The Philadelphia VFP User Group will meet Tuesday, March 10 at 7 PM.Feel free to bring dinner and arrive as early as 6:30.
Several members will contribute to this month's meeting. Tim Saylor will present a calendar control and several other items. Tamar Granor will show the Control Renamer builder, which she recently contributed to VFPX. If time permits, Bob Pierce will follow up on the search utility he showed last month and show a GDI+ tool for rotating graphics.
Saturday, March 7, 2009
Friday, February 6, 2009
February 10 meeting--A potpourri of useful techniques
We'll meet Tuesday, February 10 at 7 PM. As usual, come as early as 6:30 and bring dinner, if you want.
Two members will present this month.
Alen Kalati will show two things:
First, a customizable toolbar. Alen explains: My application starts with a number of empty toolbar buttons which the user can then choose what they would do. The selection is done simply by right clicking the toolbar button while a form is open, which then it assigns it its 'click' method.
Second, a simple way of associating photos with inventory items using a bar code scanner. Again, a simple but very effective trick of doing this, which since has really revolutionized the way photos are associated with rugs in the rug industry.
Bob Pierce will talk about searching within a grid, integrating with filtering and sorting options.
We anticipate some time for open mike or questions at the end of the meeting, so if you have a little something to share, come prepared to do so.
Two members will present this month.
Alen Kalati will show two things:
First, a customizable toolbar. Alen explains: My application starts with a number of empty toolbar buttons which the user can then choose what they would do. The selection is done simply by right clicking the toolbar button while a form is open, which then it assigns it its 'click' method.
Second, a simple way of associating photos with inventory items using a bar code scanner. Again, a simple but very effective trick of doing this, which since has really revolutionized the way photos are associated with rugs in the rug industry.
Bob Pierce will talk about searching within a grid, integrating with filtering and sorting options.
We anticipate some time for open mike or questions at the end of the meeting, so if you have a little something to share, come prepared to do so.
Friday, January 9, 2009
January Meeting--two members present
We'll start off the new year with presentations by two of our members on Tuesday, January 13 at 7 PM.
First Bill Fitzgerald will introduce us to another VFPX tool, FoxCharts. Then Craig Benson will talk about "Subclassing - a simple way to create a customizable and patchable application." Here's his abstract:
VFP allows applications to be created with layers of hierarchy. These layers can be used to turn product customization and code patching into managable tasks. This session will show how to use these layers to make custom versions of an application using the VFP screen designer, add features to an application and create patches for distribution without redistribution the entire application.
First Bill Fitzgerald will introduce us to another VFPX tool, FoxCharts. Then Craig Benson will talk about "Subclassing - a simple way to create a customizable and patchable application." Here's his abstract:
VFP allows applications to be created with layers of hierarchy. These layers can be used to turn product customization and code patching into managable tasks. This session will show how to use these layers to make custom versions of an application using the VFP screen designer, add features to an application and create patches for distribution without redistribution the entire application.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
December meeting--Introduction to VFPX
Our next meeting will be next Tuesday, December 9 at 7:00 PM. As usual, feel free to bring dinner and come as early as 6:30.
This month, we'll begin an exploration of VFPX. Bob Pierce and Tamar Granor will show some of the VFPX projects, including the Property and Method dialog replacements, FoxCharts, GDIPlusX, and the Outlook Bar control.
VFPX is an Visual FoxPro community open source project dedicated to enhancing and extending Visual FoxPro. It includes developer tools, enhanced controls, the Sedna components, the various Xbase tools that come with VFP, and more. The items to be shown at this meeting range across the spectrum of VFPX projects. They include some items you can use immediately and others to keep in mind for the right project.
This month, we'll begin an exploration of VFPX. Bob Pierce and Tamar Granor will show some of the VFPX projects, including the Property and Method dialog replacements, FoxCharts, GDIPlusX, and the Outlook Bar control.
