The FoxShow

Learn about the new FoxPro conference coming in October - Virtual FoxFest 2020 brings together developers all across the world in three separate days. Learn more. at http://www.virtualfoxfest.com

In a preview of his 2019 Southwest Fox sessions, Eric Selje compares Visual FoxPro Advanced and X-Sharp, offering his take on how VFP developers can take advantage of these new tools.

Rick Borup has been working in the FoxPro community for years. In recent years, he has shown Mercurial as his version control system of choice but at this year's Southwest Fox, he'll be showing how developers can take advantage of Git. He's also got a new tool under his belt - a little database that makes sense for FoxPro developers who are looking for a fast and easy (and portable) DB. Listen in and see how Rick got involved in the community and also how these tools may make your world a bit easier.

After so many years, XBASE is coming to DotNet!!! Note that I said xBase and not VFP. The xSharp project is an initiative for all xBase devotees, supporting Visual object, clipper and VFP syntax.  I talk with project founder Robert van Der Hulst about how he got into the industry, and the how's and why's of the xSharp project. Find out more at http://www.xsharp.info. Two members of the xSharp team will be at this year's Southwest Conference.

A wide-ranging discussion with Tamar Granor, one of the organizers of Southwest Fox 2019, about women in tech, different ways of sharing information and how to go from wallflower to presenter. The first deadline for Southwest Fox 2019 is coming up on July 1st and Tamar gives several great reasons to attend, including ways she has learned new ideas that have become part of her own arsenal of tech tools. She also tells of her own history with programming at Penn State, introduction to the online world and the gender bias in technology.

Join us for a discussion with Rick Schummer, one of the Organizer of Southwest Fox as we learn where he started, what and how he's learned to get to where he is and why conferences will make him say "wow - how can I use that?"   Find out more about Southwest Fox at http://www.swfox.net

Doug Hennig talks about his start in the computer industry from Commodore Pet and how much FoxPro development he does today. He's also excited about the Southwest Fox conference and what he's learned from past conferences and the real reasons people should attend (hint, it's not just the sessions).

Here's our annual Southwest Fox show with Doug Hennig, Rick Schummer and Tamar Granor, recorded last week. The Supersaver deadline is fast approaching (June 30th) so sign up now and in the time between now and the conference, enjoy Doug, Rick and Tamar discussing what they've learned over the years, what they're excited about and what's all this about GitHub. Cheers!

Today, as with past years, I speak with Rick Schummer, Tamar Granor and Doug Hennig about what's happening at this year's Southwest Fox conference - October 26-29, 2017 in Gilbert, AZ.   It's a smaller conference this year but there's a lot of interesting sessions. The Early Bird deadline is July 1st so head over to Swfox.net to register - but AFTER you listen to the show!

Southwest Fox/xBase++ 2016 is coming up quickly! It's almost a full month earlier than usual (September 22nd-25th, 2016) and the 13th incarnation of the popular conference looks jam packed with great details!! In this episode, we talk with Doug Hennig and Tamar Granor about what to expect this year. Register here   There's a special offer for FoxShow listeners - use the discount code THEFOXSHOW

Listen to hear what's happening with Southwest Fox 2015 coming up in October in Gilbert, Arizona!! Register here

Listen to our interview with Doug Hennig, Rick Schummer and Tamar Granor about what they have planned for this year's Southwest conference. You can find details on http://www.swfox.net. Also, in the episode, Rick announces a discount for listeners so be sure to download and listen for the offer!! Enjoy!   Note: this episode was updated on 7/29 to correct missing audio related to the value proposition offered by Southwest Fox.

Fun interview with Alpha Anywhere's (http://www.alphasoftware.com) Richard Rabins on their new product for the web and mobile area - hopefully he makes it to Southwest Fox this year. Also, the VFPX book is available at a discounted price ($49 instead of $59) at http://www.foxrockx.com/getvfpx.htm

This is FoxPro's time to shine once again. Come to Gilbert, AZ in October for Southwest Fox 2013. As with every year, here is my interview with Doug Hennig, Tamar Granor and Rick Schummer, organizers of the number one FoxPro developer conference in North America. This year, the Super Saver ends on June 30th - and this is their cut-off for a go/no-go on the conference - so if you want to share some of your brightness with other FoxPro Developers, now's the time to do it. Sounds like there's lots of exciting things planned - be sure not to miss it!

Southwest Fox is next week - if you're not going, Rick Schummer has noted that some of the sessions will be available online. Go to http://www.swfox.net for more information. As well, listen to Tuvia Vinitsky talk about his SWFox sessions and his work as an ambassador for FoxInCloud!

