tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80718232024-02-28T21:33:25.565+11:00Sydney Visual FoxPro User GroupThe Sydney VFP User Group aims to increase developer knowledge and skills with Microsoft Visual FoxPro and related technologies such as COM, .Net and SQL Server.Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.comBlogger47125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1145842834907583992006-04-24T11:38:00.000+10:002006-04-24T11:40:34.916+10:00VFP: Sydney Visual FoxPro User Group - Wed 26 April<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A reminder about the Sydney Visual FoxPro User Group this Wednesday. The site seems to be down at the moment (I am investigating)) so I have repeated the details here:</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />Wednesday 26 April 2006<br />6:30 - 8:30pm<br /><br />Microsoft Headquarters at North Ryde<br />1 Epping Road<br />North Ryde</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>Adam Cogan</strong> will be presenting on <strong>Rules to Successful Projects</strong><br /><br />This is a continuation of his talk at OzFox Lite.</span>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1140352837947082602006-02-19T23:39:00.000+11:002006-02-19T23:40:37.960+11:00User Group resumes this Wednesday 22 FebA reminder that we resume this Wednesday 22 February 2006 with 3 great talks from Scott Scovell, Ekasenna Tjhauw and Craig Bailey.<br /><br />Details on the website: <a href="http://www.svfpug.com.au">www.svfpug.com.au</a>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1136979444557797132006-01-11T22:34:00.000+11:002006-01-11T22:37:24.573+11:00Sydney Visual FoxPro User Group returns 22 Feb 2006<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A preliminary timetable has been posted on the site for 2006.</span><br /><a href="http://www.svfpug.com.au"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">www.svfpug.com.au</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">On my main blog I made mention of some of the aims for the year:</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><a href="http://craigbailey.blogspot.com/2006/01/vfp-sydney-vfp-user-group-returns-on.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://craigbailey.blogspot.com/2006/01/vfp-sydney-vfp-user-group-returns-on.html</span></a>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1129941898001608272005-10-22T10:42:00.000+10:002005-10-22T10:44:58.006+10:00October meeting - 26 Oct 2005 - 6:30pm<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">See you at 6:30pm this Wednesday 26 October 2005 at Microsoft headquarters in Sydney.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">See David Bower presenting on Data shadowing in VFP, and then Paul Tikotin discussing VFP9 reporting.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Free pizza and drink provided (as usual).</span><br /><a href="http://www.svfpug.com.au"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">www.svfpug.com.au</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1128300273502326112005-10-03T10:42:00.000+10:002005-10-03T10:44:33.506+10:00Sydney VFP User Group this Wendesday<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Our postponed meeting from September is on this Wednesday 5 October at 6:30pm.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Note: we have changed the venue for this meeting only.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This meeting we are at the Talman office at Lane Cove. Details are on the UG web site</span><br /><a href="http://www.svfpug.com.au"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">www.svfpug.com.au</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">3 great talks, free pizza, plenty of parking, see you there.</span>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1125489241151411302005-08-31T21:51:00.000+10:002005-08-31T21:54:01.156+10:00Fantastic meeting earlier tonight<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">What a fantastic meeting we had tonight.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So much content we went an hour over time!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Each month this user group keeps getting better.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A big thank you to Ekasenna Tjhauw, John Burrows and Paul Hemans for their excellent presentations.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Congratulations to Castro for winning this month's really cool </span><a href="http://www.svfpug.com.au/prize.htm"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">prize</span></a>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1124868351309574812005-08-24T17:25:00.000+10:002005-08-24T17:42:11.133+10:00August meeting - 31 Aug 2005 - 6:30pm<p>This month we have another fantastic line up:</p><p>1. Paul Hemans on Using VFP with PDAs</p><p>2. Ekasenna Tjhauw on calling VFP COM objects from SQL Server</p><p>3. John Burrows on calling VFP COM objects from Crystal Reports</p><p>Plus a really cool <a href="http://www.svfpug.com.au/prize.htm" target="_blank">prize</a></p><p>See our main page for other notices and links including jobs and past presentations</p>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1122782032231871662005-07-31T13:53:00.000+10:002005-07-31T13:53:52.296+10:00Updated VFP and WMP presentation<p>I’ve updated the presentation to work with VFP8 on one of the samples</p><p>This shows how to overcome the resize issue</p><p><a