Re: VFP + Windows 7

2012-02-11 Thread Mike Copeland
away...mostly. Mike Original Message Subject: Re: VFP + Windows 7 From: Rick Schummer To: profoxt...@leafe.com Date: 2/11/2012 2:23 PM Mike, >> Usually it's an issue with running reports in VFPlots of data flowing >> back and forth between server and w

RE: VFP + Windows 7

2012-02-11 Thread Rick Schummer
Mike, >> Usually it's an issue with running reports in VFPlots of data flowing >> back and forth between server and workstation...more than 10 seconds elapses and the dreaded "Not Responding" is displayed.<< Maybe you should consider one of the multi-threaded techniques like: 1) ParallelFo

Re: VFP + Windows 7

2012-02-11 Thread Mike Copeland
d to push that small button on the front of the tower. Here, let me show you..." I have a lot more trouble with end users who think they know all about computers than I ever do with the machines, or the software, or the other 99% of the humans involved. Mike Original Message --

Re: VFP + Windows 7

2012-02-11 Thread Mike Copeland
e the problem except in the most extreme cases. Mike Original Message Subject: Re: VFP + Windows 7 From: Kurt Wendt To: profoxt...@leafe.com Date: 2/10/2012 3:36 PM Mike - I know what you mean by the Window becoming "Cloudy" - as I have also seen that in Vista (the OS on

Re: VFP + Windows 7

2012-02-11 Thread Mike Copeland
that the server and the workstations are in different buildings doesn't help...connected via aj virtual private network over the Internet. Mike Original Message Subject: Re: VFP + Windows 7 From: Tracy Pearson To: profoxt...@leafe.com Date: 2/10/2012 3:36 PM Mike Copelan

RE: VFP + Windows 7

2012-02-11 Thread Alan Bourke
> Fix the application. > I would tend to agree that you need to provide some feedback for long blocking operations. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.

Re: VFP + Windows 7

2012-02-10 Thread Allen
Tell them to try window live mail. that's a huge dog that spends most its life trying to update flags. Outlook was bad enough but that takes the cake. I've not noticed VFP problems like that though. But I have noticed that all that crap about 7 being faster to load and run is twoddle. Closing do

RE: VFP + Windows 7

2012-02-10 Thread Kurt Wendt
Mike - I know what you mean by the Window becoming "Cloudy" - as I have also seen that in Vista (the OS on my laptop). So - I think that thing actually started in the Vista days - maybe a BAD thing to have carried over to Win7! I use 3D animation SW - and the really complex ones (like 3DS Max) - a

RE: VFP + Windows 7

2012-02-10 Thread Tracy Pearson
Mike Copeland wrote on 2012-02-10: > Many applications (not just VFP) when run on Windows 7 trigger display > of the "Not responding" status message on the application's title bar if > the application gets busy for an extended period. And, depending on what > you click on at that point, the "o