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Life in the old dog\cat yet*
by Alan Bourke 06 Jan '22

06 Jan '22

The TIOBE index of programming language popularity is out for 2021, and the 'ol fox is hanging in there at 21, ahead of upstarts like Rust, Dart and Julia. Python remains the daddy. https://www.tiobe.com/tiobe-index/ * There's a joke that foxes are basically dogs running cat firmware. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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ProTip: Still using the Project Manager?
by Tracy Pearson 05 Jan '22

05 Jan '22

If you are still using the Project Manager and are on a High DPI screen. When you move the window around it is not a very pleasant experience. This code will put the window in an outer window that does not have the border issue. DEFINE WINDOW MyProjectWIndow ; FROM 0,0 ; TO WROWS("Project Manager"),WCOLS("Project Manager") ; CLOSE FLOAT GROW ZOOM MINIMIZE NOMDI ; TITLE "Project Manager" ; FONT WFONT(1,"Project Manager"), WFONT(2, "Project Manager") SHOW WINDOW MyProjectWindow ACTIVATE WINDOW "Project Manager" IN MyProjectWindow MOVE WINDOW "Project Manager" TO 0,0 And if you want the Project Manager to live outside the VFP window, and be available in the Windows Task Bar change the SHOW WINDOW command to this. SHOW WINDOW MyProjectWindow IN macdesktop If you do not need it in the Windows Task Bar, you could change the DEFINE WINDOW line to include this. IN DESKTOP The project manager needs to be open before you run this. You could add a this before it. MODIFY PROJECT 'TheAwesomeProject' NOWAIT Do you sometimes maximize windows you don't mean to? Change ZOOM to NOZOOM. Works in VFP 9 and VFP Advanced. OR You could use Doug Hennig's Project Explorer https://github.com/DougHennig/ProjectExplorer Happy Coding! Tracy

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[NF] My laptop performance is soooo bad in ANY browser
by MB Software Solutions, LLC 05 Jan '22

05 Jan '22

Check out this screenshot: https://www.screencast.com/t/jPvGm7ebW Perhaps it's this syncing/backing-up that is caused my laptop's performance ALL DAY to be dead dog slow?!?!??? It has been UNBEARABLE all day long. I did a SpeedTest.net and I'm getting great speeds (400/60) so it's NOT a slow internet connection. I did a SFC /scannow in the Command Prompt earlier and it did find some corruption and allegedly fixed it (https://www.screencast.com/t/XtGbukcktB) Laptop is NOT old and is NOT overheating (or at least I don't hear the fan on constantly/frequently and the laptop is not hot to the touch). I did adjust the Power Settings today to try to bolster performance (which would increase the frequency of the fan, I thought)....but zip zero nada. I did have some noises from that fan recently but I don't think the fan is dead because again, the laptop is NOT hot to touch at all. Other than using SysInternals, what else do you suggest? tia! --Michael -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP Fox/VFP dev since 1997 Developer of FabNet estimating software - mbsoftwaresolutions.com

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Anyone on here involved with Virtual Fox Fest?
by Chris Davis 01 Jan '22

01 Jan '22

Any idea if this link will be made available again? https://virtualfoxfest.com/2020/ Thanks Chris. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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ProFox List Statistics for 2021
by List Administrator Account 01 Jan '22

