Well, what do you think of it so far? (updated) Sep 3, 2008
Love the tabs on top in the title bar - I never understood why IE and Foxpro had them under the address bar ... I'm running a 20" screen in very hi-res and at some distance (my PC is my TV these days) and everything is too small. Critically, this means for me I'm back to Foxpro and IE for now. I'll keep it installed tho and look forward to what the updates may bring. I may keep it just for GMail. I want to see a Linux version ASAP. I want to see how slick it may be on those low-spec UMPCs.... (guardian.co.uk, UK)
Microsoft's China Foibles Mar 29, 2008
A survey showed that Microsoft's FoxPro database application accounted for 65% of database installations in China, yet Microsoft had not sold a single legal copy in the country. Second, Microsoft had to contend with some unique features of the Chinese software landscape. (Forbes -- Markets)
Hackers Post Attack Code for Works Bug Feb 17, 2008
A second program exploiting one of these vulnerabilities-- this one in an ActiveX control used by the Visual FoxPro database-- was posted to Milw0rm in September, months before Microsoft patched the issue. RECOMMEND THIS STORY. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Pegasus adds document management and KPI dashboards to Opera II Feb 7, 2008
The system has been designed so that people running both FoxPro and SQL Server versions of Opera II will be able to set up measures that draw from the the underlying transactional data. According to McCallum, setting up the dashboards is not complicated, but may require help from Pegasus resellers. (Accounting Web, UK)
Software review: Prelude Professional Accounts Nov 7, 2007
Prelude has none of the dashboard gizmos and graphical flowchart menus of its competitors, which is explained by a glance at the help menu the heart of the program is a database application based on a supplied run-time copy of Microsoft Visual FoxPro - but it still manages to pack a lot into a very small, simple but functional package. Its also is fully Microsoft Windows Vista compatible. (Accounting Web, UK)
Importing data from Pegasus Opera into Excel. By David Carter Nov 5, 2007
Theres no need to install any special drivers or the like because Opera is written in the Visual Foxpro database. Foxpro is a Microsoft product, and Visual Foxpro drivers are supplied as standard with Windows ... From the list of drivers, select: Microsoft Foxpro VFP Driver. (Accounting Web, UK)
Eric Spellmann: More mail merging tips 10-29-2007 Oct 30, 2007
Word knows how to access a variety of file types including dBase, Access, Excel, FoxPro, WordPerfect and Outlook. For the purposes of this example, though, I am going to assume the data does not exist. (Plainview Daily Herald, TX)
A review of wearable video displays for the iPod Jun 20, 2007
A new beta for Visual FoxPro Service Pack 2 and its Sedna extensions has been released. Copyright. (Ars Technica)
MS adds Expression tools to MSDN Apr 4, 2007
Company also addresses challenges to the FoxPro discontinuance ... Microsoft is making changes to the distribution model of its Expression application design tools and also is fending off a challenge to the recent discontinuance of the Visual FoxPro developer tool ... "Visual FoxPro is the best desktop database development environment to date. .Net still lacks many of the better features that Visual FoxPro has in it for years," the site states "This announcement has been a major blow to the... (InfoWorld)
Microsoft Does Open Source, FoxPro a Real Favor Mar 20, 2007
Microsoft Does Open-Source and FoxPro a Real Favor ... Microsoft Does Open-Source and FoxPro a Real Favor ... Opinion: FoxPro is going open-source, and with it, the ancient DBMS and development language may be getting a new lease on life. (eWeek)
Microsoft Puts FoxPro Out to Pasture Mar 14, 2007
Microsoft has announced that it will not be releasing any new versions of its Visual FoxPro development software past Version 9 ... Instead of releasing new versions of FoxPro, Microsoft will release core portions of the FoxPro software to its CodePlex community development site, said Alan Griver, a group manager within the Microsoft Visual Studio team, which leads the FoxPro team ... Microsoft will continue to support the Visual FoxPro core until 2015 with standard support through January 2010... (eWeek)
