Re: Logging

2023-08-02 Thread Johan Nel
Well I was as a forestry scientist tempted to respond similarly 😛 On 2023/08/01 23:00, Paul H. Tarver wrote: I have written two products in VFP for the Timber Industry to help with them with logging. https://cruisecalc.com/ https://loadcalcpro.com/ Does that count? :) PS: Yes, I'm sorry

Re: Equation solving from VFP

2022-12-19 Thread Johan Nel
You can do it with binaray intersect. Vb = 10 HLow:= 0 HHigh=1 H=(HHigh + HLow) / 2 WHILE Abs(VbCalc = Vb - Va*[(Ca/(1 + H/Ka) - H + Kw/H)/(Cb/(1 + Kw⁄ (H*Kb)) + H - Kw/H)]) > 0.0005   IF VbCalc < Vb     HLow=H   ELSE     HHigh=H   ENDIF   H=(HHigh + HLow) / 2 ENDDO HTH Johan Nel

Re: [NF] Facets Database???

2022-03-04 Thread Johan Nel
Hehe, That is typical headhunter.  I believe the name of the database to be developed is to be named Facets... On 2022/03/04 19:48, Kurt @ Gmail wrote: Hey folks - anyone every heard of this kinda DB before? Myself - Never! So, I was surprised when this headhunter reached out to me about a j

[NF] Online demo: X# and future .Net versions (.Net Core and .Net 5) (Announcements)

2020-08-07 Thread Johan Nel
FYI, hope it is of interest to some... XBase greetings, Johan Nel Forwarded Message Subject: Online demo: X# and future .Net versions (.Net Core and .Net 5) (Announcements) Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2020 08:57:21 + From: XSharp Forums To: XSharp Forums A new

Re: X# and .NET Core

2020-07-31 Thread Johan Nel
On 2020/07/30 20:43, Matt Slay wrote: >> Now how do you get your data into an object in X# I do not know. Indeed, still waiting on them to implement the SCATTER/GATHER commands. It is listed as Github issue # 387 with a Jun 2020 Miletsone, but I think they missed that a little... https://gi

X# and .NET Core

2020-07-29 Thread Johan Nel
. Attached the link and posting by Robert today. Hope it is of interest to (most) some. Johan Nel George, South Africa. https://www.xsharp.info/forum/public-product/2069-xsharp-builds-on-net-core I would like to share some progress that I made today. I have changed the X# build system to support building

Re: [NF] I will .....

2020-07-21 Thread Johan Nel
Ah my child, I have to confess I have never in my complete development career had a plan or unit test done... On 2020/07/21 15:13, Eric Selje wrote: Forgive me father, for I have started coding without having a plan or even a unit test written first. It's been 51 years since my last confession.

[NF] X# Live 30 April and weekly from now

2020-04-29 Thread Johan Nel
that: Zoom_o42a8sofizku_643cd2774e61398f.exe You can also choose to join the meeting in your browser, so you do not have to install anything Next week (May 7, same time) we will look into new features inside the X# language. An invitation will be published here. Johan Nel George, South Africa

Re: [NF] X# Bandol 2.4 released, public release next week and LIVE Demo 23 April

2020-04-23 Thread Johan Nel
...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke Sent: Thursday, April 23, 2020 10:53 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: [NF] X# Bandol 2.4 released, public release next week and LIVE Demo 23 April On Thu, 23 Apr 2020, at 11:42 AM, Johan Nel wrote: Hope this is of interest to some. Today we have released a

[NF] X# Bandol 2.4 released, public release next week and LIVE Demo 23 April

2020-04-23 Thread Johan Nel
rue%7d The recording of the event will be uploaded to our YouTube channel afterwards.  A public build for version 2.4 is scheduled for next week. Johan Nel --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept)

[NF] X# Bandol 2.3 FOX release

2020-02-12 Thread Johan Nel
Hi all, Following the X# Status report, V2.3 was released to FOX subscribers. March should see the next public release. https://www.xsharp.info/articles/xsharp-bandol-2-3 ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: https://mail

[NF] X# Status report 10 Feb 2020

2020-02-10 Thread Johan Nel
for those who love it. https://www.xsharp.info/articles/progress-report-feb-10-2020 Johan Nel George, South Africa FOX member: Friends of XSharp X# Website: https://xsharp.info <https://xsharp.info/> X# Runtime: https://github.com/X-Sharp/XSharpPublic FoxShow interview: https://blog.aks

