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The Universal Thread 2013 has been released. Among the new items, we include the support for many things such as HTML 5, cross-browser compliant, no more plug-ins required, configure as you go, permanent connection to the server, less data transferred across the wire, help as you go, list multiple column search, list settings auto save, faster and simpler. Want to have a simpler interface when working with your mobile devices? Try mobile.universalthread.com.

HTML 5 support The site is now using HTML 5 and among several upcoming benefits, one of them is that there is no longer a need for specific browsers to install plugins to be able to play the sound notification of replies and private messages. More HTML 5 support will be added as needed.		Cross-browser compliant The site has been restructured to support Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome and Safari. Thus, the stylesheet and the look of the interface of the support area is the same no matter which browser you are using. We are looking at Opera support soon.

Permanent connection Even if your Internet connection goes down, as soon as it is back online, the communication with the Universal Thread will restart and your notification counters and other related options will be verified every minute.		Better configuration All the settings for the support area are now in the support area, either at the option level by the use of the Options tab, by the Dashboard Settings option for generic settings available to all members, or by the Dashboard Subcribers option for settings available to our subscribers.

List multiple column search You asked for it and we delivered it. For every list on the site, you can now apply more than one search criteria and they will all be applied to the search. You can either add them one by one or add them all in one hit. Settings are preserved when navigating in a list.		List search criteria auto save We pushed it a little bit further. For every list in the support area, your search criteria and ordering are preserved. Thus, the next time you access the list, it comes back in the same state as when you left it. You can always click on Default to reset the list to its default settings.

Subscribers Find everything in regards to your subscription at once place. From the support area Dashboard Subscribers option, you can get the entire status about your subscription, your corporate profile, when it expires and direct link for renewal or to subscribe.		Overview The new version is a slimmed down version of the previous one but more powerful. We cleaned up content which was no longer used. We made it simpler to offer an easy interface for newcomers. Many settings are no longer needed and have been removed or discountinued.

Cross-Browser Multi-Device Cloud Hosted App Demo
Thursday, June 13th, 2013 at 13h28

Ken Levy will present a triangular diplomacy demo-centric trilogy trifecta that includes creating and deploying Servoy based web apps, FileMaker Go apps for iPad, and deploying what is created live on a Amazon EC2 cloud hosting service. Ken will demonstrate how easy it is to deploy, update, and manage a newly created application hosted on a cloud based virtual machine Windows Server 2008, and will allow user group attendees to access and change the live application data real-time. The theme of K...

2013 Ceil Silver Ambassador Announced
Thursday, June 13th, 2013 at 11h17

From Southwest Fox: "Geek Gatherings is pleased to announce that the 2013 Ceil Silver Ambassador is Luis Maria Guayan. Luis is a well-known member of the Spanish FoxPro community, is one of the founders of PortalFox, is the project manager of the FoxBarcode VFPX project, and was a long-time MVP. For his biography, see http://www.swfox.net/ambassador.aspx. The Ceil Silver Ambassador Fund raises money from the VFP community to bring a developer to the Southwest Fox conference as an ambassador for the developers i..."

Advanced Converter v3.95 released
Wednesday, June 12th, 2013 at 13h56

From HiBase Group: "Advanced CSV Converter v3.95 allows convert csv files to most popular database and common formats: XLS, XLSX, XML, SQL (Oracle, MS SQL, MySQL, PostgreSQL), DBF, HTML, Fixed Text from GUI or command line. New version adds support for psv format, improves conversion to xml format. Advanced CSV Converter runs on Windows XP, NT, Vista, Windows 7/8 (32/64)"

Screen-scraping Websites: Techniques for automating and extracting information from the web
Tuesday, June 11th, 2013 at 19h10

Detroit Area Fox User Group (DAFUG) presents: 1) "Screen-scraping Websites: Techniques for automating and extracting information from the web" by Paul Mrozowski Paul will demo a few of the techniques he uses for figuring out how to automate and extract information from websites and why you might want to do something like that. 2) "Dynamic Forms from VFPX" by Rick Schummer How many times in your career have you created a form as a one-time display of some details, collect some criteri...

VFP and Accounting (Part II)
Wednesday, June 5th, 2013 at 18h57

From Universal Thread: "When Microsoft discontinued development of Visual FoxPro, many would-be writers on VFP issues stopped sending articles to the UniversalThread and as a result, no more articles on VFP were published, with a few exceptions. Over the years, I kept receiving requests from many readers for a continuation of the VFP and Accounting article published in March 2007. In the first part of this article I explained the fundamental parts of an accounting system, the most important accounting principles, the t..."

Robust Web Application Development with PHP, CodeIgniter and MySQL
Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 at 17h26

This session builds on topics we have covered in the past. The session will cover in detail an application written in PHP and MySQL with features including security, menus, data entry and more. MySQL plays a large role in this solution and we will spend significant time on MySQL programming as well. http://vfpphilly.blogspot.com/

FoxInCloud support on the Universal Thread
Tuesday, June 4th, 2013 at 09h15

From FoxInCloud: "FoxInCloud users can now benefit of the Universal Thread to benefit of an additional mechanism of support for the product. Due to the increase popularity of that product, related messages posted on the Universal Thread, and to a respectable number of users using that product, the Universal Thread and FoxInCloud owners have decided to offer this service. Related messages may now be posted in the related category in the VFP forum. FoxInCloud category will be monitored by Thierry Nivelet and relate..."

2013 FoxPro Lifetime Achievement Award Nominations
Monday, June 3rd, 2013 at 12h30

From Southwest Fox: "The FoxPro Lifetime Achievement Award honors those individuals who have contributed a great deal to the FoxPro community over the years. See http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~FoxProCommunityLifetimeAchievementAward~VFP for previous award recipients. These recipients wish to continue the award and have created a committee to select a recipient for 2013. The committee consists of all 14 living previous recipients, Alan Griver (yag), and Sergey Berezniker representing the FoxPro community. To submit..."

June 11 meeting
Wednesday, May 29th, 2013 at 16h18

No meeting this month - June 2013. Save the date for the next Chicago FoxPro Users and Developers Group Meeting in Chicago, Illinois on 9 July 2013. There will not be a meeting of the Chicago FUDG in June 2013. Save the date for our next meeting on Tuesday the 9th of July 2013.

DBF Converter v3.65 released
Monday, May 20th, 2013 at 08h43

From HiBase Group: "DBF Converter v3.65 allows convert DBF files (dBase III/V, dBase Level 7, Foxpro, Visual Foxpro) to other common formats: XLS, XLSX, XML, TXT, HTML, MySQL, MS SQL, Oracle script, CSV from GUI or command line. The new version improves conversion to XML format. Supports Windows XP, NT, Vista, Windows 7/8 (32/64)"