The LA Fox Developer

A Newsletter for FoxPro Application Developers in Southern California December 1995

Express DevCon Strikes

High Water Mark

by Barry R. Lee

Neon Software, developers of FoxExpress and

Visual FoxExpress, sponsored the second annual

FoxExpress Developers Conference at Treasure

Island, Las Vegas, from Dec. 4-6, 1995.

For those not familiar with Express, it is a rapid

application development (RAD) tool that is not just

an everyday application generator. Express repre-

sents an actual development environment, extend-

ing many of the functions and features of FPW2.6

and VFP, while staying within the framework and

design surfaces of many of the “power tools” of

FoxPro. It’s like a wizard on steroids, in that it

produces robust code that handles the more

mundane and not-so-mundane tasks that every

developer encounters in every application, leaving

more time for the developer to handle the “tweaks”

that every client seems to come up with.

This year’s conference featured many well-known

speakers and developers within the FoxPro com-

munity, including Jim Frayer, Will Tartack, Dan

Freeman, Alan Schwartz, Andrew Ross-MacNeil,

Eldor Gemst, Dave Frankenbach, Mike Robbins,

Kristyne McDaniel, and of course, Mike Feltman

and Toni Taylor-Feltman, the originators of the

product.

There were twenty-two topics covered in this in-

depth conference, each lasting 1-3/4 hours. So

needless to say, it was impossible to attend each

session and, by the end, every attendee was

suffering from “brain overload”. (This year’s

conference featured a truly international atten-

(Con’t, page 8)

Out and About

by Barry R. Lee

December 19, 1995, 7:30 PM - The Annual LA Fox

christmas Party. Last year, we were very fortunate to

be treated to one of the first previews of Visual

FoxPro. Who knows what surprises await us this

year? One sure thing will be George Dvorak’s delight-

ful treats that never disappoint. Ken Levy and Bill

Anderson will also feature a couple of things they’ve

been working on. Maybe a surprise guest or two if I

can get them. Plan for an evening of fun and friend-

ship. (See “Christmas Party Skinny”, page 8.)

January 15, 1996, 7:30 PM - Panel/Open Discussion

on Marketing and Client Relations. Due to a recent

interest in this topic, we’re having a group of about 4

or 5 individuals, including David Jones of Microsoft!

Irvine, lead a discussion on marketing techniques and

client relations. Those interested can contact Barry

Lee, via phone (714/968-4225) or CompuServe

(72723,3422).

Also in January The Cris Wittrous Road Show.

Cris Wittrous, product manager for Microsoft FoxPro,

will be sending her crack team of specialists to Orange

County to kick off the new National Visual FoxPro

Road Show. The location, central to the LA, OC, and

San Diego groups, will be the Red Lion Inn, 3050

Bristol St., Costa Mesa, CA, 92646, on January 17th,

(Con’t, page 2)

The December meeting of LA Fox will be held on

Dec.19, 1995, at 7:30 PM at our regular meeting

place (the Torrance Airport, 3301 Airport Drive, in

Torrance). For details on how to get there, see the

map on the back page.

In this issue

Xilights

Page 3

The Twelve Bugs of Christmas

Page 4

Caught in the ‘Net

Page 5

Ken Levy Leaves Flash

Page 6

...and much more