The type specified in the TypeName property of ObjectDataSource ‘xx’ could not be found.
Posted by Eric in C#, FoxPro on 11. Jul, 2011 | 1 Comment
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 […]
VFP apps on Android and iPhone?
Posted by Eric in C#, Database, FoxPro, Hardware, Web on 14. Apr, 2011 | 18 Comments
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 […]
14 Things I Learned at FoxCon 2011
Posted by Eric in C#, Database, FoxPro on 31. Jan, 2011 | 2 Comments
Another great conference for Visual FoxPro Developers, although this one didn’t focus solely on Visual FoxPro. What did I learn there?
MadFox January 2011 Recap
Posted by Eric in Database, FoxPro, Web on 19. Jan, 2011 | 2 Comments
Another great MadFox is in the books!
In Visual FoxPro, Using 32-bit ODBC Drivers on 64-bit Windows
Posted by Eric in Database, FoxPro on 24. Nov, 2010 | 33 Comments
Notes to my future self on how to get 32-bit ODBC drivers installed on 64-bit Windows.
Southwest Fox 2010 Recap
Posted by Eric in Community Relations, Database, FoxPro, Other on 25. Oct, 2010 | 1 Comment
Southwest Fox 2010 has come and gone. Here’s my take.
VFPXTab is not multi-user friendly
Posted by Eric in FoxPro on 29. Sep, 2010 | 0 Comments
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 […]
The Upgrade Trail from Visual FoxPro to Silverlight is Getting Blazed
Posted by Eric in C#, Database, FoxPro, Other, Web on 23. Aug, 2010 | 1 Comment
If you’re interested in upgrading to Silverlight, Southwest Fox Conference is the place to go.
MadFox July 2010 Recap: It’s Like Jazz
Posted by Eric in C#, FoxPro, Other on 21. Jul, 2010 | 0 Comments
July’s MadFox meeting was like good jazz: we played around with a main theme throughout the night while continually improvising side solos on whatever caught our fancy at the time. We slowly built up to the main theme by reintroducing a theme from a previous meeting, Freshbooks. We discussed some of the features of Freshbooks […]
MadFox Recap, June 2010
Posted by Eric in FoxPro on 18. Jun, 2010 | 0 Comments
MadFox June 2010 Recap, in which we talk FoxMock and mock FoxTalk (not really)!