November 2008 - Posts

C# 4.0 Gets dynamic

posted Thursday, November 06, 2008 7:51 PM by joel_leach :: 0 Comments
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I've been watching some of the PDC 2008 videos online.  One of the highlights is The Future of C# by Anders Hejlsberg, and I highly recommend it to anyone that's interested in .NET.  Most of the session focuses on the dynamic capabilities that Read More

Grid Header Checkbox

posted Thursday, November 06, 2008 11:55 AM by joel_leach :: 0 Comments
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Here's a little goodie for readers of my blog.  I have several grids that contain a checkbox column to select items in the grid.  I wanted an easy, consistent way to select/deselect all checkboxes in the column, so I created a custom grid header Read More

Head in the Cloud

posted Monday, November 03, 2008 7:02 PM by joel_leach :: 0 Comments
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With Microsoft's unveiling of Windows Azure at the PDC last week, I've been trying to get my head around exactly what Azure is, or more specifically, why this "cloud computing" thing is so important to Microsoft. What is cloud computing? Read More

FoxTabs Reloaded

posted Saturday, November 01, 2008 12:59 PM by joel_leach :: 0 Comments
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Rewind to 2004 when VFP 9.0 was in Beta. Microsoft added the ability to bind to Windows events from FoxPro. The first thing that came to my mind was the ability to hook into VFP IDE windows. I like to work with my code windows maximized Read More

Diving In...

posted Saturday, November 01, 2008 12:51 PM by joel_leach :: 0 Comments
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After the excitement of the Southwest Fox conference, I decided to get more involved in VFP community efforts and start a blog. Confession... That was how I felt after SW Fox 2007. A year and another excellent SW Fox conference later, I'm Read More