ProFox February 2021

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16 discussions

MYSQL connection
by Rafael Copquin 10 Mar '21

10 Mar '21

I have been using SQL Server Express for years, both on local PC's and the cloud. I am now considering using MYSQL for a new cloud app. I downloaded and installed the MySQL Workbench and can connect to the cloud MYSQL database, directly from the WorkBench. However, I was not successful in connecting to the cloud (or the local host for that matter) from VFP Do I need to download and install an ODBC driver for this? If so,which driver? A code snippet would be of great help Thank you all in advance Rafael Copquin --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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XFRX support
by MB Software Solutions, LLC 23 Feb '21

23 Feb '21

Attn XFRX users, I've emailed XFRX and replied directly to Martina at eqeus(a)eqeus.com and support(a)eqeus.com but gotten no response regarding this question: Hi Martina and team, I did not get a response from you on this. *Does the XFRX Private Cloud solution exist? *I have a client who could use it. _*Please advise ASAP as I need to bid the job.*_ Is there a better space to tap into Martina and the XFRX team? The truth is I'll probably buy this anyway but wondered. tia, --Mike -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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RE: [NF] Thoughts on ultra-wide screen monitors?
by Jürgen Wondzinski 21 Feb '21

21 Feb '21

I'm using a LG 34UC88 with 3440x1440 resolution as main monitor, together with a Iiyama ProLite PL2395 in portrait mode (1200x1920) for Word, PDFs and website (to minimize that stupid downscrolling) wOOdy -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: ProFox <profox-bounces(a)leafe.com> Im Auftrag von Malcolm Greene Gesendet: Sonntag, 21. Februar 2021 17:34 An: profox(a)leafe.com Betreff: [NF] Thoughts on ultra-wide screen monitors? Curious if any of you have switched to an ultra wide screen screen monitors and what your experience has been. By "ultra wide" I mean something wider than 30" with a 3440 X 1440 or higher resolution and 16:9 or 21:9 aspect ratios. 1. Did you stay with the ultra wide or return to your original setup? 2. Did you keep your original monitors or move all your activity to the ultra-wide display? 3. If you're happy with your ultra-wide recommendations on vendor and model 4. Pros, cons? My primary workstation is a MacBook Pro running Big Sur. Thanks! --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- [excessive quoting removed by server]

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[NF] Thoughts on ultra-wide screen monitors?
by Malcolm Greene 21 Feb '21

21 Feb '21

Curious if any of you have switched to an ultra wide screen screen monitors and what your experience has been. By "ultra wide" I mean something wider than 30" with a 3440 X 1440 or higher resolution and 16:9 or 21:9 aspect ratios. 1. Did you stay with the ultra wide or return to your original setup? 2. Did you keep your original monitors or move all your activity to the ultra-wide display? 3. If you're happy with your ultra-wide recommendations on vendor and model 4. Pros, cons? My primary workstation is a MacBook Pro running Big Sur. Thanks! --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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Virtual Fox Fest 2021 (May)
by Rick Schummer 19 Feb '21

19 Feb '21

We had so much fun at Virtual Fox Fest 2020 that we've decided to do more online conferences. They won't all be three-day events; in fact, the next one (Thursday, May 6, 2021) is a one-day event. However, it'll still have the same great features everyone loves about VFF: great speakers delivering great sessions, live chatting during presentations, and getting to hang out virtually with new and old friends. This event will feature classic sessions from Southwest Fox, updated for 2021. Registration is available now so sign up today! We're still discussing whether to hold Southwest Fox in Arizona this fall. We expect to announce our plans for a fall conference by the end of March. More details here: https://virtualfoxfest.com/ Registration available here: http://geekgatherings.com/Registration Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com

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[NF] WFH desktop heater?
by Malcolm Greene 16 Feb '21

16 Feb '21

Hey! Looking for recommendations on a desktop heater for my home office. Ideally one that's small and quiet with a steady warmth vs the one I have right now which sounds like a jet taking off with an equivalent blast of heat. I'm not looking to heat my entire office, just the vicinity of my upper body in front of my monitors. My current mode of operation: freezing > barbecued > freezing > repeat. Spent some time looking at Amazon and surprised there aren't better options in 2021. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XT17GJP/ https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08HV76XJH/ Recommendations? Mal --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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Fwd: Webinar: Windows Desktop Development With .NET 5 - with Markus Egger - Wed 2/24 at 1:00 EST
by Stephen Russell 13 Feb '21

