ProFox January 2017

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Google API for Geocoding ... Again
by Dave Crozier 04 Feb '19

04 Feb '19

Fellow Gentlemen, I posted a request about doing geocoding requests to receive back a Lat/Long dataset for various addresses a few weeks ago and now find that Google do in fact provide a Geocoding service: https://developers.google.com/maps/documentation/geocoding/start The responses back from the requests are all JSON from a Java Script API run by Google. I have looked over Rick's Westwind site to try and get a start on using this method to get back a JSON response but seem to be getting nowhere fast. Anyone got any ideas on a simple & neat way of retrieving this data back using VFP programmatically? Either that or anyone know a free Geocoding site that would handle up to 100 name and address calls per day ideally by sending a text file and receiving one back which could be automated from the VFP end. Never even looked at Web services in anger before so it all seems a little baffling and terribly long winded at the moment unless I am missing something obvious. Note I don't want to have to drop into an intermediate program/language to accomplish this, if possible. Dave

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[NF] Maybe THIS is the year for Linux....lol
by mbsoftwaresolutions＠mbsoftwaresolutions.com 09 Aug '18

09 Aug '18

http://tech.firstpost.com/news-analysis/the-great-linux-game-25-years-and-m… How many times have they said "Maybe this year!?!?!"

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RE: CleverFox Backup
by Rick Schummer 01 Feb '17

01 Feb '17

Hi Mike, Sorry for the delay in responding, it is tax season and our software generates 1099s so my time for forums and this list is very limited. I'm glad I took a quick break and saw this today. Yes, I'm a partner at Forward Thinking Software along with Frank Perez. We started building it in late 2014, and went public at Southwest Fox 2015 by showing our beta version and getting feedback from other developers. It went into production in January 2016 and has been rolling for the last year. It has already saved several customers from multiple ransomware attacks, and many others from the normal common hardware failures and power problems, and of course protects from theft, fire and other natural disasters. SET MARKETING ON && for those who are not interested We built this product out of a need to protect our vertical market and custom software customers who do not have an IT person or do not do a good job at backups. It is something we have needed for several years, especially with the advent of the ransomware discussed. It turns out the process of doing the backups was not difficult (time consuming, yes), but the management of the backups, scheduling, monitoring, and reoccurring billing are not trivial. CleverFox Backup backs up VFP data (DBC and/or free tables) even if they are open in shared mode, something other backups sometimes fail to do, or will only do when they table gets closed. It also can do SQL Server backups too, which is perfect for those who are using SQL Server Express, or better. All on a scheduled basis, configurable to be done multiple times a day, week, or month. All it requires is Windows XP and better, and an Internet connection. Management of the backups is done via the Web-based management console either by the customer, their IT people, or you as the developer if given permission by the customer. Naturally it keeps a history of backups in the cloud, and even the local computer depending on how you configure it. Mostly it is a management of the gigabytes allotted. On-the-fly backups can also be initiated via the Web site. Monitoring can be done via the Web site. Emails are configurable upon success, failure or missing (in the case when the user shuts down the computer over the scheduled time). If backup is missed, the backup is performed soon after reboot once the service gets loaded and connects to the Web server. Restores can be initiated from the Web to copy the ZIP file down to the computer. You can also use the System Tray applet to download backups. Someone has to decompress the file from there. Frank also built a REST API for developers who want to interact with the data on the backend of our system too. We have sample code for VFP developers to interact with the API. All the data returned from the API shows up in cursors. The API is documented on the CleverFoxBackup.com site. Plans start as low as US$9.95 a month per device (normally the computer where the data resides). The lowest level works for most customers just fine as VFP data compresses with high efficiency. One side benefit we did not consider when we first put this together is the ability to use the backups to restore to a test folder, or bring down for diagnostics when the software is having a problem and it is related to data. I'm using this feature this morning to set up a test environment for a customer. I'm not just a partner, I am a user. We have this on our own servers, we have it on numerous customer servers and workstations, and several other developers are using it for their customers. We handle all the billing automatically on a monthly basis, and share revenue with partners who are referring their customers to use the software. Give me a call if you (or anyone else on the list) are interested. 586.254.2530. SET MARKETING OFF Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of mbsoftwaresolutions(a)mbsoftwaresolutions.com Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2017 10:23 To: profoxtech(a)leafe.com Subject: CleverFox Backup Rick's snippet from from my last thread: > Ransomware is probably the number one reason we get new subscriptions > to CleverFox Backup these days. People get hit, find giant hole in > their disaster recovery plan, and then get on with solid, scheduled > offsite backups. Rick -- This is the first I'm hearing about this software...sounds great! I'd love to recommend this to my few DBF clients. Is this your company? When did you start it? --Mike [excessive quoting removed by server]

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[NF] Syslog server advice
by Joe Yoder 31 Jan '17

31 Jan '17

I'm thinking to setup a syslog server on my workstation to catch entries from a remote machine over the internet. Does anyone have a free favorite to recommend or warn against? Thanks in advance, Joe --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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[NF] Related Comic
by Gene Wirchenko 30 Jan '17

30 Jan '17

Hello: You might find this amusing: http://www.sheldoncomics.com/archive/120626.html Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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3 days no posts....
by Dave Crozier 28 Jan '17

28 Jan '17

Just to let the rest of the world know we are still here! Dave

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RE: 3 days no posts....
by Jerry Wolper 26 Jan '17

26 Jan '17

> I'm not really here - I'm just a hologram... I thought you were a 3-D print job. -Jerry --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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RE: 3 days no posts....
by Gene Wirchenko 26 Jan '17

26 Jan '17

At 09:58 2017-01-25, "Tracy Pearson" <tracy(a)powerchurch.com> wrote: >Dave Crozier wrote on 2017-01-25: > > Just to let the rest of the world know we are still here! >Good to know. Apparently I'm still here too. You are here? I thought I was the one doing that. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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RE: 3 days no posts....
by Michael Oke, II 25 Jan '17

25 Jan '17

Rain has washed some of us down the mountain we should have never built a house on. ----- Michael Oke, II okeind(a)gmail.com 661-349-6221 Our business is defined by our commitment to our Customers. ----- On Jan 25, 2017 11:29 AM, "Kurt Wendt" <Kurt_Wendt(a)globetax.com> wrote: Hi Dave, I'm not really here - I'm just a hologram... Regards, Kurt Wendt Senior Systems Analyst Tel. +1-212-747-9100 www.GlobeTax.com -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Tracy Pearson Sent: Wednesday, January 25, 2017 12:59 PM To: profoxtech(a)leafe.com Subject: RE: 3 days no posts.... Dave Crozier wrote on 2017-01-25: > Just to let the rest of the world know we are still here! > > Dave > Dave, Good to know. Apparently I'm still here too. Tracy Pearson PowerChurch Software [excessive quoting removed by server]

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Re: [NF] It's PYthon not Py-THAWN.
by Gene Wirchenko 22 Jan '17

22 Jan '17

At 03:47 2017-01-18, Ted Roche <tedroche(a)gmail.com> wrote: >"It's PYthon not Py-THAWN" > >and it's "Jif" A good name for peanut butter. >PoTAYto, POtato. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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