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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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[NF] Ransomware
by John Weller 02 Oct '17

02 Oct '17

There was an interesting talk on the BBC yesterday on the recent internet ransom attacks. I didn't hear the talk myself but a friend told me about it. One of the interviewees was from Europol's European Cybercrime Centre and he recommended their website https://www.nomoreransom.org/about-the-project.html which has decryption tools for a number of recent viruses. Could be useful. John John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631

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[FW] Programming language life expectancy
by Man-wai Chang 10 Sep '17

10 Sep '17

-------- Forwarded Message -------- Path: eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5(a)gmail.com> Newsgroups: comp.lang.fortran,comp.lang.c,comp.lang.c++ Subject: "Programming language life expectancy" Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 20:08:20 -0500 Message-ID: <oo7na9$r8v$1(a)dont-email.me> Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.fortran:69454 comp.lang.c:197385 comp.lang.c++:101574 "Programming language life expectancy" <https://www.johndcook.com/blog/2017/08/19/programming-language-life-expecta…> "The Lindy effect says that what’s been around the longest is likely to remain around the longest. It applies to creative artifacts, not living things. A puppy is likely to live longer than an elderly dog, but a book that has been in press for a century is likely to be in press for another century." "“We don’t know what language engineers will be coding in in the year 2100. However, we do know that it will be called FORTRAN.” — C.A.R. Hoare" Lynn -- .~. Might, Courage, Vision. SINCERITY! / v \ 64-bit Fedora 25 Server Spin /( _ )\ http://sites.google.com/site/changmw ^ ^ May the Force and farces be with you!

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[NF] do you ever reboot all your servers?
by Stephen Russell 01 Sep '17

01 Sep '17

We are rebooting all of our ERP virtual and IRON db servers a second time today. Who knows what went on but the messenger service to the ERP is not doing what is should. Let us kill another 30 min! -- 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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FP DOS app printing to LPT1
by Stephen Russell 30 Aug '17

30 Aug '17

What is the add on I need to find for running my old car lot app on a semi modern machine? An old customer replaced a Win98 machine today. thanks. -- 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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just thanks Tamar E. Granor
by Gary 28 Aug '17

28 Aug '17

Just thank you...[What's new in Nine PG-18.] Since I upgraded to FP-9, I've been stumped nursing all my data driven apps along. All my special properties that make things work were absent... then page 18 ''rt. Click border area', to unhide those needed jewels... thank you, thank you, thank you. Sorry I haven't interacted MUCH, MY OUTLOOK MAKES THREADS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FOLLOW. Gary Jeurink

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Office (Excel) automation with Office365
by mbsoftwaresolutions＠mbsoftwaresolutions.com 27 Aug '17

27 Aug '17

VFP9SP2 Anybody doing VFP/Excel automation coding with Office365? Looks like you get Office 2016 with that subscription. I don't see why it WOULDN'T work but I wanted to check with the forum first before purchasing a subscription. tia, --Mike

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[NF] PeopleSoft learning resources
by Garrett Fitzgerald 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

Hi, all. I've been offered a job working on UMaine's PeopleSoft system, and I want to do some research before I actually start. Does anyone know any good learning resources for it? Thanks. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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Curved monitors
by mbsoftwaresolutions＠mbsoftwaresolutions.com 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

Was looking for new computer monitors at BestBuy yesterday and noticed some curved ones. I knew they had curved TVs but this was the first monitor I saw. I don't know if I'd like dual curved monitors or not. Anybody using them?

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