Category: FoxPro
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Catching Up: I’m Speaking and Writing and Reviewing to start 2012
It’s been way too long, so it’s time I caught everybody up on what’s been going on over here. As you might guess from the lack of posts I’ve been kinda busy, but that’s really no excuse. Last weekend I just got back from FoxCon 2012 in Toledo. This is a great regional conference for […]
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I’m Speaking at Southwest Fox 2011
It occurs to me that I’ve neglected to blog about the fact that I’m speaking at Southwest Fox 2011. For those unfamiliar, Southwest Fox is the premiere Visual FoxPro Developer’s Conference. It’s at a fantastic resort in Gilbert (Phoenix suburb) AZ, and like all conferences the people are fantastic. I was invited to speak there […]
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The type specified in the TypeName property of ObjectDataSource ‘xx’ could not be found.
This one gets me every time, so I’m going to write it up in hopes that next time I search for it, I’ll find my own solution. Situation: You’ve created a datasource in your .Net app, and want to use it on your report (RDLC). You create the report, point to the new Dataset, drop […]
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VFP apps on Android and iPhone?
A few times lately I’ve been asked if we could have an Android or iPhone version of our custom Visual FoxPro application. Of course the quick answer is “No,” because there is not and never will be a mobile version of Visual FoxPro (though it probably runs on Windows CE, but ugh). I’ve spent some […]
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14 Things I Learned at FoxCon 2011
Another great conference for Visual FoxPro Developers, although this one didn’t focus solely on Visual FoxPro. What did I learn there?
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MadFox January 2011 Recap
Another great MadFox is in the books!
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In Visual FoxPro, Using 32-bit ODBC Drivers on 64-bit Windows
Notes to my future self on how to get 32-bit ODBC drivers installed on 64-bit Windows.
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Southwest Fox 2010 Recap
Southwest Fox 2010 has come and gone. Here’s my take.
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VFPXTab is not multi-user friendly
If you use VFPXTab to calculate cross-tabs in VFP, you have to modify it to make it work properly in a multi-user environment. We have a client with West-Wind Web Connection on their server, and one of their dashboard widgets used a cross-tab of some data. Periodically an error would get automatically emailed to us […]
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The Upgrade Trail from Visual FoxPro to Silverlight is Getting Blazed
If you’re interested in upgrading to Silverlight, Southwest Fox Conference is the place to go.