ProFox June 2019

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Funny bug
by Bill Anderson 07 Jun '19

07 Jun '19

DECLARE Next(1, 1) Next(1) = .F. && Boom! Bill Anderson --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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RE: Funny bug
by Paul H. Tarver 07 Jun '19

07 Jun '19

>>> I hope that means dollarful (as opposed to doleful). Time will tell, but I'm slinging a lot of code, so that's hopeful! Paul H. Tarver -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Gene Wirchenko Sent: Friday, June 07, 2019 1:26 PM To: profoxtech(a)leafe.com Subject: RE: Funny bug At 15:16 2019-06-06, "Paul H. Tarver" <paul(a)tpcqpc.com> wrote: >This made me think that we should hold a contest on this support network to >create the most convoluted way to do something simple like assign a >particular value to a variable. A Rube Goldberg Programming challenge. I >believe with the sense of humor the members here have, it would be an >absolute hoot to see how complicated we could make a simple variable >assignment and extra points for obfuscating the code as well. I had an idea once of having a contest for the most convoluted way to exit a form normally. You could have validations having to be performed in a certain order (remarkably different from Z-order, of course) and other such nasties. However, the only reason I am ever on the Dark Side is for the odd cookie so I demurred. >Then again, I've been so busy lately, I fell off the stats two months in a >row. A blessing for sure, but still... I hope that means dollarful (as opposed to doleful). [snip] Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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Re: Funny bug
by Gene Wirchenko 06 Jun '19

06 Jun '19

At 11:47 2019-06-06, AntÃ³nio Tavares Lopes <atlopes(a)gmail.com> wrote: > display <the alias of your table>.status > would dismiss the need for any "correction". > It's the same principle of using mdot *wherever* possible. I think I prefer the principle of not typing so much by remembering the language rules. [snip] Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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Re: Funny bug
by António Tavares Lopes 06 Jun '19

06 Jun '19

display <the alias of your table>.status would dismiss the need for any "correction". It's the same principle of using mdot *wherever* possible. On Thu, Jun 6, 2019 at 7:06 PM Gene Wirchenko <gene(a)shaw.ca> wrote: > At 06:50 2019-06-06, AntÃ³nio Tavares Lopes <atlopes(a)gmail.com> wrote: > >That's a compelling argument for the use of mdot *whenever* possible! > > > >m.Next(1) = .F. && no-boom! > > Hardly. It *is* an argument for not using > language keywords as names. There are other > contexts when m. would not work for this. I once > created a table with a column named status. One > time, I wanted to see all of the values of this column. > display status > did not give me the expected output. I corrected the table. > > [snip] > > Sincerely, > > Gene Wirchenko > > [excessive quoting removed by server]

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Re: Funny bug
by Gene Wirchenko 06 Jun '19

06 Jun '19

At 06:06 2019-06-06, Ted Roche <tedroche(a)gmail.com> wrote: >On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 7:59 PM Bill Anderson <billand88(a)gmail.com> wrote: > > > DECLARE Next(1, 1) > > Next(1) = .F. && Boom! Naughty, naughty! Using a keyword as a name. VFP does let you get away with it much of the time. My observation is that if the keyword is not being used in its keyword sense in the context, you can get away with it. Does this sound like a guarantee? No, so I still do not use it. Except when I did by accident. See my other post about display status. >Thank you for contacting ProFox technical support. Your email is important >to us. Please read this entire message before replying, as our options have >recently changed. ... for values of "recently" exceeding ten years. Some of us moved to this department, some of us moved to that department, etc. Lots of options. Your options? Well, no. [snip] FoxPro has improved greatly over the years (prior to the last ten or so), and you may benefit from upgrading to a later version. Going from 2.x to 3 or from 3 to 5 have been popular as they allow you to upgrade your hardware as well rewriting. Similarly, you may benefit from going from 5 to 6 or 6 to 7 or 7 to 8 or 8 to 9 or 9 to^W^W^W. >Thank you for using ProFox technical support. We appreciate that you have >many choices in FoxPro support, and greatly value your loyalty. Please >ensure that your tray is stowed, your seat is in its upright position and >note that the nearest exit may be behind you. FoxPro support is behind you (about ten years) so try a user group. <click> Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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Re: Funny bug
by Gene Wirchenko 06 Jun '19

06 Jun '19

At 06:50 2019-06-06, AntÃ³nio Tavares Lopes <atlopes(a)gmail.com> wrote: >That's a compelling argument for the use of mdot *whenever* possible! > >m.Next(1) = .F. && no-boom! Hardly. It *is* an argument for not using language keywords as names. There are other contexts when m. would not work for this. I once created a table with a column named status. One time, I wanted to see all of the values of this column. display status did not give me the expected output. I corrected the table. [snip] Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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[NF] Remember the days when M$ didn't care?
by Stephen Russell 06 Jun '19

06 Jun '19

Now it looks like other companies are caring less as well. https://www.androidauthority.com/beitaad-google-play-store-994796/ -- 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: ProFox List Statistics for May 2019
by Ted Roche 05 Jun '19

05 Jun '19

On Sun, Jun 2, 2019 at 2:09 AM Gene Wirchenko <gene(a)shaw.ca> wrote: > At 22:55 2019-06-01, List Administrator Account <listmom(a)leafe.com> wrote: > >================================================== > >ProFox List Statistics > >May 2019 > > [snip] > > >Top 20 Contributors by Number of Non-OT Posts > >------------------------------------------------ > >| Posts Contributor | > >------------------------------------------------ > > 1. 17 MB Software Solutions, LLC > > 2. 15 Gene Wirchenko > > Did anyone else notice the universe lurching? > > [snip] > > I thought something was a bit... askew. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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[NF] Lianja and Python
by juergen＠wondzinski.de 05 Jun '19

05 Jun '19

For those dabbling around with Python, this maybe is interesting: Lianja (aka VFP11) has now upgraded their builtin Python engine from 2.7 to 3.7. You have the full Lianja Framework to use with Python just as you do with Lianja/VFP, JavaScript and PHP. wOOdy --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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[NF] Fun with Table of Contents in MS Word 2016 (...NOT FUN)
by MB Software Solutions, LLC 04 Jun '19

04 Jun '19

Inherited somebody's document, needed to make edits, but when I rebuild the content, the TOC puts the Section# just ahead of the PageNumber when imaging the page# on the far right. See screenshot: https://www.screencast.com/t/46q8EBqzE Anybody come across and slay this beast in the past??!!?? tia, --Mike --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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