Apparently this doesn't work anymore when clicking on the ProFox Email List (under Community in the Task Pane startup): https://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox
Who do we contact to fix that? (Or is it too late since they turned off the lights in Redmond for the VFP team?)
Try http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox
mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:
Apparently this doesn't work anymore when clicking on the ProFox Email List (under Community in the Task Pane startup): https://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox
Who do we contact to fix that? (Or is it too late since they turned off the lights in Redmond for the VFP team?)
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On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:36 PM, mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:
Apparently this doesn't work anymore when clicking on the ProFox Email List (under Community in the Task Pane startup): https://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox
Who do we contact to fix that? (Or is it too late since they turned off the lights in Redmond for the VFP team?)
I added a redirect to my apache server. It should work fine now.
-- Ed Leafe
On 2017-02-09 14:01, Ed Leafe wrote:
On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:36 PM, mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:
Apparently this doesn't work anymore when clicking on the ProFox Email List (under Community in the Task Pane startup): https://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox
Who do we contact to fix that? (Or is it too late since they turned off the lights in Redmond for the VFP team?)
I added a redirect to my apache server. It should work fine now.
-- Ed Leafe
Thanks so much, Ed. Your lifetime efforts with the Fox are very much appreciated, even though you don't code much (if at all?) in it anymore!
<snip> Thanks so much, Ed. Your lifetime efforts with the Fox are very much appreciated </snip>
Hear, hear!!!!!!
-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com Sent: Friday, February 10, 2017 7:18 AM To: profoxtech@leafe.com Subject: Re: TaskPane entry for ProFox outdated
On 2017-02-09 14:01, Ed Leafe wrote:
On Feb 8, 2017, at 11:36 PM, mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:
Apparently this doesn't work anymore when clicking on the ProFox Email List (under Community in the Task Pane startup): https://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox
Who do we contact to fix that? (Or is it too late since they turned off the lights in Redmond for the VFP team?)
I added a redirect to my apache server. It should work fine now.
-- Ed Leafe
Thanks so much, Ed. Your lifetime efforts with the Fox are very much appreciated, even though you don't code much (if at all?) in it anymore!
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On Feb 10, 2017, at 8:17 AM, mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:
Thanks so much, Ed. Your lifetime efforts with the Fox are very much appreciated, even though you don't code much (if at all?) in it anymore!
I haven't touched VFP since early 2008. I don't even own a copy of it anymore.
-- Ed Leafe
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mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:
On 2017-02-10 11:52, Ed Leafe wrote:
I haven't touched VFP since early 2008. I don't even own a copy of it anymore.
I saw on here that you can find a copy on ebay for less than $20, if you're so inclined. hahaha
Where's the funny part?
The thought of paying for it I guess.
On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 2:44 PM, Mike mike@ggisoft.com wrote:
mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:
On 2017-02-10 11:52, Ed Leafe wrote:
I haven't touched VFP since early 2008. I don't even own a copy of it anymore.
I saw on here that you can find a copy on ebay for less than $20, if you're so inclined. hahaha
Where's the funny part?
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On 2017-02-13 15:44, Mike wrote:
mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:
On 2017-02-10 11:52, Ed Leafe wrote:
I haven't touched VFP since early 2008. I don't even own a copy of it anymore.
I saw on here that you can find a copy on ebay for less than $20, if you're so inclined. hahaha
Where's the funny part?
The part about "only $20 on ebay!" What a deal!
On Feb 13, 2017, at 2:09 PM, mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:
I haven't touched VFP since early 2008. I don't even own a copy of it anymore.
I saw on here that you can find a copy on ebay for less than $20, if you're so inclined. hahaha
Aw geez, then I'd have to get a Windows VM to run it in. :(
-- Ed Leafe
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On 2017-02-10 11:52, Ed Leafe wrote:
I haven't touched VFP since early 2008. I don't even own a copy of it anymore.
Ed (and others),
What tech do you find yourself enjoying nowadays? I don't just mean doing it for a paycheck, but something that you REALLY like, akin to the golden days when you were loving the Fox.
T-SQL and SharePoint nowadays for outside of our ERP system. InFor, our ERP vendor, has made a complex tool know as ION that is a listener on top of the system/data that will pick up every type of transaction and allow you to workflow it if necessary. Every year we route more functionality through it. Our initial use was to replace hundreds of GL workbooks that were created every month for sophisticated GL analysis. Last year we put in a maintenance package to deal with parts for all of our plants, EDI, and we just activated a logistics system as well.
