Archive for April, 2006
VFP: FoxShow #37 – Rod Miller interview
A great show from Andrew MacNeill with an interview of Rod Miller from dbi-Tech. There are a couple of points that grabbed my attention: 1. dbi-Tech are not after a quick bit of marketing, and Rod is no dummy. He is obviously a considered businessman, so a decision to embrace the VFP community (or to continue to) is [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )NET: Code Camp Day 2
Another informative day at CodeCampOz. The day kicked off with a chat from Paul Glavich about Atlas and some general discussion of Ajax functionality. This was an excellent introduction for me about the details under the covers (my understanding of Atlas had been sketchy at best up until then). Paul is an extremely likeable speaker and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 3 so far )VFP: FoxShow #37 – Rod Miller interview
A great show from Andrew MacNeill with an interview of Rod Miller from dbi-Tech.
There are a couple of points that grabbed my attention:
1. dbi-Tech are not after a quick bit of marketing, and Rod is no dummy. He is obviously a considered businessman, so a decision to embrace the VFP community (or to continue to) is [...]
NET: Code Camp Day 2
Another informative day at CodeCampOz.
The day kicked off with a chat from Paul Glavich about Atlas and some general discussion of Ajax functionality. This was an excellent introduction for me about the details under the covers (my understanding of Atlas had been sketchy at best up until then). Paul is an extremely likeable speaker and [...]
VFP: Sydney Visual FoxPro User Group reminder
A reminder about the Sydney Visual FoxPro User Group this Wednesday. The site seems to be down at the moment (I am investigating)) so I have repeated the details here:
Wednesday 26 April 2006
6:30 – 8:30pm
Microsoft Headquarters at North Ryde
1 Epping Road
North Ryde
Adam Cogan will be presenting on Rules to Successful Projects
This is a continuation of [...]
VFP: Sydney Visual FoxPro User Group reminder
A reminder about the Sydney Visual FoxPro User Group this Wednesday. The site seems to be down at the moment (I am investigating)) so I have repeated the details here:
Wednesday 26 April 20066:30 – 8:30pmMicrosoft Headquarters at North Ryde1 Epping RoadNorth Ryde
Adam Cogan will be presenting on Rules to Successful ProjectsThis is a continuation of [...]
NET: Code Camp Day 1
A very rewarding day at CodeCampOz today.
Castro, Eka, Rahul, Scott and I are all here in Wagga getting our fill of WinFS, Windows Workflow Foundation, Windows Presentation Framework, LINQ, SharePoint v3, .Net and more.
Greg Low and Mitch Denny have done extremely well yet again. The venue is ideal, the sessions are nicely organised, the speakers [...]
NET: Code Camp Day 1
A very rewarding day at CodeCampOz today.Castro, Eka, Rahul, Scott and I are all here in Wagga getting our fill of WinFS, Windows Workflow Foundation, Windows Presentation Framework, LINQ, SharePoint v3, .Net and more.Greg Low and Mitch Denny have done extremely well yet again. The venue is ideal, the sessions are nicely organised, the speakers [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )VFP: Chris Sainty is blogging about Visual FoxPro
Christ Sainty blasts onto the blogosphere with some impressive posts:http://csainty.blogspot.com Chris works at Quids, the company who developed the web site and back end systems powering Harris Technology (Australia’s biggest consumer IT site). All written in FoxPro ofcourse.That’s right, Australia’s biggest online IT consumer webstore is all running on FoxPro.
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )VFP: Chris Sainty is blogging about Visual FoxPro
Christ Sainty blasts onto the blogosphere with some impressive posts:
http://csainty.blogspot.com
Chris works at Quids, the company who developed the web site and back end systems powering Harris Technology (Australia’s biggest consumer IT site). All written in FoxPro ofcourse.
That’s right, Australia’s biggest online IT consumer webstore is all running on FoxPro.
VFP: Rahul Desai is blogging about Visual FoxPro
Rahul has a nice little piece on some of his previous work experience with Visual FoxProhttp://nationalcom.com/serendipity/ Yes, VFP is amazing… (And if you caught my earlier post pointing to Rahul’s blog – since removed – then my apologies. He was still testing it for format handling and I announced it too soon.)
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )VFP: Rahul Desai is blogging about Visual FoxPro
Rahul has a nice little piece on some of his previous work experience with Visual FoxPro
http://nationalcom.com/serendipity/
Yes, VFP is amazing…
(And if you caught my earlier post pointing to Rahul’s blog – since removed – then my apologies. He was still testing it for format handling and I announced it too soon.)
