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July 2010	VFX 12.0 Build 12.00.1902 available VFX 12.0 Build 12.00.1902 of 9th July 2010 is available! Here the highlights of the new build: Primary key for all VFX tables This is an important change which affects all customer installations! When updating existing projects with VFX - Update Project primary key fields and primary index tags are added to all VFX tables automatically. If the VFX tables are free tables candidate index keys are used. If using a SQL server database and there is an entry in Config.vfx pointing to that database the structure is changed of the SQL database automatically. When creating an exe with a new version number so that the client database update will run at the customer side, the tables are updated in the same way. The advantage of using primary keys is that Visual Studio applications, for example Silverlight applications, can access these databases, too. Scan to PDF In the scan dialog the file format PDF can be selected. PDF files are created with the usual VFX capabilities. VFX - MailMerge Builder For the mail merge wizard there is a new builder to key up the properties. The new builder can be testet with VFX12Test with the form MailMerge.scx. Most recent windows in open-dialog and ribbon bar The open-dialog and the ribbon bar now show a list of most recent used forms. Onetomany reports An example is now in VFPizza12 in the form Orders.scx. Additionally, there are several small fixes in this new build. The demo applications are updated to the new build. Please do not use the Download link but the update function in the VFX menu!

May 2010	FoxShow #63: Silverlight and FoxPro The VFX product manager Uwe Habermann gave an interview to Andrew McNeill about the details of the upcoming 1 day free workshop at the SWFox-DevCon. You can download the podcast at the homepage http://www.thefoxshow.com/ at FoxShow #63: Silverlight and FoxPro.

May 2010	VFX 12.0 Build 12.00.1713 available VFX 12.0 Build 12.00.1713 of 14th April 2010 is available! Here the highlights of the new build: Ribbon Bar in the style of Office 2010 In time to the release of Office 2010 VFX comes with a ribbon bar in the new style. You can switch to the ribbon bar in Office 2010 style by setting cFoxAppl.nMenuAndToolbartyle = 3. This setting can also be made by the uers in the customization dialog. New PDF Output PDF file can be created with the freeware dll libhpdf.dll. If PDF files cannot be created on a customer machine yet the new dll will be downloaded automatically. Registration is not required. PdfOutput.app nor Ghostcript are needed. Also a postscript printer driver is not needed. The creation of PDF files is significantly faster. To force the use of the new dll even if PDF files can already be created with Ghostscript or PdfOutput set cFoxAppl.luselibhpdf = .T. This setting is also available in the VFX - Application Builder. Color for tabs of pageframes The tabs of pageframes can now be colored with an individual color. This color setting can be made in the VFX form buildern. Please do not use the Download link but the update function in the VFX menu!

May 2010	VFX-Workshop in Frankfurt, Germany On 8th of June 2010 we offer a one day workshop for the new version Visual Extend 10.0 showing all changes in the new version for Visual FoxPro 9.0 SP2. This workshop is open for all users of any version of Visual Extend and will show you how to build an application with the current version of VFX. This time we focus on extended features like integrating VFX DBI Controls, database synchronization, product activation, customer management, application update and database update at clients side. The workshop takes place at 7th of June 2010 in Frankfurt/Main. The attendance fee of EUR 329,- plus VAT includes 2 coffee breaks, soft drinks and lunch buffet. Pleae register via eMail to bestellungen@dfpug.de or use our online registration form at the dFPUG-Homepage.

May 2010	Annual VFX-User Meeting in Frankfurt, Germany We want to invite you to our annual VFX user meeting in Frankfurt at 7th of June 2010. We have lots of interesting topics prepared for you! The annual user meeting takes place at 7th of June 2010 in Frankfurt/Main. The event is charged as a non-profit event. The low attendance fee of EUR 129,- plus VAT includes 2 coffee breaks, soft drinks and lunch buffet. Pleae register via eMail to bestellungen@dfpug.de or use our online registration form at the dFPUG-Homepage.

April 2010	VFX 12.0 Build 12.00.1606 available VFX 12.0 Build 12.00.1606 of 6th April 2010 is available! The Build contains fixes plus multiple enhancements. Highlight of the new build is the supprt of Drag & Drop in Treeview: Any node can be dropped on any other node. A popup appears asking the user whether the node should be inserted as child node or above or below the current node. Any node can be dropped onto the empty space right or at the bottom of the treeview. Nodes will be moved to the bottom of the treeview and inserted as root nodes. If Ctrl is pressed while drag & drop the node is copied instead of moved. If the value of the new property lCopyHierarchy of the treeview control is set to .T. when copying also child nodes are copied. The new property cSortOrderFieldName can hold a field name. If this property is not empty nodes are sorted due to this field. More new featurs: While the structure of a database is checked before the client database update gets executed, a wait window appears. Before the client database update runs an archive is creatd only if the creation of the archive has not started on another machine yet. It was reported that when leaving the application in some cases the logout status of users was not saved properly. This is fixed now. New status for the task list: read. A doubleclick in a childgrid run the onmore dialog only, if there are child forms assigned to that childgrid. In case an update conflict occurs a detailed message appears showing the name of the user who caused the conflict and showing the new field values of that user. RTF reports can be printed now even on machines where (mistakenly) a developer license for Richtx32.ocx is required. Please do not use the Download link but the update function in the VFX menu!

March 2010	VFX 12.0 presentation at CeBIT-fair Hannover, Germany The product manager of Visual Extend, Uwe Habermann, presents Visual Extend 12.0 on CeBIT-Saturday at the free regional meeting of dFPUG. Visit us at the regional meeting of the FoxPro User Group of German language in case you attend CeBIT fair in Hannover.

March 2010	VFX 12.0 Build 12.00.1504 available VFX 12.0 Build 12.00.1504 of 4th March 2010 is available! The Build contains fixes plus multiple enhancements. Highlight of the new build is the VFX - Product Activation Wizard. This wizard allows to make all settings around the product activation at one place. It is no more needed to run different builders, or to make settings in different classes. The VFX - Product Activation Wizard also creates a project for the customer management and makes all settings in this project. The wizard can also make settings for updates of the application over the Internet. Support of long expressions for TREEVIEW NODES New menu entry for end-users: Send feedback More performance optimizations New combobox in VFX - Connectionstring Builder to select ODBC driver Please do not use the Download link but the update function in the VFX menu!

January 2010	VFX 12.0 Build 12.00.1329 available VFX 12.0 Build 12.00.1329 of 29th January 2010 is available! The Build contains fixes plus multiple enhancements. ShowWindow works under Windows 7. Under Windows 7 and Windows Vista a Ghostscript Installation created by Pdfoutput.app can be used. VfxTipOfTheDay.dbf is included in the project and is considered the structure is updated at the client site. Support of the properties Format and Inputmask in Grid Reports. The mailmerge wizard considers the current filter now. In the mailmerge wizard the enabled status of the commandbutton Word is correct in any case now. In the toolbar the enabled status of the commandbutton close is correct in any case now. The VFX - Installation Wizard does not increase the size of the memo file of the DBC any more. When working with product activation with the new property cFoxAppl.lShowActivationWizardAtStartup can be keyed up whether the activation wizard runs at startup of the application. The performance when loading and closing forms is improved. In Onetomany forms is a new commandbutton to copy child records. If the value of the form property lUseGridFieldsForReport is set to .T. the Excel export is done by OLE automation and respects fields, headers, and column widths of the search grid. In the Grid Builder a bug is fixed which disabled OLE drag in the grid. Please do not use the Download link but the update function in the VFX menu!

December 2009	VFX 12.0 Build 12.00.1221 available VFX 12.0 Build 12.00.1221 of 22th December 2009 is available! The Build contains fixes plus multiple enhancements. Active Label class, see FoxRockX article. Better support of Windows 7 (Postcript printer driver, send e-mail, page setup). In form user groups forms are sorted alphabetically. New VFX Community Task Pane. Some new icons in Vfxmenu. "Tip of the day" for end-users. The status maximized of forms is now stored in Vfxres. The sort order of child grid is stored in Vfxres (only when working with cursoradapters). Document management: Administrators can now delete all documents that are nor available. Other users can see, whether a document is available. Name extensions can be set up in VFX - Document Management Builder. Please do not use the Download link but the update function in the VFX menu!

