Member Benefits

by John Kinney

The following is a list of soft-

ware and magazines presently

available:

Data Based Advisor

The price is $23.88 for one year

of the magazine and a free

“Database Report.” Pick up a

subscription form from John

Kinney.

3PX Software

This fine library of Clipper func-

tions is available from 3P Soft-

ware for $139.95, $20 off the

original price of $159.95. Please

order this product from John

Kinney.

ZipClip

John say this is the best Zip

Code software he has seen. It

not only gives you the city and

state, but will give you every city

and state (yes, some zip codes

expand more than one state) for

that zip code. Our users group

can get it for 10% off. Please

contact John Kinney for details.

He hopes that we have a review

article on this product soon.

Knott’s Berry Farm

Too late, dudes and dudettes,

the discount admission tickets

to Knott’s have expired.

Please remember that shipping

and handling must be included

in the price of the products.

John will advise you of what the

total price is when you call. You

can contact him at (213)53 1-

6543

L.A. Fox

President’s Report

by Greg Dunn

Thanks to Fox Software for

sending us Joel Kneisley this past

month, and to Southern Califor-

ma Edison for providing us with

a wonderful meeting facility.

Very special thanks to Pam

Leslie and Barbara Turpeau of

Edison for opening the adminis-

trative doors within Edison and

for contributing a great deal of

direct labor to make the meeting

possible. We appreciate it!

Joel’s presentation was most

informative, and those in atten-

dance seemed particularly to

enjoy the time spent in open

question and answer. Thanks to

Fox also for sending us prizes to

raffle. So far at our meeting

we’ve given away three copies of

FoxPro, a copy of Foxbase+/

Mac, and a copy of Foxgraph.

We’ve also raffled a copy of Tom

Rettig’s Help System, donated by

Tom Rettig Associates, and a

copy of Scan-a-lyzer, donated by

Tech ifi. This coming meeting

will be no exception to the

bonanza: Fox Software will be

sending us either a copy of

FoxPro or a copy of Foxgraph

for our raffle.

All of us on the L.A. Fox steer-

ing committee have been part of

many other users’ groups. We

have all observed that members

seem to enjoy time for open

question and answer more than

almost any other activity. Ac-

cordingly, we plan to make that

our focus at the September

meeting. Several group members

will kick off the meeting with

short presentations, then act as a

panel to take questions from the

group. Of course, anyone in

attendance will be free to field,

as well as ask, questions, about

any aspect of working with

Foxbase, FoxPro, Foxgraph, or

any other issues of interest to the

membership. Plan to participate!

What Has Happened to the

Newsletter?

Because of new job responsibili-

ties, I am unable to continue as

editor of the LA. Fox newslet-

ter, and will otherwise be reduc-

ing the scope of my role within

the group. Fortunately, in the

matter of the newsletter, we

have an alternative which will, in

the view of the steering commit-

tee, serve you well, and even add

additional benefits. This alterna-

tive is to combine forces with

another Los Angeles Group

known as the Dbase Language

Association of Professionals, or

DLaP.

DLaP’s focus spans all dialects of

the Dbase (or “xBase”) language.

Since many of us who use Fox

also find it necessary to be

involved with some of these

other dialects, joining forces with

DLaP will provide a convenient

way to stay abreast of develop-

ments therein. Furthermore, all

LA. Fox members are now

automatically members of DLaP,

as all DLaP members are now

members of LA. Fox Those

from either group are free to

attend meetings of either or both

at no admission charge, and all

will receive a common newslet-

ter. The newsletter will include

articles on Foxbase and FoxPro,

as well as Clipper, dBase IV,

DBXL, dbFast, Force, and other

dialects of xBase.

DLaP already has, with the

Valley Clipper Users’ Group, a

similar relationship to the one

we are establishing.

Continued on Page 5.

The Newsletter of the Dbase Language Professional Developers Group, September 1990

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