The SPS WeblogMicrosoft Programming TechnologiesFoxFeeds - Windows RSS Platform for VFP- February 23, 2008 Windows RSS Platform While I could go into detail about the Windows RSS Platform here, it is much easier for me to point you to the source which says in part... "...As part of the RSS support in Internet Explorer 7, users can discover and subscribe to RSS feeds within the browser. When the user subscribes to a feed, it is added to the Common Feed List, which is available for clients to use in addition to or instead of their own list..." "...The Feed Download Engine downloads feeds and...http://www.sweetpotatosoftware.com/SPSBlog/PermaLink,guid,50f7f4b6-f16f-42de-9802-b8412cbc... VFP Database Backup Made Simple- February 22, 2008 Backing Up Data One of the most important and simplest things a user of a desktop database application can do is to maintain a current backup of the application's database. However, if the user doesn't have some sort of software or hardware that makes an automatic backup on a schedule it is usually up to the software developer to implement an easy to use backup feature for the application. Implementing Data Backup There are a number of things to consider when implementing a database...http://www.sweetpotatosoftware.com/SPSBlog/PermaLink,guid,44d8bab2-fe4b-4c97-982e-09c10480... VFPCompression Update - Relative Path Fixes- February 22, 2008 VFPCompression Update This update contains fixes to problems surrounding relative paths when compressing folders and files that are not relative to one another or the zip file being created. Previous to this version developers needed to send in .T. for the lIgnorePath parameter when calling functions in order to zip files and folders that were not relative. This was not an acceptable workaround as the relative pathing for subfolders would then be ignored as well. This has been a...http://www.sweetpotatosoftware.com/SPSBlog/PermaLink,guid,41e05bd6-f856-4837-93f0-b295ff1d... VFP Studio - Code Editor Screencast- February 20, 2008 VFP Studio Since posting the countdown, I've been fielding lots of questions regarding VFP Studio. Some of the mystery surrounding VFP Studio has been on purpose and some of it has been because we (Bo Durban and I) are not yet sure what all is possible working within the framework provided by Microsoft via the Visual Studio Isolated Shell. However, in order to provide a little more transparency and begin the process of getting feedback from the community I will be presenting a series.http://www.sweetpotatosoftware.com/SPSBlog/PermaLink,guid,b71ea97e-8fb8-4401-ace4-b5a536fe... VFP Application Updating Made Simple- February 15, 2008 02162008 correction: Thanks to Dave Crozier for finding a bug in the code (see comments below). A new zip file of AppUpdate.zip has been uploaded to the server. If you previously downloaded the zip you can download it again or make the change as described in the commments of this blog entry. Updating Visual FoxPro Applications One of the things that I tried to do in my article regarding ClickOnce was to provide Visual FoxPro developers with an understanding of one of the many solutions...http://www.sweetpotatosoftware.com/SPSBlog/PermaLink,guid,06bb82c3-9e4c-4048-9b3b-87cc8579... VFP UploadingDownloading Made Simple- February 15, 2008 Uploading, Downloading and More Ive always wanted some commands in the Visual FoxPro language that would make uploading and downloading files from websites, FTP sites, and file locations extremely easy. Oh, and I also wanted progress indication for these uploads and downloads to be easy to implement as well. Having mucked around with various class libraries and 3rd Party components for years, I decided it was time to write an FLL that did exactly what I wanted so I created...http://www.sweetpotatosoftware.com/SPSBlog/PermaLink,guid,e7cccb45-7d99-4c35-85bc-e123c81c... |