November 2009	Presentations of VFX 12.0 at the 16. VFP-DevCon 2009, Frankfurt, Germany At the 16. German Visual FoxPro Developer conference 2009 an Frankfurt/Main the new version 12.0 of Visual Extend is presented in different vendor sessions by Uwe Habermann and Venelina Jordanova in German and English. Additionaly we have a VFX-usermeeting at one evening of the conference with a lot of additional topics. All slides and session notes can be found in the free Visual Extend directory of the dFPUG document portal.

September 2009	VFX 11.0 Build 11.00.2124 available VFX 11.0 Build 11.00.2124 of 24th September 2009 is available! The Build contains fixes plus multiple enhancements. A lot of small changes and enhancements were added, mainly for the new end user query wizard. With GDIPlus you can now create gradient colored backgrounds for forms and pages. In VFX application builder you define the general layout and you can update it for each form/pages in the VFX form builders. Just some clicks give your application a complete new look and feel. With GDIPlus you can now create Screenshots of forms The setting of hiding the office bar is now stored for each user in vfxres table The user group management was updated to user cursor adaptor in all cases which should avoid problems that were reported but could not be reproduced The performance of parent/child calls is enhanced by a magnitude. The performance of incremental search in child grids of onetomany-forms is increased if based on cursor adaptor The manual and documentation are updated for the new features Please do not use the Download link but the update function in the VFX menu!

July 2009	VFX 11.0 Build 11.00.2017 available VFX 11.0 Build 11.00.2017 of 17th July 2009 is available! The Build contains fixes plus multiple enhancements. Based on the most wanted features at the VFX user meeting at 15th May 2009 in Frankfurt we integrated business graphics based on GDI+ based on a sample available in VFPX. The original system.app is used that is available at VFPX for free download. If the file is missing at a local installation for whatever reason it is downloaded by your deployed VFX application. In VFX11Test you will find the new form GDIGraph.scx, that shows all the new business graphs features available. Within the form you can also test the new VFX - GDIGraph Builder. The documentation for the new classes cGDIGraph and cGDIGraphCustom with a lot of sampes can be found in the manual for VFX 11.0 which is contained in the setup or can be downloaded separately from the VFX homepage. The technical reference file will be updated soon. The former class cbusinessgraph to create business graphs based on MS Chart is still existing so that your current application still works without changes. You will have to update your business graphs forms for the new features. Another new feature is placing your application in Systray without using DBI Controls. The performance of the Office ribbon bar was increased significantly. Please do not use the Download link but the update function in the VFX menu!

June 2009	VFX 11.0 Build 11.00.1817 available VFX 11.0 Build 11.00.1817 of 18th June 2009 is available! The Build contains fixes plus multiple enhancements. The new date validation features of cdatetextbox were moved to cdatetextboxenhanced. The new date validation features of cpickdate were moved to cpickdateenhanced. Application name in info dialog is taken from INI file if working with product activation. Form names in user group management are now taken from vfxfopen even if working with parameters. Better dialog when invalid path found in config.vfx. Please do not use the Download link but the update function in the VFX menu!

June 2009	VFX 11.0 Build 11.00.1805 available VFX 11.0 Build 11.00.1805 of 6th June 2009 is available! The Build contains fixes plus multiple enhancements. License data is displayed in info dialog when product activation used. Enhancement of data input for ate fiels. Enhancements in filter dialog. Identification of MAPI on Vista and Windows 2008. Ribbon bar now supports AltGr key and separates menue items that are related to forms. The query assistant now prints the active page which can be query list or query results page. The user rights dialog shows form names if multiple records are related to the same form. Please do not use the Download link but the update function in the VFX menu!

May 2009	VFX 11.0 Build 11.00.1712 available VFX 11.0 Build 11.00.1712 of 13th May 2009 is available! The Build contains fixes plus multiple enhancements. This version contains the new VFX-DBF-CA wizard that converts a DBF-based VFX-application into a CA-based application. All table references in dataenvironments are converted to CursorAdaptors for you! A very powerful tool to convert your application into a Client/Server app! The number of columns in selection dialogs is unlimited now. In selection and request dialogs the contents of memo fields is displayed correctly (instead of just "Memo"). Grids allow for incremental search in datetime columns as well. FTP functions are available for file transfer. CDO email sending was integrated. Please do not use the Download link but the update function in the VFX menu!

May 2009	VFX-Workshop in Frankfurt, Germany On 14th of June 2008 we offer a one day workshop for the new version Visual Extend 10.0 showing all changes in the new version for Visual FoxPro 9.0 SP2. This workshop is open for all users of any version of Visual Extend and will show you how to build an application with the current version of VFX. This time we focus on extended features like integrating VFX DBI Controls, database synchronization, product activation, customer management, application update and database update at clients side. The workshop takes place at 14th of June 2008 in Frankfurt/Main. The attendance fee of EUR 329,- plus VAT includes 2 coffee breaks, soft drinks and lunch buffet. Pleae register via eMail to bestellungen@dfpug.de or use our online registration form at the dFPUG-Homepage.

May 2009	Annual VFX-User Meeting in Frankfurt, Germany We want to invite you to our annual VFX user meeting in Frankfurt at 13th of June 2008. We have lots of interesting topics prepared for you! The annual user meeting takes place at 13th of June 2008 in Frankfurt/Main. The event is charged as a non-profit event. The low attendance fee of EUR 129,- plus VAT includes 2 coffee breaks, soft drinks and lunch buffet. Pleae register via eMail to bestellungen@dfpug.de or use our online registration form at the dFPUG-Homepage.

April 2009	VFX 11.0 Build 11.00.1606 available VFX 11.0 Build 11.00.1606 of 6th April 2009 is available! The Build contains fixes plus multiple enhancements. Entering dates was enhanced. You can leave the control now when the date is invalid and the wrong input will be deleted. If just a day is entered the current month/year is added. The new property cfoxappl.lnoupdatevfxfopen (Default .F.) can be used to force an update of the vfxfopen table at clients site when a new version is released. The dialog user groups has a new button (for administrators only) to release all rights. Behaviour of client database update, grid mover dialog and filter dialog were enhanced. Please do not use the Download link but the update function in the VFX menu!

April 2009	VFP 9.0 SP2 Runtime Installer for Build 7423 available The makers of Visual Extend, the FoxPro User Group of German language, announces that now updated versions of the free Runtime Installer were made available. All versions at the download pages include the GDI+ patch as well as build 6602 + build 7423 fixes published by Microsoft. To install the new runtime you have to deinstall the former version first.

March 2009	VFX 11.0 Build 11.00.1505 available VFX 11.0 Build 11.00.1505 of 5th March 2009 is available! The Build contains fixes plus multiple enhancements. The size and position of the application at the Windows desktop is now also be stored in Vfxres table. VFX - Update Project Wizard: New checkbox to update symbol and picture files in existing applications. VFX - Help Wizard: New template to create manuals automatically, support of Vfxhelp_xxx.dbf filesto create help files in multiple languages when you use runtime localization for your application. Vfxfopen: Update of the records when starting new executable first time. Office Ribbon Bar: The page "Windows" is finally implemented and available. Please do not use the Download link but the update function in the VFX menu!

February 2009	English VFP 9.0 SP2 Runtime Installer available The makers of Visual Extend, the FoxPro User Group of German language, announces that now an English version of the free VFP9SP2RuntimeEngSetup.exe was made available. It includes the GDI+ patch as well as build 6602 fixes published by Microsoft as the patch can only be used for IDE installations. To install the new runtime you have to deinstall the former version first.

February 2009	VFX 11.0 Build 11.00.1407 available VFX 11.0 Build 11.00.1407 of 7th February 2009 is available! The Build contains fixes plus one enhancement. Incremental search is enabled in document containers if it is based on a view or a CursorAdaptor. Please do not use the Download link but the update function in the VFX menu!

January 2009	Updated VFP 9.0 SP2 Runtime Installer available The makers of Visual Extend, the FoxPro User Group of German language, announces that an update of the free VFP9SP2Runtime6602Setup.exe was made available. It includes the GDI+ patch as well as the build 6602 fixes published by Microsoft as the patch can only be used for IDE installations. To install the new runtime you have to deinstall the former version first.

