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Happy New Year from Foxite!

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:26:44 +0100

I wish you all a very happy 2010. Thank you for hanging around here and your contributions to the Foxite Community. Hope to see you again in 2010!

Downloads: 5 classes by Jun Tangunan

Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:22:00 +0100

Here are 5 VFP classes that you can use to improve the look and feel of your VFP applications: ssbutton.zip - Download ID: 209, sstbclass.zip - Download ID: 210, switchbox.zip - Download ID: 211, ssdtpicker.zip - Download ID: 212 and sscal.zip - Download ID: 213. Enjoy!

Happy Xmas everybody

Thu, 24 Dec 2009 20:15:52 +0100

I wish everybody a happy X'mas time, and a splendid new year and I also express the hope that this wonderful community of foxiters may grow and prosper.

Let the fox live on, no matter what tiobe or anybody else may say or do.

Boudewijn

Downloads: replacement for GETCOLOR()

Mon, 07 Dec 2009 21:40:19 +0100

Here's a dialog by Dan Baker that's intended as a replacement for the VFP GETCOLOR() dialog: Download ID: 208

Downloads: Obfuscator

Mon, 28 Sep 2009 22:24:07 +0100

Here's another tool to protect your VFP applications against code crackers: Obfuscator by Leonid Lepin.

Downloads: DefoxIII

Sun, 20 Sep 2009 20:53:08 +0100

Protect your VFP applications against decompilation tools with Leonid Lepin's DefoxIII.

Site updated

Thu, 17 Sep 2009 23:10:48 +0100

I've just updated the site's bits to fix some bugs and add a new feature to the Thread Window called "mark as read". This new link, next to the "collapse" link, will mark as read any thread currently displayed in your Thread Window. In addition, I've upgraded a number of third party components to their current versions. Please, if you run into problems with the new build, please post your report here or by email: eric@foxite.com. I'll be checking out the current wish list and bug reports over the next few days to see which features can be added and which things can be fixed. If you have new ideas please again: post here or contact me by email.

Happy birthday Simon Arnold

Thu, 27 Aug 2009 08:20:18 +0100

Today one of the long time visitors of Foxite, Simon Arnold, is celebrating his 40th birthday.
happy Birthday Simon, life begins at 40, remember that.

Christian Bonafos' Edit Adventures Part 3

Mon, 24 Aug 2009 21:03:50 +0100

Here is the third episode of Christian's Edit Adventures : "Reveal the X"
This one minds only textboxes and pops a listbox at the same X coordinate than the textbox text cursor: Download ID: 205

PEM EDITOR 4.10 RELEASED

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 21:04:27 +0100

2009-08-16 - An update to PEM Editor has been released on the VFPx / Codeplex site... Lots of new goodies, including speed enhancement on the Document Treeview and much more.

Select the correct category

Mon, 10 Aug 2009 00:10:23 +0100

I recently found multiple messages in the VFP and .Net category that simply shoud NOT be there at all.
I would ask you all to be more careful in selecting the correct category when posting questions.
That way the forum will be a good place to search for answers to question anybody might have.

Boudewijn

German DevCon

Sun, 09 Aug 2009 08:31:58 +0100

This year the German DevCon in Frankfurt (AKA RainerFest) takes place from 12 to 14 November.
Well-known speakers will bring all kind of new and hot VFP related stuff to you.

Doug Hennig, Rick Schummer, Tamar Granor, Christof Wollenhaupt, Ken Levy, Armin Neudert, J?rgen (wOOdy) Wondzinski, Graig Berntson, Sebastian Flucke, Venelina Jordanova and Uwe Habermann, Kirsten Hinrichs, Michael Niethammer, M. D?rr, Nathalie Mengel, Tim Fischer and me.

Sessions on Java, SQL Server, customizing and enhancing your VFP IDE, using VFPX stuff, GDIPlusX, Advantage Data Server, Tablet PC development with VFP, Excel(lent) automation, and much much more.

I will be presenting the current state of the NetCompiler from eTecnologia and a session on software protection.

Rainerfest is one big party from early morning till eerrrhhhmmm early morning. The organizer, Rainer Becker and his dedicated staff always again succeed in putting up 3 days of unlimited fun, knowledge, sharing and getting together.

Be there, you cannot afford to miss this one. looking forward to meet you all there.

