Monday, August 31, 2026
Virtual Fox Fest 2026: Register today, save $20
Friday, August 21, 2026
Virtual Fox Fest 2026: Why attend?
Are you still on the fence about joining fellow Visual FoxPro software developers for two days of learning and networking? Are you asking yourself why you should attend this important conference? Here are some reasons to register:
- 9 sessions from knowledgeable, bright people from the Fox Community, training you cannot get any other way.
- Connecting with peers to share experiences in software development techniques.
- Solve problems through discussions with other attendees, and find tools and solutions that are helping others with same challenges.
- Immediate access to white papers and sample code provided by the speakers, delivered before the conference starts, and updated during and after the conference.
- Recorded videos available six to twelve months or more before they are released to the Fox Community on YouTube.
- Catch up with friends and make new ones.
Discover the benefits of attending a conference that so many other Visual FoxPro developers have learned over the years. Find that one aha moment that literally provides enough value that it makes the whole conference fee worthwhile.
You can read what others are saying about past conferences on our Testimonials page.
Registration is US$219 by August 31st, so save yourself US$20 by registering today. This cost includes admission to all live sessions, all session materials (white papers and samples), immediate access to all recorded videos of the presentations, and access to online social events.
Register here: https://geekgatherings.com/Registration.
The Geek Gatherings YouTube Channel has more than 110 videos with session content from Virtual Fox Fest and Southwest Fox conferences over the last six years. That is nearly 140 hours of viewing.
Thursday, August 06, 2026
New Version of DeployFox
DeployFox automates the steps required to deploy your applications by providing a customizable list of tasks: copy files, rename files, build a project into an EXE, digitally sign an EXE, run an Inno Setup script to create an installer, upload files to an FTP site, and so on.
I released a new version today that adds a new capability: templates. I have several applications that have nearly identical DeployFox projects: Stonefield Query for AccountMate, Stonefield Query for Alere, Stonefield Query for Sage 300, and several others. By creating DeployFox variables, I made the tasks more generic. For example, the Copy SFQuery.CHM task, which every application's DeployFox project has, copies {$ProjectFolder}\HTMLHelp\sfquery.chm to {$ProjectFolder}. $ProjectFolder contains the folder where the application is located so the task is the same for every application. For those tasks that have different settings, I have an INI file containing the values for those settings for the current project, read those values into DeployFox variables, and then use those variables for the setting values.This new feature will save me a lot of time if I need to change any tasks in future releases of Stonefield Query versions.
Virtual Fox Fest 2026: We've got Sessions
- Using Chilkat/ChilkatVFP (Bill Anderson)
- The VFP Developers Toolkit (Rick Borup)
- Visual FoxPro Development Using Alternative Editors - OnDemand (Gregory Green)
- Consuming REST Services in VFP Applications (Doug Hennig)
- Using AI to Research and Document a Visual FoxPro App You've Inherited (Jeff Roberts)
- FoxAgent: Connecting AI Agents to Live VFP Applications with X# and MCP (Irwin Alfredo RodrÃguez)
- VFP in 2026: Easy Mods to Help Keep Your Apps Current (John Ryan)
- How VFPX Can Make You More of a Superhero! (Rick Schummer)
- Visiting SQL Server's Engine Room (Christof Wollenhaupt)
Register here: https://geekgatherings.com/Registration.
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The Geek Gatherings YouTube Channel has more than 110 videos with session content from Virtual Fox Fest and Southwest Fox conferences over the last six years. That is nearly 140 hours of viewing.
Wednesday, July 22, 2026
Virtual Fox Fest 2026: Speakers, Sessions, and Registration
Virtual Fox Fest 2026 is a two-day event on October 21-22, 2026. Great speakers will deliver great sessions, with chat available for all of us to comment, ask questions, and share experiences. Plus, we’ll get to hang out virtually with new and old friends. More details here: https://virtualfoxfest.com/
Registration is open! Details, deadlines and cost are available on our Web site. Register for the conference at https://geekgatherings.com/Registration. Don't procrastinate, get this done today! Early-Bird pricing is available through August 31st.
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
Virtual Fox Fest 2026: Call for Speakers Reminder
Virtual Fox Fest is October 21-22, 2026.
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Virtual Fox 2026: Call for Speakers
Virtual Fox Fest 2026 is a two-day online conference presenting the latest in Visual FoxPro and Visual FoxPro Advanced development techniques and interoperability with other technologies. This conference provides a venue for VFP developers to come together virtually to learn more about how our fellow developers are using and extending VFP. For details about Virtual Fox Fest, please see https://virtualfoxfest.com.
If you haven't already marked your calendar, do it now. The conference is going to be on October 21st -22nd, 2026.
Friday, March 20, 2026
Virtual Fox Fest 2026
We're excited to offer you
Virtual Fox Fest 2026, a two-day online conference presenting the latest
in Microsoft Visual FoxPro development techniques and interoperability with
other technologies. This conference provides a venue for VFP developers to come
together virtually to learn more about how our fellow developers are using and
extending VFP. For details about Virtual Fox Fest, please see https://virtualfoxfest.com.
The conference will be held
on October 21st-22nd, 2026. This is the only event we are planning for 2026.
We'll issue the Call for
Speakers for Virtual Fox Fest later in the Spring. If you are interested in
presenting, please watch your emails and our public posts for the submission
deadlines.
Wednesday, October 15, 2025
Virtual Fox Fest 2025 (Oct): Last Call!
Tuesday, September 30, 2025
Virtual Fox Fest 2025 (Oct): Register today, save $40
Today (September 30th) is the last day you can save US$40, so please go register now. If you wait until Wednesday, the price goes up to US$279.
https://geekgatherings.com/registration