01 Jan '22

================================================== ProFox List Statistics 2021 ================================================== Subscriber Count at End of Year: ProFox: 299 ProFoxTech: 183 ================================================== Total Posts: 755 (Down 31.67% from 2020) Total [OT] Posts: 0 (Unchanged from 2020) Total [NF] Posts: 145 (Down 48.03% from 2020) Daily Message Counts for 2021 ------------------------------------------------ Date Count ---- ----- 1 - 37 2 - 34 3 - 23 4 - 48 5 - 6 6 - 9 7 - 20 8 - 16 9 - 33 10 - 32 11 - 28 12 - 22 13 - 1 14 - 6 15 - 41 16 - 65 17 - 26 18 - 14 19 - 20 20 - 23 21 - 27 22 - 26 23 - 28 24 - 49 25 - 22 26 - 27 27 - 8 28 - 21 29 - 24 30 - 9 31 - 10 Message Counts By Day of Week for 2021 ------------------------------------------------ DOW Count --- ----- Sun - 28 Mon - 118 Tue - 181 Wed - 139 Thu - 122 Fri - 140 Sat - 27 Distinct Posters to the List (changes relative to 2020) ------------------------------------------------ Non-OT messages: 61 (Down 14.08%) OT messages: 0 (Unchanged) NF messages: 31 (Down 26.19%) Total number: 61 (Down 14.08%) Top 20 Contributors by Number of Non-OT Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 77 MB Software Solutions, LLC 2. 58 Tracy Pearson 3. 54 Alan Bourke 4. 47 Richard Kaye 5. 38 Ted Roche 6. 35 Eric Selje 7. 34 Jürgen Wondzinski 8. 33 Frank Cazabon 9. 23 Vince Teachout 10. 22 Stephen Russell 11. 19 Malcolm Greene 12. 17 Philip Borkholder 13. 17 Ed Leafe 14. 17 Chris Davis 15. 16 Dave Crozier 16. 16 Paul H. Tarver 17. 15 List Administrator Account 18. 14 Rick Schummer 19. 14 Christof Wollenhaupt 20. 13 Michael Oke, II Top 0 Contributors by Number of OT Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts OT% Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ Top 20 Contributors by Number of NF Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 14 Malcolm Greene 2. 13 Alan Bourke 3. 10 MB Software Solutions, LLC 4. 10 Paul Newton 5. 10 Stephen Russell 6. 8 Jürgen Wondzinski 7. 7 Ed Leafe 8. 6 Ted Roche 9. 6 <paul.newton.hudl(a)gmail.com> 10. 6 Eric Selje 11. 5 Ken Kixmoeller (ProFox) 12. 5 Man-wai Chang 13. 5 Christof Wollenhaupt 14. 5 Graham Brown 15. 4 Paul H. Tarver 16. 4 Michael Oke, II 17. 3 Peter Cushing 18. 3 Philip Borkholder 19. 2 Matt Slay 20. 2 Vince Teachout Top 20 Contributors by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 77 MB Software Solutions, LLC 2. 58 Tracy Pearson 3. 54 Alan Bourke 4. 47 Richard Kaye 5. 38 Ted Roche 6. 35 Eric Selje 7. 34 Jürgen Wondzinski 8. 33 Frank Cazabon 9. 23 Vince Teachout 10. 22 Stephen Russell 11. 19 Malcolm Greene 12. 17 Philip Borkholder 13. 17 Ed Leafe 14. 17 Chris Davis 15. 16 Dave Crozier 16. 16 Paul H. Tarver 17. 15 List Administrator Account 18. 14 Rick Schummer 19. 14 Christof Wollenhaupt 20. 13 Michael Oke, II Top 20 Contributors by Number of New Threads Started ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 16 MB Software Solutions, LLC 2. 15 List Administrator Account 3. 11 Stephen Russell 4. 10 Rick Schummer 5. 8 Tracy Pearson 6. 6 Ken McGinnis 7. 6 Joe Yoder 8. 5 Chris Davis 9. 5 Philip Borkholder 10. 4 Frank Cazabon 11. 4 Vince Teachout 12. 3 Eric Selje 13. 3 Malcolm Greene 14. 3 Jeff Roberts 15. 3 Charles Hart Enzer, M.D. 16. 3 Graham Brown 17. 3 Dave Crozier 18. 3 <paul.newton.hudl(a)gmail.com> 19. 2 Bill Anderson 20. 2 Ted Roche Top 20 Non-OT Threads by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Posts Subject | ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. 28 Variations in CSV settings by region 2. 21 [NF] Windows 10 Home networking and Explorer 3. 20 Windows 11??? 4. 18 [NF] Winforms 5. 17 _framewk,vct is missing or invalid, but it isn't and it's not. 6. 15 Printing PDF's 7. 15 File Server Sharing SMB1: W10 Update KB5001330 shuts off SMB1 8. 15 Retire the CSV? 9. 14 SweetPotatosoftware.com 10. 13 sql server connection 11. 12 Matt Slay 12. 12 [NF] Desktop Development in the roaring 20s 13. 12 ProFox List Statistics for 2020 14. 11 Debenu.com/FoxItSoftware for creating PDFs 15. 11 looking for a multi-user alternative to view gmail emails 16. 11 VFP Label Height changes 17. 11 [NF] - Is Bigger Always Better When It Comes To Your Monitors? :) 18. 10 [NF] WFH desktop heater? 19. 10 Windows 11 ads and unexpected restarts on Win 10 Pro 20. 10 Automation & Office 365 Top 0 OT Threads by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Posts Subject | ------------------------------------------------------------------ Top 20 Threads by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Posts Subject | ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. 28 Variations in CSV settings by region 2. 21 [NF] Windows 10 Home networking and Explorer 3. 20 Windows 11??? 4. 18 [NF] Winforms 5. 17 _framewk,vct is missing or invalid, but it isn't and it's not. 6. 15 Printing PDF's 7. 15 File Server Sharing SMB1: W10 Update KB5001330 shuts off SMB1 8. 15 Retire the CSV? 9. 14 SweetPotatosoftware.com 10. 13 sql server connection 11. 12 Matt Slay 12. 12 [NF] Desktop Development in the roaring 20s 13. 12 ProFox List Statistics for 2020 14. 11 Debenu.com/FoxItSoftware for creating PDFs 15. 11 looking for a multi-user alternative to view gmail emails 16. 11 VFP Label Height changes 17. 11 [NF] - Is Bigger Always Better When It Comes To Your Monitors? :) 18. 10 [NF] WFH desktop heater? 19. 10 Windows 11 ads and unexpected restarts on Win 10 Pro 20. 10 Automation & Office 365