VFPX is an Visual FoxPro community open source project dedicated to enhancing and extending Visual FoxPro. It includes developer tools, enhanced controls, the Sedna components, the various Xbase tools that come with VFP, and more. The items to be shown at this meeting range across the spectrum of VFPX projects. They include some items you can use immediately and others to keep in mind for the right project.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
November meeting--The Conference Experience
The next meeting of the Philadelphia VFP User Group will take place next Tuesday, November 11. Bob Pierce will lead a session on "The Conference Experience."
For those of you who couldn't attend the SouthWest Fox conference this year, this is your chance to find out what's new with our favorite tool. We will start off with video of the keynote presentation and cover several topics discussed at the conference. This will include updates on Christof's Guineu project, the eTecnologia Extender/Compiler, and the VFPX project. In addition, Bob will introduce an exciting client/server platform, the Advantage Database Server, which promises to make it much easier for VFP developers to make the move to a server based SQL backend.
There will be some giveaway goodies from the conference, as well.
The meeting will take place at 7 PM at Valley Forge Pension Management, 715 Twining Road, Suite 202, Dresher, PA 19025. (Note: The Oreland offramp from PA 309 Southbound has been permanently closed. The easiest way to reach the meeting location from the PA Turnpike or 309 Southbound is to come through the Fort Washington Industrial Park.)
All are welcome to bring dinner and come as early as 6:30 PM.
Tamar
For those of you who couldn't attend the SouthWest Fox conference this year, this is your chance to find out what's new with our favorite tool. We will start off with video of the keynote presentation and cover several topics discussed at the conference. This will include updates on Christof's Guineu project, the eTecnologia Extender/Compiler, and the VFPX project. In addition, Bob will introduce an exciting client/server platform, the Advantage Database Server, which promises to make it much easier for VFP developers to make the move to a server based SQL backend.
There will be some giveaway goodies from the conference, as well.
The meeting will take place at 7 PM at Valley Forge Pension Management, 715 Twining Road, Suite 202, Dresher, PA 19025. (Note: The Oreland offramp from PA 309 Southbound has been permanently closed. The easiest way to reach the meeting location from the PA Turnpike or 309 Southbound is to come through the Fort Washington Industrial Park.)
All are welcome to bring dinner and come as early as 6:30 PM.
Tamar
Thursday, September 4, 2008
Tuesday, September 9--Tamar E. Granor
The September meeting of the Philadelphia VFP User Group will take place Tuesday, September 9 at 7:00 PM at Valley Forge Pension Management, 715 Twining Road, Suite 202, Dresher, PA 19025. (Note: The Oreland offramp from PA 309 Southbound has been permanently closed. The easiest way to reach the meeting location from the PA Turnpike or 309 Southbound is to come through the Fort Washington Industrial Park.)
As usual, you're welcome to bring some dinner and come as early as 6:30.
Tamar E. Granor will be rehearsing her Southwest Fox session "We Used to Do it That Way, But ...".
Each new version of Visual FoxPro has brought new ways to do things, but breaking old habits is hard. Now that the VFP language has stabilized, it's time to hone our skills. This session examines some of the changes in the language over the years and demonstrates that learning to use the newer constructs can result in better, more maintainable, faster code.
Tamar E. Granor, Ph.D., is the owner of Tomorrow's Solutions, LLC. She has developed and enhanced numerous Visual FoxPro applications for businesses and other organizations. She currently focuses on working with other developers through consulting and subcontracting. Tamar served as Editor of FoxPro Advisor magazine from 1994 to 2000 and was Technical Editor from 2000 to 2008. She served as co-author of the popular Advisor Answers column from 1993 to 2008. She has also written for FoxTalk, Code, and FoxRockX.
Tamar is author or co-author of nine books including the award winning Hacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro and Microsoft Office Automation with Visual FoxPro. Her most recent books are Taming Visual FoxPro's SQL and What's New in Nine: Visual FoxPro's Latest Hits. Her books are available from Hentzenwerke Publishing (www.hentzenwerke.com). Her next collaboration, Making Sense of Sedna and SP2, will be published in 2008.
