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Archive | June 16, 2003
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(ãFoxClippyä) 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 ö font script support Grid Scale dialog ö 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:
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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 ·.SELECT
Subquey in UPDATE
Correlate INSERT/DELETE
Optimize deleted tags
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 ãFavoritesä tab for property sheet.
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
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.