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Thanks for the comments! MrDataGuy: We already load all the runtime files on the local drives to improve performance for the apps themselves, which would offset the gain we'd make by making a C#, .NET, etc. stub (aka launcher) rather than using VFP. But it's good to keep in mind. jrbbldr: This...

I've got multiple company-wide VFP apps that are located on network shares. To install the apps on users' desktops - in XP, I've made a start menu folder with shortcuts to each app in it, and it gets updated at each login on each desktop. This works great. Now, as we roll out Win 7 PC's - we...

I'm truly shocked at how difficult this task has become. I would never have imagined this information would be so difficult to extract - at least reliably. In any case, it appears running 'pdfinfo.exe' and parsing the results is as good as it gets for now. (Oddly, the only other thing that has...

Thanks Ali. My mistake - I should have included the link to the earlier thread http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=1458245 Using filetostr() was an option in that thread as well. Unfortunately, I'm using huge CAD files that are as big as 36"x48" and can contain dozens of pages. In...

I need to be able to reliably count the number of pages in multi-page PDF and TIFF files. What seemed like a trivial task is turning into something much more difficult. I saw a thread from a couple years ago here - but I need something for handling very large PDF files that can run all day long...

Holy cow - this just isn't working. I think I may have ventured too far off the VFP path. My fault, sorry about that. Just a couple quick notes of follow-up to try to wrap it up before I end this effort (in case someone else is viewing who is in a similar situation... which I'm beginning to...

My mistake - I had a feeling I wasn't clear enough. Yes - we are aware of the 'needs' and there's nothing 'blind' about what we're doing. We've migrated to Vista x64 over a year ago, and are familiar with elevating processes and working with UAC limitations, etc. What I'm talking about here is...

I wrote a VFP9 app that we use to install software on our network by launching external installers on from the network(ex: f:\setup\setup.exe). Now that we're switching everyone from Windows PowerUsers to Standard users - it runs the installers, but the installers fail. What I am doing now to...

That was it. The path wasn't valid - for some reason he deleted the c:\temp folder which is automatically created in our PC setup process. (I moved the temp file to the c: root) Thanks for your help!

FAQ184-4912 works great for me. EXCEPT that (1) of my XP users can't get it to work. No error message, the print screen function just doesn't work for him. Nobody else is having the problem, and there are roughly (20) others. I made sure he had the latest gdi32.dll, 12/28/05, v5.1.2600.2818...

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FAQ184-4912 works great for me, too. EXCEPT that (1) of my XP users is having the same problem described above. No error message, the print screen function just doesn't work for him. Nobody else is having the problem. I made sure he had the latest gdi32.dll, 12/28/05, v5.1.2600.2818, located in...

I spent a few minutes trying it out - but wasn't successful. At the 'projects' folder, I set the Deny 'Delete', but couldn't find 'Change', only 'Change Permissions' (in the Advanced section, where there are 13 permissions listed.) At the 'A' folder (which is the level we want to lockdown...

1. Train users: Well, it's an accidental slip-of-the-mouse. Haven't any of you accidentally moved a folder into an adjacent folder? It just happens, it'd be like trying to train kids to not spill milk. 2. Map drives to folders: There are 26 folders. If it were 3 or 4, the mapping would probably...

I've got Windows 2000 servers hosting shared project folders. The problem is that, from time-to-time, people will inadvertantly drag a folder to the adjacent folder - moving it and all it's gigabytes. It was an odd-event at first, but its becoming common... surprising how easy it is to do...