Re: Speed

2012-09-14 Thread Michael Madigan
My software is too optimized, I have a gazillion index tags, which gives it more moving parts to fail.   Throwing hardware at something isn't a bad idea, but sometimes you can't.  From: Mike Copeland To: profox@leafe.com Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 3:

RE: Version control

2012-09-14 Thread Rodney Dixon
@Chrisof, What about TFS do you consider pretty bad? Regards Rodney -Original Message- From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Christof Wollenhaupt Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 1:34 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Version con

Re: [NF] Easiest way to create an .ICO file?

2012-09-14 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 9/13/2012 6:00 PM, M Jarvis wrote: > On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 2:53 PM, MB Software Solutions, LLC > wrote: >> We've got new logos. I want to create an .ICO file to use as our >> application's desktop icon (and icon in forms) instead of the good ol' >> fox icon. They've provided PNG files to me

Re: [NF] Easiest way to create an .ICO file?

2012-09-14 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 9/13/2012 6:00 PM, Fred Taylor wrote: > IrfanView should be able to handle it. > > http://www.irfanview.com/ I've heard of this tool but never used it before. Now I've got a reason to try it! Thanks, Fred! -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect

Re: Speed

2012-09-14 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 9/14/2012 7:28 AM, Michael Madigan wrote: > My software is too optimized, I have a gazillion index tags, which gives it > more moving parts to fail. Throwing hardware at something isn't a bad idea, > but sometimes you can't. I worked for this insane woman in Philadelphia (Wyncote to be exa

Re: Version control

2012-09-14 Thread MB Software Solutions, LLC
On 9/14/2012 8:58 AM, Rodney Dixon wrote: > @Chrisof, > > What about TFS do you consider pretty bad? Curious to hear that as well. I haven't used it yet but will be soon when I learn C# and join other projects with our Corporate HQ. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President,

Re: Version control

2012-09-14 Thread Paul Hill
On 14 September 2012 15:04, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: > On 9/14/2012 8:58 AM, Rodney Dixon wrote: >> @Chrisof, >> >> What about TFS do you consider pretty bad? > > Curious to hear that as well. I haven't used it yet but will be soon > when I learn C# and join other projects with our Corpo

Re: Speed

2012-09-14 Thread Gérard Lochon
> From: "Michael Madigan" > My software is too optimized, I have a gazillion index tags, which gives > it more moving parts to fail. > Throwing hardware at something isn't a bad idea, but sometimes you can't. Just create another software to optimize your optimizations, and bill it hard ! Recu

Re: VFP 9 Auto-Compile Conundrum

2012-09-14 Thread Lew Schwartz
Possibly, I remember this from the time that the help system was delivered on chiseled stone tablets, but I believe that the compiler cannot evaluate all elements in a compound if statement because to do so would be too daunting a task. Chief among the problems is that VFP will evaluate function ca

[ADMIN] Server migrations this weekend

2012-09-14 Thread Ed Leafe
This weekend I will be moving my entire internet presence from a single small cloud server that's worked well for the past 3+ years, to a new set of cloud servers that will be better suited to handle the loads. I'm sure that there will be disruptions as the DNS changes propagate, and the

Re: [ADMIN] Server migrations this weekend

2012-09-14 Thread Dan Covill
On 09/14/12 15:37, Ed Leafe wrote: > So please bear with me! Gee, Ed, I don't see why we should do that! When we use ProFox, we're in customer mode, and when the list has a problem then that's our opportunity to vent our accumulated frustration from dealing with our own users. Your best strate

Re: VFP 9 Auto-Compile Conundrum

2012-09-14 Thread Ken Dibble
>Possibly, I remember this from the time that the help system was >delivered on chiseled stone tablets, but I believe that the compiler >cannot evaluate all elements in a compound if statement because to do >so would be too daunting a task. Chief among the problems is that VFP >will evaluate funct

Re: Speed

2012-09-14 Thread Ken Dibble
>Just create another software to optimize your optimizations, and bill it >hard ! >Recursive minding won't suggest that programmers equals psychotics, are they >? > >(i'm wondering about the correct grammar of my previous sentence : >i had the choice between "are they" and "isn't it" : in this par