Here's an abbreviated episode, teasing a full interview with the organizers of Southwest Fox 2012 and Southwest Xbase++ 2012, October 18-21 in Gilbert Arizona. There's a special goodie at the end! Register for Southwest Fox at their web site - swfox.net.

Is Lianja the next best tool for FoxPro developers looking to leverage their knowledge in the world of desktop, mobile and web applications? In this show, we talk to Barry Mavin, the creator of Lianja and Hank Fay, a long-time FoxPro developer who is looking very hard at Lianja for line of business applications. As a note, attendees of Southwest Fox 2012 will be receiving a Standard edition of Lianja! Note: This episode features a slightly different style of production that I've been listening to on 99% Invisible, a great podcast by Roman Mars. It's not exactly the same but when listening to early cuts of this episode, I found it really worked well. Let me know what you think.

What are you doing in October? FoxPro developers will be at Southwest Fox 2011. In this episode, Doug Hennig, Tamar Granor and Rick Schummer spill the beans (well not all of them) on what you can expect at this year's conference. Need more details? Check out http://www.swfox.net!

A few weeks ago, Matt Slay released Go Fish on VFPX. We got together and talked about what Go Fish is, his thoughts on WPF and other development areas. He also noted how he's using Thor (Jim Nelson's latest VFPX offering). Enjoy the show!

Want to put your FoxPro application on the "cloud"? Listen to our interview with Christophe Rung from FoxInCloud - where he discusses how they've created a tool that makes it easy to move your FoxPro application with minimal effort onto a server that can be accessed anywhere over the internet. You can find more details here.

Listen to our latest show for an interview with Rainer Becker, who is currently in the midst of the German FoxPro User Conference and Kevin Ragsdale with his thoughts on this year's Southwest Fox. Rainer has some interesting news about a special arrangement they have made with Microsoft US, regarding FoxPro.    

This episode features an interview with Paul Mrozowski on his Pre-con "FoxPro and the Web" and JQuery session at this year's SW Fox, coming up in mid-October in Gilbert AZ. Note: the audio for our interview was a little choppy so I had to "refresh" it. 

In this episode, we speak with Eric Selje, of Salty Dog Solutions, one of the new speakers at this year's Southwest Fox conference about his sessions on extending web applications with VFP and getting into the VFP2C32 library.  

In this episode, we talk with Rick Borup, one of this year's speakers at Southwest Fox 2010, on design patterns and Ruby on Rails. The early bird deadline for SW Fox has passed - but that's no excuse not to sign up. Kevin Ragsdale has been serving up some great posts about past sessions he has attended.

In this episode on the FoxShow, we talk with Toni Feltman (of F1 Technologies) on her upcoming sessions at Southwest Fox.

In this episode, we talk with Doug Hennig, Rick Schummer and Tamar Granor about their plans for Southwest Fox 2010, including special registration deals, session breakdowns and the Ceil Silver Ambassador attendees.

Today we feature an interview with Jim Nelson, who is the main project lead on the PEM Editor project at VFPX. Other Posts of interest: How to Improve Your Code and Mea Culpa  

Welcome back to the FoxShow!  Today we feature an interview with Uwe Habermann about his upcoming Southwest Fox sessions on how to integrate FoxPro and Silverlight. Uwe and his team have been working on tools to migrate a FoxPro application (including forms AND reports) into Silverlight, using COM servers and also some C#. Part of this involves the Visual Extend framework but will also work with non-VFX projects. We always enjoy the feedback - so please send it to foxshow@gmail.com or Skype at akselsoft.  

An interview with Tamar Granor, Doug Hennig and Rick Schummer regarding Southwest Fox 2009, coming up in October in Mesa, Arizona. Discussions range from choice of sessions, VFPX, new speakers and sponsors and the state of FoxPro development. Enjoy!

When speaking about VFPx at last year's Southwest Fox conference, it became evident that there aren't a lot of avenues for finding out how to use various pieces of VFPx. So I'm creating videos designed to showcase VFPx components, starting with the Control Renamer. If you have ever wanted to rename a control in a class or form but were hesitant because of missing other code references, the Control Renamer is definitely a tool you want to try. Now, there are lots of areas where new options can be added into this tool - but they are primarily "extras" like setting color settings or some logging. Check it out below! FoxPro VFP

Welcome to the first show of 2009 . On today's show:   1. Discussion about Rod Paddock's What's In a Title post. 2. Designing Databases with Andy Kramek. 3. What's new at VFPX. 4. Interview with John Koziol

FoxShow #60 features an interview with Ken Levy recorded on the second day of Southwest Fox 2008.We talked about a number of things including what he's been doing since he left Microsoft, the new CodeCast podcast that he is doing with EPS, APPScanX - a new VFP tool for helping to scan projects and code for specific elements and what he feels his contribution has been to the FoxPro community.Enjoy!