December 2008	VFX 11.0 Build 11.00.1219 available VFX 11.0 Build 11.00.1219 of 19th December 2008 is available for download! The Christmas edition of VFX 11.0 contains some nice enhancements: In the builders you now have tooltips with the names of the properties that are changed by the builder option. compile time of projects is shorter. Many enhancements in document container. detaillead logfile about database structure update at clients site. The VFX - Help Wizard now cleans up duplicate Helpcontextids. multiple enhancements in the VFX - Menu Designer as well as in the runtime behavior of menues. Everything is now more consitent when you switch between XP open dialog, DBI Controls and office ribbon bar. Please do not use the download link at the web site but the update function within VFX.

December 2008	VFX 11.0 Build 11.00.1201 available VFX 11.0 Build 11.00.1201 of 1st December 2008 is available for download! This edition of VFX 11.0 contains some nice enhancements: New SQL-query management form for end users for editing and executing queries. display grid for SQL-query-results on a separate page with sorting, incremental search and filtering new button for Excel-Export for grids including sending as eMail-attachement with Default-Email-adress of current user new SQL-wizards for enduser query creation with enhanced features compared to VFP query assistant (e.g. unlimited number of conditions) VFP-Intellisense-support in SQL-edit window and in the VFX command prompt based on new prefilled VFX IntelliSense table. new form to display documents (Word, Excel, HTML and other formats) from within document container. moving added documents from upload directory to archive directory automatically in document container new maintenance timer to quit running application if a specific text file shows up. new switches to turn of all VFX-features that are relatedto eMail, printing, saving files, Internet, TAPI in one installation or at Terminal Server Please do not use the download link at the web site but the update function within VFX.

November 2008	Presentations of VFX 11.0 at the 15. VFP-DevCon 2008, Frankfurt, Germany At the 15. German Visual FoxPro Developer conference 2008 an Frankfurt/Main the new version 11.0 of Visual Extend is presented in different vendor sessions by Uwe Habermann and Venelina Jordanova in German and English. Additionaly we have a VFX-usermeeting at one evening of the conference with a lot of additional topics. All slides and session notes can be found in the free Visual Extend directory of the dFPUG document portal.

November 2008	VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.2309 available VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.2309 of 10th November 2008 is available! The Build contains fixes, mainly for builders. It it the final maintenance release for version 10.0 of VFX. Please do not use the Download link but the update function in the VFX menu!

October 2008	Updated VFP 9.0 SP2 Runtime Installer available The makers of Visual Extend, the FoxPro User Group of German language, announces that an update of the free VFP9SP2RuntimeSetup.exe was made available. It includes the GDI+ patch published by Microsoft as the patch can only be used for IDE installations. To install the new runtime you have to deinstall the former version first.

October 2008	VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.2210 available VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.2210 of 11th October 2008 is available! The Build contains fixes and increased stability as well as prepares new feature for VFX 11.0. See VFX100Changes.dbf inlcuded which now is available via the Help menu -> Show changes. The examples are updated as well. Please do not use the Download link but the update function in the VFX menu!

September 2008	VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.2115 available VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.2115 of 15th September 2008 is available! The Build contains fixes and increased stability as well as new feature for VFX 11.0. See VFX100Changes.dbf inlcuded which now is available via the Help menu -> Show changes. The examples are updated as well. Please do not use the Download link but the update function in the VFX menu!

July 2008	VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.1920 available VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.1920 of 19. July 2008 is available! The Build contains fixes and increased stability as well as new feature for VFX 11.0. See VFX100Changes.dbf inlcuded which now is available via the Help menu -> Show changes. The examples are updated as well. Please do not use the Download link but the update function in the VFX menu!

June 2008	Various presentations of the VFX-Team in Praha, Czech Republic The VFX-Team is on tour again in June 2008: Uwe Habermann and Venelina Jordanova will present a vendor session about VFX 10.0 and additional technical presentations at the Praha conference in Czech Republic.

June 2008	VFX-Workshop in Frankfurt, Germany On 14th of June 2008 we offer a one day workshop for the new version Visual Extend 10.0 showing all changes in the new version for Visual FoxPro 9.0 SP2. This workshop is open for all users of any version of Visual Extend and will show you how to build an application with the current version of VFX. This time we focus on extended features like integrating VFX DBI Controls, database synchronization, product activation, customer management, application update and database update at clients side. The workshop takes place at 14th of June 2008 in Frankfurt/Main. The attendance fee of EUR 329,- plus VAT includes 2 coffee breaks, soft drinks and lunch buffet. Pleae register via eMail to bestellungen@dfpug.de or use our online registration form at the dFPUG-Homepage.

June 2008	Annual VFX-User Meeting in Frankfurt, Germany We want to invite you to our annual VFX user meeting in Frankfurt at 13th of June 2008. We have lots of interesting topics prepared for you! The annual user meeting takes place at 13th of June 2008 in Frankfurt/Main. The event is charged as a non-profit event. The low attendance fee of EUR 129,- plus VAT includes 2 coffee breaks, soft drinks and lunch buffet. Pleae register via eMail to bestellungen@dfpug.de or use our online registration form at the dFPUG-Homepage.

May 2008	VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.1720 available VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.1720 of 21. May 2008 is available! The Build contains fixes and increased stability. See VFX100Changes.dbf inlcuded. The examples are updated as well. Please do not use the Downloadlink but the update function in the VFX menu!

April 2008	VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.1623 available VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.1623 of 23. April 2008 is available! The build contains some fixes but mainly the following new features: The new ribbon bar control is available. Your applications can now look like and be used like Office 2007 applications Our Vista Form Border Fix Tool fixes the display of the form border under Windows Vista Refox support - when creating an App or an Exe the created file can automatically be protected with Refox. You need a licence of Refox which is not part of Visual Extend The table VFX100Changes.dbf in the folder Builder contains descriptions of all fixes since early 2008. All sample applications are updated to the new build. Please do not use the Downloadlink but the update function in the VFX menu!

March 2008	VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.1506 available VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.1506 of 6. March 2008 is available! The Build contains fixes and increased stability. The examples are updated as well. This build includes the new VFX ribbon bar in the version beta2. The ribbon bar works stable now. However, some more features will be added soon. Please do not use the Downloadlink but the update function in the VFX menu!

March 2008	VFX 10.0 presentation at CeBIT-fair Hannover, Germany The product manager of Visual Extend, Uwe Habermann, presents the ribbon bar control of of Visual Extend 10.0 on CeBIT-Friday at the free regional meeting of dFPUG. Visit us at the regional meeting of the FoxPro User Group of German language in case you attend CeBIT fair in Hannover.

February 2008	VFX ribbon bar beta version available The new build 10.00.1047 includes the new VFX ribbon bar in a beta version for the first time. To use the new feature please change the property nMenuAndToolbar of class cfoxappl in the library Appl.vcx and recompile your project. The base class can be found in the new library Vfxribbon.vcx. Function of the fomer menu and the open dialog are implemented. The former toolbar is contained in the header area of the new ribbon bar control. Still missing are Hotkeys, recently used forms, Skip For clauses, favorites and size adjustment for _screen-size. We are working on this. Behavior and layout will be optimized as well.

February 2008	VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.1047 available VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.1047 of 7. February 2008 is available! The Build contains fixes and increased stability. The examples are updated as well. This build includes the new VFX ribbon bar in a beta version for the first time. Please do not use the Downloadlink but the update function in the VFX menu!

December 2007	VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.1220 available VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.1220 of 20. December 2007 is available! The Build contains fixes and increased stability. The examples are updated as well. Please do not use the Downloadlink but the update function in the VFX menu!

November 2007	VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.1114 available VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.1114 of 14. November 2007 is available! The Build contains fixes as discussed at the VFX-meeting at the VFP-Devcon Germany. The examples are not updated. Please do not use the Downloadlink but the update function in the VFX menu!

