Re: VFP: Slow work periods

You're right. That's nearly 3 times what an Indian programmer would make... MB Software Solutions wrote: Michael Madigan wrote: Lower jobs in the tech field have seemed to really hit the floor. I was looking at some installation work or maybe help desk work part time to increase my

Re: Tech Skills

After the FIRST time, I learned that if you number them in columns 73-80 and then drop them; run them through the sorter -- no problem... Rick Schummer wrote: Hi Jeff, Don't drop your card deck! ;^) I wonder how many (other than Whil) will get that? While at college I

Re: [OT] Liberals are Very Afraid of FRED

Not really. He's a Gucci wearing lobbyist/wooden actor... Easy pickins'... John Harvey wrote: The Washington Post has an article today which attempts to say the Fred Thompson is stupid because of his name, and after all, he IS from THE SOUTH. Liberals- go figure. And this article is from a

Re: Tech Skills

The Fortran was easy, it was the damn IBM JCL that was screwed... :-) Jeff Johnson wrote: Don't drop your card deck! ;^) I wonder how many (other than Whil) will get that? Seriously, FORTRAN is easy to learn. Basic was invented to help people learn FORTRAN. If you know Basic, you know

Re: [OT] Liberals are Very Afraid of FRED

I think it's you right-wing nut jobs who are afraid...There's no evidence of fear in this article by Monica Hesse... You guys are faced with such incredible losers this time you're native paranoia is ratcheted up to a high gear... Not to mention the fact that the majority of U.S. citizens who

Re: [NF] GoDaddy really sucks... at least one time, on one side, in Scotland

I'm curious why you feel the need to transfer the domain elsewhere? Because I'm giving it away to its owner. I got the domain for him when he was down and out. He's doing better now and I don't want to continue to be charged for it. I offered to transfer it as-is from GoDaddy to them but

Re: [NF] GoDaddy REALLY SUCKS!!!

Man-wai Chang wrote: Chet Gardiner wrote: I'm trying to transfer a domain to someone else. http://www.dyndns.org ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free

[NF] GoDaddy REALLY SUCKS!!!

I'm trying to transfer a domain to someone else. I followed their instructions -- doesn't work. I tried emailing them -- they'll get back to me in 24 hours... I tried calling their tech support (ha-ha) number -- can't get connected... I tried calling their sales number -- got an Indian voice

Re: [NF] GoDaddy REALLY SUCKS!!!

To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NF] GoDaddy REALLY SUCKS!!! Chet Gardiner wrote: I'm trying to transfer a domain to someone else. I followed their instructions -- doesn't work. I tried emailing them -- they'll get back to me in 24 hours... I tried calling their tech support (ha-ha) number

Re: [NF] GoDaddy REALLY SUCKS!!!

to me in an email which I haven't gotten... I found the administration code but that's not what they're asking for. And yes, I suspect that transferring domains OUT of their hands is contra-indicated... Stephen the Cook wrote: Chet Gardiner wrote: I'm trying to transfer a domain

Re: [NF] GoDaddy REALLY SUCKS!!!

conspiracy against you perpetrated by right wing conservative emissaries Don't look now, but that same bunch is perpetrating the same conspiracy against you... :-) MB Software Solutions wrote: Chet Gardiner wrote: I'm trying to transfer a domain to someone else. I followed

Re: [NF] GoDaddy REALLY SUCKS!!!

Ah, so that's where they're pissing away my money instead of a decent web presence... [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My experiences with them in the past have been very good, very pleasant, and very US-based! That was about a year ago? Chet -- there's a conspiracy against you perpetrated by

[OT] the OT is still a disgusting right-wing fascist jungle

filled with lies and misinformation about anything Good for People. Anything good for people = bad for business in freeperland... Glad I don't get this SHIT anymore... It's nice not to be wasting my time watching the ignorant right-wing dinosaurs die off... I don't know how the rational

Re: VFP9: Printing: Selecting a Different Paper Tray

I had to do something like this too. I ended up having to Run the report in the IDE to one paper tray. Save off the expr memo field contents. Run in the IDE to the other tray. Save off the expr memo field contents again. Then when I ran the report I had to open the .frx file - plug tray 1

