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RE: Pringing PDFs via ShellExecute from VFP
by Philip Borkholder 02 Jul '21

02 Jul '21

Thanks Chris! ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Chris Davis <chrisd(a)actongate.co.uk> To: profoxtech(a)leafe.com Subject: RE: Pringing PDFs via ShellExecute from VFP Date: Fri, 2 Jul 2021 09:43:35 +0000 Hi Philip I had the same problem recently and switched with success to http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/pdftoprinter.html as sometimes we found adobe would leave itself open so any checks to see if it was still running couldn't be relied on. Then using the following ShellExecute code ... you will notice my method on the form agcheckexe("pdftoprinter.exe"), I have included that code as well as this basically loops until any previous instances have finished before it launches again for the next PDF you want to queue up ... && PDF PRINT METHOD LPARAMETERS lcfilename lcfilename=ALLTRIM(TRANSFORM(lcfilename)) declare INTEGER ShellExecute in shell32 INTEGER handle, STRING @ oper, ; STRING @ ifile, STRING @ iparam, STRING @ ipath, INTEGER showcmd lcfile="c:\pdfprinter\pdftoprinter.exe" lcpath="" lcparam=["]+lcfilename+["] DO WHILE thisform.agcheckexe("pdftoprinter.exe") ENDDO shellexecute(0,"open",lcfile,lcparam,lcpath,1) ========================= && AGCHECKEXE METHOD LPARAMETERS tcName, tlTerminate LOCAL loLocator, loWMI, loProcesses, loProcess, llIsRunning loLocator = CREATEOBJECT('WBEMScripting.SWBEMLocator') loWMI = loLocator.ConnectServer() loWMI.Security_.ImpersonationLevel = 3 && Impersonate loProcesses = loWMI.ExecQuery([SELECT * FROM Win32_Process WHERE Name = '] + tcName + [']) llIsRunning = .F. IF loProcesses.Count > 0 FOR EACH loProcess in loProcesses llIsRunning = .T. IF tlTerminate loProcess.Terminate(0) ENDIF ENDFOR ENDIF RETURN llIsRunning ============================ Regards Chris -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech <profoxtech-bounces(a)leafe.com> On Behalf Of Philip Borkholder Sent: 01 July 2021 20:55 To: profoxtech(a)leafe.com Subject: Pringing PDFs via ShellExecute from VFP Hi all, I am currently printing VFP reports in sequence, then using ShellExecute to print PDFs via their default program (Adobe DC). I am trying to keep each print job in sequence so they come out in the tray together: Example: WO #1 Drawings for WO #1 (PDF via ShellExecute) WO #2 Drawings for WO #1 (PDF via ShellExecute) etc. What I'm running into is sometimes WO#2 prints out before WO#1's PDF prints from Adobe DC. Does anyone have experience in using a Windows API to see if Adobe has printed the PDF before I can continue printing my next VFP form? Thanks Philip B Bison Tech Plus [excessive quoting removed by server]

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PDF printing on WINE & Win98
by Jürgen Wondzinski 02 Jul '21

02 Jul '21

Ok, now it's my turn for a problem solving: I inherited a customer, who runs a VFP6 app on a WINE on Linux setup. The emulated Windows version is a Win98. The original developer and SysAdmin left the company. (After looking at the codebase, I now know why) I was able to successfully recompile it in VFP9 and fix some idiotic things. Now the customer wants to print reports to PDF and then create an email (pure text), attach that PDF and mail it by SMTP. All that without using the new printengine (that is slower than molasses on that installation), and no COM object (since WINE is version 1.1.9 from 2006) Has anybody experience with a simple DLL only solution for that scenario? wOOdy

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Pringing PDFs via ShellExecute from VFP
by Philip Borkholder 02 Jul '21

02 Jul '21

Hi all, I am currently printing VFP reports in sequence, then using ShellExecute to print PDFs via their default program (Adobe DC). I am trying to keep each print job in sequence so they come out in the tray together: Example: WO #1 Drawings for WO #1 (PDF via ShellExecute) WO #2 Drawings for WO #1 (PDF via ShellExecute) etc. What I'm running into is sometimes WO#2 prints out before WO#1's PDF prints from Adobe DC. Does anyone have experience in using a Windows API to see if Adobe has printed the PDF before I can continue printing my next VFP form? Thanks Philip B Bison Tech Plus

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ProFox List Statistics for June 2021
by List Administrator Account 01 Jul '21