From Southwest Fox 2008 in Mesa Arizona, here is the audio from my Profiling and Refactoring session. In it, we discuss what refactoring is and what it isn't and how the VFPX Code Analyst helps make refactoring easier in Visual FoxPro. We also discuss how to best use the Log file generated from the VFP Coverage Profiler.

Here's another "discussion" from Southwest Fox, all about how developers get the most out of their day and, er, shower. Discussion with Cathy Pountney, Mike Yeager, Alan Stevens, Art Bertquist, Andrew MacNeill and others. Enjoy.

I didn't want to do a full show on this little interview but wanted to put it into the stream because I think it's really valuable for developers to hear. It's a discussion Alan Stevens and I had one morning at Southwest Fox 2008. It was held after his talk on Agile and I had some specific questions we wanted to get into. There is some background noise as we were talking outside at the breakfast table. If you've never heard Alan speak, this is a great way of getting a feel for his sessions. Enjoy!

At SWFox, there are a number of great sessions going on, most of which have the "please do not record or tape" - however, some, like this one, were open for all and everyone was told "you are on the Internet".This show is the entirety of the VFPX Meeting session - a session hosted by Craig Boyd, Bo Durban, Rick Schummer and myself about how the community can get better involved with VFPX itself and some other suggestions at the type of things the community wants to see.Audio is a conference room is tough - but I've tried to increase it where needed so you can hear the people in the back row.Enjoy

Highlights from today's episode: saraford: codeplex now has ratings and reviews Year's 10 Best Application UIs (Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox) VFP Bootcamp - Interview with Art Bergquist Microsoft Visual FoxPro fails to import Microsoft Excel 2007 Workbook saved in "Excel 97-2003 Workbook" format VFP 9.0 Versions | The Bereznikers 3 Places To Keep Your Pocket Code (Besides Your Pocket) Foundations of Programming Ebook Sleep tight, don't let the test bugs bite Code comments, b-aaaad - Nancy Folsom There are no single developer projects : Steve Smith's Blog

This episode features an interview with Tamar Granor, Doug Hennig and Rick Schummer about their plans for Southwest Fox, the FoxPro developer conference coming up in October, 2008 in Mesa Arizona.Hear about the great prizes, sessions and what went into the planning of this year's conference. As discussed in the interview, here is a link to Tamar's blog post about how she builds the schedule.Also, I mentioned Jing - a handy (and free!) little tool from Techsmith for screen captures and screen casting (in Flash!).Enjoy!

These are the show notes for episode 55 of the FoxShow, the latest in news and software development ideas in the FoxPro Community. Twitter Summize on Prague Devcon: Thanks Olaf!FoxCentral Upcoming: Cathy Pountney in Philadelphia on July 16, early bird deadline for SW Fox West Wind training ends on July 15thGreat DevelopersWhat Makes a Guru? - By Rick StrahlCode Kata - Coding HorrorThis I Believe... - Patrick CauldwellCommand of the Day : TXTWidth or Doug's better implementationInterview with Naim Sula of xSQL Software - one of the sponsors of Southwest Fox

Here's the show notes - brief, I know but I wanted to keep that interview intact.SCCTextX and Code Analyst 1.0Alpha is available on VFPX.Get Guineu from Foxpert!What is Guineu? In the words of Christof, it's a FoxPro runtime that doesn't require FoxPro - in short, on other platforms where you can't run FoxPro today. Listen to find out more!

Southwest Fox Registration Opens - My Heroes Happen HereVFP SP2 Help Update Available - any problems?West Wind Web Connection Training at Southwest Fox - Classic or WCF?Rest in Peace: Ken MurphyKevin in DLL Hell - Register SP2 RuntimesMS + Linux = ?????Whither FoxTeam? - Once in Fox, always in FoxSoftware Strategies: the newSDKSQL Server 2008 - Where's the fun?Google Docs in VFPBe wary of REPLACE FORThe Command of the Day: SET TABLEPROMPT

FoxShow 52 includes:Upcoming Community EventsLatest updates on VFPXDon't Let Software Die and my commentsInterview with Bo DurbanCraig Bailey : Stack TestingAlmost forgot - Fiddler

