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Windows Vista border issue and SP2

Posted Wednesday, October 31, 2007 11:15 AM by YAG
We've figured out the Vista border issue (we think). We couldn't reproduce it here, but Jim Slater noted that it happens for him when he changes the bordertype in the init. As Calvin mentioned in these blog entries: Windows Vista Aero BorderStyle Paint Read More...
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SP2 comments

Posted Tuesday, October 23, 2007 1:10 AM by YAG
I've been reading the comments here and on some sites about SP2. I wanted to give my point of view about it and ask for a few things from the community. Milind, Calvin, Aiwen and I have been going thru the reports and trying to reproduce them here on Read More...
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Updated SP2 now online

Posted Tuesday, October 16, 2007 10:53 AM by YAG
It may take around a 1/2 hour to propogate to all the servers, but it's now online. Read More...
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Whoops!

Posted Sunday, October 14, 2007 7:02 PM by YAG
As some of you have noticed, we had a bug in our SP2 release. We forgot to update the file with the splash screen in it. Nice getting back online to messages about it. My thanks to those of you who mentioned it nicely. <g> Anyway, Milind and I have Read More...
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Free DBI Controls with VFP9 SP2

Posted Saturday, October 13, 2007 4:12 PM by YAG
Now that SP2 is out, you can go ahead and download the free ActiveX controls being made available by our friends at DBI. The controls include the following: ctTray Offers developers direct access to the standard Windows System tray for presentation of Read More...
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VFP9 SP2 Ships!

Posted Thursday, October 11, 2007 10:18 PM by YAG
As stated in the latest monthly letter , we just shipped Service Pack 2 (SP2) for VFP 9! You can download it here . We've also made the bug list available . The source code to the VFP and VB.NET components will be made available next week. My thanks to Read More...
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German VFP, SQL Server and .NET conference in October

Posted Saturday, September 08, 2007 10:51 AM by YAG
I'll be speaking at a conference in Frankfurt, Germany on November 8-10. I'll be keynoting the VFP conference and doing a session on VB.NET (including things like LINQ, Silverlight and future releases). This is one of my all time favorite conferences Read More...
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VFP and the VB Interop Toolkit

Posted Wednesday, June 20, 2007 5:42 AM by YAG
I'm here in Prague , have to head back to the conference for the Q&A session, but spent some time reading my RSS Feeds. Bernard Bout has a "How To" article on using the VB Interop Control Toolkit with VFP. I showed this in my keynote here, using a Read More...
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Off to Prague!

Posted Wednesday, June 13, 2007 3:31 PM by YAG
I'll be leaving this week for the annual VFP Devcon in Prague , Czech Republic. This is the largest VFP conference in the world and I had a great time there last year. Great speakers, great price. Read More...
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How I feel about making the VFP announcement

Posted Monday, March 19, 2007 2:53 PM by YAG
I said earlier that I wasn't really ready to talk about how I feel about the announcement. I did, however, post something on the Universal Thread last week in response to a question that a few folks have told me I should post here. Interestingly enough, Read More...
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More thoughts and comments

Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007 4:05 PM by YAG
Had a few more questions come up. I'm still at the MVP summit, but keeping up as much as I can. What about the MVPs? The MVP program is tied to the communities, not to the products…so to the extent there are active/vital communities, we would expect to Read More...
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Thoughts and comments

Posted Wednesday, March 14, 2007 11:50 AM by YAG
Since we made the announcement, I’ve been reading comments on this blog and others as well as various community sites like the Universal Thread . The comments have ranged from the good to the, er, not so good <g>, to the challenging. I’ve also personally Read More...
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Mary Jo Foley: "Microsoft to release FoxPro ‘Sedna’ as Shared Source"

Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2007 6:51 PM by YAG
The first article from the announcement today (that I've found) is from Mary Jo Foley: At the Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) Summit in Seattle this week, Microsoft officials shared Shared Source news with the Visual FoxPro faithful and other Read More...
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Twenty years and counting...

Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2007 6:33 PM by YAG
I was talking to some of the MVPs today about the VFP announcement that we've made and we started talking about some of the things we've shared over the years. I've been involved with Fox since Foxbase days back in 1986 or so. Many of my best friends Read More...
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Message to the VFP Community

Posted Tuesday, March 13, 2007 6:13 PM by YAG
We just posted the following to the VFP site. I'll write more later: A Message to the Community We have been asked about our plans for a new version of VFP. We are announcing today that there will be no VFP 10. VFP9 will continue to be supported according Read More...
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