How Not To Store Passwords (and what to do)
This post is a summary of a presentation I made before the Atlanta Foxpro Users Group on Tuesday, January 22nd 2013. You can download the code samples here: http://afug.com/meetingtopics/2013/AFUG_Passwords.zip Over the years and years of my career, I think I’ve made every mistake possible, at some point. We’re going to talk about how to improve [...]
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Selectively removing HTML from Foxpro tables
I was working with some web developers upgrading a VFP data driven website. There were many HTML tags and references in memo fields that needed to be removed when moving to the new site design. I didn’t want to remove ALL of the HTML tags, but just some. I modified some code that I found [...]
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Visual Foxpro to Real Studio Converter – 0.2beta
Hello Visual Foxpro Programmers, Here’s an update to the ‘Visual Foxpro to Real Studio Converter’. I’ve just released version 0.2Beta. There are numerous updates including: The Real Studio project now properly identifies the forms as belonging to the project. More controls are converted such as the Option Groups and Image Controls The method code for [...]
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Visual Foxpro to Real Studio Converter – 0.1beta
I love Visual Foxpro. Let me throw that out there right now and right up front. Unfortunately, Microsoft isn’t going to continue to develop Visual Foxpro and official support is scheduled to end in 2015. Sure, there will be VFP applications that continue to run for years to come. But, where do you go when [...]
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Speaking at DAFUG on 12 May 2011
Rick Schummer reached out to me and asked me if I would speak to the Detroit Area Foxpro Users Group. I was delighted to accept that offer. I didn’t want to make the announcement before Rick did so … mum was the word. The announcement went out so I can now blab all I want! [...]
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How many Foxpro Developers are there?
I was one of the presenters this past weekend at the 2011 REAL Studio Summit in Atlanta, Georgia and I was comparing Microsoft Visual Foxpro and REAL Studio. I got the question “How many Visual Foxpro developers are out there?” I’m afraid that I stumbled all over the answer and finally ended up with an [...]
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Visual Foxpro Debugger Gone Bonkers
I must say that I haven’t ever seen this one before. I’m transitioning from an XP Pro machine to a new Vista machine. I’m now trying to debug through a VCX and … this. What gives?!?!
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SW Fox Conference Starts Today
I wish I was there. I can’t wait to hear of the excellent presentations, lessons learned, and comraderie found. SW Fox Conference
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Ragsdale for Congress
I normally don’t post political things on this blog, tending to keep this blog technical in nature but … my friend is running for congress! How can I not post about it?!? Kevin Ragsdale, FoxForward “Best Presenter” winner, is running for congress. His top priority just happens to be my top priority for this election: [...]
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SWFox Registration Opens Today!
I’m a few minutes early, but not by much. Unfortunately, there won’t be a FF08, so that means that you *must* get to SWFox to satisfy your VFP addiction. I’m sure that the SWFox gang will put on another great show this year.
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