ProFox December 2025

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[ADMIN] testing some tweaks
by Ed Leafe 31 Dec '25

31 Dec '25

I made some small changes to the list's server, and want to make sure that everything's working OK. No need to reply. -- Ed Leafe

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T'was the Night Before...
by Ted Roche 29 Dec '25

29 Dec '25

First posted here in 2006, and I've only missed an eve or two since, so ... Twas the night before crisis, and all through the house, Not a program was working, not even a browse. The programmers were wrung out, too mindless to care, Knowing chances of shipping hadn't a prayer. The users were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of inquiries danced in their heads. When out in the lobby there arose such a clatter, That I sprang from my cube to see what was the matter. And what to my wondering eyes should appear, But a SUPER PROGRAMMER, oblivious to fear. More rapid than eagles, his programs they came, And he whistled and shouted and called them by name: On Update! On Add! On Inquiry! On Delete! On Batch Jobs! On Closing! On Functions Complete! His eyes were glazed over, his fingers were lean, >From weekends and nights in front of the screen. A wink of his eye, and a twist of his head, Soon gave me to know I had nothing to dread. He spoke not a word, but went straight to his work, Turning specs into code, then he turned with a jerk. And laying his finger on the ENTER key, The system came up, and worked perfectly. The updates, updated; the deletes, they deleted; The inquiries, inquired; and the closing completed. He tested each whistle, he tested each bell, With nary an abend, and all had gone well. The system was finished, the tests were concluded, The client's last changes were even included! And the client exclaimed with a snarl and a taunt, "It's just what I asked for, but NOT what I want" (attributed variously, my copy came from here[1]) [1] http://www.mdarwin.ca/humour/night-before-xmas/night-before-crisis.phtml https://web.archive.org/web/20070923102738/http://www.mdarwin.ca/humour/nig… Merry Christmas, Chag Hanukkah sameach, happy Qwanza, merry Solstice, happy Saturnalia and so forth to all! --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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ChilkatVFP 1.5.3 released today
by Bill Anderson 19 Dec '25

19 Dec '25

Folks, ChilkatVFP version 1.53 has been released today. 1) Expanded AI capabilities! 2) Compatibility with Chilkat version 11.3.0. 3) Added 2 missing PDF methods. https://github.com/billand88/ChilkatVFP Bill Anderson --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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ProFox List Statistics for November 2025
by List Administrator Account 01 Dec '25

01 Dec '25

================================================== ProFox List Statistics November 2025 ================================================== Subscriber Count at End of Month: ProFox: 308 ProFoxTech: 182 ================================================== Total Posts: 4 (Down 83.33% from October 2025) Total [OT] Posts: 0 (Unchanged from October 2025) Total [NF] Posts: 0 (Down 100.0% from October 2025) Daily Message Counts for November 2025 ------------------------------------------------ DOW Date Count --- ---- ----- S 1 - 1 M 3 - 1 S 9 - 1 W 12 - 1 Message Counts By Day of Week for November 2025 ------------------------------------------------ DOW Count --- ----- Sun - 1 Mon - 1 Wed - 1 Sat - 1 Distinct Posters to the List (changes relative to October 2025) ------------------------------------------------ Non-OT messages: 3 (Down 78.57%) OT messages: 0 (Unchanged) NF messages: 0 (Down 100.0%) Total number: 3 (Down 78.57%) Top 3 Contributors by Number of Non-OT Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 2 Bill Anderson 2. 1 List Administrator Account 3. 1 Kurt Wendt Top 0 Contributors by Number of OT Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts OT% Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ Top 0 Contributors by Number of NF Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ Top 3 Contributors by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 2 Bill Anderson 2. 1 List Administrator Account 3. 1 Kurt Wendt Top 2 Contributors by Number of New Threads Started ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 1 List Administrator Account 2. 1 Bill Anderson Top 3 Non-OT Threads by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Posts Subject | ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. 2 ChilkatVFP Version 1.52 Released 2. 1 ProFox List Statistics for October 2025 3. 1 Giving AI Claude SIGHT! Top 0 OT Threads by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Posts Subject | ------------------------------------------------------------------ Top 3 Threads by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Posts Subject | ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. 2 ChilkatVFP Version 1.52 Released 2. 1 ProFox List Statistics for October 2025 3. 1 Giving AI Claude SIGHT!

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