.NET Application Development
Line-of-business applications for Windows and the web. Desktop where the desktop wins, browser where it doesn't, and clean APIs underneath either way.
FoxSol Pty Ltd · Colac, Victoria
Business software that still works in ten years.
Essential .NET and SQL Server development for small business and corporate clients — built by people who have been shipping data‑centric systems since the FoxPro era, and who still ship them today.
30+ yearsBuilding data‑centric business applications
Sole trader → corporateFrom one‑person operations to major installations
.NET & SQL ServerThe core stack, done properly — not fashionably
You own itYour source code, your data, your schema. Always
What we do
The unglamorous software your business actually runs on.
Quoting, scheduling, stock, compliance, billing, reporting — the systems that have to be right every day. We design them, build them, fix them, and keep them alive.
SQL Server & Database Development
Schema design that survives contact with reality. Stored procedures, indexing and query tuning — the difference between a report that takes four minutes and one that takes four seconds.
Legacy Migration & Modernisation
FoxPro, Clipper, dBASE, Access or VB6 still running the business? We move it to .NET and SQL Server with the data intact and the business rules preserved.
Integration & Automation
Getting systems to talk to each other: APIs, file and data feeds, scheduled jobs, and the quiet elimination of the spreadsheet somebody re-keys every Monday morning.
Reporting & Business Intelligence
The data is already there. We turn it into operational reports and dashboards that people actually open — accurate, fast, and readable by someone who isn't in IT.
Support, Maintenance & Rescue
Inherited a critical system with no documentation and no original developer? We've done that many times. We'll stabilise it, document it, and give you a real choice about what happens next.
Experience
We didn't read about the last four platform shifts. We shipped through them.
Every one of these eras was going to last forever. None of them did. That is precisely why we build the way we do: clear data models, business logic you can find, and no dependency you can't replace.
1990s
The xBase years
dBASE, Clipper and FoxPro. DOS and early Windows business systems, written when every byte and every keystroke counted.
2000s
Client / server
Visual FoxPro and VB6 front ends over SQL Server back ends. Real multi-user systems, real concurrency, real consequences.
2010s
The .NET build-out
C#, the .NET Framework, WinForms and WPF, ASP.NET and n-tier architecture — from small offices to major corporate installations.
Today
Modern .NET
Cross-platform .NET, ASP.NET Core and Blazor, REST APIs, Azure SQL, source control and automated deployment as standard.
Legacy migration
Your old system isn't a problem. Losing it would be.
That FoxPro or Access application has quietly encoded decades of how your business really operates. The goal is never to throw it away — it's to carry it forward.
- Full data migration with reconciliation you can verify, record for record
- Business rules extracted, documented and re-implemented — not guessed at
- Staged cut-over, so the business keeps trading while it happens
- A modern platform a future developer can actually pick up
Typical paths
Visual FoxProC# / .NET
DBF / FPT tablesSQL Server
MS AccessSQL Server + .NET
VB6 / COMModern .NET
Clipper / dBASERelational + web
Excel "systems"Proper application
Not sure the effort is worth it? An assessment of the existing system — what's there, what it's worth, and what a move would actually involve — is a sensible first step, and a small one.
Who we work with
Small enough to care. Experienced enough to get it right.
Small & medium business
You need one system that works, delivered by someone who answers the phone. Not an enterprise programme.
Corporate & enterprise teams
Extra senior capacity for a defined piece of work — a database, an integration, a migration nobody else wants.
Owners of ageing systems
Something critical runs on a platform that's out of support, and the person who built it has long since gone.
Businesses outgrowing the spreadsheet
The workbook that ran the operation for years has become the risk. Time for something with a real database behind it.
Two arms
One set of hands, two front doors.
The development practice and the local IT service run side by side, out of the same office in Colac. Same people, same standards — which door you come through just depends on what you need.
FoxSol Pty Ltd
Development practice
Custom .NET and SQL Server systems, legacy migrations and corporate database work. Based in Colac, working with clients anywhere in Australia — from sole traders through to major corporate installations.
What we doCountry IT Care
Local IT support — Colac, Victoria
Affordable, professional IT help for individuals and small businesses in Colac and the surrounding district: troubleshooting, one-on-one training, automation, custom software, data engineering and reporting. Pensioner discount available.
About Country IT CareRecent work
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Free tools
Software we give away.
Small things we've built for ourselves and found worth sharing. No ads, no tracking, no accounts — and a fair sample of how we work.
- Free
- Android
- APK · sideload
SpeedGps
A single-screen GPS readout for Android — speed, track, position, altitude and barometric pressure, meant to be glanced at while moving. Built on one rule: never show a plausible-looking but wrong number.
Tell us what's broken, or what you'd like to build.
Send a brief description of the task and we'll get straight back to you to discuss it. No obligation, no sales process — just a practical conversation about whether we can help.