Bo Durban - To Upgrade Or NotFoxWiki SP2 Bug ListMicrosoft Connect - Report Your VFP9 BugsRick Schummer - VFP All in One (corrected)Craig Berntson - WCF and VFPSedna DDEX Installer IssuesRick Borup - InstallShield Sold AgainPutting Your Database under Source ControlPaul Mrozowski's Calendar UpdateBusiness of Software: Is Your New Version Good Enough?Craig Bailey: Testing the 2008 StackSouth by Southwest Interactive Podcasts: Jason Friend - What We've Learned at 37SignalsGreat Quote: “It is easier to optimize correct code than to correct optimized code.? –Bill Harlan (courtesy Ted Roche)

Episode #50: We made it!Interview with Alan StevensDevBlog: Need Code? Look at Code GalleryAndy Kramek : Form Event SequencesCodePlex and VFPX

FoxShow 49 includes VFP Sedna Download AvailableChristof - Positioning Popup MenusCathy Pountney - Complicated Data Group and Recap ReportingAdam Barr - ChecklistsAdvantage Database Server Interview with JD MullinsGet the beta here Take The Checklist Poll

Welcome to 2008 - the year of VFP and Sedna.Links from the show: The SPS Weblog - Windows Vista and the MS Progressbar Control Andy Kramek : Advantage Database Server V9.0 released as Beta The SPS Weblog - Sedna Release Appears to be Imminent... Zoom Bar The Programming and Management Blog » What de-motivates programmers? On the Other Hand: The Flip Side of Entrepreneurship by Glenn Kelman Bug Bash » Archive » MSNBC.com seeks Software Development Engineer / News Junkie The new reality of job postings

Doug Hennig: Edit Property/Method Dialog Replacement Available Tod means Fox | The Role of Good Database Design and Normalization for Data Integration Projects Small ISVs: You need Developers, not Programmers Cathy Pountney: Gotcha: VFP Reporting Bugs Visual Studio 2008 Shell VFPStudio yag: Community and Architecture : SP2 comments Tools for Developers Rules of Data Normalization

  Automating the Build - Rick Borup Information Architecture > Data Warehousing > Gartner warns of data warehouse user mutiny The Mindjet Blog » My Space in the Techworld Steve Bodnar's WebLog: Southwest Fox - PreCon Interview with Rick Schummer about SW Fox 2007

VFP SP2 Now Availableyag: Community and Architecture : Whoops!» Reviewcast: Saleforce.com's Visual Force is like an on-demand version of FoxPro (but better) | Berlind's Testbed | ZDNet.com Craig Bailey on Microsoft: VFP: Did someone mention FoxPro? Doug Hennig: New Blog Series by Lisa Tod means Fox | Sys(2017) and Comparing Data Business of Software Blog: Why do you write software? Fox Trails Tutorial - Visual FoxPro WikiServoy Development Environment - Interview with Bob Cusik, Managing Director (direct from Southwest Fox) We also have some more news coming from Southwest Fox this week so be on the look-out for episode #46 coming soon as well.

Show #44 Notes and links:Conference Kudos Garrett Fitzgerald's Blog » Archive » FoxForward bloggers Steve Bodnar's WebLog: FoxForward Wrap up OutFox the World! Dave Crozier's Blog Shedding Some Light: Southwest Fox: New SponsorSouthwestFox hits 150 attendees Blogs of Interest Using VFP to fight crime and help police VFP Runtimes - do we need an installer? Automating Builds in VFP First Impressions on LINQ to SQL - Rick Strahl's Web Log A small present for Ludek: RunReports revision Goran Zidar » Blog Archive » Sun Tzu: The Art of Projects (Chapter 1 - Planning) The Database Column: One Size Fits All, doesn't Business of Software Blog: Do Not Disturb - A life hack What Microsoft Doesn't Want You to Know about WPF And finallyThe only acronym that really counts Interview with Rainer Becker about the German FoxPro Conference in Frankfurt , Nov 8-10th!

FoxShow #43: The latest FoxPro News and an Interview with Mike Feltman from F1 Technologies Here are the links from the show: Andy Kramek : Creating Classes with a Factory Cesar Chalom : Watermark your reports with GdiPlusX Kevin Ragsdale - 25 Most Active Open Source Projects at CodePlex The SPS Weblog - Visual FoxPro - Designer Ideas and a Screencast Cesar Chalom : VFP9 SP2 / SEDNA USEFUL LINKS Skills No Longer Required Eric Sink on Requirements AIGA position on spec work: How to say no to free work F1 Technologies Southwest Fox 2007 FoxForward (Sept 2007)