Monday, June 16, 2003

Did I just feel the earth move? William Grosso: "Is it just me, or did we have a month of good, old-fashioned, Internet time in the web browser universe." Link via Scripting News. 11:59:59 PM    comment []

Bonus Session One Notes Europa goals Based on wish list customer feedback Enhance database language and types Additional end user UI features Increase developer productivity Improve report writer significantly Extend XML, .NET and SQL Server interop More designer hooks for extensiblity UPDATE: Thanks to Tamar Granor for a few updates. Top 10 ER Rejections Object oriented puzzle Localized Pig Latin version ACTIVATE WINDOW mywindow NOWINDOW WAIT WINDOW NOWAIT WINDOW IN WINDOW whatwindow Help rewritten in Dr. Suess Language (Fox In Box) DWIM() function More product bugs and perfomance impediments XCMD support SET RTFM ON/OFF BROWSE wizard CreateObject(ìFoxClippyî) Europa Reporting Protect existing FRX investment Added output flexibility Open architectures Better resuse story Design-time improvements Access to report objects at runtime Design-Time Improvements International FontCharSet ñ font script support Grid Scale dialog ñ inches, centimeters Design-time labels PROTECTED design mode Tooltips Better DataEnvirnonment story _REPORTBUILDER, Design-time events _REPORTDESIGNER Runtime Improvements Object Oriented syntax More flexibility with Report Chaining New output types (e.g., XML, HTML) and open architecture to plug-in 3rd party output engines. Report processing events. Europa has no limits... Calvin video USE Customer, IntelliSense kicks in, now color changing as it is being typed, compiling in the background. Randy demos New limits: arrays > 64k Program code (individual procedures) unlimited Huge number of features of SQL: No limit on joins No limit on subqueries No limit on UNIONs No limit on # of tables No limit on IN() args Multiple subquery nesting GROUP BY in correlated subquery Sub-select in FROM clause Subquery in select list projection ORDER BY using field name with UNION clause Optimize LIKE "sometext%" Optimize TOP N UNIONs in INSERT INTO Ö.SELECT Subquey in UPDATE Correlate INSERT/DELETE Optimize deleted tags New data types ñ VarBinary, timestamp, VarChar (field width actually returns VarChar length), CAST() function ICASE() function Binary indexósmaller than existing indexes (up to 30x). Size maintained during replace, only increases on append. Toolbox feature with dock-ability for native VFP form Anchoring for resizable forms- no code running Button graphic alignment with text ñ spacing between graphics and text: PictureMargin, PictureSpacing Example of graphical button with hotkey Checkboxes with multi-line text Listboxes can hide the scrollbar if there aren't enough items to fill the list Listbox RowSourceType of ìCollectionî Grid MousePointer and MouseIcon property in Column and Header properties Themes in labels support ìGroupBoxCaptionî GDI support for labels ñ let's you specify an angle or rotate at runtime! Polylines and Polygons Bells and Whistles, arrow and shapes Project manager will allow you to open Class Library in Class Browser. When docked, there are many more items on the context menu. Can load PRGs in Class Browser. Property sheet: cursorschema string was limited to 255 characters from CursorAdaptor builder Zoom dialog supports extended characters, like carriage return for captions ExpressionBuilder with syntax coloring and background compiling Add property features with default value! Calvin video: new property dialog, default value, no longer limited to 255 characters, too. Running user code in the property window reads a memo field and can execute script (IntelliSense in the memo field!) wrapped in XML. Example of Inputbox() call to prompt for custom properties. This might support Capitalization for custom properties or ìFavoritesî tab for property sheet. 10:46:20 PM    comment []