Re: [NF] Bloggers consider forming labor union

There already is one: www.iww.org I'm already a member... http://www.iww.org/unions/dept500/iu560/ MB Software Solutions wrote: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070806/ap_on_hi_te/unionized_bloggers Perhaps we Foxers could do this too. We could call it the VFP Developers Association, or

Re: [NF] internet explorer

You mean you found a bug in a worm??? Al wrote: I think I have spotted a nice bug in IE From an outlook link to download an exe, it opens and asks to save while going away. Cancel the download and it GPF's in VFP6 style :) Allen No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free

Re: [NF] internet explorer

Both Allen wrote: Windows is a worm now ? Or just ie Allen -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chet Gardiner You mean you found a bug in a worm??? No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Free Edition. Version

Re: [NF] Bloggers consider forming labor union

Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chet Gardiner Sent: 07 August 2007 22:12 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NF] Bloggers consider forming labor union There already is one: www.iww.org I'm already a member... http://www.iww.org/unions/dept500

Re: [OT] Bloggers consider forming labor union

salary for just a lousy 50-60 hours per week! Damn Unions!!! I see a median house in WI is about $150,000 -- don't think $43K/year would qualify... I guess I'd put you down in the knee-jerk anti-union column, eh Whil??? C Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: Chet Gardiner wrote: A union with any

Re: [OT] Bloggers consider forming labor union

For the rational among you who don't believe the RW lies: The TRUTH about Single-Payer Health Care around the world: http://www.michaelmoore.com/sicko/checkup/ - We could have it as soon as the bush crime family has left: HR 676 -

Re: [NF] Green electric hardware

Um, I didn't write that -- Pete did. As for my solar, it's going to be on our home...yeah, we'll need the Kwatts. The wonderful thing about decentralized Solar -- we own it...pay once, use for decades... C Matthew Jarvis wrote: Chet Gardiner wrote: snip Thanks for the link. Here

Re: [NF] Server Remote Control

LogMeInFree I transfer files via FTP through my website... Can you do that? Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh wrote: Hey! - - - - I seek your wise counsel. Background: We are headed out-of-town for a couple of weeks. I need to work. Question: What is the *simplest* way to: - Control only

Re: [NF] Server Remote Control

Maybe the free trial will work and last long enough. Other than that, LogMeInFree is cheaper... MB Software Solutions wrote: Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh wrote: Hey! - - - - I seek your wise counsel. Background: We are headed out-of-town for a couple of weeks. I need to work.

Re: [NF] Server Remote Control

GoToMYPC but LMI is cheaper And more worthy of our support... GoToMyPC got on my wrong side with their bait and switch a couple years back... Richard Kaye wrote: Simplest is to buy a LogMeIn Pro license (or GoToMYPC but LMI is cheaper). For free - UltraVNC. You need to forward port 5900

Re: [NF] Green electric hardware

) mounted on the roof at an angle to get the best sun... http://www.bp.com/extendedgenericarticle.do?categoryId=3050530contentId=3060138 Cheers; Pete Theisen wrote: On Wednesday 01 August 2007 12:42, Chet Gardiner wrote: snip Ask them if they REALLY need A/C -- that's a HUGE energy hog

Re: [NF] -- Life After dBase

Wow. Mr Vulcan his-self... Nice to know he's still around... Bill Anderson wrote: Interview with Wayne Ratliff... http://reddevnews.com/qandas/article.aspx?editorialsid=113 [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to:

Re: [NF] Nothing is Trivial!

If I have the complete development environment, sample databases and am reasonably up on the application, NOTHING takes less than 4 hours... Trivial takes 4 hours MINIMUM... I NEVER quote less than 4 hours... I may charge less but I NEVER quote less... MB Software Solutions wrote:

Re: Pet peeve with debugging a PRG

PrettyPrint??? MB Software Solutions wrote: Getting An IF | ELSE | ENDIF statement is missing. ...but of course it's not showing me where. This PRG is the main data access prg that's got bazillion lines in it. GR! My temporary sanity saver is just to comment out the procedures

Re: [NF] -- Life After dBase

Thanks, Bill That was fun! Bill Anderson wrote: Interview with Wayne Ratliff... http://reddevnews.com/qandas/article.aspx?editorialsid=113 [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

Re: [NF] Server Remote Control

PROTECTED] Behalf Of Chet Gardiner Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2007 6:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [NF] Server Remote Control GoToMYPC but LMI is cheaper And more worthy of our support... GoToMyPC got on my wrong side with their bait and switch a couple years back... Richard Kaye

Re: Is SCATTER slower than just assigning/using variables?