Tamar is a Microsoft Certified Professional and a Microsoft Support Most Valuable Professional. Tamar speaks frequently about Visual FoxPro at conferences and user groups in North America and Europe, including every FoxPro DevCon since 1993.
You can reach her at tamar@thegranors.com or through www.tomorrowssolutionsllc.com.
Note that we will have NO meeting in October, due to Southwest Fox.
As usual, you're welcome to bring some dinner and come as early as 6:30.
Tamar E. Granor will be rehearsing her Southwest Fox session "We Used to Do it That Way, But ...".
Each new version of Visual FoxPro has brought new ways to do things, but breaking old habits is hard. Now that the VFP language has stabilized, it's time to hone our skills. This session examines some of the changes in the language over the years and demonstrates that learning to use the newer constructs can result in better, more maintainable, faster code.
Tamar E. Granor, Ph.D., is the owner of Tomorrow's Solutions, LLC. She has developed and enhanced numerous Visual FoxPro applications for businesses and other organizations. She currently focuses on working with other developers through consulting and subcontracting. Tamar served as Editor of FoxPro Advisor magazine from 1994 to 2000 and was Technical Editor from 2000 to 2008. She served as co-author of the popular Advisor Answers column from 1993 to 2008. She has also written for FoxTalk, Code, and FoxRockX.
Tamar is author or co-author of nine books including the award winning Hacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro and Microsoft Office Automation with Visual FoxPro. Her most recent books are Taming Visual FoxPro's SQL and What's New in Nine: Visual FoxPro's Latest Hits. Her books are available from Hentzenwerke Publishing (www.hentzenwerke.com). Her next collaboration, Making Sense of Sedna and SP2, will be published in 2008.
Tamar is a Microsoft Certified Professional and a Microsoft Support Most Valuable Professional. Tamar speaks frequently about Visual FoxPro at conferences and user groups in North America and Europe, including every FoxPro DevCon since 1993.
You can reach her at tamar@thegranors.com or through www.tomorrowssolutionsllc.com.
Note that we will have NO meeting in October, due to Southwest Fox.
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Menachem Bazian on setting up a LAMP Server
Menachem Bazian returns to the Philadelphia VFP User Group next week to continue his discussion about combining VFP with MySQL. This will be the first meeting on our new, seond Tuesday schedule. The meeting begins at 7 PM on August 12, but you're welcome to bring some dinner and arrive as early as 6:30 PM.
We meet at Valley Forge Pension Management, 715 Twining Road, Suite 202, Dresher, PA 19025. (Note that the Oreland offramp from PA 309 Southbound has been permanently closed. The easiest way to reach the meeting location from the PA Turnpike or 309 Southbound is to come through the Fort Washington Industrial Park.)
Menachem Bazian, CPA (NY), CITP is the President of BC Consulting Services, Inc., a business management and technology consulting firm specializing in enhancing client efficiency with intelligent application of technology. He has been a Fox developer for over 20 years and is the author of three books and numerous articles on the topic. He was a featured speaker at DevCons for over a decade.
This session will discuss how to set up a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) server. It's a continuation of his last session on MySQL, but those who missed that meeting can still benefit from this one.
We meet at Valley Forge Pension Management, 715 Twining Road, Suite 202, Dresher, PA 19025. (Note that the Oreland offramp from PA 309 Southbound has been permanently closed. The easiest way to reach the meeting location from the PA Turnpike or 309 Southbound is to come through the Fort Washington Industrial Park.)
Menachem Bazian, CPA (NY), CITP is the President of BC Consulting Services, Inc., a business management and technology consulting firm specializing in enhancing client efficiency with intelligent application of technology. He has been a Fox developer for over 20 years and is the author of three books and numerous articles on the topic. He was a featured speaker at DevCons for over a decade.
This session will discuss how to set up a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) server. It's a continuation of his last session on MySQL, but those who missed that meeting can still benefit from this one.
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