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Southwest Fox 2023: Announcement and Call for Speakers

Southwest Fox Conference — Fri, 12 May 2023 21:38:09 GMT

We're excited to offer you Southwest Fox 2023, a hybrid conference; you decide whether to come in-person or watch online! The in-person event will be held at the Hampton Inn & Suites Phoenix-Scottsdale. The virtual event will use the Hopin platform (the same platform we use for Virtual Fox Fest). You can get more information on the Southwest Fox Conference Web page: https://swfox.net/. The conference will take place October 19-22, 2023. We've issued the Call for Speakers for Southwest Fox (https://swfox.net/CallForSpeakers.aspx). If you are interested in presenting, please read the document referenced on that page to learn about submitting sessions.

West Wind Web Connection 7.32 released

West Wind Technologies — Tue, 04 Apr 2023 22:47:26 GMT

West Wind Web Connection 7.32 is a maintenance update for this popular FoxPro Web development framework. Web Connection is a rich and mature tool for building HTML Web applications and HTTP API Services using Visual FoxPro, so you can continue to use the tools you already know to build Web applications. Version 7.32 adds a number of improvements to wwDotnetBridge for dealing with collections and passing 'unsupported' types to and from .NET. There are also several improvements to Request object to retrieve all form, query string and server variables as a list. Finally several improvements in JSON serialization make it easier to work with complex objects and names that might otherwise conflict with FoxPro property names. As always, Web Connection is available as shareware and registered users of v7 are eligible for free upgrades.

Virtual Fox Fest 2023 (May): Speakers, Sessions and Registration

Southwest Fox Conference — Sat, 11 Mar 2023 19:21:32 GMT

Virtual Fox Fest 2023 (May) is a one-day event on Wednesday, May 10, 2023. We have some great speakers (https://virtualfoxfest.com/speakers.aspx) delivering great sessions (https://virtualfoxfest.com/sessions.aspx), live chatting during presentations, and getting to hang out virtually with new and old friends. This event will feature classic sessions (from previous conferences), updated for 2023, along with at least one brand new session. More details here: https://virtualfoxfest.com. Registration (https://virtualfoxfest.com/register.aspx) is open! Details, deadlines and cost are available on our Web site. You register for the conference here: https://geekgatherings.com/Registration. Don't procrastinate, get this done today! We're planning Southwest Fox in Arizona this October. We expect to announce our plans for a hybrid (in-person and virtual) fall conference some time in April.

Markdown Monster 2.8 released

West Wind Technologies — Fri, 27 Jan 2023 23:50:06 GMT

West Wind Technologies has released Markdown Monster 2.8 of its popular Markdown Editor and Weblog Publishing tool. v2.8 includes a major internal updates to improve performance, responsiveness and stability related to the WebView control and async retooling. There's also support to configure your own external programs, many table editor improvements, easier table editor imports from CSV/JSON, better Mermaid charting support and tons of Command Palette additions. You can try Markdown Monster for free with a fully functional evaluation copy and updates for registered v2 users are always free.

West Wind WebSurge 2.2 released

West Wind Technologies — Tue, 24 Jan 2023 08:58:28 GMT

West Wind Technologies has released WebSurge version 2.2. V2.x is a major re-write of this Http REST Client and Web Load Testing tool for Windows. WebSurge makes it quick and easy to test APIs and Web Sites using an easy-to-use user interface for creating sessions of URLs to test either individually during development, or under load for stress testing. Version 2.2 brings many improvements, including support for HTTP 2.0, improved interactive request editing, easier switching between multiple target sites, request printing and improved performance and stability due to .NET 7.0 and WebView updates. A free evaluation version is available to check out WebSurge and v users can upgrade to v2 at a discount.

West Wind Client Tools 7.31 released

West Wind Technologies — Tue, 17 Jan 2023 22:31:20 GMT

West Wind Client Tools is a suite of FoxPro utility classes that provide Internet functionality including SMTP Email, full featured HTTP Web and REST service access, FTP, SFTP and low level TCP/IP access to your FoxPro applications. Utility classes include object based data access to SQL Server and Web Data, a light-weight business object framework, a .NET Interop helper component, JSON and XML serialization, several configuration management classes and a rich library of utility and API functions useful in everyday Visual FoxPro development. v7.31 is a maintenance release that fixes a number of small issues with focus on wwDotnetBridge and wwJsonSerializer improvements. Updates for registered users of v7 are free and a shareware version is available to try.

