Kevin Ragsdale

Speaking Engagements

I've had the privilege to speak at several developer conferences and user group meetings over the past 20 years, on a variety of subjects.


Creating Outlook-Style Desktop Alerts With Visual FoxPro

This session covered a COM Server (EXE) I developed in Visual FoxPro that displays Outlook-style Desktop Alerts, complete with callback functionality for further processing.

  • FoxForward Conference - Alpharetta, GA - September 2006 (Best Use of Technology Award)
  • Chicago FoxPro User Group - Chicago, IL - December 2006
  • Detroit Area FoxPro User Group - Detroit, MI - February 2007
Using InfoPath With Visual FoxPro

  • Advisor DevCon - Anaheim, CA - May 2007
Best Practices For Deploying Visual FoxPro Applications

  • Advisor DevCon - Anaheim, CA - May 2007
The COM Cookbook: Five Tasty Recipes For COM Automation With Visual FoxPro

  • Advisor DevCon - Anaheim, CA - May 2007
VFP 101 Crash Course: Parts I and II

  • FoxForward Conference - Alpharetta, GA - September 2007
Easy Multi-Threading With Visual FoxPro

  • Southwest Fox Conference - Phoenix, AZ - October 2011
  • Atlanta FoxPro User Group - Alpharetta, GA - June 2012
  • Online FoxPro User Group - August 2013
  • Virtual FoxFest Conference - October 2021
It's so, uh, gray... - Tips & Tricks To Improve Your App's User Interface

  • Southwest Fox Conference - Phoenix, AZ - October 2011
  • Los Angeles FoxPro User Group - Los Angeles, CA
More Multi-threading With Visual FoxPro

  • Southwest Fox Conference - Phoenix, AZ - October 2014
Unicode Made Easier With SQLite

  • Southwest Fox Conference - Phoenix, AZ - October 2014
The Fox Family: A Whimsical Celebration of FoxPro and the FoxPro Community

  • Southwest Fox Conference (Keynote Address) - Phoenix, AZ - October 2019
Extending HTML With Custom Elements

  • Southwest Fox Conference - Phoenix, AZ - September 2024
"J, J, J... SON, SON, SON..." - Using SQL Server's Killer Built-in JSON Functionality

  • Virtual FoxFest Conference - October 2025