Yet another ‘right on brother’ moment with Craig Boyd’s clear outline of why FoxPro is getting noticed more and more these days. Read it here: a stack to like in this post but a few key points for me are: 1. Craig is essentially talking about ‘the right tool for the job’ as his cry for the Fox – I think it is great to play to the...
VFP: OzFox Lite – exciting speaker news : Greg Low
I’m very excited to announce that we now have SQL Server legend Greg Low giving two sessions at OzFox Lite. Greg Low is a Microsoft MVP in SQL Server, and one of only two Microsoft Regional Directors in Australia (the other is Adam Cogan, also talking at OzFox Lite). You can view Greg’s profile here. At OzFox Lite we will be covering using VFP with SQL Server in detail...
VFP: FoxTabs beta 0.3.1 update
For those interested, we have released a minor update to the FoxTabs beta. It is available here: have been trying to come up with a workaround to the crash on compile fail issue (Scott blogged about it here). There are a few dirty hacks used in this version to overcome the crash (but use it at your own risk {g}).Please let us know on the forum if you have any successes or failures. this...
VFP: OzFoxRocks! Episode 3 – Aussie Visual FoxPro podcast
Scott and I have posted Episode 3 of OzFoxRocks.
The content listing is here:
You can subscribe to the feed here: [no longer active]
OzFoxRocks! home:
And a word of warning for our overseas listeners, there is a touch of dry Aussie humour around the 6 and half minute mark.
VFP: Sydney Visual FoxPro User Group session links
I’ve finally updated the sessions from last months Sydney VFP UGScott‘s talk on ‘Design Patterns in VFP’ is hereMy talk on ‘VFP business skills: Promoting VFP to customers’ is here This month (March 29) we have Scott back, along with John Burrows, and me.
NET: Scotty Wakefield is blogging
Great to see Scott Wakefield (our Web Development Manager here at Talman) blogging: to be confused with Scott Scovell (our Solutions Architect):
VFP: OzFox Lite – 2 weeks to go – register now
Just a reminder that there is only 2 weeks to go until OzFox Rocks hits Sydney on March 25 and 26. Register nowIf you haven’t registered already then please register on the Microsoft Events site here: you have already registered…If you already registered by emailing me, could you please re-register on the Microsoft Event site – this is important because Micrsosoft are...
VFP: When is community not community?
Let me tell you something of my shameful past… Some years ago I was very self-conscious, very low in self-esteem and very unconfident as a person. I was one of those people who seemed to find fault in most things other people did. I well remember criticising people over the smallest of things, often publicly, often unfairly. [I’m glad they didn’t have blogs around then or...
VFP: Sydney VFP User Group this Wednesday 22 February
A reminder that the Sydney VFP User Group resumes this Wednesday 22 February. 6:30pm at Microsoft HQ, North Ryde. Scott, Eka and I will be presenting. Details on the sitewww.svfpug.com.au
VFP: OzFox Lite update
I’m excited to announce we have Adam Cogan and Sunny Chandra speaking at OzFox Lite. Adam is one of only two Microsoft Regional Directors in Australia and an internationally recognised authority on .Net, SQL Server, Team System, Project Management and various ‘Rules’ (which he recently discussed on .Net Rocks). He will be discussing Rules to Successful Projects at OzFox...