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VFP9SP2 apps on Citrix
by mbsoftwaresolutions＠mbsoftwaresolutions.com 14 Aug '17

14 Aug '17

Anyone have VFP apps running on Citrix? Any special configurations that have to be done? Any gotchas? A potential client of mine uses Citrix and is very happy with it. He said they basically wipe/replace the image daily. I guess that way they don't have to worry about viruses? If I were to develop a desktop app for them, I'd have to consider how to upgrade it easily. He said updating/creating the image is usually painful and takes a long time. tia, --Mike

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Re: [NF] Windows updates August problems?
by Ken Dibble 11 Aug '17

11 Aug '17

>Later, "Restart Now or Restart Later?" revealed that some of the >recent updates STILL were not successfully installed. Restarted. > >Lather, rinse and repeat the above three times. A recent Win 10 update broke the Update History. Could that be why the user thinks nothing has been installed? http://www.computerworld.com/article/3214488/microsoft-windows/windows-10-1… Windows Automatic Updates. Just Say No. (TM) Ken Dibble www.stic-cil.org

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Re: [NF] Windows updates August problems?
by Gene Wirchenko 11 Aug '17

11 Aug '17

At 10:30 2017-08-10, Ted Roche <tedroche(a)gmail.com> wrote: [snip] >And as a double-bonus, if you had any updates hidden, say because they >corrupted your machine, the cumulative update un-hid them so they get >applied and, *boom*. > >How can you not love the company that does this? I can very easily not love the company that does this. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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Re: [NF] Windows updates August problems?
by Gene Wirchenko 11 Aug '17

11 Aug '17

At 03:18 2017-08-10, Ted Roche <tedroche(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 8:37 PM, Ken Dibble <krdibble(a)stny.rr.com> wrote: [snip] > > Windows Automatic Updates. Just Say No. (TM) > >Yeah, a mixed blessing at its very best. A lot of folks wouldn't >update at all if the machine didn't do it for them, but I'd really >like to wait 48 hours and let other people find out the updates aren't >working. You have another option depending on whether you want those other people to be your clients. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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Re: [NF] Windows updates August problems?
by Ken Dibble 10 Aug '17

10 Aug '17

>And as a double-bonus, if you had any updates hidden, say because they >corrupted your machine, the cumulative update un-hid them so they get >applied and, *boom*. > >How can you not love the company that does this? <Tweety Bird>I DO! I DO love them!</Tweety Bird> We STILL do not have any Windows 10 machines (and I have ten never-used Win 7 boxes still in inventory for future expansion) for this reason. But see, I think that the Windows 10 forced update "feature" is actually a design bug that has caused Microsoft to achieve only 50% of its projected adoption rate for this OS (even though they gave away most of those adoptions for free and deliberately tricked and defrauded a lot of people into the "adoption"). Eventually somebody over there is going to wake up and realize this fact, and fix it. They keep inching toward it with some little change every few months. So when they finally return to full user-control of updates, then I will be able to avail myself of what is otherwise, according to many reports, a pretty good operating system. Ken

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Southwest Fox 2017: Extending Early-bird Deadline
by Rick Schummer 09 Aug '17

09 Aug '17

Ooops, we goofed! One of the us went on vacation and completely forgot to schedule the end of July reminder to get registered before the Southwest Fox 2017 Early-bird deadline. So to make up for this colossal mistake, we have decided to extend the Early-bird discount of $50 through August 21st. The conference takes place October 26-29, 2017 in Gilbert, Arizona and we really hope you can be there. Head over to the registration Web site today: https://geekgatherings.com/Registration Check out our list of amazing speakers and dig into our session tracks on our site: http://swfox.net. Follow the news about the conference on our blog. Rick, Doug, and Tamar --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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SQL Error
by Gene Wirchenko 09 Aug '17

