Sydney VFP UG : Meets on the last Wednesday of every month

Important update concerning the Sydney VFP User Group!

 

After careful consideration of the User Group, and in consultation with the members, we have decided to change the format of the group, and open it up to provide more business topics and cover a wider range of technology.

 

As such, we have decided to rename the group to be:

 

The Sydney Business & Technology User Group

 

This change takes place from our next meeting on Wednesday 30 May 2007

 

As part of the change we have created a new site: www.sbtug.com where all details of upcoming sessions will be posted. Please visit the site for all the details. We hope to see you there. Time and location remains the same.

 

 

(Note: an email was sent to all current members on Monday 21 May 2007. A copy of the email is available here for anyone who missed it.)

Talman is a software company

 

The User Group is proudly sponsored by Talman Solutions

 

Talman is a software integration company specialising in Visual FoxPro, SQL Server, ASP.Net, SharePoint and BizTalk development.


When
The User Group meets at 6:30pm on the last Wednesday of every month
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In February we had our full OzFox conference!

     
  Details of our most recent meetings
  Craig Bailey presented (from Talman) presented his Top Tens with regard to VFP. Includes Forums and news sites, blogs, web sites, conferences, publications and tools.

Rahul Desai (from Talman) presented on the SDLC in VFP applications, plus demonstrating one of his sales and invoicing applications.

Doug Bower (from MYOB) covered interaction with MYOB from VFP using the ODBC driver (download here).

Chris Sainty (from Quids) demonstrated some of the optimisation techniques used to ensure the Harris Technology web site is as fast as possible (download here).

Plus we had our regular Q + A time.


 

Where
The User Group meets at Microsoft headquarters:

6:30pm - 8:30pm
Microsoft Sydney Office
Theatre 2
1 Epping Road
North Ryde NSW 2113

Pizza and drinks are provided (it's all free as per usual)

Note - if you come after 6:30pm you will need to call security to let you in - the number to call will be on a notice at the door

Contact
For details of upcoming meetings or general questions please email Craig Bailey (UG President)

Notices
Southwest Fox is on again: 18-21 October 2007
Southwest Fox 2007, Mesa, AZ, October 18 - 21, 2007

You should have been at OzFox 2007
You should be listening to the The FoxPro Show podcast
You should be listening to the OzFoxRocks podcast
You should be reading Craig Boyd's blog
Definately consider joining MSDN Connection
VFP9 has been officially released
Microsoft confirmed support for VFP until 2015
Support the other Sydney developer user groups
 

     
  Presentations from previous meetings
 
Lisa Slater Nicholl's Sedna Reporting enhancements video
Craig Bailey's Sales tips for developers session
Craig Bailey's Pricing your VFP solutions session
Rahul Desai's VFP Add-on tools
John Burrow's Presentation on Refox
Craig Bailey's Promoting VFP to the wider community session
Craig Bailey's updated Perception is Everything session
Eka's presentation on SQL Server 2005 T-SQL enhancements
Scott Scovell's Design Patterns session
Craig Bailey's Promoting VFP to customers session
Scott Scovell's VFP Top Tips
Craig Bailey's VFP Top Tips
Ken Levy's Sedna video
Scott Scovell's presentation on FoxTabs is here
Craig Bailey's overview of SQL Server 2005 is here
Ekasenna Tjhauw's presentation on SQL Server and VFP COM is here
John Burrow's presentation on Crystal and VFP COM is here
Scott Scovell's presentation on Solution Explorer is here
Craig Bailey's overview of VFP and Windows Media Player is here
Andrew Coates's overview of VFP and MapPoint is here
Feng Zeng's source for using Microsoft Agent is here
Craig Bailey's overview of tools ('Perception is everything') is here
Scott Scovell's code and whitepaper on system event binding in VFP9 is here
David Gibson's Empower program details are here

 
     

Who we are
We are a group of IT professionals who use Microsoft Visual FoxPro (VFP) to implement database, desktop and web solutions.

Who you are
You are a database developer, probably using Microsoft technologies and Visual FoxPro
You are looking for a serious group of developers to learn from, trade ideas with and contribute to

  Web Links
Visual FoxPro
Visual FoxPro 9 resources
Visual FoxPro 9 video on Channel 9
MSDN Connection
TechNet
Universal Thread
Fox Wiki
West Wind
Stonefield
XFRX
The Fox Show - podcast
Craig Boyd - blog
OzFoxRocks! - podcast

VFP Solution Explorer - FoxTabs
SednaX - community open source

Conferences
OzFox 2007 was held: Feb 25-27, 2007
Southwest Fox 2007: Oct 18-21, 2007

Sydney User Groups

CodeCampOz - Were you there in April?

Talman
Quids
InfoToday
Intense Software
Laberg
Craig Bailey
MYOB
Cash Focus
KenSys tools
Tallships Solutions

Local Links
Timetable Timetable Download the Outlook reminder
Feedback Feedback
OzFoxRocks promotion OzFoxRocks podcast promotion
Melbourne VFP User Group



 
  Details
The Sydney VFP UG aims to increase developer knowledge and skills with Microsoft Visual FoxPro and related technologies such as COM, .Net and SQL Server. The group meetings are highly technical in nature and focus on using the product in real-world situations. Members come from a diverse range of industries, covering both custom and shrink-wrap applications.

Meetings include a key note presentation covering a major technical topic (eg VFP & XML, VFP & COM, etc), followed by mini-technical sessions (eg using ActiveX controls), finishing with a 15 minute Q&A session.

Developers of all skill levels are welcome, however sessions are geared towards intermediate and advanced levels.