November 2007	Presentations of VFX 10.1031 at the 14. VFP-DevCon 2007, Frankfurt, Germany At the 14. German Visual FoxPro Developer conference 2007 an Frankfurt/Main the new version 10.0 of Visual Extend is presented in different vendor sessions by Uwe Habermann and Venelina Jordanova in German and English. Additionaly we have a VFX-usermeeting at one evening of the conference with a lot of additional topics. All slides and session notes can be found in the free Visual Extend directory of the dFPUG document portal.

Oktober 2007	VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.1030 available VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.1030 of 30. October 2007 is available! The Build contains a large number of new features and functions as well as fixes as follows: A new function UTCTime returns world time. The fields sync_date, edt_date and ins_date use UTCTime, if goProgram lUseUTCtime = .T.. Support for DBI Sedna Components: Menu (ctToolbar) Toolbar (ctToolbar) Right Click Menu (ctDropmenu) Open Dialog (ctListBar) Contact list (ctContact) Windows System Tray (ctTray) New class cToolBarManager to manage all toolbars including DBI Toolbar. The search dialog now supports fields of type Varchar. New icons / bitmaps for 256 colors for e.g. Terminal Server. The VFX - Class Switcher replaces prefix in names. When changing from container to non-containers and vice versa more properties are transferred. User group management and user rights management is now limited to users with level 1 by default. The VFX - Task Pane provides additional links to newsgroup and Newsletter. VFX100Test contains a new example for context sensitive help at form level. Forms based on cTableForm optionally save all changes in all tables in the dataenvironment. Smaller enhancements in the VFX - Parent Child Builder. Code of method GenerateCreateTableString of application object was updated. The examples are updated as well. Please do not use the Downloadlink but the update function in the VFX menu!

October 2007	VFP 9.0 SP2 Runtime Installer available The makers of Visual Extend, the FoxPro User Group of German language, announces that a free VFP9SP2RuntimeSetup.exe was made available to make Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 2 available on end user machines.

September 2007	VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.0904 available VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.0904 of 4. September 2007 is available! The Build contains fixes as discussed in the forum in the last weeks. Forms without data now have a linklabel to create new records. The examples are updated as well. Please do not use the Downloadlink but the update function in the VFX menu!

August 2007	VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.0801 available VFX 10.0 Build 10.00.0801 of 1. August 2007 is available! The Build contains only bugfixes. The examples are updated as well. Please do not use the Downloadlink but the update function in the VFX menu!

June 2007	New Version Visual Extend 10.0 available The new version Visual Extend 10.0 for Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 2 is available as Build 10.00.0627 of 27th June 2007! It is a complete new version with a large set of new builders, new tools and end user functions generated directly into your application for rapid application development. The enhancements are so large that we can not list them here! Please have a look at our Future-page and especially download our Whats New in VFX 10.0 documentation. We also have new and updated examples. In VFX10Test you will find a nice example of the Mail Merge Wizard. VFPizza uses an SQL 2005 database as an alternate datasource. All forms of VFPizza10 and VFX10Traders are runtime localized for German and English. Please download and install the new trial version! The new version opens another dimension of rapid application development for you!

June 2007	AFX-Wizard without limitation available The AFX Wizard to generate Active FoxPro Pages out of applications generated with the Framework Visual Extend 9.5 is available for download in an unlimited version at AFX-Wizard ZIP-Datei. In Visual Extend 10.0 the new version of the wizard is included and a download is not needed.

June 2007	Various presentations of the VFX-Team in Praha The VFX-Team is on tour again in June 2007: Uwe Habermann and Venelina Jordanova did a vendor session about VFX 10.0 and additional technical presentations at the Praha conference in Czechoslovakia. Four new customers joined the community of the Framework Visual Extend.

May 2007	VFX-Workshop in Frankfurt, Germany On 5th of May 2007 we offer a one day workshop for the new version Visual Extend 10.0 showing all changes in the new version for Visual FoxPro 9.0 SP2. This workshop is open for all users of any version of Visual Extend and will show you how to build an application with the current version of VFX. This time we focus on extended features: VFX database access: Plan for Cursor adapters, data access to DBC and SQL, Cursoradapter Wizard, Manage Config.vfx, SQL Server 2005 Express, Reminder Upsizing/Datenbankupdate VFX form creation: different kinds of pick lists, OneToMany and ManyToMany (via Cursoradaptor) forms, Parent/Child-Builder VFX customer management: product activation with VFX, prepare your application, work with customer management tool, application activation via Webservice and via HTTP Deployment of your VFX application: Distribution, Installation Wizard, version management, updates of your application via Internet

May 2007	Annual VFX-User Meeting in Frankfurt, Germany We want to invite you to our annual VFX user meeting in Frankfurt at 4th of May 2007. Here the topics: Advantages of VFX, new licence model and advantages of regular builds What is new in VFX 10.0? What is planned for VFX 10.0 in the next quarter? The future planning of VFX Visual Contact Manager, new example application for international address management examples from various real life VFX applications Features Revisited (Installation Wizard, Client Database Update) Special Features (Terminalserver, Vista) The annual user meeting takes place at 4th of May 2007 in Frankfurt/Main. The event is charged as a non-profit event. The low attendance fee of EUR 129,- plus VAT includes 2 coffee breaks, soft drinks and lunch buffet. Pleae register via eMail to bestellungen@dfpug.de or use our online registration form at the dFPUG-Homepage.

April 2007	VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.2827 available VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.2827 of 28. April 2007 is available! The Build contains bug fixes for registered customers only. All known bugs are fixed and the examples were updated to the new version as well. Please do not use the download link but the update function in the VFX menu! This build fixes all important problems we know about. If something is not fixed then this means that the feature was revisited in the new version VFX 10.0 and is working fine in the new version. VFX 10.0 will be available in some weeks.

March 2007	Presentations of the VFX-Team in The Netherlands Rainer Becker presents two Tips & Tricks sessions based on VFX at the Software Developer Event of SDG in Ede, The Netherlands.

March 2007	VFX 10.0 presentation at CeBIT-fair Hannover, Germany The product manager of Visual Extend, Uwe Habermann, presents the highlights of the new version of Visual Extend 10.0 on CeBIT-Saturday in the free regional meeting of dFPUG. Visit us at the regional meeting of the FoxPro User Group of German language in case you attend CeBIT fair in Hannover.

December 2006	VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.2408 available VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.2408 from 8. December 2006 is available! The Build contains bug fixes for registered customers only. All known bugs are fixed and the examples were updated to the new version as well. Please do not use the download link but the update function in the VFX menu!

November 2006	Presentations of VFX team members in Utrecht, The Netherlands, and Paris, France The VFX team is not only attending the German Visual FoxPro Developer Conference but also two other events in The Netherlands and in France. The product manager Uwe Habermann and the lead developer Venelina developer will present Visual Extend at vendor sessions at the FoxPro Developer Event in Utrecht as well as at AtoutFox in Paris.

November 2006	Presentations of VFX 10.0 at the 13. VFP-DevCon Germany 2006 At the 13. German Visual FoxPro Developer conference 2006 an Frankfurt/Main the new version 10.0 of Visual Extend is presented in different vendor sessions by Uwe Habermann and Venelina Jordanova in German and English. Additionaly we have a VFX-usermeeting at one evening of the conference with a lot of additional topics. All slides and session notes can be found in the free Visual Extend directory of the dFPUG document portal.

October 2006	VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.2227 available VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.2227 of 27th October 2006 is available! It contains bugfixes and the demo applications and standalone setup were updated to the current build. Registered customers should not use download link but use the update function available in the VFX menu! Registered customers will update to build VFX 9.50.2228 including source code.

October 2006	VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.2216 available VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.2216 of 16th October 2006 is available! It is only available for registered customers. Please use the update function in the VFX menu.

