Meeting Agenda

Sunday May 25, 2008 Room #1, North York Central Library 13:00 Welcome by Boris Borzic, meeting organizer and author of popular Xbase++ add-on tools: SQLExpress and Xb2.NET 13:15 Steffen F. Pirsig, CTO, Alaska Software will talk about anything you want, as long as it is related to Xbase++ ;-) He thought to cover the following topics, upon demand: - Xbase++ as a Clipper & Visual FoxPro migration tool - Xbase++ today, details regarding ServiceLevel #1, Windows Vista - Xbase++ tomorrow: the plans for the short-term, mid-term and long-term of Xbase++ as a language and platform 14:30 Coffee break 14:45 Boris Borzic will talk about SQLExpress & Xb2.NET, including: - differences between DBF and SQL programming - migration paths from DBF to SQL - how to connect to an ODBC datasource - cursor types and database concurrency - how to write your own HTTP and SOAP server - how to implement HTTP session management - creating certificates and using SSL/TLS for client & server applications 16:45 Q & A about Xbase++, SQLExpress, Xb2.NET, etc... 17:00 Miscelaneous, closing & cleanup 18:00 Optional: Walk to The Black Sheep Pub to continue shop-talk in a relaxed environment