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Re: [OT] Re: [FW] Programming language life expectancy
by Gene Wirchenko 03 Sep '17

03 Sep '17

At 07:39 2017-08-31, Jean MAURICE <jsm.maurice(a)wanadoo.fr> wrote: >These last few days, I am smiling when I read Profox : I thought I >was the only 'Foxil' still working with Foxpro DOS (I have an app >working on a Compaq PC that is 23 years old !) and I am an 'expert' >of FORTRAN : when I was in university it was one the few languages >available (with COBOL and a little later C). My app is 20. She is a sweet young VFP thing. Is your app single? >I still work with FORTRAN : one of my client is EDF (French national >Electricity Delivery). They where building simulations with 'R' (A >new language easy to use but .... slow). As a test, I translate one >of them to FORTRAN : running time went from 20 minutes to less than >3 seconds (on a multicore machine with FORTRAN MPI). Since then, I >translate a lot and they began to build large simulations (one hour >of FORTRAN !). > >I have two drawbacks : > - I can't 'teach' the new scientists that working with integer is > a lot quicker than working with real numbers I have seen that. Too little of computing internals were taught in my degree. > - the FORTRAN exe run in a 'dos window' within Windows XP and I > have no access to the energy saver parameters. So, after 15 > minutes, the PC goes to stand by mode because Windows is not able > to detect that a 'DOS' exe is running. So I bought a 'rotating > fan', fixed the mouse on it so it moves continously right and left > and ... windows stay 'alive' !! Going to stand-by is a solution that has become a problem. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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[OT] Re: [FW] Programming language life expectancy
by Jerry Wolper 02 Sep '17

02 Sep '17

> the FORTRAN exe run in a 'dos window' within Windows XP and I have no > access to the energy saver parameters. So, after 15 minutes, the PC goes to > stand by mode because Windows is not able to detect that a 'DOS' exe is running. > So I bought a 'rotating fan', fixed the mouse on it so it moves continously > right and left and ... windows stay 'alive' !! That's impressive, Jean. -Jerry --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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[NF] do you ever reboot all your servers?
by Stephen Russell 01 Sep '17

01 Sep '17

We are rebooting all of our ERP virtual and IRON db servers a second time today. Who knows what went on but the messenger service to the ERP is not doing what is should. Let us kill another 30 min! -- 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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ProFox List Statistics for August 2017
by List Administrator Account 01 Sep '17

