ProFox January 2022

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Life in the old dog\cat yet*
by Alan Bourke 06 Jan '22

06 Jan '22

The TIOBE index of programming language popularity is out for 2021, and the 'ol fox is hanging in there at 21, ahead of upstarts like Rust, Dart and Julia. Python remains the daddy. https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ * There's a joke that foxes are basically dogs running cat firmware. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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ProTip: Still using the Project Manager?
by Tracy Pearson 05 Jan '22

05 Jan '22

If you are still using the Project Manager and are on a High DPI screen. When you move the window around it is not a very pleasant experience. This code will put the window in an outer window that does not have the border issue. DEFINE WINDOW MyProjectWIndow ; FROM 0,0 ; TO WROWS("Project Manager"),WCOLS("Project Manager") ; CLOSE FLOAT GROW ZOOM MINIMIZE NOMDI ; TITLE "Project Manager" ; FONT WFONT(1,"Project Manager"), WFONT(2, "Project Manager") SHOW WINDOW MyProjectWindow ACTIVATE WINDOW "Project Manager" IN MyProjectWindow MOVE WINDOW "Project Manager" TO 0,0 And if you want the Project Manager to live outside the VFP window, and be available in the Windows Task Bar change the SHOW WINDOW command to this. SHOW WINDOW MyProjectWindow IN macdesktop If you do not need it in the Windows Task Bar, you could change the DEFINE WINDOW line to include this. IN DESKTOP The project manager needs to be open before you run this. You could add a this before it. MODIFY PROJECT 'TheAwesomeProject' NOWAIT Do you sometimes maximize windows you don't mean to? Change ZOOM to NOZOOM. Works in VFP 9 and VFP Advanced. OR You could use Doug Hennig's Project Explorer https://github.com/DougHennig/ProjectExplorer Happy Coding! Tracy

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[NF] My laptop performance is soooo bad in ANY browser
by MB Software Solutions, LLC 05 Jan '22

05 Jan '22

Check out this screenshot: https://www.screencast.com/t/jPvGm7ebW Perhaps it's this syncing/backing-up that is caused my laptop's performance ALL DAY to be dead dog slow?!?!??? It has been UNBEARABLE all day long. I did a SpeedTest.net and I'm getting great speeds (400/60) so it's NOT a slow internet connection. I did a SFC /scannow in the Command Prompt earlier and it did find some corruption and allegedly fixed it (https://www.screencast.com/t/XtGbukcktB) Laptop is NOT old and is NOT overheating (or at least I don't hear the fan on constantly/frequently and the laptop is not hot to the touch). I did adjust the Power Settings today to try to bolster performance (which would increase the frequency of the fan, I thought)....but zip zero nada. I did have some noises from that fan recently but I don't think the fan is dead because again, the laptop is NOT hot to touch at all. Other than using SysInternals, what else do you suggest? tia! --Michael -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP Fox/VFP dev since 1997 Developer of FabNet estimating software - mbsoftwaresolutions.com

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Anyone on here involved with Virtual Fox Fest?
by Chris Davis 01 Jan '22

01 Jan '22

Any idea if this link will be made available again? https://virtualfoxfest.com/2020/ Thanks Chris. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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ProFox List Statistics for 2021
by List Administrator Account 01 Jan '22