Virtual Fox Fest 2022 (Oct): Follow-up

Southwest Fox Conference — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 01:05:57 GMT

Videos for all presentations are now available on YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsLb2rL3ALQW9g5r-qqf_jA/videos) for free to everyone, as our contribution to the VFP community. Be sure to subscribe to our channel. If you didn't attend Virtual Fox Fest and want materials (white papers and sample code) for the presentations, go to https://geekgatherings.com/Registration and "register" for the conference.

West Wind Web Connection 7.30 released

West Wind Technologies — Tue, 25 Oct 2022 23:20:05 GMT

West Wind Web Connection 7.30 is a maintenance update for this popular FoxPro Web development framework. Web Connection is a rich and mature tool for building HTML Web applications and HTTP API Services using Visual FoxPro, so you can continue to use the tools you already know to build Web applications. Version 7.30 adds additional features to the new integrated admin interface, updates default cookie handling to more secure cookies, and wwDotnetBridge adds big improvements to List, Collection, Dictionary handling via the ComArray class. As always, Web Connection is available as shareware and registered users of v7 are eligible for free upgrades.

West Wind Client Tools 7.29 released

West Wind Technologies — Tue, 18 Oct 2022 10:56:23 GMT

West Wind Client Tools is a suite of utility classes that provide Internet functionality including SMTP Email, full featured HTTP Web and REST service access, FTP, SFTP and low level TCP/IP access to your FoxPro applications. Utility classes include object based data access to SQL Server and Web Data, a light-weight business object framework, a .NET Interop helper component, JSON and XML conversion features, several configuration management classes and a rich library of utility and API functions useful in everyday Visual FoxPro development. v7.29 is a maintenance release that fixes a few small issues and updates various support libraries to the latest versions. Updates for registered users of v7 are free and a shareware version is available to try.

Virtual Fox Fest 2021 (Oct): Don't forget or regret

Southwest Fox Conference — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 21:19:51 GMT

Thanks to all who have registered for Virtual Fox Fest 2022 (Oct). All the details here: virtualfoxfest.com. Early registrants help us plan ahead. This is another friendly reminder to the rest of you that it takes just a few minutes to register. geekgatherings.com/registration

Virtual Fox Fest 2022 (Oct): Early-bird deadline last call

Southwest Fox Conference — Mon, 29 Aug 2022 19:43:59 GMT

The Early-Bird discount ends midnight (North American Eastern time) on Wednesday, August 31st, which is just a couple of days away. Here is the direct link to get registered! (https://geekgatherings.com/Registration). Virtual Fox Fest is October 13, 19, and 25, 2022! Only 45 days until we gather virtually via the Internet!

Virtual Fox Fest 2022 (Oct): Reminder of Early-Bird Deadline

Southwest Fox Conference — Sun, 21 Aug 2022 23:16:44 GMT

Thanks to all who have already registered for Virtual Fox Fest; we appreciate your support and our speakers are excited to share their sessions with you soon. Please register for Virtual Fox Fest before September 1st, our Early-Bird deadline. We know you are interested in saving $50, and we would appreciate processing the bulk of the registrations in August. Perfect synergy! As a bonus, we won't process your payment until September. It takes just a few minutes to register. Virtual Fox Fest is October 13, 19, and 25, 2022.

Virtual Fox Fest 2022 (Oct): Speakers, Sessions, and Registration

Southwest Fox Conference — Thu, 04 Aug 2022 17:58:04 GMT

Speakers (https://virtualfoxfest.com/speakers.aspx) and Sessions (https://virtualfoxfest.com/sessions.aspx) for Virtual Fox Fest 2022 (October) have been announced, and registration (https://geekgatherings.com/Registration) is open! Virtual Fox Fest is October 13, 19, and 25, 2022!

