Recent content by colttaylor

You are probably right and at the scale that my app is currently running, that probably wouldn't be too much of a burden for the sql server or the network. Still it seems strange that there isn't an industry standard approach to handling this problem. If I go with the timer approach, I will...

I've taken over development of a Vs2003(vB)/MsSql2000 application which usually runs in on a Windows 2000 server with multiple workstations running the application simultaneously in Remote Desktop Sessions. The central user interface element of the application is an un-databound grid (actually...

I have a customer who uses outlook express (6.00.2600.0000) on WinXP SP2 with Windows Updates active and all current updates installed. The customer uses email almost exclusively to forward jokes and funny pictures that he received in his inbox, to multiple friends. He does not yet know about...

Hi Everyone, I found my own solution. First I copied the... HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Windows\Device ...registry value to... HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Windows\Device ...and rebooted. Take care everyone! Peace, Colt...

I've written a NT Service in Delphi 5 which receives directory change notification messages for an empty directory. Whenever a file gets created in that directory, my service reads it into a stringlist, formats it and then tries to print it. Everything is working up to the "print it" part...

Hi everyone, A customer of mine has asked that my point of sale software print its' end of day (x/z) reports out to a local report printer and simultaneously to a network shared printer at a remotely located company headquarters. I'm posting this to find out if this kind of action can be...

Thanks for the find. I used google for almost an hour and only came up with variations on "silent night". Guess the search engine gods are on your side tonight. Thanks! If it's stupid but it works, it isn't stupid

I've been asked to put an off button on the website to turn off the bgsound music which is currently a rather soft, lengthy midi piece. I have learned how to do it in javascript but it requires an empty midi file; one that plays no music. I do not know how to create (or where to find) such a...

Don't bother to send answers. I found it myself. Prior to version 3.0, the TFIELDDATALINK type came from DB. After version 2.0, it came from DBCTRLS. It hasn't been abandoned, it just moved. I updated the uses line and everything works fine. On to the next component! If it's stupid but it...

I've been assigned the task of porting a Delphi 2.0 application to Delphi 5.0. The application relies on a great number of data aware components, but fortunately I have the source code to almost all of them. The first component I am trying to port upward has a private variable of type...

Thanks! I couldn't find any printer aware annunciators on my brief search of the web, but your idea of scavenging parts from a cash drawer is perfect. I even have a mechanically broken one at the shop which will serve as a parts doner. I appreciate your insights. Peace, Colt If it's stupid...

Anybody know if there are control codes to make an Epson TM88III Thermal receipt printer ring a bell or make some noise? I have installed it as a hot/cold kitchen printer in a rather noisy kitchen and nobody can hear when the "silent" thermal prints. Orders go uncooked until somebody notices...

Bospruell, If your POS can emulate a micros 2700/4700, you might still get into the proshop. A lot of smaller clubs don't have integrated Tee-time Reservations yet, and almost every membership maintenance system hosts micros. There is enough out there for all of us! So, Good Luck!!!! Peace...

One more thing... A former poster suggested Quickbooks as a common meeting place for your seperate software products. This would be good advice if QB could take over the central "A/R, A/P, G/L" functions of the club. Unfortunately, at most clubs, the "A/R and G/L" functions are aspects of the...

Golf POS is actually a deep vertical product, involving much more than the usual product for payment transactions. Golf POS's often interface with the tee-times reservations to record the arrival of the golfers at the club and to validate their eligibility for a particular green fee rate. Golf...