[NF] X# Summit

2020-02-06 Thread Johan Nel
Hi all, October is going to be a busy month it seems.  The X# team plan a conference in Germany for those who cannot make it to SWFOX. https://www.xsharp.info/articles/x-summit-2020 Johan Nel George, South Africa. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox

[NF] X# 2020 Roadmap

2020-01-29 Thread Johan Nel
FYI, Seems VFP supported features will be ready for SWFOX Johan Nel George, South Africa FOX member: Friends of XSharp X# Website: https://xsharp.info X# Runtime: https://github.com/X-Sharp/XSharpPublic FoxShow interview: https://blog.aksel.com/2019/07/why-xsharp-might-be-tool-foxpro.html

Re: Looking for a "side by side" editor for PRGs

2020-01-24 Thread Johan Nel
I use DiffMerge. On 2020/01/24 19:52, Paul Newton wrote: Hi all (Happy New Year) I have two PRGs with about 60 differences between them. I am looking for an editor that will allow me to view and edit them side by side. I have CodeCompare but I can't seem to get on with it and I don't have ti

Re: [NF] X# Bandol 2.2 released to the public

2019-12-17 Thread Johan Nel
Thanks Ed! On 2019/12/17 19:22, Ed Leafe wrote: On Dec 17, 2019, at 04:18, Koen Piller wrote: These messages are appropriate for a FoxPro audience, and are thus appropriate here. They are correctly labeled with [NF], since it is not about Fox per se. If I had a product that might be of use t

[NF] X# Bandol 2.2 released to the public

2019-12-16 Thread Johan Nel
Hi All, Just a short note that the latest X# Bandol 2.2 was also released into the public domain. https://xsharp.info Johan Nel George, South Africa. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman

[NF] VFP function list status in X#

2019-12-09 Thread Johan Nel
Hi all, A list of the current status of VFP function/procedure support was published on the X# website. https://www.xsharp.info/itm-help/foxpro-compatibility-list Hope this is of interest to most. Johan Nel George, South Africa. ___ Post

[NF] World class enterprise system in X#

2019-12-03 Thread Johan Nel
Azyra Systems report that their large scale Enterprise System used by 100+ logistics businesses in 12 countries is now built with X# as the principal language and Microsoft Sql Server as the database. Jimmy Cahill, Joint CEO of Azyra, told us /“We are delighted with the unrivalled coding effic

World class enterprise system in X#

2019-12-03 Thread Johan Nel
Azyra Systems report that their large scale Enterprise System used by 100+ logistics businesses in 12 countries is now built with X# as the principal language and Microsoft Sql Server as the database. Jimmy Cahill, Joint CEO of Azyra, told us /“We are delighted with the unrivalled coding effic

SWFOX - X# training session now availabe on YouTube

2019-11-01 Thread Johan Nel
Without further ado, Part 1: https://youtu.be/ca_ZvoVYXYE Part 2: https://youtu.be/HSlkkw2wViM <https://youtu.be/HSlkkw2wViM> Part 3: https://youtu.be/mOLHQzKCfWA <https://youtu.be/mOLHQzKCfWA> Happy listening! Johan Nel George, South Africa. --- StripMime Report -- processe

Re: SWFox 2019 recap

2019-10-30 Thread Johan Nel
Yes, and from report back from Tore Bleken, who attended the post-conference X# training, 33 attendees (36 started, but had to leave early), which is 50% of registrations (67).  Makes for quite a buzz in the way forward for VFP developers.  The DevTeam also listens and I am sure what was discus

[NF] SWFOX - X# vendor session on YouTube

2019-10-29 Thread Johan Nel
Hi all Profoxers, Matt Slay recorded the X# vendor session at SWFOX and a link to the video can be found on the main X# webpage: https://xsharp.info The post-conference training session video will follow in a couple of days. Hope this is of interest to some. Happy listening. Johan Nel

[NF] SWFOX - X# presentation available for download

2019-10-26 Thread Johan Nel
Hi ProFoxers, For those interested, the X# presentation at SWFOX is available for download, including the Visual Studio examples. http://xsharp.info Hope this is of interest to most. XBase greetings, Johan George, South Africa. ___ Post Messages

Re: XSharp - latest version sample console application using VFP syntax.