October 2006	Updated documentation for VFX 9.5 available with description of all the new features of third quarter 2006 New updated documentation for third quarter 2006 for VFX 9.5 is available. The documentation is included in setup, can be downloaded from the tab manuals or from the links below: http://files.visualextend.de/files95/VFX95NeuheitenIII2006.pdf http://files.visualextend.com/files95/VFX95WhatIsNewIII2006.pdf

October 2006	VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.2213 available VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.2213 of Friday, 13th Oktober 2006 is available! The update version for the third quarter 2006 contains a lot of enhancements and new features as follows: Filter definitions can be saved in the new table vfxfilter.dbf instead in the user resource file of VFX. When program update of your application runs you can additionall define an URL for a zipfile to be downloaded and extraced at clients site. New automatic cheque for unique values in textboxes available with new flag lUnique. The dataenvironment builder now contains new NoData-checkbox and new Collate-combobox. New Microsoft-compatible key generation for activation of applications as well as activation for a limited time as well as hardware tolerant activation available. Extension of integrated VFX customer management for new activation key types. Extension of application builder and pre-build activation web service for new activation key types. Impersonation for data access in config.vfx-file to use a different user account for read/write access to tables. New installation/setup assistant copies all needed files as well as runtime files into a subdirectory that can be copied to customers machine directly. Update error management in development environment for direct debugging re-enabled. In case of a reindex problem the database repair feature is automatically called. New parameters REPAIR, PACK, PACKMEMO, REINDEX, TABLES for an action and another parameter with a list of cases or a dbc-name on which to execute the action. This is very helpful to automate database maintenance via scheduler and/or with batch files. New option to run database structure check and in case of discrepancies to run the database structure update at clients machine. Automatic column width sizing and display of description only or code only as well as new right to add entries for end users in cComboPicklist class. Extension of the cComboPicklist-builder for the new features. The class cDateTextbox can now also be used in Childgrids and in filter dialog for display of a calendar. Drag and Drop-function for Document-Management-Container Ability to add to favorites in Document-Management-Container-Builder Incremental search and sorting in Child Grids Support for incremental search, sorting and favorites in Child Grid Builder Repositioning of record pointer in Onetomany-forms for all workareas New feature to select child table fields for reports in the cOneToMany Form Builder and in the cOneToManyPageFrame Form Builder Two new scanner-funkcions in VFX.fll with a wrapper-class cScannerControl to connect to scanner hardware. New form class cScanForm for user friendly loading of scans into your application. There is also a new documentation available which describes all the new features in details. The build also contains some bugfixes as well as an additional language for the user interface - Estnian. The demo applications and standalone setup were updated to the current build. Registered customers should not use download link but use the update function available in the VFX menu! Registered customers will update to build VFX 9.50.2214 including source code.

September 2006	VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.2118 available! VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.2118 of 18 September 2006 is available! It contains bugfixes as well as an additional language for the user interface - Slovakian . The demo applications and standalone setup were updated to the current build. Registered customers should not use download link but use the update function available in the VFX menu! Registered customers will update to build VFX 9.50.2119 including source code.

September 2006	Presentations of VFX team members in Ede, The Netherlands, and Praha Rainer Becker will do three sessions in English at next event of Software Developer Network (SDN) in Ede, Netherlands. The product manager Uwe Habermann and the lead developer Venelina developer will present VFX 9.5 at a vendor session at Praha DevCon.

August 2006	VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.2022 available! VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.2022 of 22nd August 2006 is available! It contains bugfixes and the demo applications and standalone setup were updated to the current build. Registered customers should not use download link but use the update function available in the VFX menu! Registered customers will update to build VFX 9.50.2023 including source code.

July 2006	VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.1928 available! VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.1928 from 28. Juli 2006 is available! The Build contains some fixes and the final English documentation of new features of second quarter 2006. The German documentation was extended as well. Both documentations can be downloaded separatly: http://files.visualextend.de/files95/VFX95NeuheitenII2006.pdf http://files.visualextend.com/files95/VFX95WhatIsNewII2006.pdf The CA Wizard now supports databases with more than 250 tables. Alle sample applications were updated to the current build. In VFX95Test there are the new forms Parent2.scx and Onetomanypageframe.scx with examples how to use the new Grid Mover Dialogs. Registered customers should not use download link but use the update function available in the VFX menu! Registered customers will update to build VFX 9.50.1929 including source code.

June 2006	VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.1827 available! VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.1827 of 27th June 2006 is available! It contains bugfixes and the demo applications and standalone setup were updated to the current build. Additionally the documentation for 2nd quarter was made available. Registered customers should not use download link but use the update function available in the VFX menu! Registered customers will update to build VFX 9.50.1828 including source code.

June 2006	VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.1820 available! VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.1820 of 20th June 2006 is available! It contains a lot of enhancements and new features: Automatic application timeout Execution of backdoor programs at startup New switches ChangeControlName und DoNotAskForConfirmation in VFX Class Switcher New class RTF-Control to display and edit RTF from memofields Create, edit and manage RTF-text in the document management container Additional functions IsTerminalServer and GetColorDepth Automatic Update of CONFIG.VFX-filestructure at clients side New option for direct display of report output files (e.g. of PDF-file) switches for editboxes for oneline display and to show/edit in cMemoForm Extension of serial mail / letter / fax wizard for endusers e.g. for RTF-text including placeholders New form to show complete audit trail And our highlight: Massivly enhanced parent/child builder with one dozen interesting new options! Registered customers should not use download link but use the update function available in the VFX menu! Registered customers will update to build VFX 9.50.1821 including source code.

May 2006	Annual VFX 9.5 user conference in Germany On 19th of May 2006 we offer a one day user conference at very low cost for all versions of Visual Extend in Frankfurt, Germany. Do not miss this opportunity to hear about the most current version, changes in first quarter, our plans regarding the second and third quarter and a lot of additional topics as well as meeting your colleagues for as low as EUR 129 including meals, drinks and companion CD.

May 2006	VFX 9.5 Workshop in Frankfurt, Germany On 20th of May 2006 we offer a one day workshop for the new version Visual Extend 9.5 showing all changes in the new version for Visual FoxPro 9.0 SP1, Verified for Windows XP. This workshop is open for all users of any version of Visual Extend and will show you how to build an application with the current version of VFX.

April 2006	VFX 9.0 Build 9.00.4027 available! VFX 9.0 Build 9.00.4027 of 27th April 2006 is available! It contains bug fixes for database update and database repair. The demo applications and standalone setup were updated to the current build.

April 2006	VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.1620 available! VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.1620 of 20th April 2006 is available! It contains another enhancement for database update regarding autoincrement fields. Demo applications and standalone setup were updated to the current build. Registered customers should not use download link but use the update function available in the VFX menu! Registered customers will update to build VFX 9.50.1621 including source code.

April 2006	VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.1618 available! VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.1618 of 18th April 2006 is available! It contains bug fixes for database update, database repair and document management container. The reference to Foxtools.FLL was removed and the demo applications were updated to the current build. Registered customers should not use download link but use the update function available in the VFX menu! Registered customers will update to build VFX 9.50.1607.

April 2006	VFX 9.5 updated documentation available Additional documentation for Visual Extend 9.5 is available at the manuals tab. It summarizes all new features integrated in first quarter of 2006 in about 18 pages of additional technical documentation.

April 2006	VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.1606 available! VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.1606 of 7 April 2006 is available! It contains bug fixes and the demo applications are updated to the current build. Registered customers should not use download link but use the update function available in the VFX menu! Registered customers will update to build VFX 9.50.1607. Developers who habe updated their projects to build 1604/1605 please copy Lib\Vfxform.* of the VFX installation folder into their projects after updating to the new build. Have a look at our download page and get the newest version. Registered customers can use the Update function in the VFX menu instead (and will receive build 1605 including sourcecode).

April 2006	VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.1604 with new features available! VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.1604 of 5 April 2006 is available! It contains bug fixes, enhancements and the following larger changes: support for RTF-format in forms and reports automatic hiding mode of XP opendialog new inheritance level for forms in new classlibrary vfxformbase.vfx (no changes to your app needed). extension of form builder to support for new cdatamanager class support for lower color resolutions for terminal server extension of customer management for managing error messages received via provided out of the box webservice extended memo field display and editing dialog various new properties and settings at application level to ease configuration even more additional user settings options in enduser dialog Have a look at our download page and get the newest version. Registered customers can use the Update function in the VFX menu instead (and will receive build 1605 including sourcecode).

March 2006	VFX 9.5 presentations at events in Ede / The Netherlands, Bucharest / Romania and Berlin / Germany Rainer Becker did a presentation of tipps and tricks for VFP (double sessions) based on VFX applications for Software Developer Network (SDN) in Ede, Netherlands. The product manager Uwe Habermann and the lead developer Venelina developer did a full day VFP workshop at first Romanion DevCon at Bucharest. Uwe Habermann will present VFX at the next dFPUG regional meeting in Berlin.