On Mon, Feb 13, 2017 at 2:13 PM, < mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote:
On 2017-02-10 11:52, Ed Leafe wrote:
I haven't touched VFP since early 2008. I don't even own a copy of it anymore.
Ed (and others),
What tech do you find yourself enjoying nowadays? I don't just mean doing it for a paycheck, but something that you REALLY like, akin to the golden days when you were loving the Fox.
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On Feb 13, 2017, at 2:13 PM, mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com
What tech do you find yourself enjoying nowadays? I don't just mean doing it for a paycheck, but something that you REALLY like, akin to the golden days when you were loving the Fox.
I still love working in Python, even when it's not for my day job. I also love fooling around with containers and related things, but so far it's just a curiosity thing.
-- Ed Leafe
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Ed - you mean containers like Tupperware??? :-)
Regards, Kurt Wendt Senior Systems Analyst
Tel. +1-212-747-9100 www.GlobeTax.com
-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Ed Leafe Sent: Tuesday, February 14, 2017 12:12 AM To: profoxtech@leafe.com Subject: Re: So what tech do you like to work in nowadays? (was Re: TaskPane entry for ProFox outdated)
On Feb 13, 2017, at 2:13 PM, mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com
What tech do you find yourself enjoying nowadays? I don't just mean doing it for a paycheck, but something that you REALLY like, akin to the golden days when you were loving the Fox.
I still love working in Python, even when it's not for my day job. I also love fooling around with containers and related things, but so far it's just a curiosity thing.
-- Ed Leafe
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I recently installed Windows 3.11 in a VMWare VM, including networking, for a giggle.
Not strictly frivolous - we do have one remaining customer who is gradually migrating off our ancient Foxpro 2.6 For Windows product and it's the easiest way to have a copy of their system here. I can't bring myself to install a 32-bit version of Windows 10 or whatever.
I'm going to chime in for Xojo ... again. I find it's really fun to develop in. I'm using it at my new job working with my county government. The Xojo web application that I built for them is "invaluable" for them to accomplish their job in the Building Department.
Here's my check list:
- XBase like language: Check - Object oriented: Check - Singlular IDE: Check - Case insensitive programming language: Check - Report writer: Half check (they're working on improving this) - FOSS: no - Try it for free for an unlimited time: Check - Reasonable license cost: Check - Can develop commercial products: Check - Deploy to as many customers as you want with that license: Check - Small focused company: Check - Documentation in English: Check - Example programs: Check (Hundreds of them) - Friendly community: Check - Database agnostic: Check - Active development of the product: Check - Compile to Windows: Check - Compile to Mac: Check - Compile to Linux: Check - Build console applications: Check - Build desktop applications: Check - Build web applications: Check - Build iOS applications: Check - Build Android applications: Coming soon. Perhaps 2017 - Build Raspberry Pi applications: Check - Easy to build web applications: Yes. Almost build them like desktop applications! - Can host web applications for a "reasonable" cost: Yes, starting at $5 at http://DigitalOcean.com and similar - Web applications are secure: Yes. Doubly yes when hosted in the Xojo Cloud service (http://www.xojo.com/cloud/ ) - Native controls per platform: Yes (This means that a Mac app looks like a Mac app, etc. ) - Actively published magazine: Yes ( http://xdevmag.com/ ) - Conferences in USA: Yes (http://www.xojo.com/xdc/HTML/index.html ) - Conferences in EU: Yes (http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/xojo/events/berlin-2017-event.shtml ) - Easy to move from VFP mindset to Xojo: Yes - Perfect: No - Excellent: Yes
If there was ever a VFP replacement, I think Xojo is it.
-----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 3:14 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: So what tech do you like to work in nowadays? (was Re: TaskPane entry for ProFox outdated)
On 2017-02-10 11:52, Ed Leafe wrote:
I haven't touched VFP since early 2008. I don't even own a copy of it anymore.
Ed (and others),
What tech do you find yourself enjoying nowadays? I don't just mean doing it for a paycheck, but something that you REALLY like, akin to the golden days when you were loving the Fox.
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In a similar vein I noticed this recently.
"B4J – Modern “VB6 like” development tool for cross platform desktop, server and IoT solutions
B4J is a 100% free development tool for desktop, server and IoT solutions. With B4J you can easily create desktop applications (UI), console programs (non-UI) and server solutions. The compiled apps can run on Windows, Mac, Linux and ARM boards (such as Raspberry Pi)."
I think some folk here used their 'BASIC For Android' product which now seems to be called 'B4A'.
B4A, B4J and B4I which covers the Android, iPhone and PC Windows/Linux platforms.
As many of you know I have used this now for about 4 years and have been extremely impressed, in fact amazed at what you can actually do with the product.
