ProFox January 2016

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Norton will not let me send EXE - Need help fast
by Wes Wilson 19 Apr '16

19 Apr '16

I zip up an exe and send it to my customer as I have done for years. Last week, Norton would not let my customer unzip it. The "Run anyway" did not work. Norton deleted the exe. So I gave the exe a txt extension. Same thing. Did not even let us rename it to exe. It deleted is. We both have the latest version of Norton. Any suggestions? Wes Wilson, President ERW Custom Programming, Inc. Crescent Lake Plaza 5459 Elizabeth Lake Rd. Waterford, MI 48327 (248) 683-4182 LinkedIn Profile www.erw.com weswilson(a)erw.com --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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Re: [ADMIN] Moving leafe.com and dabodev.com servers
by Ken Dibble 15 Feb '16

15 Feb '16

Yes, TW is accepting some email from the lists and delivering it too. I'm subuscribed to prolinux, propython and dabo-users as well. I got the messages (on Jan 12) that were sent on Jan 8 to prolinux and propython (can't recall if I got any at dabo-users right now). But I am NOT getting anything from profox-tech. Other folks using other email providers have reported they aren't getting profox-tech either. It's therefore unlikely to be a problem at the receiving end. And there may be several more people who also aren't getting that list and who, like me, did not think of checking the archives to see if they shouId be expecting anything. Ken

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Multi-Select Grid & Foxite Code Issue (Was...RE: A Question of ListBoxes)
by Kurt Wendt 10 Feb '16

10 Feb '16

Hey Ted, Thanks for "Getting That For me". So - yes, I decided to go the Grid route on this issue. I did look at the 1001/Ch 6 - but, in the webpage it refers to using sample code that came with the book. However, I saw one of the links above it - from Foxite. I decided to implement that code. To be honest - I hadn't sub-classed before, but, I figured it out and made a Grid sub-class. However, I'm having a problem in implementing the code. I implemented everything as stated on this webpage: https://www.foxite.com/faq/default.aspx?id=3# I believe I implemented all the code correctly. However, I'm having a problem with the following lines: WITH THIS .nActiveRow = IIF(.ACTIVEROW = 0, .nActiveRow ,.ACTIVEROW) && Assign value to class property Originally the 2nd line above was as follows: .nActiveRow =.ACTIVEROW && Assign value to class property The problem is - value in ACTIVEROW is Always Zero (a property in the Grid ). I have NO Idea why its always Zero. In theory - if I change to another record - it should be giving the record #. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Regards, Kurt -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ted Roche Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2016 4:50 PM To: profoxtech(a)leafe.com Subject: Re: A Question of ListBoxes... On Thu, Jan 28, 2016 at 4:04 PM, Kurt Wendt <Kurt_Wendt(a)globetax.com> wrote: > > To a certain extent - I agree. If they want a Grid - maybe I should give them one. That being said - I don't think there is a straightforward way in a Grid to Select Multiple items. Am I wrong? Although - After writing the last 2 sentences - some ideas were rolling around in my head about implementing a multi-select in a Grid. Since, at least with me - I know anything is possible - as I've done some interesting screen designs in the past! > Forgive me, but the answer is obviously: http://bfy.tw/3yWI and again, I recommend 1001, Chapter 6 this time. -- Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com [excessive quoting removed by server]

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VFP Colours in Development mode..
by Dave Crozier 02 Feb '16

02 Feb '16

Gentlemen, Just had an observation by one of our users about the "wish wash" colous used in grids to highlight the current row. In development mode these are fine as I specify row highlichting with visual persistence and rcb(0,0,255) as the highlightbackcolor for the grid and a white forecolour so it stands out really well as dark blue background with white writing. No problem there... However, when the program is compiled up into an exe the row highlighting appears a s really light blus back colour with white writing which is almost indistinguishable due to lack of contrast. Has anyone else come across this phaenomena? In al my years I have never noticed it but it has obviously happened. Luckily all the grids we use are subclassed so I can change the look accordingly but the same thing happens when I specify green as the highlight back colour. I appreciate that certain monitors give different "colour hues" but I am running the dev program and the compiled program on the same monitor and still get the different colours... weird! Any ideas? A somewhat confused Dave