March 2006	VFX 9.5 presentation at CeBIT-fair, Hannover, Germany The product manager Uwe Habermann presents highlights of the new version VFX 9.5 at the CeBIT-meeting of dFPUG at Hannover fair at Saturday 11 March 2006.

March 2006	Free set of videos for Visual Extend completed! We have completed 18 hours of free training videos for Visual Extend 9.5. Go and get about a Gigabyte of Videos at http://www.visualextend.com at the video tab.

February 2006	VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.1425 with new features available! VFX 9.5 Build 9.50.1425 of 25. February 2006 is available! It contains bug fixes, enhancements and the following larger changes: New class cappdatamgr in Appl.vcx can be used in forms instead of cdatatablemgr. This class encapsulates data handling of VFX and can be overwritten by developers in case of need. New version of record-based VFX security manager with example in VFPizza application. Login as ADMIN and have a look at new form Ordersca_sec.scx. In a mover dialog you can select the users that are allowed to see/edit current record. Errorhandling of webservice at registration enhanced. Errors of VFX builders are anonymously forwarded to VFX errordatabase to allow for future product enhancements. New property goProgram lCloseReportDialogOnExecution defines that report dialog is closed after printing or export to Excel Copying a user group now also copies all settings and rights. When copying a record form caption changed to "Copy - " instead of "New -". Enhanced validation of email address in class ctextemail. Open edit form from pickform: users can now only edit one record or insert one new record to prevent misunderstandings. Enhanced validation in comboboxes when closing form and focus on combobox. VFX95Test: Form Parentdocs has a new example of the class ccombopicklist. Via the menu the contents of the combobox can be changed. VFPizza95: New Form Ordersca_ex.scx uses 3 children based on CA against the very same table but with different Where-clauses. Have a look at our download page and get the newest version. Registered customers can use the Update function in the VFX menu instead.

February 2006	VFX 9.0 Build 9.00.3825 available VFX 9.0 Build 9.00.3825 of 25. February 2006 is available for download. This build contains some bugfixes and updated sample applications.

January 2006	New version VFX 9.50 1317 available The first official version of Visual Extend 9.5 for Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 1 is available as VFX 9.0 Build 9.50.2525 of 17. Januar 2006! It is a complete new version with new builders, new tools and new enduser features for rapid application development. There are so many extensions that they can not be listed here, please have a look at our preview tab at Vorschau and read our extensive Update documentation. Additionaly we do have updated sample applications. In VFX95Test you will find a nice example for the new Mail Merge Wizard. VFPizza conatins a SQL 2005 database. VFPizza and VFX95Traders are runtime-localized for the languages German and English. A special feature of the new version is the integration of a local licence for Active Extend 9.5 for execution of Active FoxPro Pages. With the help of the AFX-Wizard of VFX 9.5 you can move your VFX-forms to interactive webpages with AJAX-support. But for publication on a webserver you need an additional low cost licence. The licence conditions for Visual Extend were changed for the new version. Please read carefully. The testversions are now without sourcecod. The licence is limited to a year including sourcecode, maintenance and online support. Licence is extended yearly for an annual fee. Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

January 2006	VFX 9.0 Build 9.00.3710 available VFX 9.0 Build 9.00.3710 from 10. January 2006 is available! The great new features will be available in VFX 9.5 but still we do have some fixes and enhancements for this version: cPickTextBox does a Refresh on Cursoradaptor after leaving selection form switching tabs with pages does a refresh on select page CPickAlternate controls are disabled now when table is at eof Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

December 2005	VFP 9.0 SP1 Runtime Installer available The makers of Visual Extend, the FoxPro User Group of German language, announces that a free VFP9SP1RuntimeSetup.exe was made available to make Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 1 available on end user machines. Additionaly we provide an InstallShield Express Merge Module for the German reportwriter files at VFP9RptAppsDeu.zip for free download.

December 2005	New build 9.00.3530 of VFX 9.0 available VFX 9.0 Build 9.00.3530 from 1st of December 2005 is available. It contains bugfixes and optimized refresh for the classes cDirSelector and cFileSelector. Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

November 2005	Presentations of VFX 9.5 at the German 12. VFP-DevCon 2005 At the 12. German Visual FoxPro Developer conference 2005 an Frankfurt/Main the new version 9.5 of Visual Extend is presented in 3 different vendor sessions by Uwe Habermann and Venelina Jordanova in German and English. Peter Herzog does a late night session about Active Extend and the AFX-Wizard. Additionaly we have a VFX-usermeeting at one evening of the conference with a lot of additional presentations.

October 2005	New build 9.00.3428 of VFX 9.0 available VFX 9.0 Build 9.00.3428 from 28th of Oktober 2005 is available. It contains bugfixes and the following new features: Extension of parent/child-builder to allow for multiple calls to same child form with different filter definitions from same parent form. New class cDirSelector for selection of a folder. Updated stand-alone setup for Visual Extend to install VFX on a machine without Internet access. Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

September 2005	1 GB of training videos for Visual Extend for free! Get more than a Gigabyte of training videos for Visual Extend for free! Visit the Visual Extend homepage at http://www.visualextend.com and have a look at the tab "Videos" for more than a full day of training videos, available both in English and German.

September 2005	VFX-Advertising in FPA eNewsletter For the framework Visual Extend beeing better visible internationally we placed an advertising four times in the eNewsletter of the magazine FoxPro Advisor for the months september/october with the following text: Framework Visual Extend for Visual FoxPro - Rapid Application development for multiple Backends: Recreate the UI of your application with the help of powerful builders, copy your application logic and serve multiple backends via Cursor Adaptors based on the rapid application development tool Visual Extend for Visual FoxPro. Give it a try with our free trial!

September 2005	New build 9.00.3315 of VFX 9.0 available VFX 9.0 Build 9.00.3315 from 15th of September 2005 is available. It contains bugfixes and the following new features: New property goprogram.nshowprinterprompt and new property on forms lshowprinterprompt. If goprogram.nshowprinterprompt=1 in all print dialogs the printer prompt dialog will be shown New language to reach another large group of Endusers: Turkey Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

September 2005	VFP 8.0 Runtime Installer available The makers of Visual Extend, the FoxPro User Group of German language, announces that a free VFP8RuntimeSetup.exe was made available to make Visual FoxPro 8.0 available on end user machines.

August 2005	Preview of VFX 9.5 A first preview of the features of the upcoming new version Visual Extend 9.5 is available online at the tab Future of this website.

August 2005	New build 9.00.3212 of VFX 9.0 available VFX 9.0 Build 9.00.3212 is available. It contains bugfixes and a new OnPrint-Hook. Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

July 2005	VFX Roadmap published And here is the Roadmap of Visual Extend for Visual FoxPro, matched to Microsoft's official roadmap for Visual FoxPro: The development of the framework VFX proceeds according to the schedule. VFX 9.5 will be introduced at this year's VFP DevCon in November in Frankfurt. A first insight into VFX 9.5 has already been given at the VFX users meeting on April 29th, 2005. The portability of existing VFX applications into web apps is going to be one highlight. A VFX-AFP Wizard as already contained in VFX 9.0 is the first step in this direction. Further information on this interesting topic will soon be disclosed. More announcements with further details about VFX 9.5's functional range will follow. Visual Extend 9.5 shall be released in close temporal connection to service pack no. 1 to VFP 9. Thus we make sure that the new version of VFX is adapted to VFP 9 SP 1 in the best possible way. The development will continue in a consequent manner after VFX 9.5. On time with the release of Sedna, VFX 10 is going to appear on the market, enabling the VFX developers to make use of Sedna's advantages and features straight away. For more than two years, qualified .NET programmers (MCP level or higher) have been working in the VFX team, too. More developers than today will work on Visual Extend to achieve the substantial further development planned. Thus, the features and technologies of Sedna as annnounced by Microsoft are going to be usable for VFX developers as well. At the VFP DevCon in Frankfurt in November 2006, a glance at the beta version of Visual Extend 10 can be taken. After VFX 10, the development will continue in parallel to the further planning of Microsoft. VFX developers can rest assured that for many years they will be able to create high-performance applications at the high degree of productivity they are used to - applications based on the newest technologies.

