Someone forgot the VFP splash screen?

Kind of funky – after installing SP2, I was hit with two issues: One was more serious – my apps wouldn’t run with the runtime, or at least the runtimes that were in the Shared/VFP folder. When I moved them to my app directory, they worked fine. Go figure. The second was a head-scratcher. Now, … Read more

Burned by CodePages

I’ve worked with out-sourced developers from other countries and recently had a situation that had me completely dumbfounded until I found it. In our user table, we stored encrypted passwords. When I ran the system using a standard startup process, it recognized the passed password without a problem. Then I ran it with an automated … Read more

Future of (your) Development Lies in You, Not Microsoft

By now, I hope most FoxPro developers (and others) have read the announcement and the various follow ups (and no this isn’t meant to be link bait but more of an exhaustive way of reading about it all) E-WeekMary JoCraig BerntsonYag’s Thoughts and CommentsAlex FeldsteinDoug HennigJohn KoziolRick SchummerDavid StevensonRandy JeanAndy KramekMike Feltman and I’m sure … Read more