simply doesn't want his content being used for a money-making enterprise. Hmm, I was under the impression that Rainer (that is, his company ISYS GmbH) bought FoxTalk from Eli Research which would imply that Rainer has the same rights to use the articles as Eli, Pinnacle, and al