June 2005	VFX presentation at Praha DevCon Uwe Habermann and Venelina Jordanova again present the new version Visual Extend 9.0 at Praha DevCon. Slides are made available in the VFX-directory of the dFPUG-portal.

June 2005	VFX Vendor of the Month at VFUG Visual Extend (VFX) is again "Vendor of the Month" (VOM) of the Virtual FoxPro User Group (VFUG) from June to August 2005 with a special discount voucher for our new online shop.

June 2005	International shop for VFX online Finally international customers can buy licences of Visual Extend online via credit card in our new eShop at www.esellerate.net. This payment option is not available for customers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland as we do have bank accounts in these countries. International affiliate program Additionaly we extended the new VFX-Onlineshop with a Affiliates-Program so that dealers can add all available products to their own online shop within seconds.

June 2005	New documents for VFX in dFPUG-portal A lot of documents regarding Visual Extend from German VFP developers conferences and issues of the loose leaf magazine of dFPUG were now made available to the public in various new subdirectories of the Visual Extend Directory in dFPUG-portal. Members of dFPUG can also subscribe to this directory to get emails when new contents is available. New international online only dFPUG membership was made available in new VFX online shop.

May 2005	Standalone Setup for Visual Extend 9.0 available A complete Setup for Visual Extend 9.0 is available to install development environment on PCs without Internte connection.

May 2005	RuntimeInstaller for VFP 9.0 available The makers of Visual Extend, the FoxPro User Group of German language, announces that a free Runtimeinstaller was made available to make Visual FoxPro 9.0 available on end user machines.

May 2005	New build 9.00.2929 of VFX 9.0 available VFX 9.0 Build 9.00.2917 is available. It contains bugfixes only. Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

May 2005	Patch for VFP 9.0 on NT 4.0 available The makers of Visual Extend, the FoxPro User Group of German language, proudly announces that a free patch has been provided here or in our document portal to make Visual FoxPro 9.0 available on Windows NT 4.0.

May 2005	New build 9.00.2917 of VFX 9.0 available VFX 9.0 Build 9.00.2917 is available. It contains the following enhancements: search dialog for endusers has been enhanced Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

May 2005	New build 9.00.2904 of VFX 9.0 available VFX 9.0 Build 9.00.2904 is available. It contains the following enhancements: Integration of VFX Community Taskpane in Setup. Please register via TaskPane Manager. Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

April 2005	Client/Server Sample Application available The final version of the VFX 9.0 Client/Server sample application "Venelinas Fantastic Pizzas", short VFPizza90.zip is now available for download. It is a complete example how to use CursorAdapters all over your application to switch datastore between VFP-tables and SQL-server. SQL-Server or MSDE is needed to test the C/S-part, VFP-version will work anyhow.

April 2005	New build 9.00.2806 of VFX 9.0 available VFX 9.0 Build 9.00.2806 is available. It contains the following enhancements: version number checking for EXE registration extended error-handling for ODBC better refresh behavior for various complex controls in case of empty tables (EOF) various enhancements for conetomanypageframe property target table name in cpicktextbox-builder made reentrant optimization of vfxmsg-update in project update wizard order of view parameters obeyed in form builder additional code in gridtextbox in cuserrights-dialog better display of multiline tooltip display in various languages faster access to IDs in SQL-Server-tables Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

April 2005	Printed manuals available The printed version of the user manual with 250 pages is available for EUR 29,90 incl. VAT - or for free for everyone who ordered a full version in Germany / Austria / Switzerland. Sorry - it is only the German version of the handbook.

April 2005	VFX 9.0 Annual User Conference in Frankfurt, Germany On 29th of April 2005 we offer a one day user conference for very low cost for all versions of Visual Extend in Frankfurt, Germany. Do not miss this opportunity to hear about the most current version, various open source initiatives, our plans regarding the next version and a lot of additional topics as well as meeting your colleagues for as low as EUR 99 including meals, drinks and companion CD.

April 2005	VFX 9.0 Workshop in Frankfurt, Germany On 30th of April 2005 we offer a one day workshop for the new version Visual Extend 9.0 showing all changes in the new version for Visual FoxPro 9.0 Verified for Windows XP. This workshop is open for all users of any version of Visual Extend and will show you how to build an application with the current version of VFX.

April 2005	VFX 9.0 at the VFP9-Roadshow in Germany, Austria and Switzerland Sample applications of Visual Extend 9.0 were used at the Visual FoxPro 9.0 Roadshow in 9 Cities in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

March 2005	New build 9.00.2709 of VFX 9.0 available VFX 9.0 Build 9.00.2709 is available. It contains the following enhancements: Support for localized IDE of VFP9 Enhanced descriptions in some dialogs Better error reporting Better behavior in case of some runtime errors New localization code for some special classes Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

March 2005	VFX 9.0 presentation at CeBIT fair 2005 in Hannover, Germany The product manager Uwe Habermann will present VFX 9.0 at the dFPUG regional meeting at Hannover fair CeBIT 2005 on Friday 11th March 2005. Visit this free event to see the most current version of VFX in action.

February 2005	VFX 9.0 English manual available The complete english manual for the new version Visual Extend 9.0 is available as PDF at VFX 9.0 English User Manual with printscreens (VFX90UserManual.pdf, PDF-format) or as DOC at VFX 9.0 English User Manual with printscreens (VFX90UserManual.zip, DOC-format). The new manual is also included in the websetup.

February 2005	Updated Sample Application available The VFX sample application "Venelinas Fantastic Pizzas", short "VFPizzas" is now available for download in an updated but draft version for VFX 9.0. The final version will be a complete example how to use CursorAdapters all over your application to switch datastore between VFP-tables and SQL-server.

February 2005	New build of VFX 9.0 available VFX 9.0 Build 9.00.2603 is available. It contains the following enhancements: Direct call to content and search page of CHM-help via menu Additional hooks in toolbars Better support for SQL-Server-tables regarding .NULL.-values Support for simulataneous use of multiple SQL-Server databases for VFX connection manager and cursor adaptor Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

January 2005	New build 9.00.2528 of VFX 9.0 available VFX 9.0 Build 9.00.2528 is available. It contains minor bug fixes and some language table extensions. Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

January 2005	New version VFX 9.0 available VFX 9.0 Build 9.00.2525 for Visual FoxPro is available. It is a complete new version with a large set of new builders and tools for enhanced developer productivity. Have a look at our advertisement/future page and the update documentation. Download the trial version and register/order today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

November 2004	VFX 8.0 Build 8.01.1104 available VFX 8.0 Build 8.01.1104 is available. Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

November 2004	Feature list of VFX 9.0 online The pre-release of Visual Extend 9.0 has been presented first time in public at the annual German Visual Foxpro developer conference in Frankfurt. Have a look at the very long list of features presented there at our future-page.

November 2004	Presentations of VFX 9.0 at the 11. VFP-DevCon Germany 2004 At the 11. German Visual FoxPro Developer conference 2004 an Frankfurt/Main the new version 9.0 of Visual Extend will be presented in different vendor sessions by Uwe Habermann. Additionaly we have a VFX-usermeeting at one evening of the conference with a lot of additional topics.

October 2004	VFX 8.0 Build 8.01.1008 available VFX 8.0 Build 8.01.1008 is available. Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

October 2004	Advertising of VFX in CoDe Focus VFP We placed a full page advertisement in the new special issue of the Component Developer Magazins for the new version Visual FoxPro 9.0 for the upcoming version Visual Extend 9.0.

September 2004	VFX 8.0 Build 8.01.0904 available VFX 8.0 Build 8.01.0904 is available. Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

September 2004	VFX 9.0 verified for Windows XP The alpha version of the upcoming version 9.0 of Visual Extend for Visual FoxPro 9.0 passed the Microsoft test "Verified for Windows XP" and is allowed to use the official logo. Inform your clients that you use a verified/certified and therewith reliable development product.

September 2004	New version of company information system A new version of the open source VFX company information system is available for VFX-users for free at the closed VFX applications directory at the dFPUG portal (at least dFPUG online membership is needed for access).