Event Tracking is very cool for finding bottlenecks. I seem to remember scatter being slower than assigning to variables...but I could be wrong. I haven't used it much lately... MB Software Solutions wrote: (VFP9SP1) I've got a slow process that I'm trying to speed up. There are several

Re: [NF] Up to their old tricks

I'd like to know the name of that VFP manager... Just knowing the name of the file not found would have saved me an entire CHET YEAR OR TWO over the last 17 years!!! I'd like to show my appreciation.NOT :-( Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: Many years ago (hint, the year didn't have a '2' in

Re: [NF] Green electric hardware

FL is good. Lots of sun. Check with your local power company. The Federal and State rebates are laughable (not surprisingly - the govt is owned and occupied by big oil) but the local power company may have a rebate for an inter-tie system if you're on the grid... Pete Theisen wrote: On

Re: [NF] Green electric hardware

or 3 inches in 1/2 hour with thunder and lightning all over the place. Love it!!! It's also a great place for solar... Michael Madigan wrote: When did you move to Tuscon? --- Chet Gardiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Real Goods http://www.gaiam.com/realgoods/ They'll get you ANYTHING

Re: [NF] Robot-based inventory system for Staples

And you don't have to worry about those robots creating any art or music or spending any money in your economy or joining together to recreate like those roiling masses of human mammals did.. You can have a society of all CEO's and euthenize those pesky lower orders... Makes you think Kurt

Re: [NF] M$ wins out over RH Linux in China (TechRepublic article)

Bill didn't make this stuff up, he learned it from IBM. The first computer I ever worked on for pay was a freebie, obsolete IBM709 given to the Univ. of Fla in the early 60s to hook them into the IBM way... And Tom Watson learned if from drug dealers over the centuries... [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [GIG] Pleasanton, California

[EMAIL PROTECTED] 623-582-0323 Fax 623-869-0675 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chet Gardiner Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 10:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [GIG] Pleasanton, California I've interviewed there. It's

Re: [NF] -- Tale of an IT Hero

Instead, AWC’s new strategic enterprise technology plan is the direct result of proof-of-concept testing that indicates that the company can cut costs, increase system reliability and security, and provide expanded IT support services by porting a major portion of its IT infrastructure to

Re: [GIG] Pleasanton, California

I've interviewed there. It's a legit offer. The rate depends on experience. I was at the $55 level... They did seem a little disorganized -- in the busy way -- too much to do and too little time. This was about 3 years ago... It'd probably be a pretty good gig for someone with experience

Re: [NF] Two kinds of people (this is sort of technical)

Mine was a 1950 Ford Convertible. I tried to peel out one day and popped the axle... bummer... It had 4 bald tires and 2 bald spares... It was very cold in the winter in Arlington, VA. The tires would only go flat in the snow. The trunk wouldn't open but that didn't matter much since there

Re: [JOB] USA based outfit needs Foxpro / Dos programmer

Are those Metric, SAE or Whitworth dollars??? [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: http://malaysiajobsonline.vynnescrib.com/2007/07/engineering.html Get a look at that salary. I'd pick up FPD again for that kind of money! Stephen Russell AutoZone Contractor Desk 901.495-7916 Cell 901.246-0159

Re: [JOB] USA based outfit needs Foxpro / Dos programmer

Application Deadline: 6/8/2007 Suitings, Trouser Shirting Fabrics. One of the top three well-known brands in India in its product category... kings engineering co. caters to the middle and the premium segments with high quality apparel fabrics that are woven with Natural Fibres, Synthetic

