ProFox April 2022

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Accessing/processing archived emails
by paul.newton.hudl＠gmail.com 13 Apr '22

13 Apr '22

Hi all I have several (Windows Explorer) folders containing archived TB (Thunderbird) emails which I want to review and clean up (i.e. get rid of for good). These folders have an SBD extension and these correspond to TB's folders. They contain files with no extension (these contain the actual emails) and which I believe are "MBOX" files. They also contain files with an MSF extension which apparently contain summaries of the MBOX contents. One possible approach might be to set up TB or another email client which works with MBOX type files. I made a first attempt at this with TB but got stuck at the stage where it wants details of incoming and outgoing server accounts (I don't want to set up an account). Another approach might be to export all the MBOX messages as individual EML files. Here any recommendations for free/cheap solutions without limitations would be helpful - I have used Thunderstor in the past but now can only find a trial version with no means to upgrade. The idea then would be to use VFP to parse the EML files for subject, sender, recipient, date and content as well as to decode and save any attachments. Any ideas or suggestions regarding either approach (or a different approach) will be most welcome. In particular, I would not want to reinvent the wheel regarding the parsing of the EMLs - so if anybody knows of any tools or existing code that could be helpful . Many thanks, and apologies for the length of the message Paul Newton --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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Virtual FoxFest 2022
by Dave Crozier 13 Apr '22

13 Apr '22

Gentlemen, Virtual Foxfest registration now all sorted .... thanks for all the suggestions! Dave Crozier Software Development Manager Flexipol Packaging Ltd. Mob: 07967 671080 ﴾⚆ᨎ⚆﴿ Flexipol® Packaging Ltd T 01706 222 792 E DCrozier(a)flexipol.co.uk W https://www.flexipol.co.uk/ Follow us: Unit 14 Bentwood Road, Carrs Industrial Estate, Haslingden, Lancashire, BB4 5HH This communication and the information it contains is intended for the person or organisation to whom it is addressed. Its contents are confidential and may be protected in law. If you have received this e-mail in error you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. Unauthorised use, copying or disclosure of any of it may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or email. Flexipol Packaging Ltd. has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise the risk of virus transmission through email and therefore any files sent via e-mail will have been checked for known viruses. However, you are advised to run your own virus check before opening any attachments received as Flexipol Packaging Ltd will not in any event accept any liability whatsoever once an e-mail and/or any attachment is received. It is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that they have adequate virus protection. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms & Conditions: Notwithstanding delivery and the passing of risk in the goods, the property in the goods shall not pass to the buyer until the seller Flexipol Packaging Ltd. ("The Company") has received in cash or cleared funds payment in full of the price of the goods and all other goods agreed to be sold by the seller to the buyer for which payment is then due. Until such time as the property in the goods passes to the buyer, the buyer shall hold the goods as the seller's fiduciary agent and bailee and keep the goods separate from those of the buyer and third parties and properly stored protected and insured and identified as the seller's property but shall be entitled to resell or use the goods in the ordinary course of its business. Until such time as the property in the goods passes to the buyer the seller shall be entitled at any time Disclaimer The information contained in this communication from the sender is confidential. It is intended solely for use by the recipient and others authorized to receive it. If you are not the recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in relation of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. This email has been scanned for viruses and malware, and may have been automatically archived by Mimecast Ltd, an innovator in Software as a Service (SaaS) for business. Providing a safer and more useful place for your human generated data. Specializing in; Security, archiving and compliance. To find out more visit the Mimecast website. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/related multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html image/jpeg image/jpeg image/png image/png image/png image/png ---

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Virtual FoxFest 2022
by Dave Crozier 13 Apr '22