href="http://www.svfpug.com.au/assets/2005Jul/WMP/Help/index.htm">http://www.svfpug.com.au/assets/2005Jul/WMP/Help/index.htm</a> </p><p>In particular this topic</p><p><a href="http://www.svfpug.com.au/assets/2005Jul/WMP/Help/index.htm?page=_1KV0RC7FM.htm"><font size="1">http://www.svfpug.com.au/assets/2005Jul/WMP/Help/index.htm?page=_1KV0RC7FM.htm</font></a></p><p>Code is here</p><p><a href="http://www.svfpug.com.au/assets/2005Jul/WMP/Code/VFPWMP.zip">http://www.svfpug.com.au/assets/2005Jul/WMP/Code/VFPWMP.zip</a></p>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1122606884845066942005-07-29T13:13:00.000+10:002005-07-29T13:14:44.853+10:00Solution Explorer presentation<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Here's a link to Scott's presentation on Solution Explorer</span><br /><a href="http://www.svfpug.com.au/assets/2005Jul/SolutionExplorer/Solution%20Explorer%20Project.ppt"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:85%;">http://www.svfpug.com.au/assets/2005Jul/SolutionExplorer/Solution%20Explorer%20Project.ppt</span></a>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1122526079875433732005-07-28T14:47:00.000+10:002005-07-28T14:47:59.920+10:00Great prize at next month's meeting<p><font face="Trebuchet MS">In addition to all the other great reasons to attend Sydney VFP UG we have a great prize next month.</font></p><p><font face="Trebuchet MS">It is a fully hooded navy blue long sleeve fleecy jacket.</font></p><p><a href="http://www.svfpug.com.au/"><font face="Trebuchet MS">http://www.svfpug.com.au</font></a></p><p> </p>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1122514406758548392005-07-28T11:29:00.000+10:002005-07-28T11:33:26.763+10:00UG site updates<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Thanks to Michael, Scott and everyone who came along last night - it was huge return to proper form. The buzz is building again which is great</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We've got our next two months of presentations all organised and they look great</span><br /><a href="http://www.svfpug.com.au/Timetable.htm"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://www.svfpug.com.au/Timetable.htm</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The site has links to presentations (eg Ken's Senda video and my WMP presentation)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a href="http://www.svfpug.com.au">http://www.svfpug.com.au</a></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">See you next month for another 3 great presentations</span>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1122261787168123262005-07-25T13:21:00.000+10:002005-07-25T13:23:07.173+10:00VFP Resources<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A list of resources for VFP users is here. If you are an old hand at VFP you'll no doubt know about these - but if you are new to the community these may be a great help:</span><br /><a href="http://craigbailey.blogspot.com/2005/07/vfp-resources.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://craigbailey.blogspot.com/2005/07/vfp-resources.html</span></a>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1122107399079556902005-07-23T18:28:00.000+10:002005-07-23T18:29:59.086+10:00RSS feed for this blog<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">For those who want to subscribe to this blog the atom feed is:</span><br /><a href="http://svfpug.blogspot.com/atom.xml"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://svfpug.blogspot.com/atom.xml</span></a>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1121570715261686772005-07-17T13:16:00.000+10:002005-07-17T13:25:15.270+10:0027 July 2005 meeting details posted<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Don't miss our next meeting on 27 July 2005 - it's gonna be big (3 speakers talking on Cursor Adaptors, Solutions explorer and Windows Media player, plus more)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Details of topics on the </span><a href="http://www.svfpug.com.au"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">SVFPUG</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> site</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Also I'll be telling you about our plans to start an Aussie VFP Podcast show, similar to Andrew MacNeill's fantastic show </span><a href="http://www.thefoxshow.com/"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">here</span></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Note, we are having a break from the webcast format - this meeting will be only for Sydney members (sorry to our remote members who will be disappointed by this - but we felt that the technology issues were getting in the way - we'll try the webcast thing again later this year)</span>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1116894102900970992005-05-24T10:19:00.000+10:002005-05-24T10:21:42.906+10:00VFP UG on tomorrow night<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Just a reminder that the Sydney VFP UG meets tomorrow night.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If you can't be there in person then why don't you try joining us via webcast.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Details of how to join the webcst are here</span><br /><a href="http://svfpug.blogspot.com/2005/03/ug-webcast-details-for-25-may-2005.html"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://svfpug.blogspot.com/2005/03/ug-webcast-details-for-25-may-2005.html</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Be there by 6:30pm for pizza.