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| FoxForward 2006 |
Does Your Application Understand You?
Using English Query With VFP
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September, 2006 - Dave Bernard
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Demonstrate and breakdown a live web-based application that encompasses several interesting technologies all
working together. The application is made up of a VFP COM+ object running on a web server that manages a typical
data (SQL Server) web site, but with the added ability for a user to query information via free-form English
sentences. The language parsing aspect is handled by Microsoft English Query, which is bundled with SQL Server.
In addition, Full-Text Indexing, also bundled with SQL Server, is used to further enhance the ability of English Query
to handle requests against unorganized text objects. |
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Developing With AJAX, VFP-Style
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September, 2006 - Dave Bernard
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| Describe, discuss and demo Asynchronous Javascript with XML (AJAX), a way of creating
Web applications with mature, freely available technologies, recently made popular by Google Maps and other similar
applications. It’s a new way of describing a long-used methodology of developing browser-based applications with a
desktop UI feel. A lot of code examples and attendees will get access to a fully functional code base to get them
started with AJAX. |
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| FoxCon Toledo |
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Eclectic Thoughts on the Business of Software Development
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February, 2008 - Dave Bernard
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A presentation of thoughts, experiences and short case studies to stimulate discussion of the business
side of software, including product development and software services.
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Instrumenting Your VFP Application
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January, 2007 - Dave Bernard
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VFP-code heavy, and web-based code and techniques for function and performance logging an application.
This is especially appropriate for COM+ and web-based implementations, but can be adapted to desktop apps as well.
Lots of examples. This is a new presentation on something Dave developed and works with everyday.
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Developing With AJAX, VFP-Style
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January, 2006 - Dave Bernard
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Describe, discuss and demo Asynchronous Javascript with XML (AJAX), a way of creating Web applications with mature, freely available technologies,
recently made popular by Google Maps and other similar applications. It’s a new way of describing a long-used methodology of developing browser-based applications
with a desktop UI feel. |
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Case Study: Does Your Application Understand You?
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March, 2005 - Dave Bernard
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| How cool would it be if you could just tell an application the data you needed, and it would
actually go out and find it? In this case study, Dave Bernard explains a recent project that combined voice recognition
technologies with Microsoft English Query, SQL Server, ASP, and Visual FoxPro. |
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| Atlanta FoxPro Users Group |
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Instrumenting Your VFP Application
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February, 2007 - Dave Bernard
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VFP-code and web-based code examples and techniques for adding function and performance logging to an application.
This is especially appropriate for COM+ and web-based implementations, but can be adapted to desktop apps as well.
Lots of examples. This is a new presentation on something Dave developed and works with everyday.
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Why I Don't Use .NET
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February, 2006 - Dave Bernard
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Dave has recently come across some really great, balanced articles by very respected people about .NET.
He's attracted to them because they largely articulate what he's been saying about it himself.
The VFP community is faced with the decision on whether or not to spend resources learning .NET and,
if so, how much should they invest, so getting the skinny on this development tool is vital. |
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Developing With AJAX, VFP-Style
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January, 2006 - Dave Bernard
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Describe, discuss and demo Asynchronous Javascript with XML (AJAX), a way of creating Web applications with mature, freely available technologies,
recently made popular by Google Maps and other similar applications. It’s a new way of describing a long-used methodology of developing browser-based applications
with a desktop UI feel. |
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A Simple VFP COM Framework for Web Applications
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November, 2004 - Dave Bernard
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| As business applications become increasingly Internet-centric, VFP developers are challenged
to break out of the rich-client, desktop-oriented paradigm to which they've become accustomed. Freely available
code and techniques were demonstrated that can be used to deploy web applications using VFP and Component Services.
The presentation is geared especially for those FoxPro developers who have done little or no web and/or COM development. |
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Using English Query, Full-Text Indexing and VFP over the Web
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August, 2004 - Dave Bernard
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| Demonstrate and breakdown a live web-based application that encompasses several
interesting technologies all working together. The application is made up of a VFP COM+ object running on
a web server that manages a typical data (SQL Server) web site, but with the added ability for a user to
query information via free-form English sentences. The language parsing aspect is handled by Microsoft
English Query, which is bundled with SQL Server. In addition, Full-Text Indexing, also bundled with SQL
Server, is used to further enhance the ability of English Query to handle requests against unorganized
text objects. |
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Using Regular Expressions with VFP, with an XMLHTTP Bonus!
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April, 2004 - Dave Bernard
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| Describe and demonstrate the use of Regular Expressions in Visual FoxPro, including
important Internet resources to simplify implementations. |
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Introduction to Stored Procedures and UDFs in SQL Server
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February, 2004 - Dave Bernard
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| Describing and demonstrating several examples of stored procedures and user-defined
functions, along with code examples of interacting with and using these features via Visual FoxPro. |
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Microsoft Certifications
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October, 2003 - Dave Bernard
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| An overview of achieving your MCSD and MCDBA certifications from Microsoft. |
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Taking FoxPro to the Web - Part 1
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May, 2003 - Dave Bernard
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| An overview with examples of what it takes to move existing monolithic FoxPro
applications to the Web. (PowerPoint) |
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| Other Events |
Networking for Your Career
Crossroads Career Network
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September, 2005 - Dave Bernard
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Dave shared his broad and diverse experience in networking, building and nurturing business relationships that are long-lasting and fruitful. |
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Visual Arts Initiative Technology Demonstration
National Black Arts Festival
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July, 2005 - Dave Bernard
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| Presented and demonstrated, on stage in front of a live audience, a prototype of a new handheld multimodal system using web-enabled RFID, voice recognition and natural language understanding technologies. |
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Natural Language Processing with English Query, SQL Server and VFP
Chicago FoxPro Users and Developers Group
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April, 2005 - Dave Bernard
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| Using Natural Language Processing with English Query, SQL Server and VFP. This was featured in the March issue of FoxTalk 2.0. He will demonstrate a live web-based application that encompasses several interesting technologies all working together. The application is made up of a VFP COM+ object running on a web server that manages a typical data (SQL Server) web site, but with the added ability for a user to query information via free-form English sentences. The language parsing aspect is handled by Microsoft English Query, which is bundled with SQL Server. In addition, Full-Text Indexing, also bundled with SQL Server, is used to further enhance the ability of English Query to handle requests against unorganized text objects. |
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