VFP: TIOBE, Tucows Farm and FoxPro
Good to see that the Fox community is not the only one noticing the surge in VFPhttp://farm.tucows.com/blog/_archives/2006/4/17/1892314.html
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )BROWSER: Crazy Browser
I use Crazy Browser as my browser (it is an IE wrapper). A few people have asked about it, so here’s the link:http://www.crazybrowser.com/It is freeware and pretty good in my opinion. I haven’t done any comparison of browsers, nor am I am actually recommending it. However I have used it for years and have had no [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )VFP: Australian FoxPro Developer Network
Great to see a few more Australian companies have added their details to the Fox Wiki page:http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~AustralianVFPNetwork~VFP In case you missed it, at OzFox Lite we were trying to get a list of Australian FoxPro development companies compiled. And I’m hoping someone will take the lead in New Zealand as well. So, please add your details if [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )VFP: TIOBE, Tucows Farm and FoxPro
Good to see that the Fox community is not the only one noticing the surge in VFP
http://farm.tucows.com/blog/_archives/2006/4/17/1892314.html
BROWSER: Crazy Browser
I use Crazy Browser as my browser (it is an IE wrapper). A few people have asked about it, so here’s the link:
http://www.crazybrowser.com/
It is freeware and pretty good in my opinion.
I haven’t done any comparison of browsers, nor am I am actually recommending it. However I have used it for years and have had no [...]
VFP: Australian FoxPro Developer Network
Great to see a few more Australian companies have added their details to the Fox Wiki page:
http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~AustralianVFPNetwork~VFP
In case you missed it, at OzFox Lite we were trying to get a list of Australian FoxPro development companies compiled. And I’m hoping someone will take the lead in New Zealand as well.
So, please add your details if [...]
VFP: Adam Cogan speaking at Sydney Visual FoxPro User Group on 26 April
I’m pleased to remind you that we will have Adam Cogan speaking at the Sydney VFP User Group this month.
Adam was one of our top scorers in the evals from OzFox Lite with his excellent session on Rules for Successful Projects Part 1.
In his session at UG he will be taking us through the [...]
VFP: Adam Cogan speaking at Sydney Visual FoxPro User Group on 26 April
I’m pleased to remind you that we will have Adam Cogan speaking at the Sydney VFP User Group this month.
Adam was one of our top scorers in the evals from OzFox Lite with his excellent session on Rules for Successful Projects Part 1.
In his session at UG he will be taking us through the [...]
PERSONAL: Holidays
I’m on holidays for the next week or so. Yay! Main resason is that Michele’s sister and family are visiting from Zurich for a week, so we are looking forward to catching up with them.But it comes at just the right time – I am pretty exhausted after running OzFox Lite a week or so ago, and [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )TFS: TFS MSSCCI Provider released – works with VFP
And yet more on the TFS theme… Microsoft has posted the release of its Visual Studio Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider (this is the one that has been out in RC for a little while). Rob notes it has been tested with VFP9 SP1. http://blogs.msdn.com/robcaron/archive/2006/04/06/570317.aspx You can download it directly from herehttp://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=32202966-EF04-442F-8C5C-88BDF15F551C&displaylang=en
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )VFP: Visual FoxPro and Team System
More on VFP and TFS…Alan Stevens notes that he will be doing a session on VFP and TFS at FoxForward. This looks like a fantastic sessionhttp://foxforward.net/session.php?topic=22It will be interesting to see how many Fox developers take note of this and use it in their own environments…
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )PERSONAL: Holidays
I’m on holidays for the next week or so. Yay!
Main resason is that Michele’s sister and family are visiting from Zurich for a week, so we are looking forward to catching up with them.
But it comes at just the right time – I am pretty exhausted after running OzFox Lite a week or so ago, and [...]
TFS: TFS MSSCCI Provider released – works with VFP
And yet more on the TFS theme…
Microsoft has posted the release of its Visual Studio Team Foundation Server MSSCCI Provider (this is the one that has been out in RC for a little while). Rob notes it has been tested with VFP9 SP1.
http://blogs.msdn.com/robcaron/archive/2006/04/06/570317.aspx
You can download it directly from here
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=32202966-EF04-442F-8C5C-88BDF15F551C&displaylang=en
VFP: Visual FoxPro and Team System
More on VFP and TFS…
Alan Stevens notes that he will be doing a session on VFP and TFS at FoxForward. This looks like a fantastic session
http://foxforward.net/session.php?topic=22
It will be interesting to see how many Fox developers take note of this and use it in their own environments…
VFP: Much interest in a Team System Client for Visual FoxPro?
I received an email yesterday from a VFP developer in the US asking about whether there was much interest in a VFP Team System client amongst the community. He is considering writing one.I replied that I thought probably not… after all most Fox developers have their systems worked out after all these years. However I [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 2 so far )VFP: Much interest in a Team System Client for Visual FoxPro?
I received an email yesterday from a VFP developer in the US asking about whether there was much interest in a VFP Team System client amongst the community. He is considering writing one.
I replied that I thought probably not… after all most Fox developers have their systems worked out after all these years.
However I [...]
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