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13/03/1999 22:40:15
 
 
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13/03/1999 18:47:00
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
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Other
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00196666
Message ID:
00197327
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>I have addressed the following proposed solution to all who have responded in this thread (Bill, there is a note for you at the end):
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>I would like to see a Kill Thread feature for the UT. When responding to garabage threads like this, users will have the option to check a Kill Thread CheckBox. Before midnight, a process would fire which would determine if the majority of users (who responded) voted to have the thread killed. If so, the thread is dead - killed forever.
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>I feel so strongly about this that I am willing to provide 100% of the financing for the implimentation of this feature. If you are listening Michael, please email a brief proposal and your phone number. You may want to limit this feature to paying members - a good incentive.
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>As for you Bill,
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>IMHO, many of those who responded to you were far too diplomatic.
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>For those of us who make a living providing VFP solutions, these rumors affect our careers. In the last year, every IT manager I have met with has heard these rumors and, as a direct result, I have lost thousands of dollars in jobs and contracts that I would otherwise have acquired.
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>Whatever motive (e.g. entertainment, malicious, etc.) you have in instantiating this thread, you are messing with my career and my earnings of which my family depends. This is personal, not business.
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How about an option to just hide a thread, rather than kill it. That way you can selectively dispose of those you don't like.
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer
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