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May 2005 - Posts

• Another difference between VFPOLEDB-SQL and VFP-SQL

  Remember my previous post about the VFP OLEDB provider: Fooled by unclear OLEDB error message? Here's another difference between the OLEDB Provider and VFP's internal SQL engine.--- Dim connstr As String = "provider=VFPOLEDB.1;data source='tastrade.dbc';password='';user Read More posted Saturday, May 28, 2005 1:25 PM by Eric | 0 Comments Filed Under: VFP Programming, ASP.NET

• Plans for Visual FoxPro beyond version 9.0 coming in June

  From Ken Levy's blog:A formal Microsoft Visual FoxPro Roadmap as well as my June letter with additional news is scheduled to go online on June 1st at http:///msdn.com/vfoxpro. The Visual FoxPro roadmap will not mention anything around a service Read More posted Thursday, May 19, 2005 11:51 AM by Eric | 0 Comments Filed Under: VFP Programming

• Fooled by unclear OLEDB error message

  For the past few weeks, I've been working on an ASP.NET web application. I design, write and test my SQL statements in VFP9. Once the SQL statement is OK and the performance is good, I copy the code to VS.NET and then I tweak it there if needed. Today Read More posted Wednesday, May 18, 2005 3:51 PM by Eric | 0 Comments Filed Under: VFP Programming, ASP.NET

• NASA World Wind

  World Wind lets you zoom from satellite altitude into any place on Earth. Leveraging Landsat satellite imagery and Shuttle Radar Topography Mission data, World Wind lets you experience Earth terrain in visually rich 3D, just as if you were really there. Read More posted Monday, May 16, 2005 11:02 AM by Eric | 0 Comments Filed Under: Websites, Software

• Visual FoxPro DevCon Praha 2005

  Microsoft Czech Republic and DAQUAS will organize a conference for developers who create applications using Microsoft Visual FoxPro. "Visual FoxPro DevCon, Praha 2005" will take place in Prague, Czech Republic on 21st - 23rd June 2005. You will find Read More posted Thursday, May 12, 2005 5:55 PM by Eric | 0 Comments Filed Under: VFP Programming

• Happy Birthday Foxite!

  Exactly 4 years ago, we opened our website to the public. We are committed to continuing to support the great Visual FoxPro Online Community for at least 4 more years and expect to launch a new version of the Foxite.COM Support Forum later this year. Read More posted Wednesday, May 11, 2005 12:30 AM by Eric | 3 Comments Filed Under: Community Weblog, Websites

• May Newsletter by Ken Levy now online

  This month's letter contains a summary of some recent Visual FoxPro news as the Visual FoxPro team is busy working on future plans for Visual FoxPro to be announced next month.Full story: http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/letters/   Read More posted Wednesday, May 04, 2005 7:24 AM by Eric | 0 Comments Filed Under: VFP Programming, Websites