ProFox November 2021

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looking for a multi-user alternative to view gmail emails
by Ken McGinnis 16 Dec '21

16 Dec '21

looking for a multi-user alternative (to MS Exchange) to view gmail emails For more than 10 years I have been using a gmail account for users to send support questions. I had that gmail account linked (somehow) to MS Exchange hosted by Rackspace. This was recommended by someone on this list. It has been working for >10 years and I have long-since forgotten how I set all that stuff up. Now Rackspace no longer supports Exchange 2007 and the Outlook 2007 client that we use to access exchange and see the emails that came into gmail. Hope that makes sense. I think it should be simple to have imap and/or POP in the gmail account activated (which it/they is/areprofox(a)leafe.com) It seems like Exchange should be able to 'poll' the gmail server and download the email (hope that makes sense). Somehow the people at Rackspace don't know what I am talking about?? the support person today says I need to set up MX records in gmail so gmail will send to exchange? that does not make any sense to me. I admit that I may not be the youngest person on this list, but I am still alive and I love VFP and most of the support issues. Anyone out there know what I am missing? Thx in advance Ken -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus

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ReFox Or Something Like It
by Paul H. Tarver 19 Nov '21

19 Nov '21

Ok, confession time: I've never had to un-compile a Foxpro .exe file. I've prided myself on doing a pretty good job of backing up and protecting my source code. Until today when I ran into a situation with a client who has an application I last compiled in 2018. At some point after that compilation, I must have accidently deleted one of the forms used by the application. I still have a previous copy of the form from 2016, but there changes made in between. I've checked every backup I have and apparently the deletion must have occurred more than a year ago. I was aware that ReFox exists and since I do have the 2018 version of the compiled application, I figured I would try ReFox to extract the form so I could edit the 2016 version of the form to update the old version to the latest version. However, every time I try to download the latest version of Refox, it gets either blocked by my browser or it immediately gets deleted by my antivirus even though I've told both to allow the download. So my question is this: Is ReFox the way to go or is there another way I can accomplish this? Thanks in advance! Paul H. Tarver Tarver Program Consultants, Inc. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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For all of you Forms guys...
by Stephen Russell 19 Nov '21

19 Nov '21

Major improvements in the Forms side of .NET. https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/whats-new-in-windows-forms-in-net-6-0/ I haven't done a forms based app for others in decades but you guys and possibly gals still do. Here is a code base that keeps getting improvements and or updates and will allow you to write for linux or mac as well. -- 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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Reprots Field Properties override options
by Tracy Pearson 18 Nov '21

18 Nov '21

Hello everyone, Is there something someone has already done to override the Fox Pro reports Field Properties and Page Setup dialogs? When the application is configured to be DPI Aware, these will not bitmap scale and become fuzzy. They remain small and unreadable. There are other issues with the report writer as well that may need to addressed in VFP A. Thank you, Tracy

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[NF] you are...
by Stephen Russell 11 Nov '21

11 Nov '21

He: You are the ';' to my code. She: I code in Python. -- 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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looking docs or code for reading and exporting vfp menus that I can understand
by Jeff Roberts 10 Nov '21

10 Nov '21

I've inherited a couple of fairly large VFP apps and I have been trying to read the menu files and build some documentation automatically. I am more or less wanting to process a mnx file to build either a tree-view type document or just a plain text list that includes how to get to the menu item and what command it runs. I have looked at the code for genmenu, genmenux, the oop menu project on vfpx, as well as a few snippets I found online but I am still very confused on what the records and fields mean. I didn't think I was too bad of a FoxPro programmer but trying to trace the code in genmenu makes me feel pretty dumb honestly. I can get at the prompt and the command it runs without too much issue but I am struggling trying to document the hierarchy (from the main menu to an option on a submenu or sub-submenu. Could anyone point me to some documentation for foxpro menu tables, or some fairly simple code I could read to try and wrap my head around how it works? Thanks! -- Jeff Roberts | jefflroberts(a)gmail.com --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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Fatal error 708 while trying to report error 708 -- do I win a prize???
by MB Software Solutions, LLC 09 Nov '21

09 Nov '21

My Fox seemed to have that deer in the headlights after some FRX testing. Got this error after trying to quit after selecting each of the datasessions open: https://www.screencast.com/t/eVtnBdvsvmt I think I at least deserve a t-shirt for that or something. (Everybody say together now..... "...or something." Kinda Airplane-esque: https://youtu.be/3qNtyfZP8bE) lol -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP Fox/VFP dev since 1997 Developer of FabNet estimating software - mbsoftwaresolutions.com

