ILSpy plugin for V5.02

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Created: 11 March 2020

The XSharp language ILSpy5 plugin was not working with the latest stable version of ILSpy : V5.02
This has been addresses and you can get that version in the Downloads/General/Tools section.
Unzip the DLL in the same folder as the ILSpy Binaries and you're done.

If you are looking to the ILSpy V5.02 binary, go to ILSpy binaries.
Now, when running ISpy, you can set the language as XSharp.

Don't forget that the full source code of the Plugin is available in the public XSharp Repository on Github; you can also view there the current state of developement of the tool ( What is working currently, Changelog, ... )

ILSpy is the open-source .NET assembly browser and decompiler, and as shown during the xBase Future 2018, you can now use ILSpy to view and decompile .NET assembly as XSharp Language.

XSharp Bandol 2.3a

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Created: 25 February 2020

Today we have released a new installer for XSharp Bandol 2.3a to our FOX subscribers.

The changes in these release are:

Compiler

• When compiling in case sensitive mode, the compiler now checks to see if a child class declares a method that only differs from a method in its parent class by case
• The warning message about assigning to a foreach iterator variable has been changed from "Cannot assign" to "Should not assign"
• #pragma warnings was not working with the xs1234 syntax but only with numbers. This has been corrected.

Runtime

• Added the SetFieldExtent method to the IRdd interface
• The USUAL type no longer "caches" the dialect setting
• Fixed some problems with ACopy() with skipped or negative arguments.
• The return value for Alias() is now in upper case.

XSharp Bandol 2.3

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Created: 12 February 2020

Today we have released a new installer for XSharp Bandol 2.3 to our FOX subscribers.

The complete readme with the description of the changes can be found here

{rsfiles path="fox/Compiler/XSharpSetup23Fox.zip"}

Progress report Feb 10, 2020

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Created: 10 February 2020

A short report on what we have been doing in the last months. The things below will be included in the next build (2.3) that will be released in the coming week.

Compiler

We have added support for #pragma options and #pragma warnings. We have also added support for FoxPro Currency literals ($123.4567). We have also added support for the /cs (Case Sensitive) compiler option. And the compiler now also includes a string version of the compiled codeblocks, so you can see what the original source looked like in the debugger. And several other smaller issues were fixed as well.

Runtime

We have added prototypes for all FoxPro functions that we plan to support. They are not all implemented yet, but they are included in the help file already with a "-- todo--" comment (See also https://www.xsharp.info/runtimehelp/html/T_XSharp_VFP_Functions.htm). We have also added fixed several reported issues and added support for the FoxPro Currency type. Usuals can now also be of type "currency".

RDD system

X# Summit, Memmingen, Oct 16-17 2020. Register now !

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Created: 04 January 2019

Introduction

In October 2020 we are organizing our first European conference in years.

Since we are a small open source project and we have limited financial resources, we have chosen to organize this as a relatively low budget event. We have also chosen a location in the south of  Germany, so developers from Switzerland, Austria and North Italy are also able to come with a reasonable travel time.

The main audience for this event is existing Visual Objects and Vulcan.NET developers. However we will also spend ample time on our Visual FoxPro support.

We will present the current state of the X# development and show how to migrate your apps from VO to .Net. We will also have time to explain some of the internals of the X# compiler and runtime and how you can use the new features in the product (generics, lambda expression, linq, scripting, multi threading etc) in your apps. We will also show you how you can port Visual FoxPro apps to X#,

With the help of our local partner Karl Faller we have selected a venue for the event.

This summit is structured to encourage open and facilitated face-to-face discussion and idea sharing amongst all attendees. Refreshments will be provided all day with scheduled lunch and snack breaks.

Location

The event will take place at the following hotel:

         Hotel Weisses Ross
Kalchstr. 16
87700 Memmingen
Germany
https://www.hotelweissesross.de/

Agenda

We plan to have 2 days with 10 different sessions that will not be repeated. The detailed list of sessions will be published in May or June.

(Call for) Speakers

On behalf of the X# development team there will be 2 or 3 members giving sessions. We are also looking for other speakers. If you are interested in speaking, please send your session proposals to before April 1, 2020.  We expect you to prepare a whitepaper or presentation about your subject with practical examples. Sessions should be code centric.Speakers will get free admittance to the event.

Registration

To register for this event, please send an email to .

We have the following registration fee for the event:

• This includes the refreshments, lunch and dinner on the 16th and refreshments and lunch on the 17th.
• We have negotiated a special discounted hotel room price of EUR 86 per person per night including breakfast. Local taxes may apply. You can book directly with the hotel https://www.hotelweissesross.de/. and tell them that you are part of the X# Summit group.
• Room are available from Thursday 15th until Sunday 18th.

X# development Roadmap 2020

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Created: 29 January 2020

In the last years we have presented you with a development roadmap at the beginning of the year. And that is a tradition that we'd like to keep.

Below is an overview of what we are planning to do in 2020. Of course we will also continuously keep fixing bugs and keep adding small enhancements as we like.

Finally the obvious disclaimer: these are our plans. They are not set in stone. We will adjust these plans whenever we see fit.