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by ithcy
Wed Jul 25, 2007 2:26 pm
Forum: Developers
Topic: Coding Style - White space
Replies: 4
Views: 9950

??

all whitespace is completely tossed out by the compiler, and it's only one byte per linebreak in the source (er, 2 bytes on windows)... not really a waste of space if it helps you read the code, is it?
by ithcy
Wed Jul 25, 2007 12:05 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Importing patient history from PracticeWorks?
Replies: 5
Views: 12208

Here's how to get access to your PracticeWorks data through ODBC. This is just a copy of a private message I sent to a user on this forum. When I get the foreign key structure figured out, I'll post it. There are two main steps to this: Create the ODBC data source, and create a junction point (symli...
by ithcy
Wed Jul 25, 2007 8:37 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: 3D tooth chart much slower in 5.0.9 than it was in 5.0.6
Replies: 21
Views: 22196

Nevermind

Update - I installed one of my spare graphics cards and everything is working fine now. I don't know where the problem was, but it's gone.
by ithcy
Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:54 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: 3D tooth chart much slower in 5.0.9 than it was in 5.0.6
Replies: 21
Views: 22196

I would agree that integrated chips are frequently not powerful enough, but this one is, for this purpose - in fact the 3D tooth chart worked great until yesterday. Also I am running the latest drivers from ATI. This is not a big deal, I've got some extra graphics cards sitting around and I can pop ...
by ithcy
Wed Jul 25, 2007 7:33 am
Forum: Main Forum
Topic: 3D tooth chart much slower in 5.0.9 than it was in 5.0.6
Replies: 21
Views: 22196

3D tooth chart much slower in 5.0.9 than it was in 5.0.6

Just upgraded to 5.0.9 yesterday. We haven't changed anything with our graphics setup. This computer has an integrated Radeon XPress 200 chip, which is more than powerful enough for this purpose. Strangely, software rendering is actually faster than hardware rendering, but not fast enough to be usab...
by ithcy
Mon Jul 23, 2007 9:49 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Importing patient history from PracticeWorks?
Replies: 5
Views: 12208

no, there wasn't anything super important.

by the way, this is Bill, from Dr. Youngman's office. i spoke to your brother on the phone earlier today. thanks, both of you, for your help with the database conversion to 5.0.9.
by ithcy
Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:35 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Importing patient history from PracticeWorks?
Replies: 5
Views: 12208

okay, well, i guess the replies here got lost. oh well. i'm still working on this problem and i'll post something soon.
by ithcy
Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:31 am
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Data Paths and working from remote locations
Replies: 1
Views: 4845

Data Paths and working from remote locations

I am testing a setup where the doctor and some other workers login to the office OD from laptops or home desktops. I'm using Hamachi for a simple VPN setup. They may not have fast remote connections, so sometimes it's better for them to turn off images when logged in remotely. Unfortunately it doesn...
by ithcy
Wed Jun 27, 2007 12:38 pm
Forum: Advanced Topics
Topic: Importing patient history from PracticeWorks?
Replies: 5
Views: 12208

Importing patient history from PracticeWorks?

Hi, I'd like to write a little script to grab the patient history data out of Practiceworks 6 via ODBC and import it into Open Dental (I'm running the OD 5.0 beta). I am a programmer, but I've never messed with Pervasive, so I could use some pointers. Has anyone here delved into the Pworks database ...