2019-10-24 Thread Johan Nel
Hi Alan, On 2019/10/24 12:57, Alan Bourke wrote: Again I appear to be failing in getting across what I am talking about. I have lots of PRG files with classes and libraries that have no UI and usually no database interactions. They do line of business calculations, they do filesystem based th

Re: XSharp - latest version sample console application using VFP syntax.

2019-10-24 Thread Johan Nel
On 2019/10/24 10:15, Alan Bourke wrote: On Wed, 23 Oct 2019, at 4:55 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: Interesting comment there, " quick conversions of VFP function libraries" Matt Slay have shared a VFP-Toolkit for .NET that was developed about 10 years ago.  Bringing those into X# is a mere referen

Re: XSharp - latest version sample console application using VFP syntax.

2019-10-24 Thread Johan Nel
Hi Paul, On 2019/10/23 19:48, Paul Hill wrote: On Wed, 23 Oct 2019 at 15:45, Alan Bourke wrote: For my own use case I would see a lot of value in quick conversions of VFP function libraries that don't necessarily interact with data, of which I have a lot. It would be interesting to see how

Re: XSharp - latest version sample console application using VFP syntax.

2019-10-23 Thread Johan Nel
Hi Stephen, On 2019/10/23 15:46, Stephen Russell wrote: I'd just abandon learning this hybrid and use that time learning a better replacement. The code samples are walking on thin ice between how you use to do it in FOX and how you do it in any client/server environment. I realize your senti

Re: XSharp - latest version sample console application using VFP syntax.

2019-10-23 Thread Johan Nel
Hi Alan, On 2019/10/23 13:52, Alan Bourke wrote:  use customers in 0 shared I wouldn't need to specify the CDX as it would be opened automatically. If I remember correctly, DBFCDX is AutoOpening CDX.  Might be good to ask on the forums, Robert currently en-route to SWFOX, but Chris is monito

Re: XSharp - latest version sample console application using VFP syntax.

2019-10-23 Thread Johan Nel
Hi Alan, Well done and thanks for the testing work you doing. Hmm not sure about VFP recognizable, it looks quite X# to me... :-P Will just bash your code a little bit: On 2019/10/23 11:08, Alan Bourke wrote: // -- This opens customers.dbf in the next empty work area, and specifies the CDX

Re: [NF] What is X# compared to VFP

2019-10-18 Thread Johan Nel
Hi Andy On 2019/10/18 12:35, AndyHC wrote: On 18-Oct-2019 10:24 AM, Johan Nel wrote: X# itself is more function based than command based (like VFP) but has a pre-processor that helps to translates commands into functions. So you can still write code like you do in VFP. For example "SKIP

[NF] What is X# compared to VFP

2019-10-17 Thread Johan Nel
Hi ProFoxers, A question was asked by a person that did not understand the X# website and what it brings to the party.  Robert (Owner) posted a reply and for those who might also not understand, I share it also here: Visual FoxPro is an environment that consists of several pieces: - An IDE -

X# Bandol 2.08 released to FOX subscribers

2019-10-16 Thread Johan Nel
is now recognized by the compiler. 3. And lastly, but not the least: The compiler source code was released in the public domain under the Apache 2.0 license! https://xsharp.info Hope it is of interest to some... Johan Nel Friends of XSharp (FOX) member George, South Africa

X# VFP DEFINE CLASS posting on the web

2019-10-12 Thread Johan Nel
most. XBase greetings, Johan Nel Friend of XSharp (FOX) member George, South Africa ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com

Re: [NF] X# V2.07 public release announcement

2019-09-27 Thread Johan Nel
syntax (planned for next release) and the UI designers.  They are all high priority though and should get a lot of attention now that the X# runtime is 99.99% complete. HTH, Johan Nel ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Mainte

Re: [NF] X# V2.07 public release announcement

2019-09-27 Thread Johan Nel
Hi Alan, On 2019/09/27 16:19, Alan Bourke wrote: Have to say being able to write VFP code in Visual Studio is very strange but very impressive. I assume you have sorted your VFP Console App issue as you have posted on the X# forum? Off topic, but have you tried XIDE as well? Johan _