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Andrew Coates and Doug Henry presenting.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Details at </span><a href="http://www.svfpug.com.au"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">www.svfpug.com.au</span></a>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1112574880735413272005-04-04T10:32:00.000+10:002005-04-04T10:34:40.736+10:00Binding to System events in VFP9<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Scott Scovell's presentation from the March 2005 UG is available here</span><br /><a href="http://www.svfpug.com.au/assets/2005Mar/Scott%20Scovell%20-%20Binding%20to%20Windows%20Message%20events.zip"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://www.svfpug.com.au/assets/2005Mar/Scott%20Scovell%20-%20Binding%20to%20Windows%20Message%20events.zip</span></a><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This was an excellent presentation, and the zip file includes example code and a full whitepaper.</span>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1112483487207073042005-04-03T08:57:00.000+10:002005-04-03T09:11:27.210+10:00Webcast guidelines<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Here's my first attempt at some guidelines to make the user group experience better:</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">1. If you are not presenting, mute your phone</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Use the mute button or *6</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This will remove almost all the static and interference we were getting at the last meeting</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The only reason you'll need to come off mute is too ask a question, or if you are presenting. Possibly if we wanted to check all are receiving loud and clear, but this can also be done via the Live Meeting interface.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">2. If you are presenting, you are in control until you hand over to the next presenter</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If you are presenting you are responsible for handling questions, wrapping up ontime, etc. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Make sure you keep an eye on the Live Meeting question box.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Then hand over to the next presenter, with a simple 'Now I'll hand over to...' and then mute your phone</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This will avoid those awkward silences when we don't know who is doing what.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">3. Make use of the Live meeting question box.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Instead of coming off mute and interrupting during a presentation, enter your question in the Live meeting box. Presenters will need to ensure they keep an eye on this and if the don't intend to answer it until later, they should still acknowledge it so that the question raiser doesn't feel they need to repeat it.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">4. Get online early if possible</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Live Meeting 'announces' people as they join (not sure if we can turn this off) which is kinds distracting.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It also announces people as they leave, so if you could stay online until the end that would be good.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">5. If you are presenting, make sure any materials are loaded ready for you to start immediately control is handed over to you.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">This will make for a very smooth, clear UG meeting.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Any other ideas? Please let me know.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Thanks</span>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1111368480991377662005-03-21T12:23:00.000+11:002005-03-21T12:28:00.993+11:00Visual FoxPro training<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Does anyone provide Visual FoxPro training in Sydney?</span><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I received a call from Jyotsna (pronounced 'Joshna') who is looking for VFP training. She is moving from 2.6 to VFP and would like some help. She's read books and online articles but is really after an intensive course.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If anyone knows of some training options or would be prepared to provide training on a contract basis please contact her at </span><br /><a href="mailto:samjyo@yahoo.com"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">samjyo@yahoo.com</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> or on 02 9672 4423</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1110778064489368792005-03-14T16:26:00.000+11:002005-03-14T16:27:44.493+11:00UG webcast details for 27 April 2005<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">April details</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">You have been invited to a Microsoft Office Live Meeting. