RE: what a pain grids are

2014-04-28 Thread Dave Crozier
://www.universalthread.com/ViewPageArticle.aspx?ID=817 -Original Message- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Virgil Bierschwale Sent: 26 April 2014 19:04 To: ProFox Email List Subject: what a pain grids are Just kidding. But for the newbies out there like myself. The secret seems

RE: what a pain grids are

2014-04-28 Thread Dave Crozier
08:14 To: ProFox Email List Subject: RE: what a pain grids are Raphael Copquin has a nice article on using grids for invoicing programs. I did some extra work on this to add in a little more functionality but the initial article is below. Worth a look if grids are somewhat a black art to you

RE: what a pain grids are

2014-04-28 Thread Dave Crozier
April 2014 08:14 To: ProFox Email List Subject: RE: what a pain grids are Raphael Copquin has a nice article on using grids for invoicing programs. I did some extra work on this to add in a little more functionality but the initial article is below. Worth a look if grids are somewhat a black art

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-28 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Dave Crozier Sent: 28 April 2014 08:17 To: ProFox Email List Subject: RE: what a pain grids are The link to the original article (Part 1) from the link I sent is non functional but I found it elsewhere: http://www.universalthread.com/ViewPageArticle.aspx?ID=817 Dave

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-28 Thread Frank Cazabon
On 27/04/2014 06:55 PM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote: Thanks I just learned one thing the hardway about the columncount so i called it a day and i would cry in my beer if i had any I didnt want the user going to those last four columns so i turned it to three and it looked good so i made a copy of

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-28 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
yep, that is exactly what happened. Version control? I'm developing this on a computer I gave my mother about 10 years ago because the generator blew up my computer ( no electricity, no running water, no beer ). I was a firm believer in sourcesafe and still am, but resources, I have none grin

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-28 Thread Frank Cazabon
On 28/04/2014 09:03 AM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote: yep, that is exactly what happened. Version control? I'm developing this on a computer I gave my mother about 10 years ago because the generator blew up my computer ( no electricity, no running water, no beer ). I was a firm believer in

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-28 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
I hear you. Nope, this was my problem because I have been creating a new folder when I made changes. Just my inexperience with the forms. When I changed columncount to 3 and pressed CTRL E to see what it looked like, it asked me if I wanted to save my changes, and being pressed for time, I said

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-28 Thread Kurt @ VR-FX
But - Ur not getting paid to make this Auction App??? Just curious... -K- On 4/27/2014 2:11 PM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote: what language? I'm looking for something I can develop and sell so that maybe I can make a living in these unemployable days. On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Alan

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-28 Thread Kurt @ VR-FX
Great phrasing on that one Alan - you really made me Laugh! -K- On 4/27/2014 4:52 PM, Alan Bourke wrote: ...web development is such a monumental ballache. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-28 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
nope. I proposed a win / win for them where they would pay me 2,000 over a 4 week period which would get me though this bad month and when my ranch deal closes next month, I would donate the money back to help the veterans. So far it hasn't materialized, but that's fine as I would have done it

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-28 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
Kurt, I just realized the main intent of your question. Study Philippe Khan http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borland Probably way before your time, but if memory serves me right, he came out with a program (turbo pascal) I think it was, and sold it for around $45 bucks each and got his start that

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-28 Thread Alan Bourke
On Mon, Apr 28, 2014, at 02:43 PM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote: bottom line, if you can come up with a program that has a very large client base, even for a few bucks, you can make a reasonable living. Just ask the developers of Candy Crush Saga, in fact if you're like them you can steal

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-28 Thread Kurt @ VR-FX
Nope - no actual underlying intent to my question. Only trying to see if you were getting paid for the project - as I had HOPED you were - since I knew about your financial situation recently... -K- On 4/28/2014 9:43 AM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote: Kurt, I just realized the main intent of

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-28 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
appreciate the concern. Unless something falls apart, I should make about 35K next month. The plan is to buy a car so I can get to san antonio and austin, and start rubbing shoulders down at places like geekdom until I can get back to work. I've got a pickup, but it won't make it there every day,

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-28 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
now that is sad. Haven't heard about that On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Alan Bourke alanpbou...@fastmail.fmwrote: On Mon, Apr 28, 2014, at 02:43 PM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote: bottom line, if you can come up with a program that has a very large client base, even for a few bucks,

RE: what a pain grids are

2014-04-28 Thread Allen
Not only that but you make fortunes from mugs that cheat Al -Original Message- Just ask the developers of Candy Crush Saga, in fact if you're like them you can steal all your ideas from other game developers, sell for a low price, and STILL make a mint.