13 Apr '22

Gents, I have been trying all day to register for the event at the supplied address: http://geekgatherings.com/registration and the site will not load and simply times out. Has anyone else had or does have an issue with the site? Dave Crozier Software Development Manager Flexipol Packaging Ltd. Mob: 07967 671080 ﴾⚆ᨎ⚆﴿ Flexipol® Packaging Ltd T 01706 222 792 E DCrozier(a)flexipol.co.uk W https://www.flexipol.co.uk/ Follow us: Unit 14 Bentwood Road, Carrs Industrial Estate, Haslingden, Lancashire, BB4 5HH This communication and the information it contains is intended for the person or organisation to whom it is addressed. Its contents are confidential and may be protected in law. If you have received this e-mail in error you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. Unauthorised use, copying or disclosure of any of it may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or email. Flexipol Packaging Ltd. has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise the risk of virus transmission through email and therefore any files sent via e-mail will have been checked for known viruses. However, you are advised to run your own virus check before opening any attachments received as Flexipol Packaging Ltd will not in any event accept any liability whatsoever once an e-mail and/or any attachment is received. It is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that they have adequate virus protection. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms & Conditions: Notwithstanding delivery and the passing of risk in the goods, the property in the goods shall not pass to the buyer until the seller Flexipol Packaging Ltd. ("The Company") has received in cash or cleared funds payment in full of the price of the goods and all other goods agreed to be sold by the seller to the buyer for which payment is then due. Until such time as the property in the goods passes to the buyer, the buyer shall hold the goods as the seller's fiduciary agent and bailee and keep the goods separate from those of the buyer and third parties and properly stored protected and insured and identified as the seller's property but shall be entitled to resell or use the goods in the ordinary course of its business. Until such time as the property in the goods passes to the buyer the seller shall be entitled at any time Disclaimer The information contained in this communication from the sender is confidential. It is intended solely for use by the recipient and others authorized to receive it. If you are not the recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in relation of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. This email has been scanned for viruses and malware, and may have been automatically archived by Mimecast Ltd, an innovator in Software as a Service (SaaS) for business. Providing a safer and more useful place for your human generated data. Specializing in; Security, archiving and compliance. To find out more visit the Mimecast website. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/related multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html image/jpeg image/jpeg image/png image/png image/png image/png ---

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<Sigh Time to enjoy life.
by Dave Crozier 12 Apr '22

12 Apr '22

Ladies and gentlemen, After some 25 years I will be leaving Flexipol on 4th June after many years of happy development and bespoke software writing. The last 2 years have been spent replacing all the bespoke software with a replacement system from Epicor and it has been a long, long process which I wanted to see through until my 70th next year but after the death of my mother last month I feel that it is no good having plans if you never reach the age to put them into practice. Anyone installing Epicor, you have my best wishes… you may need them! I I know I haven’t participated in the group very much since the start of the pandemic, but this has been due to the immense effort put into trying to get the new software to be functionally identical to the bespoke VFP bespoke software. I intend to keep my VFP skills going as well as Visual Studio C# stuff with a select number of old clients dating back many, many years so I won’t disappear completely as they say! Thanks to Ed for hosting the group over all these years and providing a community we have all used and can be proud of. Now to register for the Virtual Foxfest whilst I remember and maybe catch some of you there. Remember, nothing runs like a Fox…. Even a 40 year old one! Thanks guys (and girls) for the past interactions. Dave Crozier Software Development Manager Flexipol Packaging Ltd. Mob: 07967 671080 ﴾⚆ᨎ⚆﴿ Flexipol® Packaging Ltd T 01706 222 792 E DCrozier(a)flexipol.co.uk W https://www.flexipol.co.uk/ Follow us: Unit 14 Bentwood Road, Carrs Industrial Estate, Haslingden, Lancashire, BB4 5HH This communication and the information it contains is intended for the person or organisation to whom it is addressed. Its contents are confidential and may be protected in law. If you have received this e-mail in error you must not copy, distribute or take any action in reliance on it. Unauthorised use, copying or disclosure of any of it may be unlawful. If you have received this message in error, please notify us immediately by telephone or email. Flexipol Packaging Ltd. has taken every reasonable precaution to minimise the risk of virus transmission through email and therefore any files sent via e-mail will have been checked for known viruses. However, you are advised to run your own virus check before opening any attachments received as Flexipol Packaging Ltd will not in any event accept any liability whatsoever once an e-mail and/or any attachment is received. It is the responsibility of the recipient to ensure that they have adequate virus protection. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Terms & Conditions: Notwithstanding delivery and the passing of risk in the goods, the property in the goods shall not pass to the buyer until the seller Flexipol Packaging Ltd. ("The Company") has received in cash or cleared funds payment in full of the price of the goods and all other goods agreed to be sold by the seller to the buyer for which payment is then due. Until such time as the property in the goods passes to the buyer, the buyer shall hold the goods as the seller's fiduciary agent and bailee and keep the goods separate from those of the buyer and third parties and properly stored protected and insured and identified as the seller's property but shall be entitled to resell or use the goods in the ordinary course of its business. Until such time as the property in the goods passes to the buyer the seller shall be entitled at any time Disclaimer The information contained in this communication from the sender is confidential. It is intended solely for use by the recipient and others authorized to receive it. If you are not the recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in relation of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. This email has been scanned for viruses and malware, and may have been automatically archived by Mimecast Ltd, an innovator in Software as a Service (SaaS) for business. Providing a safer and more useful place for your human generated data. Specializing in; Security, archiving and compliance. To find out more visit the Mimecast website. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/related multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html image/jpeg image/jpeg image/png image/png image/png image/png ---

