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A few weeks back there was discussion on Universal Thread requesting that Microsoft make the VFP Runtime a free download from their web site. The argument goes a bit like this: The VB runtime is distributed to all Windows machines, so are key Visual C and C++ runtimes. The .Net runtime is a free download. Visual Studio Express, MSDE and now SQL 2005 Express are free downloads, so why isn’t...
Since returning from overseas I have been gradually building up my TinTin collection (as mentioned here). Turns out it was cheaper to buy them all new than it was to get them on EBay (after taking shipping into account). I keep hearing rumours of a TinTin movie coming out, but nothing concrete yet. I can’t wait for a proper movie to come out, but I do worry it will start a TinTin hair style...
Boy am I glad to hear that the FoxPro Show is still on the air. I spent last night dreaming up ideas for how I was going to get the entire Fox community to pressure (ie ‘encourage’) Andrew MacNeill to get it back on line. Turns out it was a small accident, but I’m glad it happened because it prompted me to write the following note… It occurred to me that I had seen...
If you subscribe to the Microsoft Recently Published feed (point your RSS reader here) then you’ll have seen this article popup
It is always good to see VFP articles announced from Microsoft sources other than the main VFP site…
A great article by the way (as always Doug, excellent work) first seen in the FoxTalk May issue.
Our thanks for the great feedback we’ve received on Solution Explorer, especially from Craig Boyd. The funny thing is that at OzFox last year there was zero interest expressed – but it was only a prototype at that stage and it was the last session of the night…
We’ll post details on schedules shortly.
After posting the presentation from Sydney VFP UG last week I was alerted to the fact that the resize workaround doesn’t work for VFP8 (or earlier) since it relies on VFP9 Anchors.
The updated presentation is here
Specifically this topic (which is an improvement on the original workaround anyway)
Sample code is here
There’s been a few discussions lately about a Solution Explorer for VFP (see Craig Boyd’s mention here for example). I note that Craig Bernston is working on one and there are probably others out there.Here’s a link to a presentation Scott Scovell gave at OzFox last year and then re-presented at the Sydney VFP UG this month.Scott is planning to open it up to the community later...
We had a great meeting last night, and next month is looking awesome too
Links and details of presentations are on the site
And the OzFoxRox! podcast idea got a very enthusiastic response
A few interesting links doing the rounds
Joel on Software: especially
37signals: especially
Andrew MacNeill comments on it here
Every so often a new person turns up at the Sydney VFP User Group and asks where they can find information on a VFP related item. Usually I send them an email afterwards with a list of VFP resources. But to save time I’ve compiled a list here. There are many others ofcourse, but these are some main ones to get started with.[Update: Added The FoxPro Show in the podcast section]Microsoft VFP...