Markdown Monster 2.6 released

West Wind Technologies — Thu, 30 Jun 2022 20:24:20 GMT

West Wind Technologies has released Markdown Monster 2.6 of its popular Markdown Editor and Weblog Publishing tool. v2.6 adds a new command palette to search for and discover functionality, updates the Snippets Template Expansion engine, Window Presets and more. You can try Markdown Monster for free with a fully functional evaluation copy and updates for v2.x users are free.

West Wind Web Connection 7.28 released

West Wind Technologies — Fri, 17 Jun 2022 21:41:38 GMT

West Wind Web Connection 7.28 is a minor bug fix update for this popular FoxPro Web development framework. Web Connection is a rich and mature tool for building HTML Web applications and HTTP API Services using Visual FoxPro, so you can continue to use the tools you already know to build Web applications. Version 7.28 adds a few small additional enhancements around the new consolidated Web administration interface. As always, Web Connection is available as shareware and registered users of v7 are eligible for free upgrades.

Virtual Fox Fest 2022 (Oct): Call for Speakers

Southwest Fox Conference — Wed, 11 May 2022 01:52:53 GMT

We're excited to offer you Virtual Fox Fest 2022 (October), a three-day online conference presenting the latest in Microsoft Visual FoxPro development techniques and interoperability with other technologies. This conference provides a venue for VFP developers to come together virtually to learn more about how our fellow developers are using and extending VFP. For details about Virtual Fox Fest, please see https://virtualfoxfest.com. The conference is going to be on October 13th, 19th, and 25th, 2022. We've issued the Call for Speakers for Virtual Fox Fest. If you are interested in presenting, please read the document referenced at https://virtualfoxfest.com/CallForSpeakers.aspx and consider submitting sessions.

Markdown Monster 2.5 released

West Wind Technologies — Tue, 10 May 2022 20:21:54 GMT

West Wind Technologies has released Markdown Monster 2.5 of its popular Markdown Editor and Weblog Publishing tool. v2.5 adds a new command palette to search for and discover functionality, a new Emoji picker, improved document loading, a new folder browser preview mode, support for Checkbox list markup and much more. You can try Markdown Monster for free with a fully functional evaluation copy and updates for v2.x users are free.

Virtual Fox Fest 2022 (May): DBI Drawing, get registered right now

Southwest Fox Conference — Wed, 27 Apr 2022 03:14:11 GMT

Our friends at DBI want to help incentivize you to register and have provided us licenses to their awesome products to give away. Two (2) Studio Controls COM 64, one (1) Solutions Schedule COM 64 Version 4.0, and two (2) $100 Microsoft Store Gift Cards. Drawing includes any person registered for Virtual Fox Fest by April 27, 2022 at 3:00pm ET (GMT -4). Register now, link to site is in the post topic.

Virtual Fox Fest 2022 (May): Time to Register

Southwest Fox Conference — Fri, 22 Apr 2022 02:55:16 GMT

Thanks to all who registered for Virtual Fox Fest; we appreciate your support. This is another friendly reminder to the rest of you that it takes just a few minutes to register, here is the link: http://geekgatherings.com/registration. Emails to registered attendees begin next week with all the details about the conference. You can order your Virtual Fox Fest gear from https://geekgatherings.logosoftwear.com/. Virtual Fox Fest is May 5, 2022!

West Wind Client Tools 7.27 released

West Wind Technologies — Wed, 20 Apr 2022 22:42:12 GMT

West Wind Client Tools is a suite of utility classes that provide Internet functionality including SMTP Email, full featured HTTP Web and REST service access, FTP, SFTP and low level TCP/IP access to your FoxPro applications. Utility classes include object based data access to SQL Server and Web Data, a light-weight business object framework, a .NET Interop helper component, JSON and XML conversion features, several configuration management classes and a rich library of utility and API functions useful in everyday Visual FoxPro development. v7.27 is primarily a maintenance release that fixes a few small issues and updates various support libraries to the latest versions. Updates for registered users of v7 are free and a shareware version is available to try.