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[NF] Qarbon Viewletbuilder, TechSmith Camtasia, others?, ...for presentation demos
by Brant E. Layton 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

Hi All, I've been doing a lot of remote training using GoToMeeting. You can record sessions there, and then the recording converts to an MP4. If you don't need to see your face, but just your screen, that might work, too. You could create an Index or Table of Contents showing subjects and time markers... I think you need a paid account to make the recordings, but it is very inexpensive. Just a thought.|| || |Brant Layton| |480.964.1316| --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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Dealing with Extraneous Parameters
by Gene Wirchenko 23 Nov '16

23 Nov '16

Hello: I am using VFP 9, but this may apply to many versions. I am testing a new printing subsystem. This will require testing each report with a valid configuration and an invalid configuration. I wrote a short, standalone program that tweaks the configuration either way. It is run with <vfp> do tmpprint with <number> </vfp> I also wanted to check the parameters. If I do not specify a parameter, that is an error and one easily caught with pcount(). However, if there are more parameters than expected, an error 94 (Must specify additional parameters.) is thrown on the lparameters statement. How do I catch this error considering that nothing gets executed before the lparameters statement is looked at? It gets odder. Supposedly lparameters takes up to 26 parameters. I am now up to 40, and they all get assigned their specified values. Specifying a 41st parameter in the invocation throws an error 94. Where does it end? Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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[NF] SQL Server for Linux
by Paul Hill 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Hi All, Just tried this on a Ubuntu VM. Got it up and running with no problems. Our main C# app ran without changes. The database restore option failed (path/rights problem I think) but an import from our old version (DBFs) worked fine (this is quite a hefty process). Not sure what the licensing etc will be. It will be interesting if they release an SQL Express version. SQL Server vNext CTP1 on Ubuntu 16.04.: https://docs.microsoft.com/en-gb/sql/linux/sql-server-linux-setup-ubuntu -- Paul

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Re: Dealing with Extraneous Parameters
by Gene Wirchenko 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

At 11:56 2016-11-22, Ted Roche <tedroche(a)gmail.com> wrote: >VFP, unlike some languages, is intolerant of excess parameters. To catch this: > >1. Use error handling in the CALLING program, not the CALLED program >with the Parameters statement, or > >2. Write a very tolerant program that accepts all of the parameters >you can throw at it (varies by version) and throws an error after >testing them with PCOUNT(). > >(At one point, I know the number of parameters was 26, since that's >the number of red playing cards in a standard deck. But I think that >limit was raised in the most recent version, as your testing >indicates.) Point 1: this will not work for me since it is a *standalone* program. As to point 2, the parameter limit is rather high. On my system, it was 152! Above 40, I kept getting spurious "Source is out of date" messages and had to explicitly compile my test programs. This odd behaviour was consistent. I also had one case where VFP insisted on holding onto the program, and I could not delete it, even after clear program. VFP is not perfect, but this one is embarrassing. [snipped previous] Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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Re: Dealing with Extraneous Parameters
by Gene Wirchenko 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

At 10:34 2016-11-22, Gene Wirchenko <genew(a)telus.net> wrote: >Hello: > > I am using VFP 9, but this may apply to many versions. > > I am testing a new printing subsystem. This will require > testing each report with a valid configuration and an invalid > configuration. I wrote a short, standalone program that tweaks the > configuration either way. It is run with ><vfp> > do tmpprint with <number> ></vfp> > > I also wanted to check the parameters. If I do not specify a > parameter, that is an error and one easily caught with pcount(). > > However, if there are more parameters than expected, an error > 94 (Must specify additional parameters.) is thrown on the > lparameters statement. How do I catch this error considering that > nothing gets executed before the lparameters statement is looked at? > > It gets odder. Supposedly lparameters takes up to 26 > parameters. I am now up to 40, and they all get assigned their > specified values. Specifying a 41st parameter in the invocation > throws an error 94. Where does it end? Addendum: In this case, I could break the program up into two programs: one the sets the valid configuration and one that sets an invalid configuration. Neither would require parameters. However, if a parameter is specified to a program without a [l]parameters statement, an error 1234 (No PARAMETER statement is found.) is thrown. (I note the typo in the error message: "PARAMETER" should be "PARAMETERS".) Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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RE: Setting >1 Page Orientation in PDFs
by Gene Wirchenko 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

