XojoTalk 027 – Database Goddess
We at BKeeney Software are blessed in so many ways. All of our employees bring a unique and interesting mix of talents and experiences. It’s not just about one person and we often bounce ideas off...
View ArticleXojo 2016 Release 2.1
Release 2.1 of Xojo 2016 was released yesterday. This version fixes a few bugs discovered in Release 2 and fixes couple of serious regressions regarding threads. Sadly, it also introduces a couple of...
View ArticleTools of the Trade
We are currently getting our kitchen remodeled. We’ve used the contractor before because we know he does quality work and gets it done when he says it will be done. Plus, when he gives us a bid, we...
View ArticleTo Be or NOT To Be
I’m probably getting into quasi-religious questions here, but I’ve been reading someone elses code in an OPC (Other Peoples Code) project and they use a lot of statements like this: If Not...
View ArticleIntroducing ARGen 2.0
ARGen More Powerful Than Ever! BKeeney Software is pleased to announce the release of version 2 of ARGen, our ActiveRecord generator utility. The new release includes many enhancements. Some of the...
View ArticleEstimating is an Art, Not a Science
A question that comes up quite a bit is how to do proper estimating. It’s not an easy thing to quantify as much of involves gut feeling at times. It’s why I feel that estimating is an art, not a...
View ArticleXojo 2016 Release 3
Xojo 2016 R3 was released today. This release is a much smaller release than either R1 and R2 and despite not having any major new features has some nifty new small features and changes that will...
View ArticleXojo Musings
iOS 64 bit builds was introduced in Xojo 2015 R1. Raspberry Pi support and 64 bit builds for Xojo desktop, web, and console apps was released in Xojo R3 in October 2015. iOS, Raspberry Pi, and the 64...
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XDC News: IDE Redesign Coming
I’ve made no secret that I despise really dislike the Navigator in the Xojo IDE. It is often in the way and it paradoxically either shows not enough detail or way too much. Working in a large project...
View ArticleXojo: The Best Secret in the Programming Industry Part 2
In Part 1 of Xojo: The Best Secret in the Programming Industry we talked about some of the capabilities of Xojo and why it’s such a great software development tool. We finished it with the question...
View ArticleA Short Video is Worth a Hundred Emails
One of the ‘joys’ of consulting is the language difference between developers and the customer. Developers have a ‘language’ and clients have a completely different ‘language’. A perfect example is...
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Iconographer Review
If you’ve spent any amount of time making cross-platform applications in Xojo you probably hate icons as much as I do. I’m no graphic artist and because of this I’ve paid good money for several icon...
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FTC 3.1.7
Today we released version 3.1.7 of Formatted Text Control (FTC), our word processor control for Xojo. This is a maintenance release and is recommend for all users. It is a free update for all version...
View ArticleThe Xojo Community is Awesome
Have I told you how much I love the Xojo community? I’ve been part of it for fifteen years and I’ve met hundreds of Xojo developers at developers conferences and probably exchanged emails with...
View ArticleBeta Program Incentives
I’ve been part of the beta program for over a decade. Many cycles I bemoan the fact that I’ve found very little time to real testing before its released. That’s bad and I suspect many of my fellow...
View ArticleXojo 2016 R4 (The Xojo IDE I Always Needed)
Xojo 2016 Release 4 hit the web today. In many respects this is the IDE that I wish had been released three and a half years ago as a few of the more insidious features bugs have been fixed. And, as...
View ArticleXojo 2016 R4.1
Xojo 2016 R4.1 was released today. The 4.1 release mostly contains Windows fixes related to the switch in drawing engines. Gone is GDI Plus and Direct2D is now used instead. GDI Plus wasn’t only...
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Windows Printing Broken in Xojo R4
We’ve done a lot more testing with Shorts and R4.1 this week. Wow. Where to begin. I guess the first thing to say is if you need to print in Windows stick with Xojo Release 3 for now. R4, with its...
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BKS Shorts 1.8.0
BKeeney Software has released version 1.8 of our reporting classes and tool for Xojo. Thanks for using BKS Shorts, the premier reporting tool for Xojo projects. We appreciate all of the feedback we’ve...
View ArticleMBS Xojo Developer Conference 2017
Xojo isn’t having their annual conference as they’ve decided to switch back to spring events. Since they last did one in October of 2016 they are not doing one in 2017. It makes me sad that I won’t see...
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