RE: Best way to gather data

2015-04-29 Thread Dennis Schuette
  Please notice new address as of 4/1/2015 -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Cully Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 4:04 PM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Best way to gather data I'd find a simple PHP

Re: Best way to gather data

2015-04-28 Thread Kevin Cully
I'd find a simple PHP form that they could fill out that would send (and or save) the data. Nothing to install, nothing to maintain. When you email them the reminder, send them a code that they have to enter in that "validates" that they are who they say they are. A SYS(2015) might work well f

RE: Best way to gather data

2015-04-28 Thread Dennis Schuette
e.com Subject: Re: Best way to gather data But if you use an Excel spreadsheet, be prepared to receive pretty much anything in return. My clients routinely save it in weird formats, add columns to it to use it in-house, etc. If you have the political leverage, kick these back to them. If not, look u

Re: Best way to gather data

2015-04-28 Thread Ted Roche
lto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Richard > Quilhot > Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 9:32 AM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: Re: Best way to gather data > > I would create a small app/form in vfp and have it sent you the data. > > Rick Q > quilh...@gmail.com

RE: Best way to gather data

2015-04-28 Thread jerry foote
...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Best way to gather data I would create a small app/form in vfp and have it sent you the data. Rick Q quilh...@gmail.com On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Dennis Schuette wrote: > At this time, they have nothing. It will be up to me to send them > something t

RE: Best way to gather data

2015-04-28 Thread Kurt Wendt
- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Schuette Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 10:53 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: RE: Best way to gather data I was hoping to avoid having to install and maintain an app on their computer. Customized Business Services, LLC

RE: Best way to gather data

2015-04-28 Thread Dennis Schuette
Subject: Re: Best way to gather data I would create a small app/form in vfp and have it sent you the data. Rick Q quilh...@gmail.com On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10:27 AM, Dennis Schuette wrote: > At this time, they have nothing. It will be up to me to send them > something to fill in,

Re: Best way to gather data

2015-04-28 Thread Richard Quilhot
67530 > Please notice new address as of 4/1/2015 > > -Original Message- > From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of > Richard Quilhot > Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 9:23 AM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: Re: Best way to gather data &g

RE: Best way to gather data

2015-04-28 Thread Dennis Schuette
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 9:23 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Best way to gather data What are the customers source documents? Rick Q quilh...@gmail.com On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10:18 AM, Dennis Schuette wrote: > It is not coming from VFP, although my VFP app can generat

Re: Best way to gather data

2015-04-28 Thread Richard Quilhot
Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 9:12 AM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: Re: Best way to gather data > > If the data is coming from VFP create a button that emails you the data > from within the app. > > Rick Q > quilh...@gmail.com > > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 10:05 AM,

RE: Best way to gather data

2015-04-28 Thread Dennis Schuette
of 4/1/2015 -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Richard Quilhot Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 9:12 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Best way to gather data If the data is coming from VFP create a button that emails you the data

Re: Best way to gather data

2015-04-28 Thread Richard Quilhot
.com] On Behalf Of Kurt > Wendt > Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 8:57 AM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: RE: Best way to gather data > > 1st question - are you able to tell your sources to stick with a standard > file layout? Say, they also send a CSV - and the fields a

RE: Best way to gather data

2015-04-28 Thread Dennis Schuette
as of 4/1/2015 -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Kurt Wendt Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 8:57 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: RE: Best way to gather data 1st question - are you able to tell your sources to stick with a standard file la

Re: Best way to gather data

2015-04-28 Thread Stephen Weeks
I had to do this in the past, data was sent from many sources , each source would send a csv file with a pre determined format as an email attachment, these were then pooled into a common directory and process en-masse. On Tue, 28 Apr 2015, at 02:47 PM, Dennis Schuette wrote: > I manage a VFP data

RE: Best way to gather data

2015-04-28 Thread Kurt Wendt
formats at any point in time - making Imports fail. -K- -Original Message- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Dennis Schuette Sent: Tuesday, April 28, 2015 9:47 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Best way to gather data I manage a VFP database for a

Best way to gather data

2015-04-28 Thread Dennis Schuette
I manage a VFP database for a customer on my servers and I gather data from a variety of sources, including: files through ftp sites, files in Dropbox and PDF files, text files, and Excel spreadsheets as email attachments, etc. My main tools are VFP 9 SP2 (fully patched) and Outlook 2013 and I