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ProFox List Statistics for December 2021
by List Administrator Account 01 Jan '22

01 Jan '22

================================================== ProFox List Statistics December 2021 ================================================== Subscriber Count at End of Month: ProFox: 299 ProFoxTech: 183 ================================================== Total Posts: 49 (Up 36.11% from November 2021) Total [OT] Posts: 0 (Unchanged from November 2021) Total [NF] Posts: 3 (Down 75.0% from November 2021) Daily Message Counts for December 2021 ------------------------------------------------ DOW Date Count --- ---- ----- W 1 - 3 T 2 - 5 T 7 - 1 F 10 - 1 T 16 - 15 F 17 - 7 T 21 - 4 W 22 - 3 M 27 - 3 T 28 - 1 W 29 - 6 Message Counts By Day of Week for December 2021 ------------------------------------------------ DOW Count --- ----- Mon - 3 Tue - 6 Wed - 12 Thu - 20 Fri - 8 Distinct Posters to the List (changes relative to November 2021) ------------------------------------------------ Non-OT messages: 18 (Up 12.5%) OT messages: 0 (Unchanged) NF messages: 3 (Down 62.5%) Total number: 18 (Up 12.5%) Top 19 Contributors by Number of Non-OT Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 8 MB Software Solutions, LLC 2. 7 Tracy Pearson 3. 5 Richard Kaye 4. 4 Jeff Roberts 5. 4 Ken McGinnis 6. 3 Ted Roche 7. 3 Chris Davis 8. 2 Michael Oke, II 9. 2 Dave Crozier 10. 2 Graham Brown 11. 1 List Administrator Account 12. 1 Alan Bourke 13. 1 <datades(a)adam.com.au> 14. 1 Vince Teachout 15. 1 Eric Selje 16. 1 <paul.newton.hudl(a)gmail.com> 17. 1 Ajit Abraham 18. 1 Frank Cazabon 19. 1 Bill Anderson Top 0 Contributors by Number of OT Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts OT% Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ Top 3 Contributors by Number of NF Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 1 <paul.newton.hudl(a)gmail.com> 2. 1 Ted Roche 3. 1 MB Software Solutions, LLC Top 19 Contributors by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 8 MB Software Solutions, LLC 2. 7 Tracy Pearson 3. 5 Richard Kaye 4. 4 Jeff Roberts 5. 4 Ken McGinnis 6. 3 Ted Roche 7. 3 Chris Davis 8. 2 Michael Oke, II 9. 2 Dave Crozier 10. 2 Graham Brown 11. 1 List Administrator Account 12. 1 Alan Bourke 13. 1 <datades(a)adam.com.au> 14. 1 Vince Teachout 15. 1 Eric Selje 16. 1 <paul.newton.hudl(a)gmail.com> 17. 1 Ajit Abraham 18. 1 Frank Cazabon 19. 1 Bill Anderson Top 10 Contributors by Number of New Threads Started ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 3 Ken McGinnis 2. 1 List Administrator Account 3. 1 Jeff Roberts 4. 1 <paul.newton.hudl(a)gmail.com> 5. 1 Graham Brown 6. 1 MB Software Solutions, LLC 7. 1 Dave Crozier 8. 1 Ted Roche 9. 1 Chris Davis 10. 1 Tracy Pearson Top 13 Non-OT Threads by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Posts Subject | ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. 10 Windows 11 ads and unexpected restarts on Win 10 Pro 2. 8 sftp for vfp6? 3. 7 ProTip: Still using the Project Manager? 4. 6 Anyone on here involved with Virtual Fox Fest? 5. 4 VFP9 SP2 run a batch file 6. 3 CABuilder 7. 3 Just to set the mood for Christmas 8. 2 T'was the Night Before Crisis [NF] 9. 2 looking for a multi-user alternative to view gmail emails 10. 1 ProFox List Statistics for November 2021 11. 1 Fwd: VFP9 SP2 run a batch file 12. 1 about running a batch file with Windows 11 13. 1 [NF] Compatibility tab missing from file properties in Explorer Top 0 OT Threads by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Posts Subject | ------------------------------------------------------------------ Top 13 Threads by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Posts Subject | ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. 10 Windows 11 ads and unexpected restarts on Win 10 Pro 2. 8 sftp for vfp6? 3. 7 ProTip: Still using the Project Manager? 4. 6 Anyone on here involved with Virtual Fox Fest? 5. 4 VFP9 SP2 run a batch file 6. 3 CABuilder 7. 3 Just to set the mood for Christmas 8. 2 T'was the Night Before Crisis [NF] 9. 2 looking for a multi-user alternative to view gmail emails 10. 1 ProFox List Statistics for November 2021 11. 1 Fwd: VFP9 SP2 run a batch file 12. 1 about running a batch file with Windows 11 13. 1 [NF] Compatibility tab missing from file properties in Explorer

