Detroit Area Fox User Group (DAFUG) presents a SWFox Doubleheader: "FoxCharts - Great Looking, Modern Charts in Pure VFP Code" By Jim Nelson
AND "Developing and Extending the Visual FoxPro Grid Object" By Jody Meyer Thursday, August 13, 2009 ** We likely will order in pizza and salad during intermission ** 1) "FoxCharts - Great Looking, Modern Charts in Pure VFP Code" - Jim Nelson FoxCharts creates good looking and modern charts in pure VFP, using NO ActiveX components. It provides for the creation of a number of horizontal and vertical charts as well as pie and donut charts. It takes full advantage of colors, using solid, gradient and hatch brushes, transparencies, 3D effects, and animations. There are customizable tool tips and full mouse behavior customization. It is easy to set up and easy to customize. The code is Open Source, benefiting from all the GdiPlusX drawing capabilities, allowing developers to modify the charts as they see fit. It is easy to save to disk or print, and charts can be saved as EMF, resulting in perfect charts when printed, in VFP reports, or exported to PDFs. We take a full tour of FoxCharts, starting with the basics, building a few simple charts, then creating more complex charts with some bells and whistles, and finally demonstrating a helper class which can be used both by the developer to rapidly create great looking charts and also within an application to allow users to modify their charts themselves. 2) "Developing and Extending the Visual FoxPro Grid Object" - Jody Meyer The Visual FoxPro grid object is a powerful tool for displaying and editing data. In this session, Jody demonstrates a methodology making the development cycle quicker and easier. It also adds greater flexibility to your application. Dive in with demonstrations designed to inspire a better understanding of the grid and the power you can unleash. Build hooks to extend the functionality at runtime without changing the grid control at design-time. Totals at the bottom - it's a snap. Export to Excel - no problem. If you want to add pizzazz to your application, "wow" your users, and save time, this session is a must-see. - Open discussion and the other normal chatter of tips and tricks. - Anything else people want to talk about. Holiday Inn Express - Southfield 25100 Northwestern HWY Southfield, MI 48075 Small Meeting Room on 1st Floor Hope to see you there. More DAFUG details at http://www.dafug.org Agenda: 6:00 - 8:00 Presentation 8:00 - ? Food Future Planned DAFUG Meetings and Speakers: August 13, 2009 - "Developing and Extending the Visual FoxPro Grid Object - It's easier than you think " - Jody Meyer (Southwest Fox Rehearsal) AND "FoxCharts - Great Looking, Modern Charts in Pure VFP Code" - Jim Nelson (Southwest Fox Rehearsal) September 10, 2009 - "Making the Most of VFP 9 SP2 Reporting" (part 1 and 2 doubleheader) - Cathy Pountney (Southwest Fox Rehearsal) October 8, 2009 - "Data Driving Applications - Toni Feltman (Southwest Fox Rehearsal) AND Paul Mrozowski Southwest Fox Rehearsal November 19, 2009 - "Enhancing the Visual FoxPro IDE with VFPX Tools" - Rick Schummer December 10, 2009 - TBD January 2010 - TBD February 2010 - TBD March 2010 - TBD April 2010 - TBD May 2010 - TBD June 2010 - TBD July 2010 - No Meeting (maybe a baseball game??) DAFUG meets on the second or third Thursday of the month (except for July). Admission to DAFUG meetings will be granted free to anyone for 1 (one) meeting. After that you must either join the group (at the low cost of $30 a year, $15 for a half year) or you will be asked to pay $5 per meeting you attend. The $5 will grant you admission but no other rights or privileges of membership. Rick Schummer, Secretary for DAFUG _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/002101ca1a26$6c1dc450$44594c...@com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