Re: [NF] Scoble: Microsoft Is Run By Geeks

And this outfit: http://www.nyse.com/ The one that indirectly cost me my last 2 very well paying jobs... Ted Roche wrote: On 7/10/07, MB Software Solutions [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Scoble: Microsoft Is Run By Geeks | WebProNews:

Re: [NF] Suggestions for high school kid wanting to get into programming

Foxpro IDE??? Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: If you have a framework, you can build small programs or test code and save them in a project for easy retrieval the next day or week. Then you can add functionality a little at a time. Also, the framework usually provide example code,

Re: [NF] Suggestions for high school kid wanting to get into programming

And view all variables and how they interact/react to the code, etc. Paul Newton wrote: Leland F. Jackson, CPA wrote: If you have a framework, you can build small programs or test code and save them in a project for easy retrieval the next day or week. Then you can add functionality a

Re: [NF] Verizon's Copper Cutoff

Gee, I dumped verizon and went with this outfit: www.workingassetswireless.com A VP from Verizon called me later then lied to me. Bastard told me they didn't send any of my call detail to the bushies -- but they did. Screw 'em... Michael Madigan wrote: Verizon is cutting the copper wire

Re: [NF] Windows 2000 Professional under some open source virtual machine.

Win2K didn't have snitchware built into it. That crap didn't come in until XP.. Use it and enjoy! Pete Theisen wrote: Hi Everybody! Years ago I purchased Windows 2000 Professional with the intention of installing it on my own personal use machine. I scoured the web for the best price

Re: [NF] Windows 2000 Professional under some open source virtual machine.

Download AVG Free and install it on the Win2K partition. Works Great -- Great Price... http://www.grisoft.com/ Pete Theisen wrote: On Thursday 28 June 2007 12:17, Chet Gardiner wrote: Win2K didn't have snitchware built into it. That crap didn't come in until XP.. Use it and enjoy

Re: [NF] iPhone not so good

iPhone only works on ATT (big devil) network. So screw you if you're not on ATT... But it's not an iPod. It's a $500 or $600 communicator that requires a two-year calling commitment. Monthly charges haven't been announced, but judging by comparable offerings from ATT and other carriers, it

Re: [NF] New York State Legislature Fends off M$

Sometimes the good guys win. Ken Dibble wrote: http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasicarticleId=9025618intsrc=news_ts_head Ken Dibble www.stic-cil.org [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to:

Re: [NF] Toner waste

Send the toner back to the idiots that made the machine. If it's a Xerox, pack it in a box and send it to Xerox. Jeff Johnson wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions Sent: Thursday, June 21, 2007 11:40 AM To:

Re: [NF] How to screw the American computer programmer

Our goal is NOT TO FIND a qualified U.S. Worker. And these folks probably think they're the good guys. They think (and they ARE) fulfilling their purpose of counseling their clients about how to fulfill the prime requisite of capitalism -- maximize profits. If you want to blame anyone, blame

Re: [NF] How to screw the American computer programmer

Mike: If you don't like it, don't support it. It IS us and them -- the people vs. the corporations. http://www.programmersguild.org/ Join and fight! (And STOP listening to the corporations mouthpieces -- rush and faux news) Michael Madigan wrote: http://youtube.com/watch?v=TCbFEgFajGU

Re: [NF] Jobs for the English speaking

You DID watch this, right? http://youtube.com/watch?v=TCbFEgFajGU Stephen Russell wrote: I find that there seems to be a great deal of anger on this list that jobs are not available. I find the situation opposite to that. Why? Because I am understood in a conversation / interview.

Re: [NF] You RAM is a document?

I know you meant it as a gratuitous dig at President Gore but... I'm sure Al Gore could explain it to the judge. Unlike the current resident, Gore actually knows something... Of course, that's assuming that it could be explained to this judge at all. Many (most?) judges don't have a broad

Re: [NF] High voltage

I want one for my backyard... David Crooks wrote: http://tesladownunder.com/ The video is funny. David L. Crooks [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

Re: [NF] The Top 10 Dead or Dying Computer Skills

Whew!!! So my 360BAL, Fortran, Snobol, Lisp, RPG, 1401 Autocoder and Varian 620i Assembler skills are still good!!! What a relief! Matthew Jarvis wrote: From GlobalKnowledge: http://globalknowledge.rsys1.net/servlet/cc5?sghOQSCAQUVuHllrxIpsLMjpKHPQJhuVaVR