01 Jul '21

================================================== ProFox List Statistics June 2021 ================================================== Subscriber Count at End of Month: ProFox: 296 ProFoxTech: 183 ================================================== Total Posts: 86 (Up 40.98% from May 2021) Total [OT] Posts: 0 (Unchanged from May 2021) Total [NF] Posts: 1 (Up 100.0% from May 2021) Daily Message Counts for June 2021 ------------------------------------------------ DOW Date Count --- ---- ----- T 1 - 7 W 2 - 5 T 3 - 2 M 7 - 8 T 8 - 1 W 9 - 6 T 10 - 1 T 15 - 2 W 16 - 9 T 17 - 1 F 18 - 4 S 19 - 2 M 21 - 1 T 24 - 3 F 25 - 4 S 27 - 2 M 28 - 17 T 29 - 11 Message Counts By Day of Week for June 2021 ------------------------------------------------ DOW Count --- ----- Sun - 2 Mon - 26 Tue - 21 Wed - 20 Thu - 7 Fri - 8 Sat - 2 Distinct Posters to the List (changes relative to May 2021) ------------------------------------------------ Non-OT messages: 29 (Up 93.33%) OT messages: 0 (Unchanged) NF messages: 1 (Up 100.0%) Total number: 29 (Up 93.33%) Top 20 Contributors by Number of Non-OT Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 10 Chris Davis 2. 9 Alan Bourke 3. 6 Tracy Pearson 4. 6 Jürgen Wondzinski 5. 5 Frank Cazabon 6. 5 Charles Hart Enzer, M.D. 7. 5 Eric Selje 8. 4 MB Software Solutions, LLC 9. 4 Jan Bucek 10. 3 Philip Borkholder 11. 3 Ted Roche 12. 3 Michael Oke, II 13. 3 Vince Teachout 14. 2 Malcolm Greene 15. 2 Richard Kaye 16. 2 Stephen Russell 17. 1 List Administrator Account 18. 1 Christof Wollenhaupt 19. 1 Eric Selje 20. 1 Man-wai Chang Top 0 Contributors by Number of OT Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts OT% Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ Top 1 Contributors by Number of NF Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 1 Stephen Russell Top 20 Contributors by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 10 Chris Davis 2. 9 Alan Bourke 3. 6 Tracy Pearson 4. 6 Jürgen Wondzinski 5. 5 Frank Cazabon 6. 5 Charles Hart Enzer, M.D. 7. 5 Eric Selje 8. 4 MB Software Solutions, LLC 9. 4 Jan Bucek 10. 3 Philip Borkholder 11. 3 Ted Roche 12. 3 Michael Oke, II 13. 3 Vince Teachout 14. 2 Malcolm Greene 15. 2 Richard Kaye 16. 2 Stephen Russell 17. 1 List Administrator Account 18. 1 Christof Wollenhaupt 19. 1 Eric Selje 20. 1 Man-wai Chang Top 12 Contributors by Number of New Threads Started ------------------------------------------------ | Posts Contributor | ------------------------------------------------ 1. 2 Chris Davis 2. 1 List Administrator Account 3. 1 Jürgen Wondzinski 4. 1 Frank Cazabon 5. 1 Rick Schummer 6. 1 Eric Selje 7. 1 Vince Teachout 8. 1 Stephen Russell 9. 1 Tracy Pearson 10. 1 Philip Borkholder 11. 1 Charles Hart Enzer, M.D. 12. 1 MB Software Solutions, LLC Top 16 Non-OT Threads by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Posts Subject | ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. 15 Windows 11??? 2. 15 Printing PDF's 3. 10 Strange display of DropDownList in Grid 4. 8 FPW26a 5. 7 Builders and the VFP Undo function 6. 7 SP2 Download? 7. 7 FoxPro 2.6 for Windows App 8. 5 ShellExecute 9. 3 SOLVED: Bizarre Desktop write problem driving me mad 10. 3 AW: FPW26a 11. 1 ProFox List Statistics for May 2021 12. 1 PDF printing on WINE & Win98 13. 1 Virtual Fox Fest 2021 (Oct): Call for Speakers Reminder 14. 1 AW: Printing PDF's 15. 1 [NF] Python and where it is going. 16. 1 AW: SP2 Download? Top 0 OT Threads by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Posts Subject | ------------------------------------------------------------------ Top 16 Threads by Total Number of Posts ------------------------------------------------------------------ | Posts Subject | ------------------------------------------------------------------ 1. 15 Windows 11??? 2. 15 Printing PDF's 3. 10 Strange display of DropDownList in Grid 4. 8 FPW26a 5. 7 Builders and the VFP Undo function 6. 7 SP2 Download? 7. 7 FoxPro 2.6 for Windows App 8. 5 ShellExecute 9. 3 SOLVED: Bizarre Desktop write problem driving me mad 10. 3 AW: FPW26a 11. 1 ProFox List Statistics for May 2021 12. 1 PDF printing on WINE & Win98 13. 1 Virtual Fox Fest 2021 (Oct): Call for Speakers Reminder 14. 1 AW: Printing PDF's 15. 1 [NF] Python and where it is going. 16. 1 AW: SP2 Download?