01 Jan '22

================================================== ProFox List Statistics 2021 ================================================== Subscriber Count at End of Year: ProFox: 299 ProFoxTech: 183 ================================================== Total Posts: 755 (Down 31.67% from 2020) Total [OT] Posts: 0 (Unchanged from 2020) Total [NF] Posts: 145 (Down 48.03% from 2020) Daily Message Counts for 2021 ------------------------------------------------ Date Count ---- ----- 1 - 37 2 - 34 3 - 23 4 - 48 5 - 6 6 - 9 7 - 20 8 - 16 9 - 33 10 - 32 11 - 28 12 - 22 13 - 1 14 - 6 15 - 41 16 - 65 17 - 26 18 - 14 19 - 20 20 - 23 21 - 27 22 - 26 23 - 28 24 - 49 25 - 22 26 - 27 27 - 8 28 - 21 29 - 24 30 - 9 31 - 10 Message Counts By Day of Week for 2021 ------------------------------------------------ DOW Count --- ----- Sun - 28 Mon - 118 Tue - 181 Wed - 139 Thu - 122 Fri - 140 Sat - 27 Distinct Posters to the List (changes relative to 2020) ------------------------------------------------ Non-OT messages: 61 (Down 14.08%) OT messages: 0 (Unchanged) NF messages: 31 (Down 26.19%) Total number: 61 (Down 14.08%) Top 20 Contributors by Number of Non-OT Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 77 MB Software Solutions, LLC 2. 58 Tracy Pearson 3. 54 Alan Bourke 4. 47 Richard Kaye 5. 38 Ted Roche 6. 35 Eric Selje 7. 34 Jürgen Wondzinski 8. 33 Frank Cazabon 9. 23 Vince Teachout 10. 22 Stephen Russell 11. 19 Malcolm Greene 12. 17 Philip Borkholder 13. 17 Ed Leafe 14. 17 Chris Davis 15. 16 Dave Crozier 16. 16 Paul H. Tarver 17. 15 List Administrator Account 18. 14 Rick Schummer 19. 14 Christof Wollenhaupt 20. 13 Michael Oke, II Top 0 Contributors by Number of OT Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts OT% Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ Top 20 Contributors by Number of NF Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 14 Malcolm Greene 2. 13 Alan Bourke 3. 10 MB Software Solutions, LLC 4. 10 Paul Newton 5. 10 Stephen Russell 6. 8 Jürgen Wondzinski 7. 7 Ed Leafe 8. 6 Ted Roche 9. 6 <paul.newton.hudl(a)gmail.com> 10. 6 Eric Selje 11. 5 Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) 12. 5 Man-wai Chang 13. 5 Christof Wollenhaupt 14. 5 Graham Brown 15. 4 Paul H. Tarver 16. 4 Michael Oke, II 17. 3 Peter Cushing 18. 3 Philip Borkholder 19. 2 Matt Slay 20. 2 Vince Teachout Top 20 Contributors by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 77 MB Software Solutions, LLC 2. 58 Tracy Pearson 3. 54 Alan Bourke 4. 47 Richard Kaye 5. 38 Ted Roche 6. 35 Eric Selje 7. 34 Jürgen Wondzinski 8. 33 Frank Cazabon 9. 23 Vince Teachout 10. 22 Stephen Russell 11. 19 Malcolm Greene 12. 17 Philip Borkholder 13. 17 Ed Leafe 14. 17 Chris Davis 15. 16 Dave Crozier 16. 16 Paul H. Tarver 17. 15 List Administrator Account 18. 14 Rick Schummer 19. 14 Christof Wollenhaupt 20. 13 Michael Oke, II Top 20 Contributors by Number of New Threads Started ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 16 MB Software Solutions, LLC 2. 15 List Administrator Account 3. 11 Stephen Russell 4. 10 Rick Schummer 5. 8 Tracy Pearson 6. 6 Ken McGinnis 7. 6 Joe Yoder 8. 5 Chris Davis 9. 5 Philip Borkholder 10. 4 Frank Cazabon 11. 4 Vince Teachout 12. 3 Eric Selje 13. 3 Malcolm Greene 14. 3 Jeff Roberts 15. 3 Charles Hart Enzer, M.D. 16. 3 Graham Brown 17. 3 Dave Crozier 18. 3 <paul.newton.hudl(a)gmail.com> 19. 2 Bill Anderson 20. 2 Ted Roche Top 20 Non-OT Threads by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Posts Subject | ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. 28 Variations in CSV settings by region 2. 21 [NF] Windows 10 Home networking and Explorer 3. 20 Windows 11??? 4. 18 [NF] Winforms 5. 17 _framewk,vct is missing or invalid, but it isn't and it's not. 6. 15 Printing PDF's 7. 15 File Server Sharing SMB1: W10 Update KB5001330 shuts off SMB1 8. 15 Retire the CSV? 9. 14 SweetPotatosoftware.com 10. 13 sql server connection 11. 12 Matt Slay 12. 12 [NF] Desktop Development in the roaring 20s 13. 12 ProFox List Statistics for 2020 14. 11 Debenu.com/FoxItSoftware for creating PDFs 15. 11 looking for a multi-user alternative to view gmail emails 16. 11 VFP Label Height changes 17. 11 [NF] - Is Bigger Always Better When It Comes To Your Monitors? :) 18. 10 [NF] WFH desktop heater? 19. 10 Windows 11 ads and unexpected restarts on Win 10 Pro 20. 10 Automation & Office 365 Top 0 OT Threads by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Posts Subject | ------------------------------------------------------------------ Top 20 Threads by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Posts Subject | ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. 28 Variations in CSV settings by region 2. 21 [NF] Windows 10 Home networking and Explorer 3. 20 Windows 11??? 4. 18 [NF] Winforms 5. 17 _framewk,vct is missing or invalid, but it isn't and it's not. 6. 15 Printing PDF's 7. 15 File Server Sharing SMB1: W10 Update KB5001330 shuts off SMB1 8. 15 Retire the CSV? 9. 14 SweetPotatosoftware.com 10. 13 sql server connection 11. 12 Matt Slay 12. 12 [NF] Desktop Development in the roaring 20s 13. 12 ProFox List Statistics for 2020 14. 11 Debenu.com/FoxItSoftware for creating PDFs 15. 11 looking for a multi-user alternative to view gmail emails 16. 11 VFP Label Height changes 17. 11 [NF] - Is Bigger Always Better When It Comes To Your Monitors? :) 18. 10 [NF] WFH desktop heater? 19. 10 Windows 11 ads and unexpected restarts on Win 10 Pro 20. 10 Automation & Office 365

