ProFox April 2016

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Re: [NF] Win10 Update anyone?
by Ken Dibble 30 May '16

30 May '16

> > Is it possible to stop Windows 10 to automatically install its upgrades? > > > >Absolutely - otherwise nobody would use it in a large corporate >environment. But you need to be on a 'pro/business' edition for that. > >The EULA for the home editions states that MS will download the updates >automatically but you can still choose when to apply them. What I am seeing is that, using a single workstation, you can delay downloading and/or installing updates indefinitely by a number of means, including turning off the Windows Update Service. What you CANNOT do is pick and choose which specific updates to install. You either block all of them, or you are forced to accept all of them. (Yeah, you can let them all be installed, then go and revert some of them and "hide" them after the fact--if they haven't already hosed your computer. Not an acceptable work-around.) The only way I can see to get control over individual updates is to use the Pro or Enterprise version with a WSUS server. Sure, we all have one of those at home.... Ken Dibble www.stic-cil.org

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[OT]
by Adam Buckland 12 May '16

12 May '16

So this is before Super Duper Tuesday gets into force.... So Who's gonna win... Hillary or Trump? Outside the USA... but can vote... ;-) Adam

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Odd menu behavior in Win7Pro/VFP9SP2 all of the sudden
by mbsoftwaresolutions＠mbsoftwaresolutions.com 07 May '16

07 May '16

All of the sudden, when I go into VFP and choose something off the main menu, the dropdown area appears but it's all blank. As I scroll down over where the item choices would be, they appear as I scan over them. Same Windows version. Not sure if a recent Windows Update caused it? Very weird. Has anyone seen this? Visual FoxPro 09.00.0000.7423 for Windows [Feb 23 2009 13:20:28] Product ID 76683-120-0083971-18373

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Swap two variables
by Laurie Alvey 04 May '16

04 May '16

I'm sure we're all familiar with the standard way to swap two variables: LOCAL p, q p = 1 q = 2 Swap(@p, @q) && pass by reference PROCEDURE Swap(v1, v2) LOCAL dum dum = v1 v1 = v2 v2 = dum ENDPROC Using this technique to swap two array elements doesn't work. If you try this: LOCAL ARRAY a[2] a[1] = 1 a[2] = 2 Swap(@a[1], @a[2]) you'll get Error 11. Instead, this will work: LOCAL ARRAY a[2] a[1] = 1 a[2] = 2 ASwap(@a, 1, 2) PROCEDURE ASwap(p, i1, i2) *!* i1 and i2 are the ELEMENT numbers to be swapped LOCAL dum dum = p[i1] p[i1] = p[i2] p[i2] = dum ENDPROC Laurie --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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[NF] ITunes is the same old crap
by Stephen Russell 29 Apr '16

29 Apr '16

http://qz.com/666078/itunes-is-13-years-old-today-and-its-still-awful/ -- Stephen Russell Sr. Analyst Ring Container Technology Oakland TN 901.246-0159 cell --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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[NF] Win10 Update anyone?
by Stephen Russell 29 Apr '16

29 Apr '16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VMPeTrHNX1U -- Stephen Russell Sr. Analyst Ring Container Technology Oakland TN 901.246-0159 cell --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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RE: A Curious Find: FoxTales
by Kurt Wendt 28 Apr '16

28 Apr '16

Yes - it is entertaining - getting a look at the inside of the Fox co.! Its also fun reading about the development of FoxPro - which they originally codenamed FireFox. And, remembering the excitement of it first being unveiled by Dave himself at the Fox Dev. conf. I attended. So - in reading this book - I can Seriously relate to my own experiences - originally working w/Foxbase+, then being the 1st at my job to get to play with FoxPro. Although, I just finished the chapter where this programmer woman named Carol was fired. And, Kerry & the others thought it strange when it happened - especially since Dave had another programmer, Chris, fire the woman instead of himself. Interesting indeed Momma! Regards, Kurt Wendt Consultant Tel. +1-212-747-9100 www.GlobeTax.com -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Gene Wirchenko Sent: Wednesday, March 02, 2016 2:04 PM To: profoxtech(a)leafe.com Subject: Re: A Curious Find: FoxTales At 12:04 2016-03-01, Kurt Wendt <Kurt_Wendt(a)globetax.com> wrote: [snip] >However, when I did find - was a small book called FoxTales: Behind the >Scenes at Fox Software. And, in the past I have read some true stories >about technology - like "Mind of a New Machine" and "iWoz". >So - I figured this would be interesting. And, indeed - Kerry Nietz is >doing a great job in telling of the story. Am at the point in the book >where the product was renamed from FireFox to FoxPro - and Kerry is >relaying his work in creating the Report Writer (originally based upon >a 3rd party program - which they then integrated into FoxPro for DOS). A great book. I looked, and, yes, it is on the shelf about five feet away. I should reread it. [snip] Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko [excessive quoting removed by server]

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Using the Windows Event Log from Visual FoxPro
by Chris Davis 26 Apr '16

26 Apr '16

Hi Don't suppose anyone still has a copy of this? "Using the Windows Event Log from Visual FoxPro<http://www.craigberntson.com/docs/eventlog.pdf>" http://www.craigberntson.com/docs/eventlog.pdf Thanks Chris. Chris Davis Acton Gate Systems Limited We are moving! Please note our new address from 1st Feb Hilton Hall Business Centre Hilton Lane Essington West Midlands WV11 2BQ M: 07966 020473 *: chrisd(a)actongate.co.uk Web<mailto:chrisd@actongate.co.uk%0bWeb>: www.actongate.co.uk<http://www.actongate.co.uk/> ______________________________________________________________________ This email has been scanned by the Symantec Email Security.cloud service. For more information please visit http://www.symanteccloud.com ______________________________________________________________________ --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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Top-Level forms with Modal In-Top-Level forms
by Mike Copeland 24 Apr '16

24 Apr '16

All, I have that "seen it before" nagging feeling about this problem...that I've seen the problem discussed here but I haven't located any answers. I have a form set as "As Top-Level Form" I have a second, modal form, set as "In Top-Level Form" After closing the second, modal form with close button on the second form, the close button on the Top-Level Form is not clickable (dimmed out) so you can't click it and shut the program down. But if you click "somewhere else" on the desktop, anywhere other than the Top-Level Form of the Foxpro VFP9 SP2 application, then you CAN click back on the Top-Level form and the close button is bright red and can now be clicked and the program closes. What in the heck is causing that and more important what is the workaround? Thanks for any advice! Mike Copeland

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Windows 10 and SAMBA 3 Surprise
by Ken Dibble 22 Apr '16

22 Apr '16

I have finally gotten around to testing a Win 10 box on my network. Windows 10 Enterprise 2015 LTSB (Long Term Servicing Branch) Evaluation version 10240 The first thing I tested was, could I use the registry hacks for Windows 7 and 8 to get the machine to join my SAMBA 3 NT-emulating "domain". The answer is..... YES! I can access network resources from this box just as I do on a Win 7 machine. This despite everything that everybody who should know about it has told me, including people I trust. Good thing I tested it, eh? For the record, the hacks are: HKLM\System\CCS\Services\LanManWorkstation\Parameters Add a new DWORD called "DomainCompatibilityMode" and set it to 1 Add a new DWORD called "DNSNameResolutionRequired" and set it to 0 Ken Dibble www.stic-cil.org

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