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 satisfac-

tion 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 ven-

dors who support the event including SBT Account-

ing Systems and Advisor Publications, and to the

Blue Cross Corporation for the use of their marvel-

ous 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 approxi-

mately $299 for version or competitive upgrades.

Users of FoxPro 2.6, Professional Edition, can re-

ceive 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++ devel-

opment 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 approxi-

mately $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 discov-

ered, 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.

So..

How 'bout it?

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