Re: [OT] You RAM is a document?

the Internet. Hi Michael, Chet! Certainly, in two years worth of excruciating detail! President Gore? I must have really missed something! Or the Ds did. --- Chet Gardiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know you meant it as a gratuitous dig at President Gore but... I'm sure Al

Re: Windows Update

He meant that his windows terminal services forced him to allow m$ to check his computer for a legal version of windoze before his client's computers' windows terminal services would allow him in... Right? Big Brother Is Watching YOU! Michael Madigan wrote: I'm not following this. Your

Re: [NF] Slashdot -- Microsoft hater?

Ah, but m$ makes it so easy to be anti-m$... No zealotry required... MB Software Solutions wrote: I see the pictures of Bill Gates as the Borg. Does Slashdot ever post anything favorable about Windoze, or are they part of the anti-M$ zealotry? g

Re: [NF] Slashdot -- Microsoft hater?

Case in Point: M$ lines up with the forces in the U.S. that steal elections: myspace-cn sends us to Bo Lipari's blog where it is revealed that Microsoft has moved forcefully into New York State with proposed changes to NY state election law http://nyvv.org/blog/bolipariblog.html drafted by

Re: [NF] RegEx Help

A workaround is susceptible to debugging? :-) Paul Newton wrote: Kenneth Kixmoeller/fh wrote: On Jun 14, 2007, at 3:34 PM, Frank Burcaw wrote: It works pretty good, but I realized that the user could enter a comma before the word INC, LLC, CORP etc, like ROBERT JONES, LLC.

Re: [NF] Is anyone else here getting dumber like me?

The acceleration (or deceleration) really speeds up at about 55. You've got that to look forward to. :-) Matthew Jarvis wrote: I don't know - maybe it's the crazy nature of my work, or maybe just this environment, or whatever I'm just feeling like I'm getting dumber all the time...

Re: [NF] Apple Introduces Safari for Windows

C# and .Net? MB Software Solutions wrote: Alan Bourke wrote: Well, I downloaded the beta and browsed to www.theregister.co.uk and got this: http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n285/ally_b_01/safari.jpg It also looks terrible, but hey! It's a beta. Back to FireFox ... What

Re: [NF] Jobs jabs Windows

Nope, not always. http://dealbook.blogs.nytimes.com/2006/12/08/craigslist-meets-the-capitalists/ Michael Madigan wrote: Isn't every business all about the money? Microsoft. It's all about the money. [excessive quoting removed by server]

Re: [NF] Is anyone else here getting dumber like me?

That would make Gates the decider. H. MB Software Solutions wrote: Mike yearwood wrote: Honestly I feel I'm getting more frustrated with programming in general. It seems all other industries have standards that prevent chaotic advances in multiple directions simultaneously.

Re: [NF] I'm getting a ton of spam that is 102k in size

Uh, 104,448 bytes? 940,032 bits including parity... Sounds ominous :-) Michael Madigan wrote: What is this magic 102k size? Is it spyware or a virus? Anybody know? [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com

Re: [NF} FoxPro and .NET better than Linux?

By this logic, shouldn't car manufacturers move the steering wheel to the rear of the car and the pedals to the passenger side requiring twice as many folks to drive the thing down the road? That would be new and exciting! And analogous to moving/changing the application development

Re: [NF] UK Microsoft: Kick out incompetent IT pros

Actually, the current gang of Allopathic medicine practitioners is only about 150 years old. Every thing's accelerated now so they can license IT professionals in about 25-50 more years... Ooops, we'll all be up to our eyeballs in sea water by then...never mind... :-) MB Software

Re: [OT] Cities struggle with wireless Internet

There is no compelling evidence that the observed overall warming in the 20^th Century is anything but man-made. The burden of proof is on those who would have us think that natural causes are solely or mainly responsible for this trend. Of course, showing that the observed warming entirely

