I would very carefully document any changes, and the structure of any
deleted fields, document the indices prior to deleting the fields; all
so you can accurately recreate the database without the changes. I
would run the apps and (assuming no source) add the fields and indices
as it crashes
Kevin-
Are you a small business person who does a little programming, or a
software developer? I ask because I started with dBASE II and found it
a 'business person's language', but there doesn't seem to be one for
Linux unless you subscribe to some proprietary system.
If you are the former
It looks a little flakey. You get a usb stick with the iso and 3-4
other files. A "genuine" product key code is included (whose :) ? ).
doesn't sound very 'microsoft'. It was also on sale in England's ebay.
I'll report back when I get it AND register it. Never was able to get
5.0 to
These were the fun days. New software coming on the market all the
time. The annual West Coast Computer Faire was where 'it was' in the SF
Bay Area. This is where I bought my copy of dBASE II for CP/M from
George Tate of Ashton-Tate while he was manning a dealer's booth! Word
Tech, from
FPD v2.6: Our computers are typically up 24 hours, they are programmed
to send to my office any error reports, which I see first thing in the
morning; and every 10 uses of a program that uses a particular database,
a reindexing routing is run at execution.
John
On 11/09/2016 09:51 AM,
On 10/28/2016 06:00 AM, Ted Roche wrote:
So, where's your data stored today?
X_ DBFs
__ MS SQL Server
__ Azure
__ Postgres
__ My/MariaDB
__ Oracle
__ Excel
__ Other (please specify)
(P.S. Microsoft released an out-of-band (i.e., emergency) patch for
Adobe Flash. You likely want to
that's "now playing with"
John
On 08/16/2016 09:08 AM, John R. Sowden wrote:
Thanks. I read the pdf only to find that he referenced a hash method
that I am using (salted 2007 without going farther on an open forum).
Unfortunately, the .fll file is compiled and I cannot see the so
://www.sweetpotatosoftware.com/spsblog/2005/09/01/VisualFoxProEncryptAndDecryptFiles.aspx
On Mon, Aug 15, 2016 at 2:20 PM, John R. Sowden
<jsow...@americansentry.net> wrote:
I am currently using some code that I acquired years ago to hash (1 way
encrypt) passwords. Now I am wondering if it is suff
I use this function to determine who accessed any database program (and
therefore its dbfs) , and sets the authority level so only I can see the
good stuff :) and it also decrypts the necessary dbf files with an
external encryption program using aes256.
John
On 08/15/2016 11:30 AM, Alan
I am currently using some code that I acquired years ago to hash (1 way
encrypt) passwords. Now I am wondering if it is sufficient for the
use. Is there either a foxpro (.prg) source that I can incorporate into
my log on program or binary that I can load into memory? This is for
my alarm
You exposed my knee jerk response to the issue. actually we do that. I
started doing that in the '90s (in Foxpro/DOS) when I found that is what
linux does!
On 06/28/2016 09:44 AM, Paul Hill wrote:
On 28 June 2016 at 17:26, John R. Sowden <jsow...@americansentry.net> wrote:
Th
They may be using a fixed length field limited to 10 characters. Of
course if you entered > 10 they would give you an error instead of
truncating the added characters. Then they would test to make sure the
count is > 5 for added security.
John
On 06/28/2016 09:13 AM, Alan Bourke wrote:
This is interesting. When I started with computers in 1977 (TRS-80
Model I), I was the target market for computers, software, etc. I am a
small businessperson who invested time and energy into using computers.
I loved it! Now, I am not recognized at all. Either I use canned
software
security levels. I ID each user from 0 to 9. Maybe
that is too simple to avoid tampering. I have 10ish employees, so I
have 20 ID 'numbers'. That is also easy to tamper with. These are my
concerns.
John
On 03/07/2016 09:33 AM, Peter Cushing wrote:
On 07/03/2016 17:16, John R. Sowden
a better way to solve it.
I consider security to be a series of chain links. I attack them
individually, not as a big blob.
John
On 03/05/2016 03:18 PM, John R. Sowden wrote:
applications that I use need to be secure and have an audit trail. I
encrypt entered passwords, compare them to encrypted
applications that I use need to be secure and have an audit trail. I
encrypt entered passwords, compare them to encrypted stored passwords,
ala linux. I am comfortable with that. My concern is relating the
authorized user, with their access level to the actual programs.