13 Feb '21

For all of you doing desktop environments, .NET 5 looked back at that space made improvements. You may remember Marcus from his FP days. ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: CODE Magazine & Training <noreply(a)codemag.com> Date: Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 6:44 PM Subject: Webinar: Windows Desktop Development With .NET 5 - with Markus Egger - Wed 2/24 at 1:00 EST To: Stephen Russell Ring Container Technology <srussell(a)lotmate.com> Join Us Wednesday, February 24 @ 1:00pm EST Dear Stephen, Save Wednesday, February 24th @ 1:00pm Eastern / 12:00pm Central / 10:00am Pacific for our next CODE Magazine State of .NET webinar, “Windows Desktop Development in .NET 5”. Join Markus Egger (President & Chief Software Architect of EPS Software / CODE Consulting and Microsoft Regional Director) as he reviews the options available for building Windows desktop applications with .NET 5. Markus will answer as many of your questions as possible. We're trying to help educate as many developers as possible so please share this info with your developer friends. Thanks! Do you build or maintain Windows deskop applications? Tell us about it at info(a)codemag.com <info@codemag.com?subject=What%20we%20use%20for%20Windows%20desktop%20development...> . State of .NET - Windows Desktop Development in .NET 5 *February 24, 2021 - Wednesday Start time: 1:00pm Eastern / 12:00pm Central Duration: 75 minutes (60 minute presentation, 15 minute Q&A)* We've created a series of State of .NET online events each focusing on a specific .NET topic. This installment covers *Windows Desktop Development With .NET 5*. While topics such as Blazor or Azure may be getting a lot more attention, Windows Desktop development is still a very important topic. Not just that, but with technologies such as WinUI, MAUI, and others, there is a lot of movement in this segment of .NET development. Join Markus Egger to take a close look at what you need to know to make the right decisions for your path forward. Topics covered in this event include: - WinForms - in .NET 4.x and .NET 5 - Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) - in .NET 4.x and .NET 5 - Xamarin Forms and MAUI - WinUI and Fluid UI - Electron and Photino - and more… *Note*: Only registered attendees will receive the live stream URL the morning of the event via email. Click here <https://u14306485.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=-2FlhZWJjobIdHG3rVYRj6ZASEtc…> for more information about this webinar. *Click Here to Register for FREE! <https://u14306485.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=-2FlhZWJjobIdHG3rVYRj6ZHvtoi…>* Free CODE Magazine Content As a Coronavirus special, we have been making ALL our magazine content available for free through our new Mobile apps. To install those mobile apps, go to https://codemag.com/mobile <https://u14306485.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=-2FlhZWJjobIdHG3rVYRj6ZPs4kc…> . Access to the FREE content requires a CODE Magazine subscription. New subscribers can sign up for a FREE subscription at https://codemag.com/subscribe/corona <https://u14306485.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=-2FlhZWJjobIdHG3rVYRj6ZJVOMa…>. Please pass this free subscription offer on to friends, colleagues, social media followers, enemies, your archnemesis and anyone else you think would benefit from reading about various software development topics for free. Why we are sending you this notification You are getting this email notification, because our database shows you as having opted in for notifications of this kind. If you wish to select which types of notifications you receive from us, you can do so here: https://codemag.com/my <https://u14306485.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=-2FlhZWJjobIdHG3rVYRj6ZDL6LV…> or by emailing info(a)codemag.com. If you do not want to receive any further email communications from us, you can turn off all emails with a single click here <https://u14306485.ct.sendgrid.net/ls/click?upn=-2FlhZWJjobIdHG3rVYRj6ZFQozW…> . -- 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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sql server connection
by Rafael Copquin 12 Feb '21

12 Feb '21

I have a VFP) app that uses MS sqlserver as backend. The SQL Server is located in a web provider The connection is achieved by creating a DSN throught the ODBC driver in my PC I need to deploy this app to several clients. But none of them should use their ODBC driver to create the connection, or install the applicable SQL Server Native Client in their PC. The idea is that I would send them my VFP application exe and they would simply connect to the cloud SQL Server and run the app without any further operations to install the exe. I tried SQLConnect and SQLStringConnect, but they always refer to an existing DSN Is there a way to accomplish this without my clients intervention other than lodging the exe in the applicable directory in their PC's ?? Please advise and if possible, provide an example on how to do this TIA Rafael Copquin --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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MemberClass update
by Tracy Pearson 12 Feb '21

