CategoryVisual FoxPro

VFP: OzFox 2007 local speakers finalised

There’s less than two weeks to go until OzFox 2007 hits Sydney… You all know that Doug Hennig, Lisa Slater Nicholls, Colin Nicholls and Rick Schummer are the international speakers right? Well, now I’m excited to confirm the local speakers for the conference. Joining Mark Crichton (announced last month) will be Alain Legrand, Bing Bao and Andrew Coates. You can read all about...

VFP: FoxPro resources

Here’s a link to my FoxPro Top Tens presentation from last Wednesday at the Sydney VFP User Group: Basically, my hope would be that none of these links are new, rather they are just a recap of some of the great FoxPro resources available. But, there may be a new link or two for you (eg did you know that Rick Strahl has two blogs, one VFP based the other more .Net based?) A word on how I...

VFP: OzFox 2007 update – Rick Schummer joins as a speaker

This post has both good and bad news… Firstly, we regret to report that Craig Boyd has had to withdraw from OzFox due to a family emergency. This is a sad turn of events, and we wish Craig and his family all the best during this difficult time. Secondly however, we are very pleased to advise that we have secured Rick Schummer to take Craig’s place. This is exciting news, as Rick (a...

VFP: Sydney VFP User Group this Wed

Yes, we start 2007 with a great meeting. Make sure you are there early (first 10 in the door get a prize). There’ll be other prizes throughout the night as well. We’ll review last year and find out what you liked, and then open the floor for your thoughts on the year ahead. Best suggestions win a prize. Next there will be news on VFP, including OzFox 2007. Then I’ll be preseting...

VFP: How to make Visual FoxPro cool

VFP: How to make Visual FoxPro cool In case you hadn’t noticed, Visual FoxPro (VFP) is not very ‘cool’. In this post my aim is to cover 3 areas: 1. Why VFP isn’t cool 2. Why it matters 3. How we can make VFP cool 1. Why VFP isn’t cool OK, so the first thing we need to agree on is that VFP is not cool. I’ve been chatting with a few people in the .Net space...

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