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Microsoft Announces
Visual Studio 97
Subj:
Visual Studio 97 Section: lnfo(non-technical)
To: All
Tuesday, January 28, 19974:22:08 PM
From:
Robert Green [MSFT], 103265,31 #915287
Microsoft today announced the product you have all been
waiting for. You can read the full press release at the end of this
message.

Robert Green
Visual FoxPro Product Manager
Microsoft

REDMOND, Wash., Jan. 28 /PRNewswire/— Microsoft Corp.
(Nasdaq: MSFT) today announced Microsoft(R) Visual
Studio(TM) 97, a comprehensive suite of Microsoft development
tools for building client/server, multitier and Web-based solu-
tions. The Visual Studio 97 development system will include the
Visual Basic(R) programming system, Visuai C++(R) develop-
ment system, Visual J++(TM) development tool, Visual
FoxPro(TM) database and Visual lnterDev(TM) Web application
development system. By using the integrated client/server and
Internet technologies in Visual Studio, developers can build
solutions that make optimal use of existing investments in
hardware and software while taking advantage of the universal
connectivity of the Web.

Microsoft Visual Studio 97 is scheduled to be introduced on
March 19, 1997, at Developer Days, a developer training event
spanning 88 cities in 45 countries. For more information, see
http://www. microsoft.com/devdays/.

New Scenarios Increase Cross-Language Development
“Microsoft Visual Studio 97 is the first comprehensive set of
tools that enables customers to combine rapid advances in
client/server technologies with the broad reach of the Internet,”
said Bob Muglia, vice president, developer tools at Microsoft.
"These factors will play a tremendous role in the ability of
companies to create more valuable solutions that leverage what
they have while providing direct communication links to busi-
ness partners and customers.”
(Con’t. paqe 3)
At LA Fox
Out and About
by Barry R. Lee


February 17, 1997,7:30 PM - Dennis Topo, Citilx. Dennis is
Southern California Regional Sales for Citrix Corporation and will
be speaking on WinFrame. Win Frame multi-user application
server software is an authorized extension to Windows NT
Server under license from Microsoft. WinFrame helps organiza-
tions deploy Windows applications quickly, easily and cost-
effectively, while maximizing return on technology investment.
WinFrame extends the reach of enterprise applications to users
over dial-up, LAN, WAN, lntranet and Internet connections,
regardless of client hardware, operating system or available
bandwidth. Product Description: Citrix WinFrame is the first
complete TeleComputing platform for enterprise application
deployment based on Microsoft Windows NT. WinFrame allows
mobile professionals, branch office workers and telecommuters
to access 16 and 32 bit Windows applications at LAN speeds
over dial-up, WAN, ISDN and Internet connections.

March 17, 1997, 7:30 PM - John Miller. John is a Visual
FoxPro developer, author, trainer and speaker. He is the owner
of Perpetual Data Systems, where he architects solutions that
utilize VFP in traditional, lntranet, Internet and Client-Server
applications. He conducts training seminars on Visual FoxPro
for Application Developers Training Company. He is the author of
several articles on Visual FoxPro for Databased Advisor and
FoxTalk. John is a featured speaker on VFP at technical
conferences including the 1995 Microsoft FoxPro DevCon. John
will be speaking on “Multi-Tier Architectures”. This is a session
you won’t want to miss. Everyone is guaranteed to learn
something from it.

(Con’t, page 2)
The LA Fox Developer
A Newsletter for FoxPro Application Developers in Southern California
February
1997
The February meeting of LA Fox will be held
on Feb.17, 1997, at 7:30 PM at our regular
meeting place (the Torrance Airport, 3301
Airport Drive, in Torrance). For details on
how to get there, see the map on the back
page.
In this issue
The Nasty Secret Behind #INCLUDE
Undocumented foxtools.fII Functions
FoxTeach Announced
Page 4
Page 5
Page 7
and much more

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