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-28 Thread Jeff Johnson
I haven't been following the whole thread but I saw SyncBack and thought I would pipe in. I have been using it for years and have recommended it to clients that want to control their own backups. The scheduling works great. It works great for backups. I mess up all the time and go to the

RE: what a pain grids are

2014-04-28 Thread Dave Crozier
+1 for Syncback and you can upload to Cloud/FTP. Well priced and reliable. Dave -Original Message- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Jeff Johnson Sent: 28 April 2014 15:38 To: profox@leafe.com Subject: Re: what a pain grids are I haven't been following

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-27 Thread Alan Bourke
Think they're bad in VFP, try finding one that works in a web application that doesn't require 4 weeks of learning how to set it up, or paying Telerik or someone a grand for theirs. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance:

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-27 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
for those following along with an interest in grids, believe it or not, this seems to have fixed it. You can download the compiled exe at http://www.VirgilBierschwale.com in a bit ( I need to zip it and upload it after testing a few more things) if you want to play with it to see what I'm doing,

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-27 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
what language? I'm looking for something I can develop and sell so that maybe I can make a living in these unemployable days. On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 11:26 AM, Alan Bourke alanpbou...@fastmail.fmwrote: Think they're bad in VFP, try finding one that works in a web application that doesn't

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-27 Thread Alan Bourke
On Sun, Apr 27, 2014, at 07:11 PM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote: what language? Well, I'd say if you can come up with a ASP.NET server-side grid that: * Supports Web Forms, MVC and Razor views and Twitter Bootstrap and HTML5 * Supports binding to object data sources, JSON * Supports paging,

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-27 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
I hear you on the web development ache. On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 3:52 PM, Alan Bourke alanpbou...@fastmail.fmwrote: On Sun, Apr 27, 2014, at 07:11 PM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote: what language? Well, I'd say if you can come up with a ASP.NET server-side grid that: * Supports Web Forms,

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-27 Thread Frank Cazabon
On 26/04/2014 02:04 PM, Virgil Bierschwale wrote: 2. Use the builder to add your columns (fields) You can get to all the columns by setting the columncount property of the grid. You'll then need to manually set the control source for each column. That's pretty much what the wizard did for

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-27 Thread Frank Cazabon
On 26/04/2014 10:38 PM, Geoff Flight wrote: I still don't understand 'sparse' and whenever I add a checkbox I need to mess around with it. :) If there are multiple controls in a column with one set as the active control and sparse is .T. then only the current row will show the active control.

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-27 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
Thanks I just learned one thing the hardway about the columncount so i called it a day and i would cry in my beer if i had any I didnt want the user going to those last four columns so i turned it to three and it looked good so i made a copy of the form and somewhere in all that i lost my valid

what a pain grids are

2014-04-26 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
Just kidding. But for the newbies out there like myself. The secret seems to be to: 1. Add your table via the data environment. 2. Use the builder to add your columns (fields) This will expose the column valid and stuff like that where you can add something like this WAIT WINDOW

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-26 Thread Tormey
Virgil if you qualify as an newby, must still be in baby infants. I gave up years ago, and stayed with our C Clipper style equivalent in VFP 5.0 Not very fancy, does have stored procs, valids and table an index management. Dead simple and fast to implement and at run time. Users are all

Re: what a pain grids are

2014-04-26 Thread Virgil Bierschwale
Hey What can i say Last time i did development was in the 90's Did business and systems analyst type work and project management after that So yes Im a newbie On Apr 26, 2014 3:52 PM, Tormey supportforamlirel...@indigo.ie wrote: Virgil if you qualify as an newby, must still be in baby

RE: what a pain grids are

2014-04-26 Thread Geoff Flight
Bierschwale Sent: Sunday, 27 April 2014 3:34 AM To: ProFox Email List Subject: what a pain grids are Just kidding. But for the newbies out there like myself. The secret seems to be to: 1. Add your table via the data environment. 2. Use the builder to add your columns (fields) This will expose