David Bower session code added

Dave Bower's code for his Losing Focus presentation have been added here
http://www.svfpug.com.au/assets/2004Nov/LosingFocus.zip

Webcast dial in numbers

For those people connecting to our webcast this Wednesday, you will need to dial one of the following numbers in order to get audio (the VoIP option is not available this month).
Login details are available from my previous blog here: http://svfpug.blogspot.com/2004/11/november-webcast-login.html

Australia, Adelaide +61 8 8217 7432

Australia, Brisbane +61 7 3218 7022

Australia, Canberra +61 2 6122 4672

Australia, Melbourne +61 3 9286 3225

Australia, Perth +61 8 9420 8419

Australia, Sydney +61 2 9870 2922

New Zealand, Auckland +64 9 357 5566

New Zealand, Wellington +64 4 474 7656

November Webcast login

Here's the details for this month's VFP User Group Webcast login. Note you need to dial in on your phone to pick up audio (it is not available VoIP as I had previously advised):

Attendee Login details for UG

You have been invited to a Microsoft Office Live Meeting. At the time of the meeting, click on the following link to attend:
http://www.placeware.com/rm/microsoft/attend?id=acoat253115&pw=091676
Meeting Title: VFP UG Meeting
Audio Information: +61 2 9870 2922 PIN: 444127 -- Other numbers for around ANZ will be provided soon
If you cannot click the meeting link above, or it does not work, please do the following:
Browse to: http://www.placeware.com/rm/microsoft/attend
Type your name
Type the Meeting ID as: acoat253115
Type the Password as: 091676

November meeting details

The details of next meeting's speakers are on the website www.svfpug.com.au
Details of how to join the webcast will be posted closer to the event.

User Group Webcast details

Here are the details to join the Sydney VFP User Group Webcast at 6:30pm EST on Wednesday 27 October 2004. (Note you only need to dial in if you want to send audio - you can hear audio via the web link)

You have been invited to a Microsoft Office Live Meeting. At the time of the meeting, click on the following link to attend:
http://www.placeware.com/rm/microsoft/attend?id=acoat888222&pw=801696

Meeting Title: VFP User Group Meeting
Audio Information: Dial-in numbers below PIN: 444127

If you cannot click the meeting link above, or it does not work, please do the following:
Browse to: http://www.placeware.com/rm/microsoft/attend
Type your name
Type the Meeting ID as: acoat888222
Type the Password as: 801696
_________________________

Dialin numbers

Australia, Adelaide
+61 8 8217 7432

Australia, Brisbane
+61 7 3218 7022

Australia, Canberra
+61 2 6122 4672

Australia, Melbourne
+61 3 9286 3225

Australia, Perth
+61 8 9420 8419

Australia, Sydney
+61 2 9870 2922

New Zealand, Auckland
+64 9 357 5566

Analyst Programmer job

We've added a jobs page to the UG site.
Currently we have a 6 month contract job in Melbourne.
Details at www.svfpug.com.au/jobs.htm

Next meeting 27 Oct

This month we've got:
Andrew Coates presenting on VFP and MapPoint
Ekasenna Tjhauw talking on Secure Web Services
Craig Bailey giving a summary of FoxPro Devcon

We webcast the UG meetings. Details of how to join the webcast will be posted here shortly.

Next meeting 27 Oct

This month we've got:
Andrew Coates presenting on VFP and MapPoint
Ekasenna Tjhauw talking on Secure Web Services
Craig Bailey giving a summary of FoxPro Devcon

We webcast the UG meetings. Details of how to join the webcast will be posted here shortly.

VFP UG webcast replay

Details of how to replay the UG meeting from last Wednesday were posted on Andrew Coate's blog here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat/archive/2004/09/30/235778.aspx

I have also copied them here:
http://www112.placeware.com/cc/lmevents/viewRecordings
Enter your name
ID: msft092904ac
Password: KJS89Q
Click Submit
On the next page, please enter your Email and Company Name (if required) and click Submit.
Choose between the pure Windows Media format (audio only) and the Microsoft Office Live Meeting Replay (which allows you to actually see what was on the screen as well as move forward and back in the presentation based on the slides)

VFP UG link updated

Thanks to Chuck for fixing up our User group bio on the Australian User groups page. Check it out here: http://www.microsoft.com/australia/msdn/localresources/usergroups.aspx

Web cast debrief

Well, a big well done and congratulations to Paul, Craig and Castro for their excellent presentations, and especially to Andrew for coordinating the event.
A few technical issues were experienced, but given we are pushing new ground this is to be expected. We'll have these sorted for next month. And speaking of next month, please join us to hear Andrew Coates speaking about VFP and MapPoint (he's the great speaker I was referring to in my question).
I'm here at Devcon getting ready to start some sessions in approx 4 hours time (yep, jet lag will do that for you) but I wouldn't have missed the online web cast for anything - a very exciting event. And let's hope it paves the way for other groups to use the technology - we were the guinea pigs on this one I guess (I knw web casts have been around for a while, but switching speakers and machines is not common).
Thanks again to everyone, especially for bearing with us for the few technical hitches, we'll see you again next month.

VFP UG Webcast details

Sorry for the late notice - details of how to connect to the user group are at
http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat/archive/2004/09/27/234694.aspx

September 29 meeting

Don't miss our September meeting (next Wed 29 at 6:30pm)
We have 4 great speakers, each discussing a mini topic, including web services, XML, VFP9 and ActiveX controls.
Also, this will be a combined meeting with the Melbourne VFP user group - and looks to be our biggest meeting so far.
See our website for more details: www.svfpug.com.au

September meeting line up

We are lucky to have Craig Franklin, Eka Tjhauw, Castro Shehata and Paul Hemans all speaking at our September 29 meeting.

And coming up in October Andrew Coates will be presenting on MapPoint which has just been released in an Australian version. This is a preview of his bonus talk at OzFox (yes you heard it here first, Andrew will be one of the OzFox bonus speakers)!

And in November we are privileged to feature David Bower giving a post-Southwest Fox brain dump.

VFP9 Reporting white papers

For more details on VFP9 reporting see the whitepapers on MSDN as detailed by Ken Levy
They are excellent articles by Cathy Pountney
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnfoxgen9/html/VFP9Reports1.asp
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnfoxgen9/html/VFP9Reports2.asp

September agenda added

The details of our 29 September meeting have been updated here.
This will be a combined meeting with the Melbourne VFP User Group!

Thanks to Tristan for looking after us

Thanks to Tristan Kington for looking after us at User Group last night.

XFRX - Print to PDF, Word, Excel

The product I demonstrated for printing to PDF, Word, Excel, HTML etc was XFRX. You can find details at http://www.eqeus.com

Sydney + Melbourne combined webcast

At our next meeting on 29 September 2004, the Sydney VFP User Group will be combining with the Melbourne VFP User Group via webcast.
The meeting will be available for anyone on the net to view.

VFP9 Beta Refresh

The VFP9 Beta Refresh is available here.
Well worth getting if not for the AnchorEditor tool alone.

This is a community blog

This is a community blog. If you are a member of the Sydney VFP User Group and would like to post entries here, please email me and I will add you as a member to this blog. You will then be able to add posts.

Welcome to the Sydney VFP User Group

The Sydney VFP User Group meets on the last Wednesday of each month at Microsoft Headquarters.

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Microsoft Sydney Office
Theatre 2
1 Epping Road
North Ryde NSW 2113

Pizza and drinks are provided

Note - if you come after 6:30pm you will need to call security to let you in - the number to call will be on a notice at the door

See our website for more details.