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Designing archives into your VFP-backend application
by mbsoftwaresolutions＠mbsoftwaresolutions.com 29 Dec '17

29 Dec '17

I've seen long-time softwares with VFP backends that had a ton of data (10+ years worth) and I had devised a method in one case recently to be able to "archive" old data by storing it in a subfolder intelligently (so it could be easily retrieved and/or reimported into the main data set). I haven't used a VFP backend since 2004 when Bob Lee introduced me to the MySQL world but nonetheless I thought I'd ask if devs here ever put anything like an "archiving" feature into their software, and how they do it. In my case, instead of slinging 600MB of data across the network (in the case of one of my clients), my archiving showed a reduction of like 75%, so only 25% of that was being pulled across the LAN instead. (They didn't need all the data from the beginning of the App's time...they just needed relevant/recent data.) I realize that with MySQL and other such RDBMSes this is a non-issue, but I wanted to ask the VFP-backend folks their approach to this for the sake of (hopefully) interesting discussion. One final juicy thread before 2017 is finished. :-)

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Re: [ADMIN] Hiccup
by Gene Wirchenko 29 Dec '17

29 Dec '17

At 13:00 2017-12-28, Vince Teachout <teachv(a)taconic.net> wrote: >On 12/28/17 2:25 PM, Ed Leafe wrote: >>I left an extra character in one of the list scripts, and as a >>result anything sent to the list since around yesterday afternoon >>(or about 2100 UTC) was dropped. Please re-send anything that you >>posted since then. > >Typical. I spend 10 hours laboriously typing in the formulas and >methodology to convert distilled water into a perfect high octane >gasoline substitute, and you lose it. > >Well, I'm not typing it in again. Select one or more scenarios: 1) Ed provides a free service. The least you can do is type it back in. 2) Wow! Not even released yet, and there is already market shakeout going on. 3) What can you expect from an extreme green anyway? I mean, his name is "leaf", well, close. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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[ADMIN] Hiccup
by Ed Leafe 28 Dec '17

28 Dec '17

I left an extra character in one of the list scripts, and as a result anything sent to the list since around yesterday afternoon (or about 2100 UTC) was dropped. Please re-send anything that you posted since then. -- Ed Leafe

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Re: [NF] Open systems Drive you crazy
by Gene Wirchenko 28 Dec '17

28 Dec '17

At 07:24 2017-11-13, mbsoftwaresolutions(a)mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: >On 2017-11-10 07:08, Alan Bourke wrote: >>I think if it's work commuting we're trying to eliminate then >>decentralisation and serious adoption of homeworking would be a more >>realistic goal. > >I think nearly everybody would love that goal. I am getting caught up in my ProFox reading. There are a lot of posts that I would have liked to have replied to but have not because of the delay. HOWEVER, I can not let this one go. I have worked at home on VFP. It is horribly lonely. I have some on-line contact (like ProFox) that helps mitigate this. That means that working at home is "only" horribly lonely. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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The VFP community worldwide, lessons learned from the FoxInCloud site
by Thierry Nivelet 27 Dec '17

27 Dec '17

this blog post as xmas present: http://foxincloud.com/blog/2017/12/27/VFP-community-lessons-from-foxincloud… -- Thierry Nivelet FoxInCloud Give your VFP app a second life in the cloud http://foxincloud.com/

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[NF] I Was on the Radio Talking 3DP!
by Kurt at VR-FX 24 Dec '17

24 Dec '17

Hey there Folks, Just thought I would let you know about this. Sorry I didn't tell all of you EARLIER - and you COULD have heard me LIVE on the Radio last night - or even Streaming live via the station website - WBAI! This thing snuck up on me kinda quickly - although it was actually postponed from 2 weeks ago. The radio show host is an Ecologist/Environmentalist! Although - if you think about it - and this guy's Show - it does NOT Make sense to have people talking about 3D Printing. If you don't know what I mean - first listen to the show - then ask me the question. So - here is the webpage where you can listen to a recording of the show: https://www.wbai.org/archive-popup.php?id=29480&title=Green Street | Eco-Logic&short=ecologic&date=2017-12-19&time=20:00:05&duration=60&hosts=Woods | K. Gale&music=N&icon=icon-archives-science.jpg&audio=wbai_171219_200005ecologic.mp3 <https://www.wbai.org/archive-popup.php?id=29480&title=Green%20Street%20%7C%…> L8r guys! -K- --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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T'was the night...
by Ted Roche 22 Dec '17

22 Dec '17

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 Profox Archives, before that from http://www.mdarwin.ca/humour/night-before-xmas/night-before-crisis.phtml) Merry Christmas to all, and to all a Good Night! -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com

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Shrinking/compressing PDFs
by Paul Newton 22 Dec '17

22 Dec '17

Hi all The subject explains what I need to be able to do within a running VFP application - any suggestions (preferably free or cheap :)). I apologise in advance if this should have been marked [NF] but I thought not Many thanks Paul Newton

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Problem registering OLE automation server
by Paul Newton 19 Dec '17

19 Dec '17

I apologise - I should have googled first Solved: helpwindow.exe /regserver Paul Newton

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Problem registering OLE automation server
by Paul Newton 19 Dec '17

19 Dec '17

Hi all When I build the executable (Win32 executable/COM server (exe) VFP automatically registers it but if I take the EXE to another machine and try to register it with regsvr32 I get the following message: The module "helpwindow.exe" was loaded but the entry-point DLLRegisterServer was not found. Make sure that "helpwindow.exe" is a valid DLL or OCX file and then try again. Can anybody tell me what I am doing wrong? Thanks Paul Newton

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