Re: VFP Call to Google Geocoding API

2016-08-25 Thread Alan Bourke
On Fri, 26 Aug 2016, at 03:26 AM, Stephen Russell wrote: > This isn't tough outside of VFP. Agreed. It's Javascript objects and very often it's consumed by Javascript, in a few lines of code. Also easy in .Net using Json.net and so forth. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm __

Re: VFP Call to Google Geocoding API

2016-08-25 Thread Stephen Russell
This isn't tough outside of VFP. On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 6:13 PM, < mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote: > On 2016-08-25 10:52, Dave Crozier wrote: > >> it just seems so damned complicated for a simple result. >> > > > That pretty much sums up lots of the web and early DotNet stuff

Re: Flat file to Excel....but it's got more than 255 columns!

2016-08-25 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-08-20 06:09, Wollenhaupt, Christof wrote: Sounds like Christof's ExcelXML class. Recall that I can't use VFP data storage due to > 255 columns. My class uses the first Excel XML format; the VFPX class uses the current XML format. The old format has the advantage of easily being cr

RE: VFP Call to Google Geocoding API

2016-08-25 Thread mbsoftwaresolutions
On 2016-08-25 10:52, Dave Crozier wrote: it just seems so damned complicated for a simple result. That pretty much sums up lots of the web and early DotNet stuff I swear sometimes it seems like these uber-nerds create things to be so complex simply because they can. _

Re: VFP Call to Google Geocoding API

2016-08-25 Thread Chris Davis
Do you still need a vfp code example of this i lost most the thread > On 25 Aug 2016, at 18:05, Kurt Wendt wrote: > > Hey Dave - what happened - you didn't want any answers back from Females in > our group here?? > > :-) > > Regards, > Kurt Wendt > Senior Systems Analyst > > > Tel. +1-212

RE: VFP Call to Google Geocoding API

2016-08-25 Thread Kurt Wendt
Hey Dave - what happened - you didn't want any answers back from Females in our group here?? :-) Regards, Kurt Wendt Senior Systems Analyst Tel. +1-212-747-9100 www.GlobeTax.com -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Dave Crozier Sent:

Re: VFP Call to Google Geocoding API

2016-08-25 Thread Ted Roche
On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Alan Bourke wrote: > Well, it's a lot better than XML for sending hierarchical info over the > wire. > I do find the curly braces {} get snagged in the ethernet cable a lot less that the pointy arrows <>. {grin} -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http:/

Re: VFP Call to Google Geocoding API

2016-08-25 Thread Alan Bourke
Well, it's a lot better than XML for sending hierarchical info over the wire. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free

Re: VFP Call to Google Geocoding API

2016-08-25 Thread Fernando D. Bozzo
Hi Dave: For the JSON part you have an Open Source project on VFPx: http://vfpx.codeplex.com/wikipage?title=nfJson Best Regards, Fernando D. Bozzo.- 2016-08-25 16:05 GMT+02:00 Dave Crozier : > Gentlemen, > Just started Geocoding all our customers and interfacing the Google maps > to our V

Re: Report label caption expression

2016-08-25 Thread rafael copquin
I'm sorry, I read his post quickly and did not notice My bad The best solution then is to use a textbox Rafael On 25/08/2016 10:18, Laurie Alvey wrote: Rafael, that would be fine on a form, but Joe is talking about a REPORT label! Laurie On 25 August 2016 at 13:22, rafael copquin wrote:

RE: VFP Call to Google Geocoding API

2016-08-25 Thread Dave Crozier
Thanks Alan, I have been looking at Rick's software along with Craig Boyd's JSON class, so I was on the right track... it just seems so damned complicated for a simple result. Dave -Original Message- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: 25 Augus

Re: VFP Call to Google Geocoding API

2016-08-25 Thread Stephen Russell
I am doing this in SharePoint next month as another visual display of data. On Thu, Aug 25, 2016 at 9:30 AM, Alan Bourke wrote: > > I guess it is going to be a little like the web services that were the > > rage some time ago I stayed away from them. > > Well, it *is* a web service, and we

Re: VFP Call to Google Geocoding API

2016-08-25 Thread Alan Bourke
> I guess it is going to be a little like the web services that were the > rage some time ago I stayed away from them. Well, it *is* a web service, and web services are increasingly fundamental to how the web operates. JSON is essentially just objects in Javascript notation so you need some w

VFP Call to Google Geocoding API

2016-08-25 Thread Dave Crozier
Gentlemen, Just started Geocoding all our customers and interfacing the Google maps to our VFP system here and it is going well in that we can now display interactive graphs of customers/prospects for our sales staff and throw the links to the graphs into the reps Google calendars on their phone

RE: Disabled CheckBox Colour

2016-08-25 Thread Kurt Wendt
Because it's not so obvious. I've experienced this with other controls on Forms in the past. That I would play around with things being Read-Only vs. Enabled - to get a better control over colors and how its displayed. But, mostly I found out what was better via trial & error. Regards, Kurt Wen

Re: Report label caption expression

2016-08-25 Thread Laurie Alvey
Rafael, that would be fine on a form, but Joe is talking about a REPORT label! Laurie On 25 August 2016 at 13:22, rafael copquin wrote: > If you want to use a label do this: > > local cText,cYear > > cYear = alltrim( str( year() ) ) && if you want the current year > > cText = cYear+' Auto mile

Re: Report label caption expression

2016-08-25 Thread rafael copquin
If you want to use a label do this: local cText,cYear cYear = alltrim( str( year() ) ) && if you want the current year cText = cYear+' Auto mileage report' thisform.lblYear.caption = cText Rafael Copquin On 24/08/2016 22:14, Joe Yoder wrote: I want the header on a report to display the y