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Windows 11 ads and unexpected restarts on Win 10 Pro
by MB Software Solutions, LLC 27 Dec '21

27 Dec '21

My Win10Pro dev machine decided to reboot overnight without any warning to me TWICE in the past week, and it had me quite pissed off. Thankfully my code was all saved (or at least 99% of it), but admittedly, I often leave my VFP window open and pick up where I left off the next day. As some of you may recall, I designed an app for managing my Beer League Hockey group (called the "Babs Hockey Fraternity" on Facebook--locations in two states now!), and initially, because it was so quick to get it up and going, I used a VFP DBC backend. I also use Mr. Chen's VFP 10 exclusively for that too. After a few crashes from VFP 10 corrupting the DBFs, I swapped out to the MariaDB backend instead. (I've been using MySQL/MariaDB since I saw Bob Lee's n-tier presentation at GLGDW back in 2003.) Anyhooo.....did anybody else get a similar behavior recently, with your computer asking you if you wanted the free upgrade to Win 11? -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP Fox/VFP dev since 1997 Developer of FabNet estimating software - mbsoftwaresolutions.com

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CABuilder
by Graham Brown 22 Dec '21

22 Dec '21

Hi all I use Paul's CABuilder tool under vfp8 to create Cursor Adapters. Just lately it has started failing under Windows 8. Database is SQL so I'm ticking the convert date/time to date option, selecting SQL and ODBC. It runs through all the tables then says I don't have something installed and asks for the setup. Doesn't say what it is missing and putting the original disc in tells me it can't find the setup files. Will trace the code to see if I can find any clues but has anyone seen this before? Regards Graham -- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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Just to set the mood for Christmas
by Dave Crozier 17 Dec '21

17 Dec '21

I know we have had some form of this poem submitted to Profox on many previous years (I think by Ted) so here is a version I found. Merry Xmas everyone The computers were whirring; they never do stop. The power was on and the temperature right, in hopes that the input would feed back that night. The system was ready, the program was coded, And memory drums had been carefully loaded; While adding a Christmassy glow to the scene, The lights on the console, flashed red, white and green. When out in the hall there arose such a clatter, The programmer ran to see what was the matter. Away to the halfway he flew like a flash, Forgetting his key in his curious dash. He stood in the halfway and looked all about, When the door slammed behind him, and he was locked out. Then, in the computer room what should appear, But a miniature sleigh and eight tiny reindeer; And a little old man, who with scarcely a pause, Chuckled: "My name is Santa...the last name is Claus." The computer was startled, confused by the name, Then it buzzed as it heard the old fellow exclaim: "This is Dasher and Dancer and Prancer and Vixen, And Comet and Cupid and Donner and Blitzen." With all these odd names, it was puzzled anew; it hummed and it clanked, and a main circuit blew. It searched in its memory core, trying to "think"; Then the multi-line printer went out on the blink. Unable to do its electronic job, It said in a voice that was almost a sob: "Your eyes ~ how they twinkle ~ your dimples so merry, Your cheeks so like roses, your nose like a cherry, Your smile ~ all these things, I've been programmed to know, And a data-recall, I am more than so-so; But your name and your address (computers can't lie), Are things that I just cannot identify. You've a jolly old face and a little round belly, that shakes when you laugh like a bowlful of jelly; My scanners can see you, but still I insist, Since you're not in my program, you cannot exist!" Old Santa just chuckled a merry "ho,ho," And sat down to type out a quick word or so. The keyboard clack-clattered, its sound sharp and clean, As Santa fed this "data" to the machine: "Kids everywhere know me; I come every year; The presents I bring add to everyone's cheer; But you won't get anything ~ that's plain to see; Too bad your programmers forgot about me." "Merry Christmas to All," as he pulled out its plug! ~Author Unknown~ 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. 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T'was the Night Before Crisis [NF]
by Ted Roche 17 Dec '21

17 Dec '21

'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, happy Qwanza, merry Solstice, happy Saturnalia and so forth to all!

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