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Jeff Johnson
by Fred Taylor 01 Feb '16

01 Feb '16

It's with deep sorrow I report that Jeff Johnson passed away this past Tuesday. He will be truly missed. Fred <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campai…> <#DDB4FAA8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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Re: [NF] security tips from a hacking pro
by Ken Dibble 31 Jan '16

31 Jan '16

>As they say in the article, they hardly ever have to bother paying >for exploits. Perhaps that's what they say, but anything that NSA says is suspect. They did pay for them, and still do. Yup, I did read Countdown to Zero Day, by Kim Zetter, which is largely about Stuxnet, but the book discusses the entire NSA cyber war program and its history. They are stockpiling hundreds of zero day exploits and they are not telling the software vendors, and they are even publicly arguing that this is a good idea. There was a remarkable post last week >on stealing a person's identity via Amazon... >https://medium.com/@espringe/amazon-s-customer-service-backdoor-be375b3428c… Well isn't that special? The only issue I have with the notion that they shouldn't do customer support for people who can't log into their accounts is the one I often have when people say there should be a one-size-fits-all response regarding software: What about blind people who use screen reader software? Amazon's website is not fully accessible to screen reader users. It used to be better but they recently made some changes. I frequently watch my wife, who is blind, struggle for up to an hour to try to find some simple piece of information on the Amazon site that I can find within a few seconds. When people complain about this, Amazon says, well you can always call for support on the phone. So now Eric Springer says she shouldn't be able to do that anymore. And other websites are a lot worse than Amazon on that score. Ken Dibble www.stic-cil.org

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Re: [NF] security tips from a hacking pro
by Ken Dibble 31 Jan '16

31 Jan '16

>http://www.wired.com/2016/01/nsa-hacker-chief-explains-how-to-keep-him-out-… "How the NSA Gets You", eh? How the NSA gets you is by buying zero-day exploits on the black market for tens of thousands of dollars apiece, and stockpiling them, and refusing to inform the software vendors about them so they can be patched, as any ethical IT security professional would do. Ken Dibble www.stic-cil.org

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[NF] Console fonts
by Ted Roche 31 Jan '16

31 Jan '16

A cute little site for playing around with color themes and console fonts. The O'Reilly newsletters says, "Like a new pair of shoes!" http://app.programmingfonts.org/ I spend a lot of time in Linux consoles and vim, and really appreciate Solarized Dark and SourceCodePro, though I see a couple others worth checking out. Note that you can type in the simulated console, which is important if you're checking out key characters like zero. -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

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[NF] VS2015
by Allen Pollard 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

Hi guys. Just wondered if the upgrade to VS 2015 from VS2013 is available in the USA. Over here in Europe it seems we can only buy the whole VS2015 or an upgrade that included MSDN. I don't want MSDN and I don't see why I should pay the whole lot when I have been on VS for years. So can an upgrade be had without MSDN ? Al

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Re: [NF] Ed Yourdon
by Gene Wirchenko 29 Jan '16

29 Jan '16

At 10:43 2016-01-29, Ted Roche <tedroche(a)gmail.com> wrote: >Kent Beck's memorial is touching: > >https://www.facebook.com/notes/kent-beck/memories-of-ed-yourdon/10934219473… My favourite part is this paragraph: The intimacy of his response to my first question gave me courage to ask the question I really wanted to ask: "Why did you charge up the hill carrying the Y2K flag? People are calling you Chicken Little. Your reputation is gone." He replied that he hoped that would be the outcome. If he did nothing, serious problems would ensue for everyone. If he tried and succeeded (which he did), then his reputation was a small price to pay. I was stunned. I had finally built a reputation by that time and I couldn't imagine deliberately sacrificing it. and rather answers about Y2K as raised earlier in this thread. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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