Visual FoxPro DevCon keynote raw notes Hope to polish these up a little later, but here's the raw typing, no spell-checking. About 300 attendees at the 8 AM keynote. Taskpane Toolbox Empty class AddProperty() and RemoveProperty() Collection class Structured Error Handling TRY/CATCH/FINALLY Event Binding BINDEVENT() and RAISEEVENT() enhanced getfile dialog now auto-increment for tables enhanced view designer cihild member subclassing vcs support for more classes many new features for Grid control Code Refences tools Beyond XMLToCursor/CursorToXML Hierarchical XML support Multiple VFP data cursors to XML XML to multiple VFP data cursors XML diff grams VFP data cursors, tables, DBC ADO.NET compatible XMLTable and XMLField classes Full control of XSD schema used CursorAdaptor Class Similar to DataAdapter in ADO.NET ADO/OLEDB ODBC Native VFP cursors XML and XML Web services Programmable events Stored procedures control New Data Features DataEnvironment subclassing DataEnvironment Builder CursorAdapter class CursorAdapter Builder XMLAdapter class Form BindControls property Enhanced VFP OLE DB Provider VFP 8.0 and VS .NET interoperability VFP 8.0 Performance LOCAL a1[10000] x1=SECONDS() FOR i = 1 TO 10000 a1[i]=CREATEOBJECT("Custom") ENDFOR RELEASE a1 x2=SECONDS() ? x2-x1 VFP 7.0 = 24.5 seconds VFP 8.0 = 0.45 seconds DevCon Tips-of-theDay This is the 14th DevCon conference msdn.com = msdn.microsoft.com Free GenScxrnX suppot expires in 2004 dot prompt still works in VFP 8.0 VFP 8.0 runs great on Tablet PCs VFP 8.0 is hotter than Palm Springs Europa is a moon of the planter Jupiter Microsoft is working on Europa! Works well with Visual Studio .NET Greatly enhanced XML support XML Web services ADO.NET VFP OLE DB Provider ASP.NET Web forms .NET Windows forms Visual FoxPro Toolkit for .NET VFP and .NET teams working together .NET Software for connecting information, people, systems and devices (video) 8:32 Building Connected Applications Connected business, connected experience, connected development clients, experiences and solutions, tools, services, servers, .net in the center, web services wrapped around all Visual Studio .NET 2002 (last version) .NET Framework 1.0 Simplified deployment - no DLL Hell, no need for Registry, version DLLs All language under one roof All application types under one roof (web, windows, devices) Single development paradigm Language enhancements- object-orientation to VB.NET, C# ENterprise lifecycle support ACT, Enterprise templates, Microsoft(r)Visio .NET Framework 1.1 increases scalability and performance side-by-side execution with .NET Framework 1.0 Enables no-touch deployment from the internet code access security in ASP.NET ASP.NET mobile controls Native ODBC and Oreacle DB 7i/8i support IPv6 .NET Framework version 1.1 included with Mocrsosft WIndows Server 2003 Buildeing connected Applications Mobile development mobile web browser - visual studio.net, ASP.NET mobile controls PocketPC devices used .NET Compact Framework - can use WinForms Developer productiviity increased IDE perforamnce startup time reduced - now using a native control improved IntelliSense(r) Dynamic help faster Object browser faster Code editor drop-down menus faster Upgrading applications run multiple versions of VS side-by-side - VS 6.0, 2k2, 2k3 upgrade from VS 2k2 to 2k3 only the project files are updated doesn't change any of your sources application configuration Enhanced "Add Web Refernce" dialog Code editor enhancements net components debugging enhancedments community support and search Languages VB.NET fullu oo, free threading, structured error handline host vb 6.0 controls in WinForms Improved IntelliSense C++: managed extensions ISO C_++ conformance C# component-oriented, type-safe J# Java-language syntax, full integration with VS,NET Microsoft Visual SOurceSafe Application Centter Tes Enterprise Templates and Policies Enterprise InstrumentationFramework Visio - UML tools Code Obfuscation More information: New .NET Framework certifications MCAD MCSD Self-paced book/resources Upgrade from VS 2003: $29 Empowerment through Ecosystem Partners and community 150 VSIPs and compoent vendors, 300+ tools .NET Code Wise Community Third-party .NET community "influentials: online communities reach 4.5M user sessions/month Authors, publishers, trainers, speakers INETA (International .NET Association) 200+ INETA user groups worldwide representing 66,0000 700+ MSDN user Demo: VFP 8.0 and .NET VFP Business Tier, COM object accessed bother from VFP Form and using ASP.NET XML We Services to connect to .NET WinForm, .NET WebForm, Pocket PC, Cell Phone 11:49:35 AM    comment []

Happy birthday to me Got a surprise birthday party, cake and all, when friends interrupted my pre-conference session wth 5 minutes to go to sing "Happy Birthday." Attendees seemed amused. After one refrain, they let me get back to finishing the presentation, only 10 minutes late or so. Carrot cake, a clever card and a golf club cover in the shape of a fox made it a fun birthday surprise. The conference starts in earnest in two hours, with an 8 AM keynote. Reception tonight and a bonus session, an outdoor dinner and another bonus session tomorrow night will round out the schedule. We'll be busy. 8:55:38 AM    comment []

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