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FoxPro workBLOGS and MORE… . . .

For almost a week now, i’ve been faced with this question about what to post/blog on this website. Should it be purely FoxPro-related news and utilities? What if i want something that deals with Apple Mac’s 64-bit computing… or how the Mars Spirit rover was repaired remotely and space..?

Or worse… about Microsoft’s leaked Windows 2000 code. Will it even make Microsoft withdraw their support of FoxPro even more? What if I want to share something about QRIO… one of the coolest creation invented on this planet?

Or… would i include personal related matters done through the JI process… or work related blogs perhaps? How about graphics related links like what pixelcatalyst.lair (my GFX site) is offering? These are the things i’m reflecting on right now… before i’ll release this site some time next month.

Let me hear your thoughts about this… thanks.

SEXY Foxpro tools of the day: Developer Tools at Kirtland Associates Inc. The calendar control that does not use ActiveX component is worth checking out… the source is even included for further customization.

This is old post, around two months old, but heck… it is worth reading. Andrew MacNeill highlights Top 10 FoxPro-related news of 2003.

Hmmm… Microsoft plans to post the public beta of Europa at MSDN this coming June of 2004. Something to look forward to.

Have fun experimenting and using WIN32 functions in Visual FoxPro.

While it may require you to download two LARGE file (Adobe’s Generic PostScript Driver [7MB] and GhostScript [6MB]), this Free PDFMaker for Visual Foxpro from 1AM Software is worth trying out.

Feedbacks or any kind of related information on this is much welcome.

CHARGED UP my GetRight Download Manager last night downloading foxpro-related utilities and sample source codes at leafe.com’s download section. The VFP CodeBook, a good reference material can also be found in the said site.

And while you’re there, i suggest you check the Email list section which holds ProFox and ProFoxTech, two of the leading e-mail support list for VFP.

Tek-Tips.com – “Technical Work Forums For Computer Professionals”. There’s a separate section for Foxpro 3.0 and beyond, and for Foxpro 1.0 to 2.6 located in the DBMS PACKAGE CATEGORY.

I’m still in the process of posting the ‘BIG sites’. As time goes by, i’ll be posting direct links to articles, snippets, tips and codes.

MVP Jim Booth holds a number of foxpro-related white papers in his site organized according to three categories: Data, User Interface and OOP.

I was hoping i could use this space as the place where i can talk about what the site is all about, its aims and visions.

This is where the details should be. Right now i’m just creating this temporary filler which i will replace once i have finalized the about section of this site.

18 VFP Productivity Boosters from Mike Lewis Consultants Ltd. While these tips will not make your database program load and run faster, it will make it easier for you to handle visual foxpro’s environment, and in the long run give a difference productivity-wise.

More book sample chapters from Hentzenwerke Developer’s Studio Apartment. They release and generate one of the best foxpro-related reference around.

Foxite – ‘The Home of Visual Foxpro Experts’. More from this site later.

Dokumentbibliothek I don’t really understand the language of some parts of the site, but there are 70++ PDF and DOC files and most of them are in English. All of course are relevant.

From the vast Microsoft Knowledge Base:

» Function to Calculate Elapsed or Accumulated Time
» How to Print Check Boxes Instead of Y/N in FP Reports
» How To Create a List of Duplicate Records
» File Search User-Defined Function (UDF) Example

The print check boxes snippet above shows common sense at its finest.

Back after an hour of rest. It is 01:06AM already in this part of the world. I have tested the site using Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and Mozilla 1.6 and every part is working fine so far including the CSS. That’s nice.

I have downloaded AXS Visitor Tracking System too, to at least have an idea of the traffic and referrers to this site. No reason to fret, this has nothing to do with the SPYWares that are rampant in the ‘net these days. If you’re worried about such things, go to LavaSoft and download a free copy of Ad Aware to eliminate these ‘spies’.

And while you’re at it download a free copy of ZoneAlarm too.

One more link before i’ll consider this a day… Foxpro Advisor Features.

Passing parameters in VFP EXE programs… and How to check if drive is ready. Still… from Sergey Berezniker.

Enumerating print jobs in queue by Sergey Berezniker. You can view more printing-related codes in that link too.

Universal Thread – Visual Foxpro Zone… our favorite foxpro-related website. News, links, downloads, articles, books, conferences, magazines, jobs and almost any foxpro-related matters under the cyber sun.