[NF] X# V2.07 public release announcement

2019-09-26 Thread Johan Nel
Johan Nel George, South Africa FOX member: Friends of XSharp X# Website: https://xsharp.info <https://xsharp.info/> X# Runtime: https://github.com/X-Sharp/XSharpPublic SWFOX Training: http://swfox.net/workshops.aspx FoxShow interview: https://blog.aksel.com/2019/07/why-xsharp-might-b

VFP advice required regarding X# support

2019-09-07 Thread Johan Nel
this feature available in a public release soonest. https://www.xsharp.info/forum/public-vfp/1446-foxpro-syntax-properties-and-fields Kind regards, Johan Nel ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/ma

[NF] X# and VFP support

2019-09-06 Thread Johan Nel
-Sharp/XSharpPublic/issues/15#issuecomment-528916861 Excited as us X# users are I hope! Johan Nel George, South Africa https://xsharp.info ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT

Re: X# Bandol GA 2.0 released

2019-08-28 Thread Johan Nel
as separate classes in X#.  The next month or two will give a clear indication how VFP UI will be handled.  Matt Slay and I have done some work taking scx/vcx files and convert them to X# and VS Designer code.  Most work, but there might be some anomalies that will have to be fixed manually.  Time

[NF] X# final bug fixes before public release

2019-08-28 Thread Johan Nel
after this release to hopefully be implemented by swfox. Hope this is of interest to most, Johan Nel George, South Africa. *Compiler* * The TEXT .. ENDTEXT command has been implemented in the compiler (FoxPro dialect only) * The \ and \\ commands have been implemented (FoxPro

Re: X# Bandol GA 2.0 released

2019-08-26 Thread Johan Nel
the other way around or even VB.NET/F#.  The choice is yours.  Beauty is you can have a .DLL with X#(VFP code) e.g. DBF support and consume it from c# etc. Johan Nel George, South Africa. On 2019/08/26 19:17, Patrick Bibro wrote: How useful would xsharp be in migrating a VFP application to .NET

[NF] FoxShow has an interview with Robert van der Hulst regarding X#

2019-08-23 Thread Johan Nel
Hi VFPers, I see on the swfox website it was "silently" announce that Robert was interviewed on the FoxShow. Here is the link if anybody is interested: https://blog.aksel.com/2019/07/why-xsharp-might-be-tool-foxpro.html Happy listening. XBase greetings, Johan Nel George, So

SWFOX Early bird extension and X# Post Conf Session

2019-08-20 Thread Johan Nel
*Hi again VFPers,* *Not sure who receive the geekgatherings emails, but here goes, sorry if it is a nuisance, but thought since X# is really pushing to have a very workable VFP syntax support ready for SWFOX, it need to be brought to the attention of as much VFPers that still ponders about goi

X# Bandol GA 2.0 released

2019-08-19 Thread Johan Nel
SQL will also be released later this week. And I believe most important of all, the DevTeam will soon release the Compiler source code also in the public domain! Hope this is of interest to some. XBase greetings, Johan Nel Friend(s) of XSharp(FOX) member https://xsharp.info George, South

Re: SET DEFAULT or ?

2019-08-13 Thread Johan Nel
Gene, Again, I am not a VFP developer, but my understanding from the Clipper/VO/X# XBase fork: SET DEFAULT change the path where when not specifying a path, will determine where it will first look at trying to find the file.  The default is the Executing directory. SET PATH is used as alte

Re: [NF] Search String

2019-08-13 Thread Johan Nel
The easiest would probably be to fire a DIR command from your application: DIR SpecificDir\*.* /ON > specdir.txt // Order by Name DIR OtherDir\*.* /ON > otherdir.txt Then read the TXT files and compare the filenames after extracting it from lines. Since I am not a VFP but a Clipper/VO/X# deve

[NF] X# August update

2019-08-12 Thread Johan Nel
e SDF and DELIM RDDs that are used to read and write text files. We also intend to add support for parameters by reference to functions and methods with CLIPPER calling convention. Stay tuned ! Johan Nel George, South Africa FOX member: Friends of XSharp X# Website: https://xsharp.info &

Re: Get file path and name from file handle

2019-08-02 Thread Johan Nel
/win32/memory/obtaining-a-file-name-from-a-file-handle Good luck, Johan Nel George, South Africa. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http

