The LA Fox Developer

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John Miller, the vice-president of the Orange County Foxpro Developers Group, will be making a presentation on “Advanced FoxPro Controls” at the regular meeting of the group on Wednesday, January 11,1995, at 6:30 PM. The meeting will be held at the Orange County Microsoft Office at Suite 1800, 3 Park Plaza, Irvine, CA (Air Touch).

This presentation will provide a sneak preview of

John’s address which he’ll be presenting at

Directions:405 South, Jamboree exit, left over 405, right at first driveway, past the front of the Hyatt Hotel and park on far side, behind the parking structure The Air Touch Building is one of the three tall buildings next to the Hyatt. Free parking is provided behind the parking structure.

The Year in Review [Con't from page 9]

LA Fox Finds New Home

DDE Faxing With FP/Windows and WinFax v4.0

Since We Last Met... .Current Events

LA Fox President’s Column

Out and About... .Current Events

The Twelve Bugs of Christmas

Out and About [Con't from page 1]

general. The idea is to pass out these cards, much like any professional person making a new business acquaintance, when you meet someone at DevCon, or anywhere else, who wants to know more about the group. The front of the cards have the basic “letterhead” of our newsletter, with space for your name, while the reverse has general information regarding the group and how to reach Chuck or me. Anyone who wants a supply of these cards can reach me on CompuServe at 72723,3422 or by phone at 714/968- 4225.

Just got a Microsoft “natural” keyboard. You know, the one that looks like it got left in an overheated car interior. It takes some getting used to, but its ergonomic design, which very subtly reinforces good keyboarding technique, is really quite slick. I highly recommend it to anyone who’s in front of a tube, dancing their fingers across a keyboard for hours on end. The only disadvantage to using this keyboard is space limitations. Unless you have ample desk space, you will have to consider purchasing a keyboard drawer, such as the one manufactured by SRW (about $40, which is a perfect fit and one of the few being made that will accomodate it). And if you have even less desk space, and are using one of those under- desk sliding drawers, like the one by Rubbermaid, you’ll need to replace the drawer with one of your own design. (Hint: You’ll need an effective working area of 12” X 28” to 33” to accomodate both the keyboard and mouse/mouse pad combination, if you wish to keep them both at the same working level.)

The keyboard comes with its own software, “IntelliType”, (after all, it’s from Microsoft), which can be optionally loaded to turn the keyboard into a “smart” keyboard with programmable function keys and numenc keypad mouse functionality. Without the software, it still functions as a normal keyboard. At $89, it’s a good hedge against repetitive stress injuries (carpal tunnel syndrome, etc.) and offers an inexpensive alternative to the more expensive and sophisticated “articulating” keyboards on the market today.

Since We Last Met...

Speaking of repetitive stress injuries (RSI) Nancy Urbanski, a former high school assistant administrator, is suing IBM and Apple in what will be the first RSI suit