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ProFox List Statistics for December 2021
by List Administrator Account 01 Jan '22

01 Jan '22

================================================== ProFox List Statistics December 2021 ================================================== Subscriber Count at End of Month: ProFox: 299 ProFoxTech: 183 ================================================== Total Posts: 49 (Up 36.11% from November 2021) Total [OT] Posts: 0 (Unchanged from November 2021) Total [NF] Posts: 3 (Down 75.0% from November 2021) Daily Message Counts for December 2021 ------------------------------------------------ DOW Date Count --- ---- ----- W 1 - 3 T 2 - 5 T 7 - 1 F 10 - 1 T 16 - 15 F 17 - 7 T 21 - 4 W 22 - 3 M 27 - 3 T 28 - 1 W 29 - 6 Message Counts By Day of Week for December 2021 ------------------------------------------------ DOW Count --- ----- Mon - 3 Tue - 6 Wed - 12 Thu - 20 Fri - 8 Distinct Posters to the List (changes relative to November 2021) ------------------------------------------------ Non-OT messages: 18 (Up 12.5%) OT messages: 0 (Unchanged) NF messages: 3 (Down 62.5%) Total number: 18 (Up 12.5%) Top 19 Contributors by Number of Non-OT Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 8 MB Software Solutions, LLC 2. 7 Tracy Pearson 3. 5 Richard Kaye 4. 4 Jeff Roberts 5. 4 Ken McGinnis 6. 3 Ted Roche 7. 3 Chris Davis 8. 2 Michael Oke, II 9. 2 Dave Crozier 10. 2 Graham Brown 11. 1 List Administrator Account 12. 1 Alan Bourke 13. 1 <datades(a)adam.com.au> 14. 1 Vince Teachout 15. 1 Eric Selje 16. 1 <paul.newton.hudl(a)gmail.com> 17. 1 Ajit Abraham 18. 1 Frank Cazabon 19. 1 Bill Anderson Top 0 Contributors by Number of OT Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts OT% Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ Top 3 Contributors by Number of NF Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 1 <paul.newton.hudl(a)gmail.com> 2. 1 Ted Roche 3. 1 MB Software Solutions, LLC Top 19 Contributors by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 8 MB Software Solutions, LLC 2. 7 Tracy Pearson 3. 5 Richard Kaye 4. 4 Jeff Roberts 5. 4 Ken McGinnis 6. 3 Ted Roche 7. 3 Chris Davis 8. 2 Michael Oke, II 9. 2 Dave Crozier 10. 2 Graham Brown 11. 1 List Administrator Account 12. 1 Alan Bourke 13. 1 <datades(a)adam.com.au> 14. 1 Vince Teachout 15. 1 Eric Selje 16. 1 <paul.newton.hudl(a)gmail.com> 17. 1 Ajit Abraham 18. 1 Frank Cazabon 19. 1 Bill Anderson Top 10 Contributors by Number of New Threads Started ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 3 Ken McGinnis 2. 1 List Administrator Account 3. 1 Jeff Roberts 4. 1 <paul.newton.hudl(a)gmail.com> 5. 1 Graham Brown 6. 1 MB Software Solutions, LLC 7. 1 Dave Crozier 8. 1 Ted Roche 9. 1 Chris Davis 10. 1 Tracy Pearson Top 13 Non-OT Threads by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Posts Subject | ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. 10 Windows 11 ads and unexpected restarts on Win 10 Pro 2. 8 sftp for vfp6? 3. 7 ProTip: Still using the Project Manager? 4. 6 Anyone on here involved with Virtual Fox Fest? 5. 4 VFP9 SP2 run a batch file 6. 3 CABuilder 7. 3 Just to set the mood for Christmas 8. 2 T'was the Night Before Crisis [NF] 9. 2 looking for a multi-user alternative to view gmail emails 10. 1 ProFox List Statistics for November 2021 11. 1 Fwd: VFP9 SP2 run a batch file 12. 1 about running a batch file with Windows 11 13. 1 [NF] Compatibility tab missing from file properties in Explorer Top 0 OT Threads by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Posts Subject | ------------------------------------------------------------------ Top 13 Threads by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Posts Subject | ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. 10 Windows 11 ads and unexpected restarts on Win 10 Pro 2. 8 sftp for vfp6? 3. 7 ProTip: Still using the Project Manager? 4. 6 Anyone on here involved with Virtual Fox Fest? 5. 4 VFP9 SP2 run a batch file 6. 3 CABuilder 7. 3 Just to set the mood for Christmas 8. 2 T'was the Night Before Crisis [NF] 9. 2 looking for a multi-user alternative to view gmail emails 10. 1 ProFox List Statistics for November 2021 11. 1 Fwd: VFP9 SP2 run a batch file 12. 1 about running a batch file with Windows 11 13. 1 [NF] Compatibility tab missing from file properties in Explorer

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