Now I am starting to look at full Virtual Reality using an Oculus headset driven by B4A and hopefully will have something to show in the next few weeks.
Like the fox, there are many ways to do things and the availability of addon libraries is fantastic. Erel, the main developer is forever helpful and keeps putting out updates to the product on a regular basis.
Other than that, T-SQL as others have said as well as C# (M$ Visual Studio). I still really want to get into Python but never seem to have the time. Maybe when I reach retirement age next year!
Dave
-----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: 14 February 2017 14:54 To: profox@leafe.com; profoxtech@leafe.com Subject: Re: So what tech do you like to work in nowadays? (was Re: TaskPane entry for ProFox outdated)
In a similar vein I noticed this recently.
"B4J – Modern “VB6 like” development tool for cross platform desktop, server and IoT solutions
B4J is a 100% free development tool for desktop, server and IoT solutions. With B4J you can easily create desktop applications (UI), console programs (non-UI) and server solutions. The compiled apps can run on Windows, Mac, Linux and ARM boards (such as Raspberry Pi)."
I think some folk here used their 'BASIC For Android' product which now seems to be called 'B4A'.
-- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm
On Tue, 14 Feb 2017, at 02:14 PM, Kevin J Cully wrote:
I'm going to chime in for Xojo ... again. I find it's really fun to develop in. I'm using it at my new job working with my county government. The Xojo web application that I built for them is "invaluable" for them to accomplish their job in the Building Department.
Here's my check list:
- XBase like language: Check
- Object oriented: Check
- Singlular IDE: Check
- Case insensitive programming language: Check
- Report writer: Half check (they're working on improving this)
- FOSS: no
- Try it for free for an unlimited time: Check
- Reasonable license cost: Check
- Can develop commercial products: Check
- Deploy to as many customers as you want with that license: Check
- Small focused company: Check
- Documentation in English: Check
- Example programs: Check (Hundreds of them)
- Friendly community: Check
- Database agnostic: Check
- Active development of the product: Check
- Compile to Windows: Check
- Compile to Mac: Check
- Compile to Linux: Check
- Build console applications: Check
- Build desktop applications: Check
- Build web applications: Check
- Build iOS applications: Check
- Build Android applications: Coming soon. Perhaps 2017
- Build Raspberry Pi applications: Check
- Easy to build web applications: Yes. Almost build them like desktop
applications!
- Can host web applications for a "reasonable" cost: Yes, starting at
$5 at http://DigitalOcean.com and similar
- Web applications are secure: Yes. Doubly yes when hosted in the Xojo
Cloud service (http://www.xojo.com/cloud/ )
- Native controls per platform: Yes (This means that a Mac app looks
like a Mac app, etc. )
- Actively published magazine: Yes ( http://xdevmag.com/ )
- Conferences in USA: Yes (http://www.xojo.com/xdc/HTML/index.html )
- Conferences in EU: Yes
(http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/xojo/events/berlin-2017-event.shtml )
- Easy to move from VFP mindset to Xojo: Yes
- Perfect: No
- Excellent: Yes
If there was ever a VFP replacement, I think Xojo is it.
-----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com Sent: Monday, February 13, 2017 3:14 PM To: ProFox Email List Subject: So what tech do you like to work in nowadays? (was Re: TaskPane entry for ProFox outdated)
On 2017-02-10 11:52, Ed Leafe wrote:
I haven't touched VFP since early 2008. I don't even own a copy of it anymore.
Ed (and others),
What tech do you find yourself enjoying nowadays? I don't just mean doing it for a paycheck, but something that you REALLY like, akin to the golden days when you were loving the Fox.
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On 2/14/2017 10:00 AM, Dave Crozier wrote:
B4A, B4J and B4I which covers the Android, iPhone and PC Windows/Linux platforms.
As many of you know I have used this now for about 4 years and have been extremely impressed, in fact amazed at what you can actually do with the product.
That's a big +1, enthusiastic "Me too!" from me regarding b4A
On 2/13/17 12:13 PM, mbsoftwaresolutions@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote:
On 2017-02-10 11:52, Ed Leafe wrote:
I haven't touched VFP since early 2008. I don't even own a copy of it anymore.
Ed (and others),
What tech do you find yourself enjoying nowadays? I don't just mean doing it for a paycheck, but something that you REALLY like, akin to the golden days when you were loving the Fox.
I'm really having fun (and enjoying work satisfaction) with the following technologies:
+ Salt (python-based configuration management and remote execution) + Docker (swarm services deployed with salt) + Cassandra + Git + and Python of course
Paul
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