01 Sep '17

================================================== ProFox List Statistics August 2017 ================================================== Subscriber Count at End of Month: ProFox: 287 ProFoxTech: 185 ================================================== Total Posts: 256 (Down 24.71% from July 2017) Total [OT] Posts: 2 (Up 100.0% from July 2017) Total [NF] Posts: 93 (Up 13.41% from July 2017) Daily Message Counts for August 2017 ------------------------------------------------ DOW Date Count --- ---- ----- T 1 - 34 W 2 - 4 T 3 - 2 F 4 - 16 S 5 - 1 M 7 - 20 T 8 - 19 W 9 - 11 T 10 - 17 F 11 - 16 M 14 - 18 T 15 - 10 W 16 - 11 T 17 - 5 S 19 - 8 S 20 - 6 M 21 - 7 T 22 - 3 T 24 - 17 F 25 - 4 S 27 - 4 M 28 - 14 W 30 - 4 T 31 - 5 Message Counts By Day of Week for August 2017 ------------------------------------------------ DOW Count --- ----- Sun - 10 Mon - 59 Tue - 66 Wed - 30 Thu - 46 Fri - 36 Sat - 9 Distinct Posters to the List (changes relative to July 2017) ------------------------------------------------ Non-OT messages: 45 (Down 10.0%) OT messages: 2 (Up 100.0%) NF messages: 25 (Unchanged) Total number: 45 (Down 10.0%) Top 20 Contributors by Number of Non-OT Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 45 mbsoftwaresolutions(a)mbsoftwaresolutions.com 2. 31 Ted Roche 3. 19 Alan Bourke 4. 15 Paul H. Tarver 5. 14 Dave Crozier 6. 14 Stephen Russell 7. 11 Laurie Alvey 8. 7 John Weller 9. 7 Richard Kaye 10. 7 Thierry Nivelet 11. 6 Malcolm Greene 12. 6 Ed Leafe 13. 5 Gene Wirchenko 14. 5 AndyHC 15. 5 Kevin J Cully 16. 5 Koen Piller 17. 4 Mike 18. 4 Ken Dibble 19. 4 Fred Taylor 20. 3 Tracy Pearson Top 2 Contributors by Number of OT Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts OT% Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 1 25% Michael Madigan 2. 1 50% Jean MAURICE Top 20 Contributors by Number of NF Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 17 Ted Roche 2. 13 mbsoftwaresolutions(a)mbsoftwaresolutions.com 3. 10 Stephen Russell 4. 8 Paul H. Tarver 5. 6 Ed Leafe 6. 6 Malcolm Greene 7. 4 Alan Bourke 8. 3 Dave Crozier 9. 3 Fred Taylor 10. 3 Gene Wirchenko 11. 2 Michael Madigan 12. 2 Kevin J Cully 13. 2 Laurie Alvey 14. 2 Rafael Copquin 15. 2 Ken Dibble 16. 1 Thierry Nivelet 17. 1 AndyHC 18. 1 Bryant 19. 1 Peter Cushing 20. 1 Garrett Fitzgerald Top 20 Contributors by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 45 mbsoftwaresolutions(a)mbsoftwaresolutions.com 2. 31 Ted Roche 3. 19 Alan Bourke 4. 15 Paul H. Tarver 5. 14 Dave Crozier 6. 14 Stephen Russell 7. 11 Laurie Alvey 8. 7 John Weller 9. 7 Richard Kaye 10. 7 Thierry Nivelet 11. 6 Malcolm Greene 12. 6 Ed Leafe 13. 5 Gene Wirchenko 14. 5 AndyHC 15. 5 Kevin J Cully 16. 5 Koen Piller 17. 4 Michael Madigan 18. 4 Mike 19. 4 Ken Dibble 20. 4 Fred Taylor Top 17 Contributors by Number of New Threads Started ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 6 mbsoftwaresolutions(a)mbsoftwaresolutions.com 2. 5 Stephen Russell 3. 1 List Administrator Account 4. 1 Kevin J Cully 5. 1 Wes Wilson 6. 1 Michael J. Babcock 7. 1 Paul H. Tarver 8. 1 John Weller 9. 1 Garrett Fitzgerald 10. 1 Malcolm Greene 11. 1 Gary 12. 1 Gene Wirchenko 13. 1 Man-wai Chang 14. 1 Michael Madigan 15. 1 Rick Schummer 16. 1 Ted Roche 17. 1 Rafael Copquin Top 20 Non-OT Threads by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Posts Subject | ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. 31 [NF] Windows updates August problems? 2. 25 VFP9SP2 apps on Citrix 3. 24 [NF] Python: 2.x vs 3.x 4. 21 GETFILE() Returns Empty String in Some Cases 5. 17 Fwd: 2017 News from Hentzenwerke Publishing! 6. 17 SQL Error 7. 16 FP DOS app printing to LPT1 8. 13 Outlook 2016 security no longer allowing VFP app to send emails as it did in the past 9. 11 [NF] Amazon Web Services/Azure/Google Cloud Computing 10. 10 Report Anomaly 11. 8 VFP Icon issue 12. 7 Curved monitors 13. 6 [NF] FileMaker Pro 14. 5 [NF] PeopleSoft learning resources 15. 5 [NF] Freelance Achievement Stickers 16. 5 Set bell to anyfile.wav 17. 4 [NF] Trigger question 18. 4 Office (Excel) automation with Office365 19. 3 [FW] Programming language life expectancy 20. 3 Performance with qualifier/scope (was GETFILE() Returns Empty String in Some Cases) Top 2 OT Threads by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Posts Subject | ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. 1 [OT] Google employee's anti-diversity manifesto. 2. 1 [OT] [FW] Programming language life expectancy Top 20 Threads by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Posts Subject | ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. 31 [NF] Windows updates August problems? 2. 25 VFP9SP2 apps on Citrix 3. 24 [NF] Python: 2.x vs 3.x 4. 21 GETFILE() Returns Empty String in Some Cases 5. 17 Fwd: 2017 News from Hentzenwerke Publishing! 6. 17 SQL Error 7. 16 FP DOS app printing to LPT1 8. 13 Outlook 2016 security no longer allowing VFP app to send emails as it did in the past 9. 11 [NF] Amazon Web Services/Azure/Google Cloud Computing 10. 10 Report Anomaly 11. 8 VFP Icon issue 12. 7 Curved monitors 13. 6 [NF] FileMaker Pro 14. 5 [NF] PeopleSoft learning resources 15. 5 [NF] Freelance Achievement Stickers 16. 5 Set bell to anyfile.wav 17. 4 [NF] Trigger question 18. 4 Office (Excel) automation with Office365 19. 3 [FW] Programming language life expectancy 20. 3 Performance with qualifier/scope (was GETFILE() Returns Empty String in Some Cases)

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FP DOS app printing to LPT1
by Stephen Russell 30 Aug '17

30 Aug '17

What is the add on I need to find for running my old car lot app on a semi modern machine? An old customer replaced a Win98 machine today. thanks. -- 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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just thanks Tamar E. Granor
by Gary 28 Aug '17

28 Aug '17

Just thank you...[What's new in Nine PG-18.] Since I upgraded to FP-9, I've been stumped nursing all my data driven apps along. All my special properties that make things work were absent... then page 18 ''rt. Click border area', to unhide those needed jewels... thank you, thank you, thank you. Sorry I haven't interacted MUCH, MY OUTLOOK MAKES THREADS ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO FOLLOW. Gary Jeurink

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Office (Excel) automation with Office365
by mbsoftwaresolutions＠mbsoftwaresolutions.com 27 Aug '17

27 Aug '17

VFP9SP2 Anybody doing VFP/Excel automation coding with Office365? Looks like you get Office 2016 with that subscription. I don't see why it WOULDN'T work but I wanted to check with the forum first before purchasing a subscription. tia, --Mike

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[NF] PeopleSoft learning resources
by Garrett Fitzgerald 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

Hi, all. I've been offered a job working on UMaine's PeopleSoft system, and I want to do some research before I actually start. Does anyone know any good learning resources for it? Thanks. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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Curved monitors
by mbsoftwaresolutions＠mbsoftwaresolutions.com 25 Aug '17

25 Aug '17

Was looking for new computer monitors at BestBuy yesterday and noticed some curved ones. I knew they had curved TVs but this was the first monitor I saw. I don't know if I'd like dual curved monitors or not. Anybody using them?

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VFP Icon issue
by mbsoftwaresolutions＠mbsoftwaresolutions.com 24 Aug '17

24 Aug '17

Win7Pro I had VFP9SP2 pinned to my Taskbar but before creating a customer demo, I unpinned it. Now, when I repinned it or even located it in the Programs list, the icon is "unknown". See here: https://www.screencast.com/t/h482eEgGFlm I've tried resetting the icon by selecting the program again but no change. Everything still works the same; it's just a visual thing. Ideas? tia, --Mike

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