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Web Connection 6.21 is here
We've released Web Connection 6.21 which is a relatively small update that has a few bug fixes and operational tweaks.There are also a few new features, one of which is not Web specific but a very...
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Testing a Web Connection COM Server with FoxPro or PowerShell
This is a quick tip to a question that comes up frequently when testing runtime installations:How can I quickly test whether my COM server is properly installed and working on a live server where I...
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Fixing Windows Downloaded File Blocks and wwDotnetBridge
This is kind of a 'good to know' technical post that discusses some backround information around wwDotnetBridge and one of the biggest issues with using it. In this post I'll talk about Windows...
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Using Browser-Sync to live refresh Server Side HTML and Script Changes
Client side applications have been using Live-Reload behavior forever. When building Angular or Vue application I don't give a second thought to the fact that when I make a change to an HTML,...
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West Wind Web Connection 7.0 has been released
The final build of Web Connection 7.0 was released today and is available for download now. You can grab the latest shareware version from the Web Connection Web site:Web Connection SiteUpgrades and...
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Web Connection Security
Prepared for:Southwest FoxOctober 2018Security should be on every Web developer's mind when building a new Web application or enhancing an existing one. Not a day goes by that we don't hear about...
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Marking up the World with Markdown and FoxPro
prepared for:Southwest Fox 2018October 1st, 2018 Markdown has easily been one of the most influential technologies that have affected me in the last few years. Specifically it has changed how I work...
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Web Connection 7.02 has been released
I'm happy to announce that I've released v7.02 of West Wind Web Connection today. This is primarily a maintenance release that fixes a few small issues that have cropped since the initial 7.0 release,...
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API Declarations in Performance Sensitive FoxPro Code
Visual FoxPro has good support for interfacing with API interfaces by using the DECLARE API keyword that lets you essentially map a function in Win32 DLL and map it a FoxPro callable function.The good...
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Building a Web Connection Live Reload Server
Look Ma! No hands... I love shaving off time in my development cycle. A lot of what we do during Web Development is highly repetitive and by removing some of the steps in the typical process even...
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Web Connection 7.05 Release Notes
Web Connection 7.05 is here! This release is primarily a maintenance release that has a few small fixes and a few performance enhancements. But there are also a number of pretty cool new features that...
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Web Connection 7.06 Release Notes
Time for another Web Connection update this time for version 7.06. This is above all maintenance release that fixes a few small bugs that made it into the original 7.05 release - those bugs were fixed...
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Using FoxPro to Connect to an Azure SQL Database
Several times now people have asked me whether you can use FoxPro's SQL Server features, and the wwSQL class in particular to connect to a remote Azure SQL database. The answer is a hearty yes, of...
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West Wind Web Connection 7.08 Release Notes
Web Connection 7.08 is out and this release, as the last one, is mostly a maintenance release that fixes a few small bugs and provides some minor behind the scenes tweaks to existing functionality.The...
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wwDotnetBridge: Getting and Setting COM Unsupported Values with ComValue
wwDotnetBridge lets your FoxPro applications easily access .NET code from FoxPro, without having to register .NET Components as COM objects and with the ability to access any .NET type and type members...
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Marking up the World with Markdown and FoxPro
prepared for:Southwest Fox 2018October 1st, 2018 Markdown has easily been one of the most influential technologies that have affected me in the last few years. Specifically it has changed how I work...
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