Currently I use
You can replace the small battery with a larger one. If your existing
UPS has a 12v 7AH battery, replacing it with a 12v 60 AH battery (deep
cycle, not auto) will extend your run time about 8 times. It will not
increase the output power (watts or VA). The big issue is the charging
current
> 0
-Lew Schwartz
On Sat, Oct 24, 2015 at 6:28 PM, John R. Sowden <jsow...@americansentry.net>
wrote:
Is there is way in FPD 2.6 to test to see if a drive is working without
having the program crash. I have a network where I test for a remote drive
(peer to peer net) before attempting t
Is there is way in FPD 2.6 to test to see if a drive is working without
having the program crash. I have a network where I test for a remote
drive (peer to peer net) before attempting to connect to it. I set a
variable (above is done in the autoexec.bat) re: the sytatus of the
remove node
, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:
On 2015-07-21 16:28, John R. Sowden wrote:
I am running fpd 2.6, have the same issue with multiple foxuser files.
tried to specify
in config.fp where it should go, no help, tried to turn it off in
config.fp (resource=off),
no help. I have a routine I
I am running fpd 2.6, have the same issue with multiple foxuser files.
tried to specify
in config.fp where it should go, no help, tried to turn it off in
config.fp (resource=off),
no help. I have a routine I use for all of my apps (procedure file),
have not tried to put
'set resource off' in
I am trying to generate a browse window with thinks kine ticket #,
Account Number, Name, City on line one, and about a 70 char
field of text on line 2 in a browse window. The help screen does not
reference this, in fact the word 'line' does not exist in the help for
browse.
help?
John
sorry-I probably didn't use the correct sender address.
John Sowden
On 02/06/2015 04:38 PM, Ted Roche wrote:
On Fri, Feb 6, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Paul McNett p...@mcnettware.com wrote:
https://beansbooks.com/home
Holy moly, and you can download and host it for free (open source).
Not not NOT
I am trying to deal with a bad or missing cdx file. I have a program
that recreates indices. I test for the existence of the cdx file. If
found I delete it. Then I recreate the index with the various tags.
Problem is the program crashes if it cannot find the index the first
time. Of
On 11/06/2014 03:16 PM, Dan Covill wrote:
John Sowden: Re-formatting this msg per Tracy Pearson's suggestion:
We solved this same problem with the following code in our ErrorTrap procedure:if error()
= 1707 or upper(message(1)) = STRUCTURAL CDX FILE NOT FOUND.
*-- ignore it, because our
my text disappeared. I'll try again in a bit.
John
On 11/06/2014 04:37 PM, John R. Sowden wrote:
On 11/06/2014 03:16 PM, Dan Covill wrote:
John Sowden: Re-formatting this msg per Tracy Pearson's suggestion:
We solved this same problem with the following code in our ErrorTrap
I like the trap the error message routine. I found the sys(2018)
function. I am concerned though re: when the error occurs vs. when it
is trapped.
I am running v2.6/DOS. I have a standard error routine that even lets
me know when I come to work in the morning that an error occurred and
Thank you! Let's see, what did I learn. Retry, never saw it in 20
years. And testing for a specific error code with error() allows me to
create custom error solutions in my one error procedure.
FP/DOS lives for a few more years,
John
On 11/06/2014 07:42 PM, Dan Covill wrote:
John:
On 9/23/2014 1:18 AM, Paul Hill wrote:
On 23 September 2014 05:25, John R. Sowden jsow...@americansentry.net wrote:
The computer is running freedos/4dos via a multiboot (linux/dos).
I have a billing program that evolved from dBASE II in 1981, and has had few
changes in the last year. I have
On 09/23/2014 06:42 AM, Man-wai Chang wrote:
My guess:
Check the index expressions. Maybe one of them referred to a variable D.
You can loop through index expressions of an index by sys(14,1), sys(14,2).
On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 12:25 PM, John R. Sowden
jsow...@americansentry.net wrote
The computer is running freedos/4dos via a multiboot (linux/dos).
I have a billing program that evolved from dBASE II in 1981, and has had
few changes in the last year. I have a line:
use (depfile)
and am getting an error:
Error 12, Variable 'D' not found.
There is no variable D (I rarely
On 09/07/2014 03:46 AM, Man-wai Chang wrote:
Reminder: 64-bit Window$ does NOT run 16-bit programs; 32-bit, no problem.
On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 3:29 AM, Jack Skelley
jskel...@newjerseydevils.com wrote:
I have it on one of my external drives in Windows 7 SP 1 x64 and it will not
launch...
I
On 09/07/2014 05:32 AM, Alan Bourke wrote:
In other words, drivers adhering to the Windows Display Driver Model
used from Vista onwards cannot support these text-only VGA modes.
Good Morning All:
I am running Free-DOS and 4DOS for the command processor. No windows,
no gates, no apache
I am trying to get my browse windows to go full screen when ctrl F10 is
pressed. It used to work, but no more. I am using normal as an
attribute, but I have not used zoom, I don't think. I have heading an
menu off. Not sure about zoom-I can't see the source code now.
Thoughts?
John
On 04/23/2014 02:12 PM, Kevin Cully wrote:
On 04/23/2014 05:05 PM, mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:
Minor comment: you'd want to look to go to nMyHashIterations - 1
since you do the 1st one before the FOR loop.
