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The LA Fox Developer Newsletter
April 1997
The L.A Fox Developer is the monthly newsletter of
the LA Fox Developers Group. The purpose is
information sharing among application developers
and users working with FoxPro.

LA Fox Address
LA Fox
Barry R. Lee
714/375-3300
P.O. Box 6624
Huntington Beach, CA 92615-6624

LA Fox Board of Directors
Barry R. Lee, President/Newsletter Editor
Bill Anderson, Vice President/Programs
Twila Miller, Treasurer/Membership
Chuck Williams, President Emeritus
George Dvorak
Bill Seldon
Mike Cummings
Michael Meer
George Porter

LA Fox is the oldest FoxPro developer’s group in
Southern California. The newsletter contains regular
columns and articles from other user groups.

XPro User Group
Randy Unruh
310/399-9159
2210 Wilshire Blvd. - #161
Santa Monica, CA 90403

OC FoxPro Developers Group
Mike Vincent
(714)970-9147
Membershio/SubscriDtion
The annual membership fee for the LA Fox Develop-
ers Group, including subscription to The LA Fox
Developer Newsletter, is $45.

Disclaimer
Neither the LA Fox User Group, the XPro User
Group, the OC FoxPro Developers Group, their
officers or board of directors or their members make
any express or implied warranties of any kind with
regard to any information disseminated, including,
but not limited to, warranties of merchantability and/
or fitness for a particular purpose.

Opinions provided by newsletter articles, or by
speakers, members, or guests who address the
meetings, are individual opinions only, and do not
necessarily represent the opinions of the group. All
opinions and information should be carefully consid-
ered, and the group is not liable for any incident or
consequential damages in connection with, or arising
out of, the furnishing or use of any information or
opinions. Brand names and product names may be
trademarks or registered trademarks of their respec-
tive owners.
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group may volunteer to be a member of the Board. However, we try to limit
Board membership to 8-10 people, since a larger number would constitute
a SIG. <g> One of the big reasons people volunteer to be on the board is
that they feel they can make a difference and contribute the effort into
making the group function more smoothly, etc.. (In other words, these
people are freely donating their time because they want as opposed to
doing it because nobody else will.) The Board then elects officers to
oversee the various operations of the group.

LA Fox Website Updated. The LA Fox Website, at http:ll
www.mesllc.com/lafox.html, has been recently updated. Go check out the
“FoxFiles” section, which has files available for downloading. We’ve added
all of the patches to FPW and VFP5 that we know about. This addition to
the “FoxFiles” isn’t meant to steal any of Microsoft’s thunder, but rather to
speed up the process and minimize the online wait. The last person we
heard about, trying to download these files, had about a 20 minute wait
before the Microsoft site was accessible. There’s also some other neat
stuff’ up there, as well, with more additions coming in the near future. So
check it out.
Elsewhere
The First Annual Southwest Regional FoxPro Spring Conference,
May 17-18, 1997, LAX Westin Hotel, Los Angeles, CA. This is your
chance to see nationally-recognized FoxPro authorities and DevCon ‘96
speakers locally, together, all addressing the issues you want to hear
about. 30 sessions over 2 days. Every speaker will give their session
twice so you have a beUer chance to see the speaKers you want to see.
Reduced-rate conference hotel rooms ($89/night) and discount airline
tickets (United, Delta) are available. For info, contact Microcomputer
Engineering Services, LLC, or visit their Website at http://www.mesllc.com
for the most up-to-date information. (See page 9 for Info Sheet/Registration
Form with costs, speakers, etc.)
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[Ed. Note: Jim Slater is the Vice President of the Rocky Mountain Fox
Users Group in Denver. His is a Microsoft MVP and a Visual Foxpro
Certified Professional. He has been developing in dBase and Foxpro for 12
years, and was a beta tester for VFP 3.0 and 5.0. Jim can be reached on
Comřuseive at 76367,1735 orby email at jimslater@mindspring.com.]
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