Re: [NF] society as it really is

You're full of crap -- we don't avoid baths!:-) :-) As one who was there and remembers (a lot of it ), we didn't have much worth dropping into. Dropping out and using drugs was the rational response to the paternalistic, booze fed hypocrisy and insanity of the 50s/60s. And for anyone

Re: Screen mockup of job we're probably bidding on soon

Make sure you pass it by the folks who will have to do the work... MB Software Solutions wrote: http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com/downloads/remmey/scheduler/scheduler_screenshot.png Making this screen mockup was fun! I kinda hope we get the job. Could be a PITA, but when we pull it off, it'll

Re: [NF] Cities struggle with wireless Internet

Actually I would expect the mammals to go with a whimper not a bang... A million fold increase in RF radiation, mess up a critically important species like bees, causes the destruction of major food supplies, increase in diseases; kabloowie, -- end of large mammals... MB Software Solutions

Re: [NF] Cities struggle with wireless Internet

Yescould be... We've only been experimenting on ourselves with RF for the last 100 years or so... Michael Madigan wrote: If there's something wrong with wifi, then there's something wrong with cell phones and wireless phones. --- Tristan Leask [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That

Re: [NF] Cities struggle with wireless Internet

Brains work on electricity. Brains handle supervision of bodily functions. We're dealing with a billion times more RF radiation than ever... I think of 6 billion monkeys tinkering with stuff they don't understand and can't understand... Jim Dettman wrote: Alan, No one really knows that

Re: [NF] Cities struggle with wireless Internet

Different wavelengths and the exposure hasn't dramatically changed since we evolved to deal with them. The saturation of urban areas with RF is a new phenomena. Michael Madigan wrote: What about gamma rays and solar rays and cosmic rays? --- Allen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Didn’t they

Re: [NF] Cities struggle with wireless Internet

and that we're in deep sh*t unless this fact can be reversed... Michael Madigan wrote: Junk science rules CO2 causes global warming WIFI kills bees What will they think of next? --- Chet Gardiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Actually I would expect the mammals to go with a whimper not a bang

Re: [NF] Cities struggle with wireless Internet

Dingoes Eat Their Babies...:-) Virgil Bierschwale wrote: Fireants... They eat their babies... Virgil Bierschwale http://www.bierschwale.com http://www.bierschwalesolutions.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chet Gardiner

Re: [NF] I love contracting!

You have to be full of bull-bleep -- up to your eyelids. MB Software Solutions wrote: Chet Gardiner wrote: snipped (and had to pay his huge severance) I must learn how to get that kind of job...you know, the one where you get a huge severance after they cut you loose

Re: [NF] I love contracting!

The last large corporations I worked for: 1) Had a wonderful long range plan. Their long range plan was to replace their core business software with the state of the art in order to impress Wall St. This software was running in FoxPro Dos and FPW with some VFP. Those of us in the Fox team

Re: [NF] I love contracting!

Is this because they keep choosing the wrong platform. Maybe it should have been done in VFP in the first place g d r :-) Stephen Russell wrote: I am two days into a new contract with another big name company. Well at the end of today I got word that my project changed about 80% from what

Re: Bucket a reserver word?

I'd say someone slipped bucket in on them when they weren't looking. Intellisense manager -- add Bucket Dave Crozier wrote: I found this blog entry and wondered if anyone else can shed some light on it. My VFP9 certainly doesn't have Bucket as a reserved word. Earlier versions perhaps, or

Re: Validating an email address?

Send an email to the address??? :-) O:-) Steve Ellenoff wrote: Does anyone have some nearly fullproof code to validate an email address for proper syntax? I have continually tweaked some code over the years to prevent user entered email addresses from being input which are wrong so as

Re: Need for software...does it exist already, or how would you design this kind of screen need?

I had a client with a similar big board for keeping track of scheduled jobs. We took a run at it in a grid...and... I told them that doing it on the big board on the wall with sticky post-its was the BEST way to do the job. Unless your client is having problems with their manual system...Some

Re: Need for software...does it exist already, or how would you design this kind of screen need?