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Re: AW: [NF] Windows 10 32 bit on current Hardware
by Philip Borkholder 04 Nov '21

04 Nov '21

Thanks Woody! ---------- Original Message ---------- From: J�rgen Wondzinski <juergen(a)wondzinski.de> To: profoxtech(a)leafe.com Subject: AW: [NF] Windows 10 32 bit on current Hardware Date: Thu, 4 Nov 2021 15:56:16 +0100 I don't know any reason, why a regular PC would block installation of a 32Bit Windows version. Haven't heard about that. If everything fails, you could always just install a Win32 version in a local HyperV or VM-Player. wOOdy -----Urspr�ngliche Nachricht----- Von: ProFox <profox-bounces(a)leafe.com> Im Auftrag von Philip Borkholder Gesendet: Donnerstag, 4. November 2021 15:39 An: profox(a)leafe.com Betreff: Re: [NF] Windows 10 32 bit on current Hardware Hello, I have a customer who is still running a FoxPro 2.6 application and has been for years. Their hardware is getting old and their IT/Network group is telling me that they've tried to install WIndows 10 32 bit on several new workstations and both Intel and AMD CPU based PC's are denying the ability to install the 32 bit version of Windows 10. They say neither AMD nor Intel are allowing the 32 bit installation to start. Has anyone run into this recently? Does anyone have any suggestions or work arounds? There are a lot of "well it should work" comments I've been given but has anyone actually been able to do it on new hardware? Thanks, Philip B. Vicksburg, MI [excessive quoting removed by server]

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Re: [NF] Windows 10 32 bit on current Hardware
by Philip Borkholder 04 Nov '21

04 Nov '21

Hello, I have a customer who is still running a FoxPro 2.6 application and has been for years. Their hardware is getting old and their IT/Network group is telling me that they've tried to install WIndows 10 32 bit on several new workstations and both Intel and AMD CPU based PC's are denying the ability to install the 32 bit version of Windows 10. They say neither AMD nor Intel are allowing the 32 bit installation to start. Has anyone run into this recently? Does anyone have any suggestions or work arounds? There are a lot of "well it should work" comments I've been given but has anyone actually been able to do it on new hardware? Thanks, Philip B. Vicksburg, MI

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Re: [NF] Windows 10 32 bit on current Hardware
by Philip Borkholder 04 Nov '21

04 Nov '21

Thanks Alan, I'm aware of that. I had asked these guys to install it themselves and not rely on the OEM purchase. They could not get the 64 bit hardware to even recognise the installer. I found this info after I first sent the email and since I don't work with hardware, I'm not sure how significant this is. I sent it to them. Only 64 Bit Windows OS support a UEFI Boot, so if you want to install 32 Bit you will need to use a Legacy Boot. In the UEFI BIOS Setup you need: • Disable Secure Boot • Enable Legacy a Legacy Boot • Enable Legacy ROMS The Bootable USB should be made with Rufus. Use: • The MBR Partition Scheme • NTFS Format ---------- Original Message ---------- From: "Alan Bourke" <alanpbourke(a)fastmail.fm> To: profoxtech(a)leafe.com Subject: Re: [NF] Windows 10 32 bit on current Hardware Date: Thu, 04 Nov 2021 14:48:14 +0000 They have stopped releasing 32 bit OEM builds as of Windows 10 2004. So all new machines from OEMs are 64 bit, as are all OEM installers. It could be that. I bet an off the shelf 32 bit consumer SKU would work. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm On Thu, 4 Nov 2021, at 2:38 PM, Philip Borkholder wrote: > Hello, > > I have a customer who is still running a FoxPro 2.6 application and has > been for years. > Their hardware is getting old and their IT/Network group is telling me > that they've tried to install WIndows 10 32 bit on several new > workstations and both Intel and AMD CPU based PC's are denying the > ability to install the 32 bit version of Windows 10. > They say neither AMD nor Intel are allowing the 32 bit installation to > start. > > Has anyone run into this recently? Does anyone have any suggestions or > work arounds? > There are a lot of "well it should work" comments I've been given but > has anyone actually been able to do it on new hardware? > > Thanks, > > Philip B. > Vicksburg, MI > [excessive quoting removed by server]

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