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[NF] Remember when Google's motto was "Don't be Evil"?
by Ed Leafe 12 Apr '22

12 Apr '22

What a shock! Google, through its Chrome browser and Android OS, are selling more information about you than ever before. It's really hard to understand the extent of what they're doing, but former Googlers have updated their cartoon series about Chrome, and the result is eye-opening. I stopped using Chrome a while ago, but still need it on occasion for work. https://contrachrome.com/comic/page01/ -- Ed Leafe

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VRunFox
by Carl Lindner 11 Apr '22

11 Apr '22

I pulled down VRunFox-master.zip. The project seems to be missing phxbasecontrols.vcx and ts.scx. I copied the base controls to the \classes guessing it would be happy. But, cannot find ts.scx. Can anyone help? Thanks, Carl Lindner --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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1001 Things You Wanted to Know About Visual FoxPro
by paul.newton.hudl＠gmail.com 08 Apr '22

08 Apr '22

Hi all Following the advice given on the Hentzenwerke web site to purchase a printed version of this book on Amazon, I did so and it arrived today. I wrote to books(a)hentzenwerke.com <mailto:books@hentzenwerke.com> on 26th March requesting the password for the PDF version (which I have downloaded from there), but have had no reply. Can anybody help (I can provide proof of purchase if required)? Many thanks Paul Newton P.S. I also purchased "Megafox" but that is not arriving for another 1-2 weeks, and I will probably have the same problem with that. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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VFP to SharePoint Spreadsheet Dashboard
by James Trogdon 06 Apr '22

06 Apr '22

Hi All, The company I work for is eventually going to a new ERP but until that time I still must maintain some VFP (version 6 and 9) apps. I have a trailer assigning project that will allow people to scan orders to a trailer. The orders are then scanned when they begin loading and when they finish loading. After the loading, a query is run to determine if all the orders for that trailer is complete. I had thought to just email the information, but the users are wanting a live dashboard configured as a SharePoint Spreadsheet where everybody in the company can see it. The shipping tower would like to mark when an order has been picked and delivered. I've never done any development accessing SharePoint with VFP so I thought I would ask how you would display a dashboard that would refresh every 5 minutes or so but still allow certain fields to be marked as complete on the spreadsheet. I would assume the program would be setup as scheduled task running every 5 minutes to update the spreadsheet. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! [Prestige Fabricators, Inc.]<https://prestigefab.com> James Trogdon IT Manager jtrogdon(a)prestigefab.com O: 336.626.4596 ext. 12051 905 NC Highway 49 S, Asheboro, NC 27205 ________________________________ The content of this email is confidential and intended for the recipient specified in message only. It is strictly forbidden to share any part of this message with any third party, without a written consent of the sender. If you received this message by mistake, please reply to this message and follow with its deletion, so that we can ensure such a mistake does not occur in the future. Disclaimer The information contained in this communication from the sender is confidential. It is intended solely for use by the recipient and others authorized to receive it. If you are not the recipient, you are hereby notified that any disclosure, copying, distribution or taking action in relation of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. This email has been scanned for viruses and malware, and may have been automatically archived by Mimecast Ltd, an innovator in Software as a Service (SaaS) for business. Providing a safer and more useful place for your human generated data. Specializing in; Security, archiving and compliance. To find out more visit the Mimecast website. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/related multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html image/gif ---

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Problem replacing/deleting temporary picture file
by paul.newton.hudl＠gmail.com 06 Apr '22

06 Apr '22

Hi all I have an image control whose Picture property is a temporary BMP (say Temp1.BMP). I am trying to redisplay the image control with a new Picture property of Temp2.BMP or with a modified Temp1.BMP Using GDIPlusX, I am creating the BMPs with the BitMap.Save method. Once I have used Temp1.BMP as the picture and later trying to use BitMap.Save again to overwrite Temp1.BMP, the changes are not saved (no error though) So I used BitMap.Save to create Temp2.BMP, set Temp2.BMP as the picture (which worked fine) and then tried to delete Temp1.BMP. Again this failed (file in use or similar). I tried Clear Resource Temp1.BMP before Erase Temp1.BMP but that didn't work either. Any suggestions would be welcome. Many thanks Paul Newton --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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Virtual Fox Fest 2022 (May): Register today
by Rick Schummer 05 Apr '22

05 Apr '22

Friendly reminder: if you have not registered for @VirtualFoxFest 2022 (May), head on over to https://geekgatherings.com/Registration and get it done before you get distracted again by posts on ProFox. Rick White Light Computing, Inc. www.whitelightcomputing.com

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