Exhibitors

Founded in 1997 with HQ in Grand Junction, CO, New York City, NY, and in the metropolitan area of Frankfurt/Main, Germany, Alaska Software solely concentrates upon the development and improvement of Xbase++ as a technology platform. Xbase++ is a 100% Clipper compatible xbase language enriched and improved by language features, such as object-orientation and data persistence.

Alaska Software pioneered in the implementation and hands-on usage of intelligent multi-threading technology in Xbase++, especially for Line-of-Business and mission critical applications. Crucial to the corporate philosophy is the perpetuation of continuous innovation and technological headway while aiming to provide best possible continuity and protection of hitherto undertaken investments. More than one million application end-users as well as thousands of former Clipper-, dBase- and FoxPro developers rely upon Xbase++ for several years, thus having built their business success upon Xbase++. http://www.alaska-software.com/

Sybase Advantage Database Server from Sybase, an SAP Company, is a full-featured, high-performance, true client/server database engine. Advantage allows FoxPro developers to develop powerful database applications with complete client/server database control. Most importantly, FoxPro developers can retain their ISAM-style data access methods while utilizing Advantage's complete SQL engine for optimized data access. Along with providing data-integrity and security, triggers, stored procedures, full-text search, replication, and more, Advantage also provides unique functionality to the FoxPro market because of its native support for DBF tables including support to DBF tables greater than 4GB and a migration path to .NET without any VFP code changes. Our new clientless access allows simple concurrent access to your DBF data through mobile devices, (i.e. Android, iPhone, Blackberry, etc) tablets, and any device that supports html calls.

Do any of these issues sound familiar? Advantage can help because of its native support for DBF data.

• I love VFP but I want to use a different technology to extend my VFP application (for example, to the web or mobile devices) using my current VFP data. Advantage allows you to concurrently share your DBF data with other technologies including mobile devices, tablets, Macintosh, and others while leaving your current VFP application alone with no changes. Creating iPhone, Android, tablet, or other applications to complement your VFP application and access your data through Advantage couldn't be easier.
• I have tables that are nearing or over the 2GB limit and I am forced to get creative when dealing with them. Advantage natively supports DBF tables greater than 4GB; no data conversion is necessary.
• I need to increase my application's security but have reached the limits of DBF tables. Advantage provides increased security features such as encryption and hiding DBF tables on the network using your existing data.

How is it all done so easily? Stop by the Advantage booth and we will show you how or visit our website http://www.sybase.com/foxpro

FoxInCloud is a Visual FoxPro layer that enables your existing application to run on the Web, while continuing to operate as today with the very same code base.

Rather than migrate to another technology, FoxInCloud adapts your application to the web: you slightly modify less than 2% of your code, preserve its structure, business logic and data access.

FoxInCloud turns VFP user interface into standard web technologies, compatible with any browser and client platform: Windows, Mac, Linux, etc. You can use CSS, custom HTML and/or JavaScript to upgrade your app's look and feel to modern Web design.

You save years of work, avoid migration risks, and focus your learning effort on proven, open and reusable client technologies.

Sharing the same code base between LAN and Web, you can continue your evolutions and migrate users seamlessly between your LAN-based and Web-based avatars of your application.

Adapting your application with FoxInCloud is totally free and easy: you just need to download FoxInCloud Adaptation Assistant (FAA) and FoxInCloud Trial Server (FTS) from FoxInCloud site. FAA scans your code, points directly to where adaptations are needed, and performs over 60% adaptations automatically. FTS lets you test your adapted application on your localhost.

Offer your Visual FoxPro application a second life in the Cloud with FoxInCloud! http://www.foxincloud.com

The Foxfire! Report Writer v8+ product line is a family of data mining tools designed for regular business users. Developers can adapt it to almost any database and add any needed features on demand, in order to fit user needs like a glove. It is the only set of report writers for the VFP environment that can operate interchangeably on both platforms. Its new interactive drag-'n-drop design tool (released May 2007) has been praised by users and usability experts alike for simplicity without sacrificing power. Micromega Systems, its developer/publisher offers Foxfire! consulting, integration, and training services. Our growth strategy is partnering, and we are currently seeking other developers who want to partner to create custom or localized versions to address special market opportunities. Go to www.foxfirereporting.com to explore how we might work together.

Servoy is the Next Generation development and deployment platform for FoxPro ISVs, corporate organizations and developers who are looking to develop Cloud, mobile, or on-premise software applications.

After Microsoft discontinued VFP, and ended support over a year ago, many businesses adopted Servoy to successfully enhance or migrate their VFP applications. The primary reasons for this are that Servoy has many similarities to VFP, it is easy to learn for FoxPro developers, and it is considered by many as the product into which VFP should have evolved. Servoy has been evolving as a powerful cross-platform development tool over the past 10 years and it offers training, consulting, and project management to assist customers with projects, and there is an excellent expanding Servoy community similar to that of FoxPro in the 90’s.

Stop by the Servoy booth and ask for a free USB stick with software, documentation, whitepapers, tutorials, and be sure to attend our special demo-centric vendor session.

Visit http://www.servoy.com/foxpro for more info.

Les Pinter bought copy number 252 of FoxBASE, and used it to build his first app for his new client, LucasFilm. Within two years he had launched the Pinter FoxBASE Letter, which became the Pinter FoxPro Letter a year later. During the next nine years, Les wrote and published hundreds of articles about FoxPro. He also wrote the OpEd column, first for FoxTalk, then for Universal Thread Magazine.

Eventually the handwriting on the wall led us to rechristen the newsletter Les Pinter's Database Journal, and to include articles about Visual Basic, C#, and migration of FoxPro applications to .NET. A book followed: "Visual FoxPro to Visual Basic.NET", published by Sams Publishing. For the last 7 years, Pinter Consulting has specialized in converting FoxPro applications to .NET, sometimes in VB, but more recently in C#. We use Windows Presentation Foundation and the Model-View-ViewModel paradigm, which is a perfect fit for WPF.

WPF is the reason to rewrite a FoxPro application into C#. It permits a kind of User Experience that is just not possible with WinForms apps, so you can deliver, not just a C# translation of your app, but a new and more visually interesting product. And C# programmers are readily available, which is (unfortunately) something that can't always be said for our breed. Breathe new life into your app and give it a face lift. Your users will be impressed.

As for our competitive advantage, we have programmers in several countries who collaborate with us in our conversions. We do the on-site analysis and specification, and then farm the coding out to our experienced colleagues (some of them Microsoft MVPs) in Mexico, Brazil, Argentina and Russia. As a result, we are always able to underbid our competitors. Where our programmers live, a nice house in a nice neighborhood costs $50,000.

MVVM allows us to use unit testing with nUnit. We have three levels of Quality Control before we hand over code. We use a web-based code repository, so our customers get their hands on code within minutes after it's been through QC. Program exceptions are automatically reported to the responsible programmer. Users can click on a "Send a note to the developer" button on any screen during the development process, and their questions or comments are passed along to the responsible coder instantly. You couldn't get faster feedback if the users were sitting beside the programmers.

If you have a FoxPro application that needs to be converted to .NET, give us a call. We'll make you an offer you can't refuse. See Pinter.com for details.