The LA Fox Developer Newsletter

July 1995

President’s Column (Con't from page 2)

enough for recursive drill-down to follow a hunch, and forgiving enough to impart a sense of satisfaction rather than frustration. Performance is critical for this scenario - when searching for information in data, there has to be an answer in the time frame of interest to the user so he doesn’t break up a line of thought with long delays. And the query won’t be filled with strange syntax for outer joins or other traps for the unwary. The tool would let the user quickly find out what the result is going to look like, and it would figure out a way to put something reasonable on the piece of paper on the first try rather than insisting on absolutely correct formatting before doing anything. In Alan’s view, FoxPro ROBE falls well short of this ideal, and I gather he is also not entirely satisfied with FoxFire in this regard. Knowing the people and history at Micromega, it will be exciting to see how they answer thi$ challenge - I suspect we won’t have to wait long.

Larry Moore and the Valley West group deserve a round of applause, not only for the work required to make this event happen, but for the good use to which they put the proceeds in funding scholarships for Computer Science students at Cal State Northndge. More rounds of applause for the vendors who support the event including SBT Accounting Systems and Advisor Publications, and to the Blue Cross Corporation for the use of their marvelous facility.

Visual FoxPro (Con't from page 6)

tent-rich course and sample code library allow developers to explore new development concepts and paradigms. Developers can use Mastering Visual FoxPro to paste practical sample code examples into their own applications and can use a flexible browsing and searching system to navigate straight to the most relevant reference material such as articles, frequently asked questions and technical notes. The result is a reduced learning curve and increased time to put Visual FoxPro to work on sophisticated business solutions.

Pricing and Availability

The Standard and Professional Editions of Visual FoxPro 3.0 are scheduled to be available at the end of June and can be purchased directly from Microsoft. Pricing for the Professional Edition of Visual FoxPro is approximately $499 for new users and approximately $299 for version or competitive upgrades. Users of FoxPro 2.6, Professional Edition, can receive a $50 rebate from Microsoft by mail.

Standard Edition pricing is approximately $199 for new users and approximately $99 for version or competitive upgrades. Customers who are eligible for upgrades to the Visual FoxPro, Professional Edition, are those using Microsoft FoxPro version 2.0 or later (any platform); Microsoft Access version 1.1 or later; the Microsoft Visual Basic programming system version 3.0 or later; the Microsoft Visual C++ development system version 1.5 or later; Borland dBASE Ill, dBASE IV, dBASE V or later; and CA-Clipper 5.0 or later. Customers who are eligible for upgrades to the Visual FoxPro, Standard Edition, are those using Microsoft FoxPro 2.0 or later (any platform); Microsoft Access 1.1 or later; Microsoft Visual Basic 3.0 or later; Microsoft Visual C++ 1.5 or later; Borland dBASE Ill, dBASE IV, dBASE V or later; and CA-Clipper 5.0 or later. Mastering Visual FoxPro is scheduled to be available separately during the summer for approximately $99.

It Can’t Get Any Easier....

We’ve come up with an easy way to submit articles to the LA Fox Developer Newsletter one that has been overlooked for a long time.

You can submit your articles to either Chuck Williams

(72330,2326) or Barry Lee (72723,3422) on

Compuserve.

These articles can be on any FoxPro-related topic, whether it concerns a new technique you’ve discovered, a certain development technique you mayfavor over others, book reviews, etc.

The quality of this newsletter really depends on the members that support it, not just read it. And I think we’d all be surprised by the useful information that could be circulated around the membership.

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