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Meeting Title: VFP User Group </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">When: Wednesday, 27 April 2005 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Audio Information: </span><a title="http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat/articles/395020.aspx" href="http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat/articles/395020.aspx"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://blogs.msdn.com/acoat/articles/395020.aspx</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">PIN: 444127 </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">VOIP may also be available for attendees<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">At the time of the meeting, click on the following link to attend: </span><a title="http://www.placeware.com/rm/microsoft/attend?id=" pw="078982" href="http://www.placeware.com/rm/microsoft/attend?id=acoat123218&pw=078982"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://www.placeware.com/rm/microsoft/attend?id=acoat123218&pw=078982</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br />If you cannot click the meeting link above, or it does not work, please do the following: Browse to: </span><a title="http://www.placeware.com/rm/microsoft/attend" href="http://www.placeware.com/rm/microsoft/attend"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://www.placeware.com/rm/microsoft/attend</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Type your name </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Type the Meeting ID as: acoat123218 </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Type the Password as: 078982 </span>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1110777977707537612005-03-14T16:24:00.000+11:002005-03-14T16:26:17.710+11:00UG webcast details for 25 May 2005<strong>May UG webcast login</strong><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Here’s the attendee information for the MAY VFP user group</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">You have been invited to a Microsoft Office Live Meeting. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Meeting Title: VFP User Group Presentation </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">When: Wednesday, 25 May 2005 6:30 PM - 9:00 PM </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Audio Information: +61 2 9870 2922 </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">PIN: 444127 </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Alternative Dial-in numbers below </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The session may also have VOIP available for attendees<br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">At the time of the meeting, click on the following link to attend: </span><a title="http://www.placeware.com/rm/microsoft/attend?id=" pw="767417" href="http://www.placeware.com/rm/microsoft/attend?id=acoat618298&pw=767417"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://www.placeware.com/rm/microsoft/attend?id=acoat618298&pw=767417</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If you cannot click the meeting link above, or it does not work, please do the following: Browse to: </span><a title="http://www.placeware.com/rm/microsoft/attend" href="http://www.placeware.com/rm/microsoft/attend"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">http://www.placeware.com/rm/microsoft/attend</span></a><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Type your name </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Type the Meeting ID as: acoat618298 </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Type the Password as: 767417 </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Australia, Adelaide<br />+61 8 8217 7432<br /><br />Australia, Brisbane<br />+61 7 3218 7022<br /><br />Australia, Canberra<br />+61 2 6122 4672<br /><br />Australia, Melbourne<br />+61 3 9286 3225<br /><br />Australia, Perth<br />+61 8 9420 8419<br /><br />Australia, Sydney<br />+61 2 9870 2922<br /><br />New Zealand, Auckland<br />+64 9 357 5566<br /><br />New Zealand, Wellington<br />+64 4 474 7656</span>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1110168040960278302005-03-07T14:58:00.000+11:002005-03-07T15:00:40.960+11:00UG webcast details for 30 March 2005<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Here is the webcast login information</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><a title="https://livemeeting.microsoft.com/rm/microsoft/join?id=" role="attend&pw=" href="https://livemeeting.microsoft.com/rm/microsoft/join?id=acoat420218&role=attend&pw=735406"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">https://livemeeting.microsoft.com/rm/microsoft/join?id=acoat420218&role=attend&pw=735406</span></a><br /><br /><br /><p> </p><p> </p>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1110167644566757372005-03-07T14:39:00.000+11:002005-03-07T14:54:04.570+11:00Sydney VFP UG survey results<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Here's a summary of your replies to the <a href="http://svfpug.blogspot.com/2005/02/sydney-vfp-ug-survey.html">UG survey</a>:</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>Topics<br /></strong>1. Should our presentations be predominantly VFP only?<br />(ie exclude topics on SQL Server, interacting with Office etc)<br />You said:<br />In general yes, these days we use VFP with a variety of other tools, so it is important we know about them and how to use them effectively<br />However, we are a VFP UG, so we should focus on the strengths of VFP<br /><br />2. Do you want to see topics that deal with web development using VFP?<br />(eg West-Wind and others)<br />You said:<br />Yes<br /><br />3. Do you want to see topics on 3rd party tools?