The LA Fox Developer Newsletter

October 1995

Out ana About (Con't from page 5)

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Two files have recently been uploaded to the MS

Fox Users Forum on CompuServe:

Supercis is a superclass toolbar utility. You can insert a superclass::methodO line at the current cursor position and can view the code (if any) of the related superclass method. You can use it to view, or actually modify the superclass method code. The Supercls toolbar will automatically appear whenever a code snippet window is being edited within the Form/Class Designers. SUPERC.ZIP files supersede the version supplied with Codebook and are public domain deveoped at Flash Creative Management, Inc. Ken Levy [FLASH] 76350,2610. AddProp.flI is a utility written by Paul Bienick [FLASH] 71510,3217 containing one function AddProp() which is used to add properties to existing objects, outside of the class definition. ADDPRP.ZIP files are public domain developed at Flash Creative Management, Inc. Ken Levy [FLASH] 76350,261 0.

Bill Gates is still the richest man around, now worth an estimated $14.8 billion, up from $12.9 billion in July. That’s about $370 million for every year he’s been alive.

Avid Technology has launched a video-editing software program that runs on Microsoft’s Windows NT operating system. Avid is somewhat of a standard in film-editing studios.

Microsoft announced an agreement with Software AG to move OLE technology from personal computers to large mainframes and other machines. Software AG, a German company, has agreed to convert OLE for non-Microsoft operating systems such as Unix and MVS.

And for the first time, the Supreme Court agreed to consider the extent to which copyright law can be

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The Lighter Side (Con't from page 7) you look at the small print, has some of the same ingredients that come in DOS beer, even though the manufacturer claims that this is an entirely new brew.

Windows NT Beer: Comes in 32-oz. cans, but you can only buy it by the truckload. This causes most people to have to go out and buy bigger refrigerators. The can looks just like Windows 3.1 Beer’s, but the company promises to change the can to look just like Windows 95 Beer’s - after Windows 95 beer starts shipping. Touted as an “industrial strength” beer, and suggested only for use in bars.

Unix Beer: Comes in several different brands, in cans ranging from 8 oz. to 64 oz. Drinkers of Unix Beer display fierce brand loyalty, even though they claim that all the different brands taste almost identical. Sometimes the pop-tops break off when you try to open them, so you have to have your own can opener around for those occasions, in which case you either need a complete set of instructions, or a friend who has been drinking Unix Beer for several years.

AmigaDOS Beer: The company has gone out of business, but their recipe has been picked up by some weird German company, so now this beer will be an import. This beer never really sold very well because the original manufacturer didn’t understand marketing. Like Unix Beer, AmigaDOS Beer fans are an extremely loyal and loud group. It originally came in a 16-oz. can, but now comes in 32-oz. cans too. When this can was originally introduced, it appeared flashy and colorful, but the design hasn’t changed much over the years, so it appears dated now. Critics of this beer claim that it is only meant for watching TV anyway.

VMS Beer: Requires minimal user interaction, except for popping the top and sipping. However cans have been known on occasion to explode, or contain extremely un-beer-like contents. Best drunk in high pressure development environments. When you call the manufacturer for the list of ingredients, you’re told that is proprietary and referred to an unknown listing in the manuals published by the FDA. Rumors are that this was once listed in the Physicians’ Desk Reference as a tranquilizer, but no one can claim to have actually seen it.

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