SWFOX Post conference training session

2019-08-01 Thread Johan Nel
Hi all VFPers, This is a cross-posting of a message by Tore Bleken and I thought it would be good to share this here too. Johan Nel George, South Africa. https://www.foxite.com/archives/xsharp-training-at-southwest-fox-467337.htm I have always been very curious to see what

[NF] Update on X# progress regarding VFP

2019-07-21 Thread Johan Nel
Foray (Visual Studio integration) will be present at this event.  Two Silver sponsor sessions are allocated and if there are enough interest, a post conference session will be held the Sunday after closing of the event. Hope this is of interest. XBase greetings, Johan Nel George, South Africa FOX

Re: [NF] X# update regarding VFP support

2019-07-10 Thread Johan Nel
Hi Alan, Yes we are all excited.  Yesterday one of our old VO friends (Nick Friend) has used the X# runtime to successfully bind to DBF from c# using the RDD, so things are heating up. On 2019/07/10 13:08, Alan Bourke wrote: Looking forward to getting a look at the Open Source version. __

[NF] X# update regarding VFP support

2019-07-10 Thread Johan Nel
libraries, so the code should perform somewhat faster. XBase greetings, Johan Nel FOX member : Friends of XSharp https://xsharp.info George, South Africa. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo

Re: Remote FoxPro Work???

2019-07-04 Thread Johan Nel
On 2019/07/04 04:27, Kurt at VR-FX wrote: Mike - you got THAT Right! I used to LOVE Turbo Pascal! I was doing it back in college - when another student got a cracked copy of it - and it BLEW ME AWAY! I think it was the 1st True Dev Env - where you could code, compile, link, run - and then Back

Re: [NF] What would you miss from VFP, when migrating

2019-07-01 Thread Johan Nel
On 2019/07/01 10:53, Alan Bourke wrote: On Thu, 27 Jun 2019, at 9:10 PM, Paul H. Tarver wrote: I use TEXT/ENDTEXT to create dynamic SQL Queries by merging static text and dynamic variables, then pass the resulting string to SQLEXECUTE. Very convenient when creating large query strings. var tabl

Re: [NF] What would you miss from VFP, when migrating

2019-07-01 Thread Johan Nel
Install https://joshclose.github.io/CsvHelper/ Then: void Main() { using (var reader = new StreamReader("path\\to\\file.csv")) using (var csv = new CsvReader(reader)) { var records = csv.GetRecords(); } } Which is as follows in X# with VFP syntax selected: funct

Re: [NF] What would you miss from VFP, when migrating

2019-07-01 Thread Johan Nel
Hi Alan, On 2019/07/01 10:46, Alan Bourke wrote: The nature of .NET sort of removes the need for this but you have ExpandoObjects and Reflection should you really want to. The System.Dynamic namespace. This is true and I have removed a lot of my macros used in Visual Objects by use of Reflect

Re: [NF] What would you miss from VFP, when migrating

2019-06-29 Thread Johan Nel
Another language command is the SCATTER NAME and GATHER NAME. The ability to create an object with properties that corresponds to each field of a record is incredibly useful.  Especially when combined with the TEXTMERGE command already stated earlier. -Kevin On 06/27/2019 08:51 AM, Johan Nel

Re: [NF] What would you miss from VFP, when migrating

2019-06-27 Thread Johan Nel
Hi John, It is in the to-do list... On 2019/06/27 22:45, John Weller wrote: I think I would miss SCAN/ENDSCAN most. John John Weller 01380 723235 07976 393631 [excessive quoting removed by server] ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscrip

Re: [NF] What would you miss from VFP, when migrating

2019-06-27 Thread Johan Nel
uti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com> wrote: Steve Ellenoff and I were talking the other day about the beauty of TEXTMERGE (TEXT/ENDTEXT) and iirc he indicated that wasn't in DotNet (or earlier versions anyway). I use TEXT/ENDTEXT *HEAVILY* in code often. On 6/27/2019 8:51 AM, Johan Nel wrote: H

Re: [NF] What would you miss from VFP, when migrating

2019-06-27 Thread Johan Nel
--- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Johan Nel Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2019 7:52 AM To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: [NF] What would you miss from VFP, when migrating Hi VFPers I have asked this question on foxite too with very little feedback, so I am asking it here