09 Aug '17

Hello: The following statement throws "SQL: Error correlating fields.": select *; from cwkt; where; funccode="TW" and trndate>={^2017.07.01} and; exists; (; select .t. from ctwc; where; cwkt.clcode=ctwc.clcode and cwkt.wccode=ctwc.wccode and; cwkt.trndate between ctwc.validfr and ctwc.validto; ); order by clcode,wonbr,trndate This statement works: select *; from cwkt; where; funccode="TW" and trndate>={^2017.07.01} and; exists; (; select .t. from ctwc; where; cwkt.clcode=ctwc.clcode and cwkt.wccode=ctwc.wccode and; cwkt.trndate>=ctwc.validfr and cwkt.trndate<=ctwc.validto; ); order by clcode,wonbr,trndate The only difference is the second line of the nested select's where expression. The first uses between, and the second uses >= and <=. What am I missing? Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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Fwd: 2017 News from Hentzenwerke Publishing!
by Michael J. Babcock 09 Aug '17

09 Aug '17

Got this from HWP (Whil) today. If you didn't get one, you can probably still use that same link (not sure if that cryptic string is specific to me or not?) to add yourself to his mailing list. The only VFP10 I've heard is some modified Chinese version, which I'm not sure I'd ever use. Still, VFP9SP2, as old as it is, still kicks ass! --- MICHAEL J. BABCOCK, MCP President/Chief Software Architect MB Software Solutions, LLC _"Let us help you work smarter--not harder--with MB Software Solutions!"_ phone: 717.350.2759 website: http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com [1]user login: http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com/user [2] remote support: https://get.teamviewer.com/WorkSmarter [3] facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MBSoftwareSolutions [4] twitter: @MBSS_Smart (https://twitter.com/MBSS_Smart) [5] linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-j-babcock-33286 [6] -------- Original Message -------- SUBJECT: 2017 News from Hentzenwerke Publishing! DATE: 2017-08-04 01:15 FROM: Hentzenwerke Books <books(a)hentzenwerke.com> TO: mbabcock(a)mbsoftwaresolutions.com Happy Summer, Michael! It's been a long time since you've heard from us.... but in the words of the peasant in Monty Python/Holy Grail, "I'm not dead yet." 2017 is a big year. Three new books already released: VFP 10, Gmail, SQLite. And three more in the works. And we're continuing to develop new VFP applications and convert Fox 1/2.x to VFP. Want to hear more? We've been transitioning our email system from homegrown to an outside service. If you'd like to continue hearing from us, please confirm your interest by filling out this MailChimp form: http://eepurl.com/OuU7L [7] Your HWP Customer Number is (removed). We'll be announcing the details on our new books via our MailChimp list by the end of August! Whil Hentzen Hentzenwerke Publishing Links: ------ [1] http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com [2] http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com/user [3] https://get.teamviewer.com/WorkSmarter [4] https://www.facebook.com/MBSoftwareSolutions/ [5] https://twitter.com/MBSS_Smart [6] https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-j-babcock-33286/ [7] http://eepurl.com/OuU7L --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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Report Anomaly
by John Weller 08 Aug '17

08 Aug '17

I have written a membership system for a local organisation. I decided to add a facility to email a membership card to a member instead of posting it. I created a report which consists of a jpg image containing the background and base text, a scan of the original blank card, with 3 fields superimposed to hold name, membership no and expiry date. The image is in the page header section as it uses global variables for the data; I tried putting it in the body and using a single record cursor but the system insisted on producing three cards on the same sheet for some reason. The card is produced as a PDF using FoxyPreviewer and sent as an attachment. When I run it from VFP as an app it works perfectly but when I run it from the exe the report contains the data but not the background image. I'm baffled! Any suggestions would be gratefully received :-) John John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631

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Re: GETFILE() Returns Empty String in Some Cases
by Ken Dibble 08 Aug '17

08 Aug '17

>Permissions issue on the folder or on the selected file? I don't see how. In both cases it's me doing the test, on the same computer, with the same folder and file, with the same domain administrator account. Ken Dibble www.stic-cil.org

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