Welcome

The Grand Rapids Area FoxPro User Group consists of FoxPro software developers who want to network with each other to share information, knowledge, ideas, discoveries, tips, tricks and war stories.

We welcome all levels of users and developers from beginner to expert. Our members develop in the various different versions of FoxPro from older DOS and Windows versions to the newer Visual FoxPro versions. 

Everyone's welcome! You don't have to be a member to come to a meeting. So please join us at our next meeting and we'll make sure you feel right at home.  Find the Location for meetings See Here

 

Hey it's SUMMER!  Enjoy it! 

See you at our next meeting: September 13, 2008.

Conferences & Seminars

Southwest Fox 2008
The best Visual FoxPro conference in North America is back! Phoenix, Arizona is the place to be in October 2008 as the top VFP gurus on the planet show you how to make the most of VFP.

Geek Gatherings LLC, a partnership of Rick Schummer, Doug Hennig, and Tamar Granor, are organizing Southwest Fox 2008, to be held at the Arizona Golf Resort and Conference Center in Mesa, Arizona from October 16 - 19, 2008.

Check out the speakers and sessions. We think you'll agree that this is the best lineup of both speakers and content of any VFP conference this year.

Read some of the testimonials from previous attendees. As one attendee said, "The experience gained from just one session can easily pay for the cost of the conference."

Be sure to register before July 1 to take advantage of early-bird discounts.

Gold sponsor xSQL Software is giving away a free license of xSQL Data Compare Pro (a $399 value -- allows you to compare and synchronize data in two SQL Server databases) to every conference participant. What a great offset of the conference price -- you pay $695 for the conference and get back more than half of it ($399) with this offer alone! Even better, you'll receive your free license as soon as you register for Southwest Fox 2008 so you don't even have to wait until October!

Geek Gatherings is also offering three MSDN Premium Subscriptions, each worth almost $11,000, as door prizes.

For more information, please see the Southwest Fox Web site, http://www.swfox.net. We look forward to seeing you there!

 

Congratulations!

We are pleased to announce 2 Michiganders are the recipients of the prestigious Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP Award which was presented in October 2006:

 

The following are the three main criteria used by Microsoft to decide who receives this award:

For more information on this program, please check out http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/.

MVP Global Summit

The 2005 Microsoft MVP Summit was full of lots of information. Alex Feldstein wrote up a good article in his blog: http://www.bloglines.com/blog/AlexFeldstein?id=530

MSDN Subscriptions

Microsoft has restructured the whole MSDN Subscription plan and many FoxPro developers have been left a little confused about which option to choose. Here's what a representative of Microsoft said when I asked him for his recommendation:

Basically, If VFP devs are on MSDN Universal today, then they will actually get VSTS (one role sku) and MSDN Premium which comes with a throttled to 5 person Team Foundation Server license, giving them VFP, VSS, VS, and everything they’re used to.

Or

Universal subscribers who want the 2005 equivalent of MSDN Universal can simply choose Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition with MSDN Premium Subscription. Universal subscribers who choose this option at renewal will get the functional equivalent of MSDN Universal for about 15% less than what they paid today.