Hmm, first part of sentence cut off... We were using the dbi tool for the calendar grid. No one with more than 4 or 5 workers could use it... I had a client with a similar big board for keeping track of scheduled jobs. We took a run at it in a grid...and... I told them that doing it on

Re: stupid question

When I'm looking for information about a form I USE formname.scx in the VFP IDE and look at the contents of the fields in that table. Class, classloc, name, methods, properties, etc. are some of the fields I'll look into. If it's in a classlib, USE classlib.vcx does the trick... Virgil

Re: [NF] Computer, schomputer

AMD, AMD, AMD Runs faster, costs less. What more can one want? Whil Hentzen (Pro*) wrote: I'm gonna buy me a real-life computer this week. None of these girly-man notebooklaptopportable dainty things, but a real computer, a manly one, one that sits on your desk and takes up all sorts of

Re: [NF] Computer, schomputer

Real men DESIGN their own printed circuit boards... Ted Roche wrote: On 5/7/07, Man-wai Chang [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Real-life computer means assembling a computer from parts, like playing toys and simple circuits. Ha! REAL Men print their OWN circuit boards!

Re: [NF] Windows 2000 password

I seem to remember one can use the Win2K installation CD, run as a reinstall but pick the option to reset the password. Have you tried that? Kent Belan wrote: Hello, I have my sisters computer and need to find a way to get the password. Windows 2000 professional. Thanks, Kent

Re: Excel automation question

Make sure that if the cell has any formatting (like date, etc.) that you plug the same type of data into it. Vince Teachout wrote: Garry Bettle wrote: Howdy all, I have some automation code that I'm using with VFPs' _cliptext variable: i.e. _cliptext = lcClipText

Re: [NF] Home Wireless router suggestions

My linksys routers have worked well. On the other hand, I've had a couple of DSL modems crap out... I buy these things from Compusa so that if it don't work I immediately get my money back - no questions asked... Lou Syracuse wrote: Have had a Linksys for a while .. HATE IT! Locks up

Re: [NF] Vista vs Leopard vs Linux video

Someone did but it's STILL funny. Pleather ROFL MB Software Solutions wrote: http://blogs.techrepublic.com.com/geekend/?p=636 Not sure if this was posted here yet or not? ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

Re: Need a Math Wiz

Have you checked with your lawyers before enlisting civilians to catch crooks? Are you fingering a bunch of regular folks who've just missed a traffic court appointment or are these warrants for real crooks? Are you trying to pin these crimes on folks with outstanding warrants? I wonder how

Re: quiet?

Nope, retired. Derek Kalweit wrote: List seems quiet today...Anyone else working? ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

Re: [NF] Is Choice Always Good?

Oh, yes, choice is an awful thing: http://www.geekculture.com/joyoftech/joyarchives/915.html Ted Roche wrote: An excellent essay on why the MS monoculture (One Microsoft Way) isn't always a bad thing: Microsoft offers the certainty of no choices. Choice isn't always good, and the open

Re: [NF] Vista and XP

ipconfig /allis your friend. Run this command in a DOS box on both machines. You will find out what device is serving out I/P addresses (if either of them is) and what the main root address is (198.168.1.1 or 198.168.2.1 or 198.168.0.0 or whatever the root DHCP series is). It

Re: [NF] Vista and XP

Don't forget to setup your printer as a DHCP client or, if you wish, hard code an I/P way above your other computers (ie: router DHCP root = 198.168.1.0 -- Set printer to 198.168.1.199 and make sure the router range is 100 through 199 -- you get the idea..) The important thing with this

Re: [NF] Electric Car redux

Just a quick check brought up these 5 threads on electric cars and cars in the recent past: http://leafe.com/archives/showFullThd/345670 http://leafe.com/archives/showFullThd/340656 http://leafe.com/archives/showFullThd/310126 http://leafe.com/archives/showFullThd/253545

Re: [NF]was Dell once again offers Windows XP - Vista upgrade

Just a reality check... How much memory, disk speed and what OS was on your previous machine? How much memory and what's the disk speed on the new vista machine? Did you turn off that egregious nagging crap? If you were running XP in 256Mbytes and now you're using 1Gbyte (or preferably 2Gig)

[NF] Electric Car redux

A chance to see, buy and have lunch with a Tesla; http://asme-tesla.eventbrite.com/ Pretty damn good deal... ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list:

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