Yes, it was a beautiful afternoon and we'd all been cooped up inside for 3 days and yet still almost half of us decided to stay for another 90 minutes to learn more about this exciting project.
Cecil has started an X# Group on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/groups/13754150/ One thing many folks have asked for is a complete burndown chart of existing VFP commands to be implemented. I'm not sure 100% compatibility will ever happen, and many many things are easily accomplished in .NET already with very similar commands. Robert's son has begun that list though and I believe Matt Slay is working on making it publicly available. Eric On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 5:56 PM Johan Nel <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, and from report back from Tore Bleken, who attended the > post-conference X# training, 33 attendees (36 started, but had to leave > early), which is 50% of registrations (67). Makes for quite a buzz in > the way forward for VFP developers. The DevTeam also listens and I am > sure what was discussed at the session will somehow find its way into > the VFP language syntax support in X#. > > The X# user base is definitely looking forward to accept our "long lost" > cousins into the world of XBase.NET!!! > > On 2019/10/30 20:53, Matt Slay wrote: > > Another interesting thing to follow at SWFox 2019 was the X#.Net open > > source language, and how they are making good progress with supporting > > the FoxPro language in X#.Net > > > > Eric Selje presented a session on it, and two people from the X# > > Developer Team flew over (from the Netherlands, and France) to have a > > vendor booth and sessions. > > > > I recorded a video of the X# Dev Team presentation (from my iPhone) > > and posted it on YouTube here: > > > > https://youtu.be/wA61SryiMlk > > > > X# web site has download link to the code presented at the SWFox > > vendor session: > > > > https://www.xsharp.info/articles/presentations-and-examples-from-sw-fox > > > > > > > > > > - Matt Slay > > > > > > > > On 10/30/2019 1:38 PM, Eric Selje wrote: > >> Great recap of VFP Advanced, Richard. And yes you did great Tracy! > >> Great > >> to see you there, and would love to see more next year. > >> > >> Eric > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Oct 30, 2019 at 10:43 AM Richard Kaye <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >> > >>> And further to that, a big, big shout-out to Doug, Rick & Tamar, and > >>> all > >>> the speakers for making this happen. The amount of work that goes into > >>> pulling off something like this is a labor of love, and Geek Gatherings > >>> deserves all the love they get in return. > >>> > >>> Here are a few of my highlights: > >>> > >>> In a session on internationalization, Cathy Poutney announced that > >>> Steven > >>> Black's INTL Toolkit is now open source. If you need a framework that > >>> handles translations for different languages or even industries, > >>> head over > >>> to Github and download it. > >>> > >>> The aforementioned Cathy Poutney did a session on, what else, extending > >>> the reporting engine with a framework she's calling fxReports. This > >>> is (or > >>> will be soon) available as an open source project in VFPx. > >>> > >>> Eric Selje did a very interesting session called "VFP Advanced: Is this > >>> the next version of Visual Foxpro?". Basically a rocket scientist lone > >>> developer in China has reverse engineered VFP, and patched at least > >>> 96 bugs > >>> (to date) in our favorite tool and its runtimes. All you need to try > >>> this > >>> out is a licensed copy of VFP9 SP2, hotfix3, and you can install > >>> this side > >>> by side. He has also released a 64 bit version. There are pros and > >>> cons to > >>> using the 64 git version. For example, he has not breached the 2GB file > >>> size limitation. OTOH it uses newer supported versions of the > >>> C++runtime > >>> (10.1, I believe) instead of the apparently out of support 7.1 > >>> library that > >>> VFP is written in. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> rk > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: ProfoxTech <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Richard > >>> Kaye > >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 12:44 PM > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: RE: SWFox 2019 recap > >>> > >>> I was not a presenter, like Tracy <vbg>, but I also had a great time at > >>> SWFox. It's a joy to spend time with one's peers learning new (and > >>> sometimes old) things, as well as meeting in person with both old > >>> and new > >>> friends. I would also encourage anyone on this list who still works > >>> with > >>> the Fox to consider attending next year's conference, which is > >>> scheduled > >>> for November 12-15, 2020. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> > >>> rk > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: ProfoxTech <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Tracy > >>> Pearson > >>> Sent: Wednesday, October 30, 2019 12:38 PM > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: SWFox 2019 recap > >>> > >>> I am back to calm after the first day back to work. > >>> I had a great time at the conference and hope to stay connected with > >>> those > >>> I met. > >>> I answered an email this morning and thought about the conversation > >>> I had > >>> with Richard Kaye. <grin> > >>> > >>> Good conversations, good information, and a fun time. > >>> > >>> I hear I did well as my first time speaking at the conference. > >>> > >>> Maybe we can get more ProFoxers to go in 2020. > >>> > >>> See you around! > >>> Tracy > >>> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/CAAwxvUnQqtbfE-PDRiUh5vE6ZBg-nrOWfY0A=o6lygzwmao...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. 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