August 2004	New Build 0816 of Visual Extend available Build 0401 of Visual Extend is available. Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

July 2004	New Sample Application available At the Prague VFP DevCon 2004 the VFX-team presented a new VFX sample application called "Venelinas Fantastic Pizzas", short "VFP". Application and slides can be downloaded for free from the Visual Extend-Directory in the dFPUG portal.

July 2004	New page for VFX at dFPUG portal available A new VFX-page at the dFPUG-portal summarizes all important information regarding Visual Extend with lots of links and including newest newsgroup entries and topX-list of newsgroup submitters.

July 2004	VFX user meeting companion files available The first set of files (slideshows and so on) from the very successfull VFX user meeting in Frankfurt/Main Germany are available at the closed VFX applications directory at the dFPUG portal (at least dFPUG online membership is needed for access).

June 2004	New Build 0615 of Visual Extend 8.0 available Build 0615 of Visual Extend 8.0 is available. Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

June 2004	VFX user conference 2004 On 3rd of June 2004 we offer a one day user conference for very low cost for all versions of Visual Extend in Frankfurt, Germany. Do not miss this opportunity to hear about various open source initiatives, our plans regarding the next version and a lot of additional topics as well as meeting your colleagues for as low as EUR 99 including meals, drinks and companion CD with an additional 50% discount if you attend our workshop next day.

June 2004	VFX 8.0 workshop On 4th of June 2004 we offer a one day workshop for the new version Visual Extend 8.0 showing all changes in the new version for Visual FoxPro 8.0 and Windows XP. This workshop is open for all users of any version of Visual Extend and will show you how to build an application with the current version of VFX.

April 2004	New Build 0401 of Visual Extend 8.0 available Since 1st April the Build 0401 of Visual Extend 8.0 is available. It supports Portugese and Russian as 10th and 11th language for the GUI of generated applications and includes some bugfixing including handling of corrupted archives, more than 10 groups in XP-opendialog, PDF-generation with Distiller installed and saving of filter per form instead per table. Have a look at the VFX 8.0 download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our VFX 8.0 Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

March 2003	Company Information system as VFX OpenSource A large VFX-application was provided by a VFX-developer under the name "company information system" as open source for registered users of both VFX and dFPUG. You can download the 4 meg sourcefile from the directory in the dFPUG-portal.

March 2004	Review of VFX in FoxPro Advisor The wellknown FoxPro-developer Andrew Ross MacNeill wrote a review about Visual Extend in the March-issue of FoxPro Advisor magazine. The review very well describes the strengths and weaknesses (we work on both points) of the framework.

March 2004	VFX-presentation at CeBIT fair 2004 The product manager Uwe Habermann will present VFX 8.0 at the dFPUG regional meeting at Hannover fair CeBIT on Friday. Visit this free event to see the current version of VFX in action.

March 2004	Printed manual for VFX 8.0 The manual of Visual Extend 8.0 plus some technical articles and case studies are published in a printed book available from dFPUG. Sorry, by now in German language only.

February 2004	Please send references for Visual Extend 8.0 We would ask all users of VFX to send us short references to mailto:visualextend@dfpug.de like the following one for publication at our website: For the last 30 days I have worked with the evaluation version and must say that I am very pleased with the quality. Development is much quicker than it used to be. I hope the next version will be even more complete and will include the CursorAdapter class. Of course you can use the quote. Congratulations on the effort of your group! I am happy to pay for your work as it will save me and probably a lot of other developers around the world a lot of work. Bart Van de Cruys, A&A Consultants Group, Beerse, Belgium

February 2004	New Build 0206 for Visual Extend 8.0 Since 6th February the Build 0206 of Visual Extend is available. It supports Czech IDE, Dutch as 9th language for the GUI of generated applications and includes some bugfixing. Have a look at the VFX 8.0 download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our VFX 8.0 Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

February 2004	VFX as Vendor of the Month at VFUG For February and March Visual Extend is Vendor of the Month at the Virtual FoxPro User Group. Have a look there for a 10% discount.

January 2004	VFX 8.0 Build 1229 is available now Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

December 2003	VFX 8.0 Workshop offered On 23rd of January 2004 we offer a one day workshop for the new version Visual Extend 8.0 showing all changes in the new version for Visual FoxPro 8.0 and Windows XP.

November 2003	VFX 8.0 Build 1213 is available now Have a look at the VFX 8.0 download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our VFX 8.0 Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

November 2003	Presentations of VFX 8.0 at the 10. VFP-DevCon Germany 2003 At the 10. German Visual FoxPro Developer conference 2003 an Frankfurt/Main the new version 8.0 of Visual Extend will be presented in different vendor sessions by Uwe Habermann. Additionaly we have a VFX-usermeeting at one evening of the conference with a lot of additional topics.

October 2003	New version VFX 8.0 is available now The new version VFX 8.0 for Visual FoxPro 8.0 is available at the download page. It is the largest update ever we did and contains dozens of very exciting enhancements as well as support for even more languages. Check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our VFX 8.0 Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

September 2003	VFX homepage now multilingual The homepage for Visual Extend has been relaunched again. It now offers separate pages for German, English, French and Spanish.

August 2003	VFX as Vendor of the Month at VFUG For July and August Visual Extend is Vendor of the Month at the Virtual FoxPro User Group. Have a look there for a 10% discount.

July 2003	First feature list for VFX 8.0 is available now Have a look at the page Future for a first list of garantued features for the next version of VFX 8.0 for VFP 8.0.

June 2003	New VFX homepage is available now The homepage for Visual Extend has been relaunched. It now offers separate pages for Manuals, Download, Reference, Support, Advertise, Register, Future and News in German and English.

May 2003	VFX 7.1 Workshop offered On 23rd of May we offer a one day workshop for the new version Visual Extend 7.1 showing all changes for Visual FoxPro 8.0 and Windows XP.

April 2003	VFX 7.0 Build 7.01.0421 is available now Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

March 2003	VFX 7.1 Free update is available now The new version can be used with Visual FoxPro 8.0. Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

January 2003	VFX is taken over by dFPUG The new owner of VFX, the dFPUG (FoxPro User Group of German language Inc. with about 1000 members), continues the support and development of this well-known framework!

December 2002	VFX 7.0 Build 7.02.1209 available now! VFX 7.0 Build 7.02.1209 from December 09, 2002 is available now! Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

April 2002	VFX 7.0 Build 7.02.0411 available now! VFX 7.0 Build 7.02.0411 from April 11, 2002 is available now! Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

March 2002	VFX 7.0 Build 7.02.0302 available now! VFX 7.0 Build 7.02.0302 from 2nd of March, 2002 is available now! Have a look at the VFX 7.0 download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our VFX 7.0 Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

January 2002	VFX 7.0 Build 7.02.0101 available now! VFX 7.0 Build 7.02.0101 from 1st of January, 2002 is available now! Have a look at the VFX 7.0 download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our VFX 7.0 Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

November 2001	VFX 7.0 Build 7.01.1113 available now! VFX 7.0 Build 7.01.1113 from 13th of November, 2001 is available now! Have a look at the VFX 7.0 download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our VFX 7.0 Registration Web if you did not yet do so.

May 2001	VFX 6.0 and VFX 7.0 Windows 2000 Service Pack 2 Patch Releases. Today, we re-patched VFX 6.0 and patched also VFX 7.0 for use with Windows 2000 Service Pack 2. Make sure to download this VFX 6.0 and 7.0 Builder Updates in order to be able to work with W2K SP 2. If you need a new Activation Key, please order one using our "Get Replacement Activation Key" button on the VFX 6.0 resp. VFX 7.0 registration page. Click here for the VFX 6.0 Download Page login, resp. here for the FX 7.0 Download Page login.

April 2001	VFX 7.0 Final Release available now! VFX 7.0 Final Release 7.01.0425 from 25th of April, 2001 is available now! Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so. You can easily buy the new VFX 7.0 online on our secure server, just click on Buy NOW!

January 2001	VFX 7.0 Beta Build 7.01.0125 available now! VFX 7.0 Beta Build 7.01.0125 from 30th of January, 2001 is available now! Have a look at the download page, check out the Update and Release notes and register today on our Registration Web if you did not yet do so.