Christian Bonafos' Edit Adventures Part 2

Sat, 08 Aug 2009 22:35:58 +0100

Here is Christian's second episode: A flying listbox - a picklist class allowing to pop a listbox when typing a word in a textbox or an edit box: Download ID: 203

New sample download by Christian Bonafos

Mon, 20 Jul 2009 19:51:18 +0100

This is the first contribution of a series of 5. Episode 1 : Catch the word - a simple regular expressions kit (How to parse a string, find an occurrence of a substring, move the text cursor to a given occurrence etc...): Download ID: 202

PEM Editor version 4 released

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 16:20:40 +0100

PEM Editor Version 4 has been released as part of the VFPx Project on CodePlex.com. You can see screenshots, read about the features, and watch the new video series here: http://vfpx.codeplex.com/Wiki/View.aspx?title=PEM%20Editor. This is a powerful tool that can replace the Properties window, Edit Property/Method, New Property, New Method, the Document View window, and has many other powerful features. It's hard to describe the myriad things this tool will do, so please check out the site and watch the videos. You'll find that PEM Editor will bring a new level of convenience and efficiency to your development.

VFP.Net category

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 14:17:34 +0100

This evening (monday June 29, 2009) Eric will add a new category to the already long list of categories in the forum.
The subject of that category will be VFP.net

After my session in Prague last week this question came from several people.
Eric is willing to grant that wish.

Prague DevCon

Fri, 01 May 2009 00:10:14 +0100

In June I will be speaking at the Prague DevCon. 2 subjects.

VFP.Net? You CAN teach an old fox new tricks.
The new incarnation of the Fox, an animal just as indestructible as your mother-in-law
A session on the VFP.Net compiler by eTecnologia, a SMALL company that is creating what that HUGE company, Microsoft said was impossible! (ROTFLMAO)

50 ways to leave your lover, several others to protect her.
A session on software protection... and protection of YOUR income on that app that you created with Blood, Sweat, Tears and nights of long and tedious work.

C'Mon, be there, share the fun! This DevCon, most definetely, is affordable.
Hope to see yer all there.

Boudewijn (bend humor) Lutgerink

PEM Editor version 3.01 update has been released

Wed, 25 Feb 2009 20:30:07 +0100

This powerful tool is a replacement for the native VFP Edit Property/Method dialog. This update fixes several reported bugs and has minor updates in the user interface. Also, a new Usage Notes document has been added.

PEM EDITOR 3.0 RELEASED ON VFPX

Mon, 12 Jan 2009 20:55:46 +0100

PEM Editor version 3.0 released on VFPx. (Formerly named Edit Property/Method Dialog Replacement).

Happy New Year

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 17:44:18 +0100

I'd like to wish you all a very happy New Year. Thank you for your contributions and commitment to the Foxite Community. See you again in 2009!

Downloads: 6 new files

Tue, 25 Nov 2008 20:41:14 +0100

Six new tools written by Benameur Yousfi were added to the download section. Check out download id's 190 - 195!

Downloads: Grid Controller class

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 08:49:31 +0100

Here's another grid extender class by Christian Bonafos: dsi_grid_controller.zip. Have a great weekend!

LinkedIn: Are you connected?

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:43:56 +0100

In the last few months, I received a number of invitations from friends and VFP developers to join their LinkedIn Network. After giving this some thought, I decided to go ahead and signed up. I was surprised to see many names of other people who are hanging out here, including Andy, Marcia, Doug, Barbara, Anders, Mike and Boudewijn. If you like, you can connect to my personal network. I also set up a LinkedIn Group called Foxite Community for Visual FoxPro Developers. You can join this group now. If you don't have a LinkedIn account yet, you can sign up for free here.

Network maintenance

Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:25:37 +0100

On Wednesday, 17 September at 19.30 (CEST) I will have to rewire the servers and other network hardware. Expected down time is 60-90 minutes.

Article: THE SMALL BINARY INDEX SPEED

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:08:09 +0100

Here's a new article by Josip Zohil: THE SMALL BINARY INDEX SPEED. Excerpt: In database application we normally retrieve data using indexes. Most valuable are small indexes, especially in LAN applications, where the indexes data travel over the wire. We present an example of table?s data distribution on which the small binary index is significantly slower than others.