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FPW26a
by Charles Hart Enzer, M.D. 29 Jun '21

29 Jun '21

I want to run FPW26a from a Virtual Disk, Oracle VM Virtualbox What are the advantages of guesting with - WIN3.1 - WIN98SE Thank you -- *Shai / שי **Charles Hart Enzer, MD(Retired: **OH, NY, KY**), FAACAP* *Aliyah <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aliyah>: Cincinnati to Jerusalem <http://www.gojerusalem.com/items/263/German-Colony/>'s German Colony <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Colony,_Jerusalem> May 2017* * Volunteer Associate Professor of PsychiatryUniversity of Cincinnati Medical CenterWebSite: **EnzerMD.com <http://EnzerMD.com>* *Publications* <http://www.enzermd.com/CV.html#Publications> Don't complain about the problem: - Find a solution - Create a plan - Turn that plan into action --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html ---

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Strange display of DropDownList in Grid
by Frank Cazabon 28 Jun '21

28 Jun '21

It's just come to my attention that in a certain instance, if I have a drop down list in a grid and I click on it then move the mouse as if I am going to select one of the options, the display changes to this: Anyone seen this before and got a way to fix it? Sometimes it fixes itself other times it's a real pain to get rid of and display the list properly. -- Frank. Frank Cazabon --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) multipart/related text/html image/png ---

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Re: FoxPro 2.6 for Windows App
by Philip Borkholder 27 Jun '21

27 Jun '21

Thank you Christof. -Philip ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Christof Wollenhaupt <christof(a)wollenhaupt.org> To: profoxtech(a)leafe.com Subject: Re: FoxPro 2.6 for Windows App Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 08:51:18 +0200 Hi Philip, > Does FoxPro 2.6 have to have a 32 bit hardware (machine) as well as Windows 32 bit OS ? You need any CPU compatible with Intel x86 or x64 (ARM won't work) and a 32-bit OS. That makes Windows 10 the last version to support 16-bit Windows or DOS programs. -- Christof [excessive quoting removed by server]

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FoxPro 2.6 for Windows App
by Philip Borkholder 25 Jun '21

25 Jun '21

Hello all, One of my customers still has a FoxPro 2.6 for Windows app running on a network. They are currently running it on Windows 7 32 bit OS. Question I have for you. Does FoxPro 2.6 have to have a 32 bit hardware (machine) as well as Windows 32 bit OS ? Or can it get by running on Windows 7 32 bit OS or even Windows 10 32 bit OS ? What experiences have you had in this situation? Their hardware company is getting upset trying to keep them on reliable machines. Thanks, Philip Borkholder Bison Tech Plus Vicksburg, MI

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Re: FoxPro 2.6 for Windows App
by Philip Borkholder 25 Jun '21

25 Jun '21

Thanks guys! ---------- Original Message ---------- From: Ted Roche <tedroche(a)gmail.com> To: profoxtech(a)leafe.com Subject: Re: FoxPro 2.6 for Windows App Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2021 16:21:29 -0400 If there is any way possible for the client to get their app recompiled into VFP, they will save themselves a lot of headaches. Porting isn't free; you may need to work around / rewrite older code that uses PLBs or MENU TO commands, etc. Older lost source can be recovered with some of the utilities. There's no reason not to try. That said, recent (but perhaps not the most recent) Windows 10 32-bit can run 16-bit windows apps, so there might be a little more time left before the curtain falls. Microsoft has announced they plan to end 32-bit Windows and go fully 64-bit. You *could* run an older Win10 in a VM running 16-bit FPW, but that way leads madness, and would ultimately cost the client more money in the long run. Do a search for 16-bit windows apps on Win32 and you should find lots of articles like: See: https://www.groovypost.com/howto/enable-16-bit-application-support-windows-… On Thu, Jun 24, 2021 at 3:45 PM Philip Borkholder <plborker(a)netzero.net> wrote: > Hello all, > > One of my customers still has a FoxPro 2.6 for Windows app running on a > network. They are currently running it on Windows 7 32 bit OS. > > Question I have for you. > Does FoxPro 2.6 have to have a 32 bit hardware (machine) as well as > Windows 32 bit OS ? > Or can it get by running on Windows 7 32 bit OS or even Windows 10 32 bit > OS ? > > What experiences have you had in this situation? > > Their hardware company is getting upset trying to keep them on reliable > machines. > > Thanks, > > Philip Borkholder > Bison Tech Plus > Vicksburg, MI > > [excessive quoting removed by server]

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Builders and the VFP Undo function
by Tracy Pearson 21 Jun '21

21 Jun '21

For those that have worked with builders. Has anyone noticed if the Undo button on the toolbar worked to undo what a builder changed? Thank you, Tracy

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