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Wednesday, November 09, 2005 10:00 PM

Windows Security and how it affects running generated code

Here I described how VFP generates executable code and runs it for early and late binding COM clients and implementing COM interfaces. However, there is an important issue with generating and running executable code in the same process. A computer has
Posted by Calvin_Hsia | 6 Comments
Friday, March 18, 2005 11:53 AM

Calling the Windows APIs for Large Files

A customer was trying to use FoxPro to handle large files. The files that Fox handles natively (like tables, indexes) are limited to using 32 bit addressing, (2^32 = 4 gigs). Back in the old days (not that long ago), there were no hard disks > 2 gigs.
Posted by Calvin_Hsia | 3 Comments
Tuesday, November 16, 2004 11:28 AM

Run your code in response to a new drive being inserted

At the Las Vegas Devcon last month I used a digital camera to take a picture, then I plugged the camera media into my Tablet PC which was running the Visual Foxpro code below. The pictures on the media were automatically detected by the event handler
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Monday, October 04, 2004 1:00 PM

Start your Screen Saver NOW!

Now that Las Vegas Devcon is over, I’ll be posting some of my sample code from the keynote and my session here. I demonstrated how to make a simple VFP screen saver. To test it, invoking it immediately is useful. Windows XP allows you to have a screen
Posted by Calvin_Hsia | 5 Comments
 
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