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by Kevin Ragsdale

Hey Calvin, Why Do ToolTips Appear in Task Manager?

I just noticed something yesterday that I’ve never noticed before: tooltips in Visual FoxPro 9.0 SP1 appear in the Applications list in Windows Task Manager.

Freaky!

I’ve never noticed this behavior before. I just tried to recreate it in VFP 6 and 8, but no-go.

I first noticed this while doing some testing yesterday. I had Task Manager open, and when I hovered over an object with a ToolTip, the ToolTip “popped up” in the Task Manager window.

Hey Calvin, why do Visual FoxPro 9 ToolTips appear in Task Manager?

Update: Calvin answered my question here.

by Kevin Ragsdale

Resolutions

It’s that time of year where we reflect on what’s been and prepare for what’s to be. Fix the things that went wrong, and resolve to do better during the next twelve months. The New Year’s Resolution. Here’s mine for 2006:

  • Blog more, whine less (Mama always said, “If you can’t say something good, then say nothing at all.”)
  • Contribute to the community (try to answer some newsgroup postings, instead of just learning from them)
  • Go to WhilFest
  • Go to Southwest Fox
  • Join (or start) a VFP User Group (or CodeCamp, or BeerBash)
  • Find a corporate sponsor for my apps (imagine a splash screen welcoming the user to the “DoritosTM Customer Management Application“ or the “GatoradeTM Medical Billing System“)
  • Become more Google-ized
  • Cheer the Nashville Predators all the way to the NHL Stanley Cup. Welcome to SMashville. GO PREDS!!!
by Kevin Ragsdale

Happy New Year!!!

Just wanted to take a moment to wish all my fellow-Foxer’s a Happy New Year!

It’s been a (gloriously) busy year for Visual FoxPro, and 2006 looks like it will be another banner year.

I would have to say the Fox-phrase of the year for 2005 is “VISUAL FOXPRO ROCKS!!!“

Any thoughts on the Fox-phrase for 2006? 2007? Beyond? Hey Craig Boyd, give us a new phrase!

Wishing everyone a safe, happy, and prosperous new year!

Andrew MacNeill’s Top 10 “Predictions” for 2006

by Kevin Ragsdale

Fox-Phrases, 2006

A few (tongue-in-cheek) phrase ideas for Visual FoxPro in 2006:

  • Sedna. It does your data good.
  • Sedna. Betta than buttah.
  • (Sing to the tune of the Chili’s Baby Back Ribs song): “I want my VFP, VFP, VFP, VFP, VFP apps…”
  • Visual FoxPro. Does more before breakfast than other languages do all day.
  • Visual FoxPro Rocks!!!
  • Visual FoxPro RULES!!!

Update: Craig Boyd accepted my challenge for a new Fox-Phrase by creating a cool promo featuring the “breakfast” phrase above. NICE JOB, CRAIG!!!