12 Feb '21

I have an established class library and I'm wanting to now update the base class properties MemberClass and MemberClassLibrary. I have created the appropriate prg based Column and Header classes. A form or class that uses the changed baseGrid class works fine. A form or class that uses a class that contains the baseGrid is unable to load that class. Let's explain the hierarchy. baseLibrary contains baseGrid, and baseContainer moduleLibrary contains a subclass of baseContainer that has a baseGrid in moduleTransactionsDetail. This moduleTransactionDetail class has additional controls like buttons and labels for use in multiple places. Error loading file - record number 233. moduleTransactionDetail <or one of its members>. Parent : Cannot add this object to a Grid All the class libraries and forms will build without errors. Attempt to modify them, or run them and these errors occur. Does anyone have suggestions why these would be failing? DEFINE CLASS basecolumn as Column fontname = "Segoe UI" fontsize = 10 name = "column" HeaderClass = "baseheader" HeaderClassLibrary = this.ClassLibrary ENDDEFINE DEFINE CLASS baseheader as Header fontname = "Segoe UI" fontsize = 10 caption = "header" name = "header" ENDDEFINE I did find I needed to put the name property in the PRG based class to get the first layer working. Thank you, Tracy

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Invaluable Job opportunity
by Richard Kaye 11 Feb '21

11 Feb '21

Hello Profoxers, My company is looking to hire someone to help us with the web-based version of our vertical market application. It is built on VFP9 using Westwind Web Connection framework, MS SQL Server, HTML/CSS/JS. If you think you might be interested, please shoot me your CV/resume at r k a y e a t i n v a l u a b l e . c o m Application Developer and Support Specialist - Invaluable-RFC Team About Us: Invaluable, the world's largest online live auction marketplace, also provides a business management suite called RFC Auction Systems which is used by a global base of auction houses to manage their day-to-day operations. The Invaluable-RFC team is also responsible for creating and maintaining dynamic websites for numerous auction houses, which maintain special "hooks" into the Invaluable Marketplace, creating an engaging experience for both the auction house and the end-user. Invaluable is rapidly disrupting the traditional auction industry by bringing millions of passionate bidders and buyers to the virtual doorstep of auction houses around the world; and the RFC suite has maintained its status as an industry standard for managing business operations for the auction houses - and presents special integrations for auction house websites within the RFC community. Featuring an industry-leading live online bidding platform, Invaluable allows consumers to bid in real-time in the world's premier auctions from their home, office or mobile device. As the leading developer of SaaS and e-commerce applications for the auction industry, Invaluable provides auctioneers with marketing and e-commerce solutions across Invaluable and AuctionZip web properties, as well as access to RFC Systems software. Invaluable's best-in-class historical price database includes more than 58 million complete auction results, totaling more than $204 billion in value. Founded and headquartered in 1989 in Boston, Invaluable also has offices in Pennsylvania and the United Kingdom. Job Summary: The RFC Team Application Developer and Support Specialist will assist with development and support efforts for our web-based RFC Auction System clients. Responsibilities will include the full lifecycle of application development, design, coding, debugging, and support of the web-based RFC Auction System application. The RFC Team Application Developer and Support Specialist must be able to pick up new technology, follow best practices and work well both independently and as part of a team. Specifically, the Application Developer and Support Specialist will perform the following: Development, maintenance and support of the RFC Auction System web-based enterprise application including data import, report creation/modification Desired Skills and Technology Experience: Experience working closely with external clients as well as internal product managers and designers to deliver products in a timely manner Experience with Visual FoxPro, Westwind Web Connection framework, MS SQL Server 2016 or later Experience with Jira, Confluence, Bitbucket (Git) are a plus Experience with ASP.Net, IIS are a plus Experience with database application development tools, report writers, Microsoft Access, FileMaker Pro, JavaScript, HTML/CSS are a plus Experience with networking libraries, web service technologies and working with JSON data a plus What We Offer: An opportunity to interact with clients around the world A competitive salary and a meaningful equity 401k match Generous employer paid medical, dental, and vision insurance 3 weeks paid vacation + retention days, 12 statutory holidays + summer Fridays Hackathons A casual office that values work/life balance -- rk --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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