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VFP 9.0 Released to Manufacturing
Ken Levy, John Koziol and YAG announced that VFP 9.0 has been Released to Manufacturing and that it...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 12/20/2004
Creating a SQLCLR SP in SQL2005
Up on the VSData Team Blog, Brad's posted A Simple Walkthrough for deploying a SQLCLR Stored...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 12/16/2004
Visual FoxPro - Do we still sell that?
Internally, especially when I'm wearing my cool VFP 9.0 shirt, this has to be one of the most common...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 12/06/2004
SQL Server 2005 Beta 2 Resource Kit Available in Australia
Terry Clancy, The SQL Server Product Manager in Australia, tells me that the SQL Server 2005 Beta 2...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 12/06/2004
ADNUG MEETING WED 8th December SA Innovation Centre AUDITORIUM
This just in from Peter Griffith" ADELAIDE DOT NET USERS GROUP. The Xmas meeting of ADNUG will be...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 12/06/2004
VFP 9.0 release date
This morning, in the OzFox keynote, Ken Levy stated that the release date for VFP 9.0 is scheduled...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 11/29/2004
OzFox Starts Tomorrow!
I'm very excited. OzFox, organised by Craig Bailey, starts in Coogee tomorrow. There's a stellar...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 11/28/2004
ADNUG ACS badged .net training in Adelaide
Peter Griffith, President of the Adelaide .NET User Group sends me the following excellent news:Once...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 10/11/2004
Building Windows Forms Webcasts.
I've been on leave for a couple of weeks, so I missed the start of these webcasts. To be perfectly...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 10/11/2004
Visual FoxPro Articles
I wrote a bunch of articles for FoxTalk a while ago, some of them even made it into the MSDN...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 10/10/2004
Sydney VFP User Group Webcast Recording Now Online
https://www112.placeware.com/cc/lmevents/viewRecordings Enter your nameID: msft092904acPassword:...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 09/30/2004
Sydney VFP User Group WebCast
UPDATE REQUIREMENTS FOR ATTENDING THIS WEB CONFERENCE: • A computer with access to the Internet...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 09/27/2004
Training and More
I've just spent 4 days of last week on Readify's excellent Industrial Strength .NET Course, lead by...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 09/26/2004
MSDN Updates in Western Sydney?
We’re in the process of planning our November MSDN Update (Stay tuned for this quarter’s...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 08/31/2004
Microsoft Speak
I've been at Microsoft for just on 6 months now and I guess that's a reasonable amount of time to...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 08/25/2004
VFP User Groups in Sydney and Melbourne, and even more VFP Stuff
Craig Bailey sends in the following email. One particular point to note:We'll be combining the...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 08/20/2004
Pros and Cons of re-writing, or "If it ain't broke ..."
Rick Strahl, formerly a VFP MVP and now a .NET MVP (in C# I think, but with Rick it would just have...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 08/20/2004
Online Chat: Visual C++ 2005 Library and Runtime Enhancements (5am - 6am Sep 17 AEST)
The next release of Visual C++ includes many new and enhanced libraries which improve security,...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 08/20/2004
Online chat: Upgrading COM Applications to .NET with Visual C++ 2005 (5am-6am Sep 3 AEST)
There are some great webcasts coming out of the US, albeit at not great times. This one follows on...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 08/20/2004
Route64 Comes To Sydney
Well, I've finally got around to blogging about the Route64 event that happened here in Sydney on...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 08/13/2004
QMSDNUG August Meeting Notice
Greg Low Sends me the following great news: Hi Folks, Our meeting this month will be Tuesday, the...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 08/10/2004
Tech•Ed Channel9 Video
Probably the most fun I had at Tech•Ed was shooting and editing footage for Channel9. Michael...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 08/09/2004
Visual FoxPro 9.0 Beta Component Refresh available
Ken Levy, the VFP Product Manager, notes in his blog that there is a Visual FoxPro 9.0 Beta...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 08/09/2004
Behind the Scenes at Tech•Ed in Canberra
As Frank mentioned here. Michael and I will be making a video for Channel9 at Tech•Ed this...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 08/02/2004
ADNUG Whidbey-Fest
Peter Griffith, President of ADNUG, sends me this fantastic news: The Adelaide Dot Net Users Group...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 07/29/2004
Where's the Fox?
Frank just sent me a note asking where's the fox? He wanted a link to VFP or FoxPro or the Sydney...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 07/29/2004
Who is Australia's best IT employer?
ZDNet is looking for Australia's Best IT Employer. I'm certainly voting in this one. The fact that...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 07/29/2004
InfoPath Presentation at OpenPublish
I'm presenting at Open Publish 2004 tomorrow afternoon. Matty spoke last year. Since he's moved to...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 07/29/2004
Great GIS Software - Sensational Platform
If you're after some really cool Geographical Information System (GIS) software, check out...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 07/29/2004
OzFox 2004 Super Early Bird Discount Expiring Soon
OzFox 2004 is Australasia's only VFP conference. Featuring some of the world's leading VFP experts,...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 07/29/2004
Windows XP SP2 Developer Implications Presentation and Code Posted -- ASP.NET 2.0 Presentations and Code Posted
Following our recent very popular Twilight Developer Conference ("candle lit"!) at June's Security...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 07/29/2004
VSTO Webcasts
Most of these seem to be at reasonable times for Aussies and Kiwis (except for the Sandgropers)....
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 07/29/2004
Mmm - Alienware - mmm
Some of you may know that I'm the 64-bit champion for MS in Australia. That said, I need a new...
Author: Andrew Coates [MSFT] Date: 07/29/2004