At 01:56 2016-11-22, Dave Crozier <DaveC(a)Flexipol.co.uk> wrote: >Gene, >Now I see what you mean... the dynamic size change! Must admit I >have never tried to do this but I'll give it a go and report back Even if you end up telling me that you could not make it go, that would be appreciated. Note that I do reports using set printer on and not .frx. (I use .frx only to set the orientation.) [snipped previous] Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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cursor adapter class
by rafael copquin 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

Hi folks! The UniversalThread just published my article describing a class that builds a complex cursor adapter that works with SQL Server databases. It is an enhancement to a previous one published in April 2006. That one could only work with a single table in the select statement and then only with DBF's The one published now can contain a complex select statement, involving two or more tables and pulling records from a SQL Server database. You can modify it slightly to make it work with DBF's, as explained in the notes at the end of the article. Here's the link https://www.universalthread.com/ShowHeaderArticleOneItem.aspx?ID=40122 Regards Rafael Copquin

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RE: Setting >1 Page Orientation in PDFs
by Gene Wirchenko 22 Nov '16

22 Nov '16

At 09:21 2016-11-21, Dave Crozier <DaveC(a)Flexipol.co.uk> wrote: >Gene, >You use Fineprint PDF as a standard printer and set your orientation >in the same way you would a printer. That is my problem. I have something that works with a hardcopy printer, but it does not work with the Adobe PDF or Bullzip PDF Printer PDF generators. I would like to know what others do to change the orientation of the PDF output in the middle of a print job. >Another simple solution is to configure two Fineprint printers, one >portrait and one Landscape by setting the preferences on each >printer then simply print to the one you need for the specific job. That is not the issue. I can set the orientation of the printer / PDF pages at the beginning of a print job to portrait or landscape as I wish. What I can not do is change it in the middle of a PDF print job as in: portrait page portrait page portrait page landscape page landscape page portrait page portrait page portrait page >Hope this explains the simplicity of using it. Nope. It seems to me that it should not be so difficult, but I am unable to see where I have gone wrong (or even whether I have and it is a bug in both drivers). [snipped previous] Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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RE: Setting >1 Page Orientation in PDFs
by Gene Wirchenko 21 Nov '16

21 Nov '16

At 00:28 2016-11-21, Dave Crozier <DaveC(a)Flexipol.co.uk> wrote: >With Fineprint you simply use the "Fineprint PDF printer" and send >whatever you want to it. You can reformat documents, consolidate >them, watermark them etc etc. > >So, in short as to your question "how do you do it" - the answer is >simple.... you don't need to do anything at all. That is not an answer at all. What you describe in your first paragraph is doing something which belies your second paragraph. You do have to do something. I would like to know what that something is. What do you do to specify that you want a page to be in the other orientation and all within one print job? I think I have a way that should work, but it does not. I do not know if it is my error or the driver's. I need some details. > have used it for many years. [snipped previous] Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko

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[NF] EXTERNAL SSD hard drives
by mbsoftwaresolutions＠mbsoftwaresolutions.com 21 Nov '16

21 Nov '16

Greetings fellow Profoxers! I see some external SSD drives on this page: http://www.newegg.com/External-SSDs/SubCategory/ID-2022?Tid=11694 My laptop is a maybe 4 years old and is running out of local disk space. I've got another laptop I can migrate to but I was thinking of just extending and still using this one yet (because I love it) and using an external HD would take care of my space issues...at least for now...and give me another area to send backups. My question: I know SSD drives are 20x faster reportedly, but would that still apply if it's an EXTERNAL drive? I understand that using the USB 3.0 port is better than the older USB 2.x ports and earlier for transfer rates. tia, --Mike

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