Re: [NF] What would you miss from VFP, when migrating

2019-06-27 Thread Johan Nel
EAVILY* in code often. On 6/27/2019 8:51 AM, Johan Nel wrote: Hi VFPers I have asked this question on foxite too with very little feedback, so I am asking it here too. If you have to summarize the 1 or 2 features of VFP that you will feel is a step backwards when migrating to .NET or any

[NF] What would you miss from VFP, when migrating

2019-06-27 Thread Johan Nel
Hi VFPers I have asked this question on foxite too with very little feedback, so I am asking it here too. If you have to summarize the 1 or 2 features of VFP that you will feel is a step backwards when migrating to .NET or any other platform as a move forwards. Looking forward to your repl

[NF] X# Bandol RC2 released

2019-06-16 Thread Johan Nel
also has support for FoxPro date and datetime literals and some other FoxPro related things, Full FoxPro (language) support will be included in the next build Hope this is of interest. XBase greetings, Johan Nel George, South Africa. ___ Post

Re: [OT] X# progress report - June 2019

2019-06-10 Thread Johan Nel
Thanks, Never too old to learn something new... On 2019/06/10 14:56, MB Software Solutions, LLC wrote: This would be [NF] for Not-FoxPro but still technical.  [OT] is off-topic for usually crap like politics. On 6/6/2019 11:28 AM, Johan Nel wrote: Hi VFPers, Just announced on the X

[OT] X# progress report - June 2019

2019-06-06 Thread Johan Nel
We expect to release the complete runtime early July. And don't forget the special "Spring" discount of 25% for new FOX subscribers. -- *Johan Nel* FOX member : Friend(s) of XSharp X# Website : https://xsharp.info George, South Africa

Re: Funny bug

2019-06-06 Thread Johan Nel
Well, it is still not advisable to use reserved/keywords in any programming language... for for = 1 to 10   next = next + 1   do = do * 3   if next < 5     end = end - 1   end if next On 2019/06/06 15:50, António Tavares Lopes wrote: That's a compelling argument for the use of mdot *whenever*

Re: Southwest Fox 2019: Registration opens

2019-05-31 Thread Johan Nel
will be giving 2 vendor sessions. Fabrice and I will be there on behalf of the X# team. You will understand that we will do everything we can to get the FoxPro dialect ready by October. Johan Nel Friend of XSharp George, South Africa On 2019/05/22 21:55, Rick Schummer wrote: Registration for

Re: Converting an SCX to a PRG in batch mode

2019-05-30 Thread Johan Nel
oxes that will not       expand in any direction in Word 2016 (Kurt @ Gmail) Ouch...that gives me a headache just trying to decipher that! On 5/21/2019 4:36 AM, Johan Nel wrote: And straight from the .NET runtime, the culprit is  drum rolling..  BestFitMapping = false :-) [DllImport(&

Re: From x# to .NET CORE anyone?

2019-05-29 Thread Johan Nel
Hi Stephen, The question was already addressed on the X# forums and although all the interfaces are not ready yet, here is a video that Robert posted to show that X# does actually support .NET Core already for WinForms/WFP. https://youtu.be/zCDD3lH-zK0 Robert also stated that there should no

Re: From x# to .NET CORE anyone?

2019-05-29 Thread Johan Nel
Tracy, .NET 3 will only be released officially Sep/Oct this year, so there are still a lot that needs to be implemented.  However, .NET 5 or Core as it will be referred to should have all of the "Win" available as multi-platform classes. On 2019/05/29 17:54, Tracy Pearson wrote: I've been w

Re: From x# to .NET CORE anyone?