<br />(eg Stonefield Query, XFRX, FoxFire, Frameworks, HTML Help Builder etc)<br />You said:<br />In general yes, but only for around 25% time max of UG meetings. It is important that they don't turn into sales presentations and may be best presented as a comparison of features<br /><br />4. Are you interested in topics covering VFP and .Net?<br />You said:<br />Yes, but only if it is useful to our development (ie not just for the sake of discussing .net)<br /><br />5. Are you interested in topics that cover VFP and Linux?<br />You said:<br />In general no<br /><br /><strong>Involvement</strong><br />6. Would you like to be a UG presenter?<br />Thank you to those who offered to present<br /><br />7. If yes, is there a particular topic you would like to present on?<br />There are some interesting suggestions for topics coming through, many thanks, these include:<br />- More on CursorAdaptors<br />- Windows Messaging Events (BINDEVENTS)<br />- Using PDAs and Fox<br />- Using C++ in Fox<br />- Using web browser control for rich UI's<br />- VFP COM and .Net or VFP COM Forms as Application servers<br />- Implementing good design<br />- More on using Geographic data<br />- Microsoft Empower program<br /><br /><strong>Format<br /></strong>8. Is the 6:30-8:30pm slot ideal for you?<br />(Some other UGs go for 3 hours+)<br />Most said this was ideal, a few were happy to go for longer<br /><br />9. Do you like joining with the Melbourne group or would you prefer to be separate?<br />Most people like the idea of the combined group as it leads to greater variety of presenters and knowledge. However, most found the technology too distracting and would thus prefer to be separate. So there are actually two issues here.<br />I will discuss this with Microsoft. Also, some training on presenting may be appropriate.<br />I feel this is important because some of our members are unable to physically attend (eg our friends out at the CSIRO).<br /><br /><strong>Other thoughts:</strong><br />Here's some extra suggestions from people for the UG(s)<br />- Social functions<br />- Some nights dedicated to development, others to tools, the attendence numbers may be a helpful guide to future meeting topics<br />- Sydney vs Melbourne UG code challenge:<br />Two open source projects that run for 4-6 months where members of both UG's collaborate to produce the best solution to a given problem. An independent judge determines a winner and source code made available to both UG's. Fame and fortune to the winning UG.<br />- please provide automatic reminder notifications of UG meetings the day before<br /><br />- Did you know the Singapore Foxies are possibly dialing into our UG webcast?<br /><br /><br />Many thanks,<br />Craig<br /></span>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1108967800402243062005-02-21T17:35:00.000+11:002005-02-21T17:36:40.403+11:00UG homepage updated<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I've updated the homepage and added a few more links to VFP related sites</span>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1108967728610778082005-02-21T17:32:00.000+11:002005-02-21T17:35:28.613+11:00Sydney VFP UG survey<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I'm starting to plan out the year for the UG meetings.<br /><br />If you've got a few spare minutes I'd appreciate your thoughts on the following questions. Drop me an email with your responses to <a href="mailto:cb@talman.com.au">cb@talman.com.au</a><br /><br /><strong>Topics</strong><br />1. Should our presentations be predominantly VFP only?<br />(ie exclude topics on SQL Server, interacting with Office etc)<br /><br />2. Do you want to see topics that deal with web development using VFP?<br />(eg West-Wind and others)<br /><br />3. Do you want to see topics on 3rd party tools?<br />(eg Stonefield Query, XFRX, FoxFire, Frameworks, HTML Help Builder etc)<br /><br />4. Are you interested in topics covering VFP and .Net?<br /><br />5. Are you interested in topics that cover VFP and Linux?<br /><br /><br /><strong>Involvement</strong><br />6. Would you like to be a UG presenter?<br /><br />7. If yes, is there a particular topic you would like to present on?<br /><br /><br /><strong>Format</strong><br />8. Is the 6:30-8:30pm slot ideal for you?<br />(Some other UGs go for 3 hours+)<br /><br />9. Do you like joining with the Melbourne group or would you prefer to be separate?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8071823.post-1108964046301143462005-02-21T16:30:00.000+11:002005-02-21T16:34:06.303+11:00Sydney VFP UG meeting postponed until March<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Hi everyone,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I'm very sorry to inform you that UG is postponed for this month.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I had originally planned to resume the meeting this Wednesday (23 March) but due to my late return from OS and a stack of distractions I haven't been able to organise a proper set of presentations for the meeting.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I considered resuming with a 'lite' meeting but then thought better of it. Your time is valuable, so I'd rather make sure the user meeting is a good use of our time.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">See you next month.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Cheers,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Craig</span>Craig Baileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06661435684035973875noreply@blogger.com0