As long as the program is consistent, it's all good! :D
On 03/13/2014 10:43 AM, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
At 20:05 2014-03-12, Mike Copeland m...@ggisoft.com wrote:
I tried it several years ago, but the lack of printing (to paper) was
a deal breaker for me.
(And if it DOSBOX is able to print to paper printing devices, then
either I didn't realize it
On 03/13/2014 02:33 PM, Mike Copeland wrote:
Original Message
Subject: Re: Encryption
From: Geoff Flight data...@adam.com.au
To: profoxt...@leafe.com
Date: 3/13/2014 4:26 PM
The govt demands access to ALL your
data but in the name of privacy demands YOU deny access to that
On 03/13/2014 02:38 PM, John R. Sowden wrote:
On 03/13/2014 02:33 PM, Mike Copeland wrote:
Original Message
Subject: Re: Encryption
From: Geoff Flight data...@adam.com.au
To: profoxt...@leafe.com
Date: 3/13/2014 4:26 PM
The govt demands access to ALL your
data but in the name
So I have this mathematical problem:
Database has 7,210 records.
Each record is 76 bytes in length (75 data plus 1 delete flag)
# records times record length is 547,960 bytes.
DIR the file (from the O/S) and get a length of 541,040, and that
doesn't take the header into count.
Whatsup?
John
On 12/06/2013 06:15 PM, John R. Sowden wrote:
On 12/06/2013 04:22 PM, Dan Covill wrote:
Allen,
Gene W. has it right.
This is an old problem. When you have an index set, modifying a
field that's part of the index expression changes where the modified
record appears in the order. It's one
to emulate
the 'scatter' and 'compobj' functions. The 'scatter' proc builds an
array matching the record, the 'compobj' compares two arrays. Yes,
you'll have different procs for each table, but they won't need a lot
of code.
Dan
On 12/11/13 02:27 PM, John R. Sowden wrote:
Haven't heard a response
On 12/06/2013 04:22 PM, Dan Covill wrote:
Allen,
Gene W. has it right.
This is an old problem. When you have an index set, modifying a field
that's part of the index expression changes where the modified record
appears in the order. It's one way to generate an infinite loop!
It's not a
On 11/10/2013 07:47 AM, Jean MAURICE wrote:
You are right !
Thanks
The Foxil
Le 10/11/2013 16:13, Laurie Alvey a écrit :
I make 0x1904 = 6404 - 8404 is 0xD420. Unless I'm going crazy.
all the hex math aside, the database in question has 6,403 records. :)
John
We had a computer freeze during the night (it gets cold in the SF Bay
Area), and the worker was doing data enter into a dbf using foxpro/dos
2.6, under program control. I flush the buffer after every record
entered, due to some 'segment errors' of yesteryear. Now we cannot get
back into the
On 11/09/2013 11:09 AM, Alan Bourke wrote:
On Sat, Nov 9, 2013, at 06:53 PM, M Jarvis wrote:
On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 10:42 AM, John R. Sowden
jsow...@americansentry.net wrote:
Now we cannot get back into the dbf because
it comes up as a 'not a dbf' error.
I hope it ain't Cryptolocker
On 11/09/2013 11:09 AM, Alan Bourke wrote:
On Sat, Nov 9, 2013, at 06:53 PM, M Jarvis wrote:
On Sat, Nov 9, 2013 at 10:42 AM, John R. Sowden
jsow...@americansentry.net wrote:
Now we cannot get back into the dbf because
it comes up as a 'not a dbf' error.
I hope it ain't Cryptolocker
On 11/09/2013 11:25 AM, Jean MAURICE wrote:
03 0D 0B 09 04 19 00 00-21 01 4B 00 00 00 00 00
03 : foxpro dbf without memo
0D 0B 09 : last update november, 9th 2013
04 19 00 00 : number of records : 4868
Try to write 05 or 03 instead of 04 in byte n° 4 (beginning with 0)
HTH
The Foxil
Thank you all for your input. Sorry for the delay, had to repair my
wife's car. Anyway I needed a hex editor that would work on fat32.
Found uhex.zip. It is part of the freedos family of programs. Per
suggestion, I changed the 5th byte (byte 4) from 04 to 05 assuming that
the added record
I am creating a gl program. I need to browse transactions in date order.
two issues:
little issue:
in all of by browses, the first line is empty, including set heading
off. I put the field titles in the title bar to save a line, look nice.
big issue:
I am dealing with 3 dbfs: accounts,
I program internal applications in foxpro/dos because I can run it under
dosemu. Occasionally I run into problems that I am unable to solve. Is
this an ok forum to voice these issues, or is there a better one for
foxpro/dos. I bought vp5 when it came out, but it immediately crashed.
One of
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