2019-05-29 Thread Johan Nel
Hi Alan, Well there is a lot of .NET applications still running on WinForms, hence they will have to support it. On 2019/05/29 16:41, Alan Bourke wrote: Surprised they're bringing WinForms into it but I suppose there's a lot of it about. ___ Pos

[NF] X# and Visual Studio 2019

2019-05-27 Thread Johan Nel
: https://www.foxite.com/archives/x-fully-supported-in-vs-2019-466364.htm A new build of X# is taking shape and I will keep you up to date regarding VFP syntax support. Johan Nel George, South Africa FOX member: Friends of XSharp X# Website: https://xsharp.info <https://xsharp.i

Re: [NF] AtoutFox, Lyon, France

2019-05-26 Thread Johan Nel
Hi Jean Maurice, Good to hear there was somebody that also lurks here.  Well I am 54 and still happy XBasing using X# (coming from a Clipper/VO background) and we had the same, people moved on, but I am glad I stuck it out through all the struggles. On 2019/05/26 20:45, Jean MAURICE wrote: S

[NF] AtoutFox, Lyon, France

2019-05-26 Thread Johan Nel
Would be good to  hear if there are some attendees on this forum and their first impressions of what they have seen... Johan Nel George, South Africa FOX member: Friends of XSharp X# Website: https://xsharp.info <https://xsharp.info/> ___ Post Me

Re: [NF] Cursing Microsoft for dialog boxes that will not expand in any direction in Word 2016

2019-05-21 Thread Johan Nel
On 2019/05/21 21:09, Eric Selje wrote: And as a programmer, can you fix my iPhone? Yes, it is called upgrade iPhone 4.0 to iPhone 6.0... :-D ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox

Re: [NF] Cursing Microsoft for dialog boxes that will not expand in any direction in Word 2016

2019-05-21 Thread Johan Nel
And straight from the .NET runtime, the culprit is  drum rolling..  BestFitMapping = false :-) [DllImport("user32.dll", BestFitMapping = false, CharSet = CharSet.Auto, SetLastError = true)] [SuppressUnmanagedCodeSecurity] [SecurityCritical] public static extern int MessageBox(HandleRef

Re: Filtering Oddity

2019-05-15 Thread Johan Nel
I realize I am not a VFP guy, but would the following not work? In Clipper/VO this will work. set filter to &(filter() + " and empty(wfd)") On 2019/05/15 01:43, Ted Roche wrote: On Tue, May 14, 2019 at 6:46 PM Gene Wirchenko wrote: use cwkf set filter to validto>

.NET 5 and X#

2019-05-14 Thread Johan Nel
t core try this: Hope it is of interest to show that X# is not again a project that will die a sudden death... Johan Nel Friends of XSharp http://xsharp.info ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/m

Re: Re: X# update and VFP support progress

2019-05-14 Thread Johan Nel
orward to getting a look at it. -- Alan Bourke alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm On Tue, 14 May 2019, at 10:58 AM, Johan Nel wrote: Hi all X# followers, Just an update. With respect to VFP, (VFP members and I) have received in a private message the ANTLR lexical parser fingerprint for VFP and it s

X# update and VFP support progress

2019-05-14 Thread Johan Nel
n the RDD system. Several small issues were detected and fixed in the Advantage RDD and the workon the DBFCDX driver is approaching theend. We expectto have a fully working DBFCDX rddany day now. More news will follow soon. Johan Nel George, South Africa FOX member: Friends of XSharp X

Re: How best to do an audit trail of changes (EASILY WITHOUT THE NEED FOR A DBA)

2019-04-22 Thread Johan Nel
e audit table with no software interaction needed). Johan Nel George, South Africa FOX member : Friend(s) of XSharp X# Website : https://xsharp.info ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/

Re: RE: To type or not to type

2019-04-18 Thread Johan Nel
Good day Fletcher, On 2019/04/15 23:56, Fletcher Johnson wrote: I am curios, is the code below standard X#? If so, how do you anticipate the VFP code version to work, a converter or modifications so that it can use standard VFP? And will there be a way to easily update types (i.e. a search for

X# followers

2019-04-18 Thread Johan Nel
is of interest to (most) of you. XBase greetings from the X# community, Johan Nel George, South Africa FOX member: Friends of XSharp X# Website: https://xsharp.info X# Runtime: https://github.com/X-Sharp/XSharpPublic X# VFP forum: https://www.xsharp.info/forum/public-vfp

Re: X#: To type or not to type

2019-04-17 Thread Johan Nel
same posting also on Foxite. https://www.foxite.com/archives/x-to-type-or-not-to-type-465183.htm Sorry for the confusion... Johan Nel FOX member : Friends of XSharp George, South Africa X# Website  : https://xsharp.info X# Runtime  : https://github.com/X-Sharp/XSharpPublic X# VFP forum:

X#: To type or not to type

2019-04-14 Thread Johan Nel
ing, typed && Terminated, typed, duration 00:00:00.0210397 && A speed improvement of 30.75 times Hope this is of interest to some. Johan Nel George, South Africa FOX member: Friends of XSharp X# Website: https://xsharp.info <https:

Re: Mobile Forms

2019-04-09 Thread Johan Nel
lhost     single unlimited Price               $0    $119$219 Johan Nel George, South Africa FOX member: Friends of XSharp Website    : https://xsharp.info <https://xsharp.info/> VFP forum  : https://www.xsharp.info/forum/public-vfp X# Runtime : https://github.com/X-Sharp/XSharpPublic On 20

Re: Re: X# and scripting

2019-04-08 Thread Johan Nel
runtime... Johan Nel George, South Africa Friends of XSharp http://xsharp.info https://www.xsharp.info/forum/public-vfp ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this

X# and scripting

2019-04-05 Thread Johan Nel
se worlds Solution := ((XBase := VFP * Clipper fork) * (Knowledge := Tom * Johan) * (Environment := X# * .NET)) ? Solution:ToString()&& A 100% .NET solution that runs at 99% of the speed of a compiled Application.NET, but was created in 1% of the time it will require a developer to rol

X# announcement

2019-04-01 Thread Johan Nel
Hi Foxers, Just to keep you up to date.  The following announcement on https://xsharp.info. (Note by Johan Nel - Since Nov 2015, only 1 point was ever not on time...). XSharp roadmap 2019 The schedule below of course is an indication and as always: no guarantees. Component

Re: RE: ProFox List Statistics for March 2019

2019-04-01 Thread Johan Nel
Well, well, well... Well done Kurt!  Paul, I will get you to number 2 soon It seems X# have slowly entered the Top 20 popular ProFox list too.  Slowly making its way to the number 1 spot... Watch the statistics... Johan Nel Friend of XSharp (FOX) George, South Africa. On 2019/04/01 22

Re: A FoxPro Transition @ UCLA...

2019-03-20 Thread Johan Nel
ate a new class inheriting from the c# class. Done, use it in your code. Watch this space! Johan Nel Friend of X# (FOX) member. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of

Re: [NF] Looking for current summary of VFP clones

2019-03-14 Thread Johan Nel
X# and support for the VFP syntax not yet available in X#.  Give him a day or two to recover from the Jetlag.  I will monitor here and summarize important information for his perusal. Kind regards and XBase greeting from your X# cousins. Johan Nel Friend of XSharp (FOX) George, South Africa

Re: [NF] Looking for current summary of VFP clones

2019-03-14 Thread Johan Nel
X# and support for the VFP syntax not yet available in X#.  Give him a day or two to recover from the Jetlag.  I will monitor here and summarize important information for his perusal. Kind regards and XBase greeting from your X# cousins. Johan Nel Friend of XSharp (FOX) George, South Africa

Success! Compiling VFP code to .NET - ValidateUTF8

2019-03-07 Thread Johan Nel
d for 2 sessions at swfox later this year. I took a "timed" conversion of the ValidateUTF8 example and was able to have it 100% converted into XSharp/.net in about 45 minutes. What are your impressions? Johan Nel. ___ Post Messages to: ProFox

Re: RE: [NF] Migrating Skills From Foxpro to Xojo

2019-02-22 Thread Johan Nel
a lot quicker than any other way.  Open source, actively developed, .NET based on the MicroSoft C# compiler's open source project Roslyn. Johan Nel On 2019/02/22 23:56, Kevin J Cully wrote: There's a lot there. I'm out of time for the day unfortunately. Let me give you a full

Re: RE: The future of Xbase

2019-01-08 Thread Johan Nel
possibility... -Original Message- From: Alan Bourke I have indeed been keeping an eye on this for several years but could never get a clear idea or answer as to the current state or future intention of Visual FoxPro syntax support. Regards, Johan Nel FOX (Friends of XSharp) developer

The future of Xbase

2019-01-07 Thread Johan Nel
rding the project can be found at http://www.xsharp.info Kind regards, Johan Nel Created: 04 January 2019 Introduction In March 2019 we are organizing our first US event, where we would like to meet our customers and potential customers from the United States, Mexico and other coun