The LA Fox Developer Newsletter

October 1995

Out ana About (Con't from page 5)

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Since We Last Met

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 prop-

erties 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 soft-

ware 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 comput-

ers to large mainframes and other machines. Soft-

ware AG, a German company, has agreed to con-

vert 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

(Con’t, page 9)

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 identi-

cal. 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 Physi-

cians’ Desk Reference as a tranquilizer, but no one

can claim to have actually seen it.

(Con't, page 9)

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