From: Arnoldbilansky@cs.com Subject: [Vfpboston] Wed. VFP Meeting Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2005 22:11:57 +0000 Event: Boston Area FoxPro User Group meeting Date and Time: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 at 7pm Location: Microsoft, 201 Jones Rd., Walrham, MA *** Contents *** *** 1) Meeting Announcement *** 2) Request for Framework Advice *** 3) Consulting Opportunity ****************************************************************** *** 1) Meeting Announcement ****************************************************************** As in past years, because of the proximity to Thanksgiving and Christmas we are not planning to meet in November or December. October meeting agenda: Kip Dole explains how easy it is to write a Sql Server Stored procedure (T-SQL). Says Kip "It always seemed rather intimidating to me until I tried. I will take you through the steps I followed in creating my first stored procedure which posted interest for a customer of ours. Some of the advantage of writing stored procedure, which you probably know include: - Speed -Ability to roll back transactions in the event of a crash. ( I know this works in vfp as well ) -This stored procedure can be call from any front end, you would only have to write the code once. -Getting a new job, your future employers may be looking for this ability. -Sometimes setting up test data can be tricky. All you have to do is issue a "rollback transaction" instead of "commit transaction" after having viewed your results and your data will be set back to its original state. -I can show you how I call this stored procedure from Sql Server or vfp. -I can show you a few other VFP functions we use with Sql Server you may find helpful as well. -If you know how to write stored procedures please share your expertise with us as well." Kip does not have SQL Server on his laptop. So, unless someone can bring along a notebook with MS SQL server on it the presentation will be be facilitated with code listings and screen shots. If any of you can help by bringing along a notebook with SQL and VFP along please contact Kip directly at kipdole@gmail.com. I (Arnold) still am without a vehicle after my auto accident. Unless someone can give me a lift from Brighton at about 6:30pm on Wednesday, I will not be able to get to the meeting. If anyone thinks that they would be able to give me a lift please send me an e-mail to arnoldbilansky@cs.com by early tomorrow (Monday), and if you can include a phone number I can reach you at during the day tomorrow. If I can get to the meeting, I do have a tablet with SQL and VFP on it. ****************************************************************** *** 2) Request for Framework Advice ****************************************************************** Some of you may remember Ken Murphy who co-presented at a meeting some time back on using Fox with Satellite Forms. Ken has a new project and was thinking about purchasing xCase and one of the frameworks: Visual FoxExpress, Pro Matrix, etc. If anyone is currently using these tools and can give him some advice he requests to be contacted at Ken@MurphySoftware.net ****************************************************************** *** 3) Consulting Opportunity ****************************************************************** You should be aware that I do not permit messages to be posted directly to our mailing list. And I normally do not even read posting attempts since almost all of it is spam. However, by chance I happened to pick this message from the list which appears to be legit. So I am passing it along. -ab On Oct. 6 Robert S. Davis wrote: I think we met thru Garett Fitzgerald years ago (he's been on the VFP team since he left here about 7 years back). We've been a VFP shop since Perrysburg, having had a great relationship with Dave Fulton, Janet Zimmerman, etc. We're in need of a new resource: Looking for one motivated, self-directed, talented, individual. (We're not asking too much, are we?) Our company develops/supports/sells "HI-IQ", the industry-standard Interventional Radiology software. We are a Microsoft triple-gold partner, and have been in business for over 60 years. We are looking for a savvy VFP developer with excellent ASP.NET skills (VB or C#) to join our team in northern RI. Excellent working conditions; great development resources (we already employ over a dozen developers); good benefits. We are owned by a major medical society, thousands of users use our applications daily... in hospitals across the world. If you are interested in 'touch-screen' technology; handheld apps; and consider yourself an ergonomic connoisseur, you might want to check us out. (For background, see www.HI-IQ.com , www.unicom-inc.com , and www.sirweb.org . Windows Mobile (Compact Framework) and SQLserver skills a plus. Excellent communication skills mandatory If interested contact: Robert S. Davis Chief Architect ConexSys & HI-IQ Systems UNICOM Highland Corporate Park 1026 Park East Drive PO Box 1499 Woonsocket, RI 02895-0802 ****************************************************************** ****************************************************************** -Arnold Bilansky _______________________________________________ Vfpboston mailing list Vfpboston@blu.org http://olduvai.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/vfpboston