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wwDotnetBridge for FoxPro .NET Interop is now Free and Open Source
wwDotnetBridge is a FoxPro library to help with accessing .NET functionality from Visual FoxPro is now free and open source.
Custom Manifest Files in Visual FoxPro EXEs
Unbeknowst to me FoxPro allows easy creation of custom Windows Manifests when building EXE applications. Simply creating a manifest file and putting it in the same folder as the project file allows easy embedding of custom manifests into FoxPro EXE files. Here's how.
Transparent Bitmaps on Buttons and other Controls
By default Visual FoxPro doesn't do a good job of using transparent image resources on controls. With a little bit of effort however you can make your UI work properly with transparent images. Here's how.
SetFocus() in Form Init() kills @K Select All Formatting on Textboxes
Ran into a small issue today that deals with @K not working when using SetFocus() in the Init() of a form. Apparently SetFocus() causes selections to not be made during form startup. Here's the issue and a couple of simple workarounds.