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The LA Fox Developer Newsletter
January 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.

I A Fnx 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
Allen Garfein, 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
Membership/Subscription
The annual membership fee for the LA Fox Devel-
opers 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 informa-
tion or opinions. Brand names and product names
may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their
respective owners.
Out and About (Con't from Page 1)
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
Elsewhere
March 16-1 8,1 997 Great Lakes Great Database Workshop at the Hyatt
Regency Hotel In Milwaukee, WI. Sponsored by Whil Hentzen’s
company, Hentzenwerke, you can learn how to build FoxPro and Internet
applications from the best developers in the business. Don’t miss this
world-famous conference! Over 40 topics to help improve your database
application development. Top speakers from North America and Europe -
including many Microsoft MVP’s. Check out their web site for more
information, http://www.hentzenwerke.com.

Developer Days IV, Long Beach Convention Center, Long Beach,
CA, March 19,1997 7:45AM -4:40PM. Don’t miss the largest developer
tools and technology event in Microsoft’s and the industry’s history, reach-
ing 30,000 developers in 35 countries. Keynote presentation from Bill
Gates via satellite. Learn firsthand how you can reform and enrich your
business by integrating all your client/server, enterprise, and Internet
development efforts with Microsoft’s powerful new developer tools. Receive
training that you can immediately use to add value to your development
projects! Each attendee will receive a free CD-ROM toolkit packed with
software, samples, and code.Register by February 13, 1997, and your cost
to attend Developer Days is just US$89! Miss the early registration deadline
and you pay only US$120. For registration information on Developer Days
sites outside the United States and Canada, please refer to
www.microsoft.com/devdays/.

The First Annual Southwest Regional FoxPro Spring Conference,
May 17-18, 1997, LAX Westin Hotel, Los Angeles, CA. This isyour
chance to see nationally-recognized FoxPro authorities and Devcon ‘96
speakers locally, together, all addressing the issues you want to hear
about. 26 sessions over 2 days. Every speaker will give their session
twice so you have a better 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.)

Since We Last Met
Things I Hope to Hear Less and Less of in 1997. I know it’s wishful
thinking, but here are some items that dominated the news in 1996 I can go
without hearing anymore about in 1997: O.J., Madonna, Shaq, Madonna’s
baby, a whole list of others (you fill in the blanks) and my all-time
favorite Is FoxPro dead?” How ‘bout you?
LA Fox Website. The Website at http://www.mesllc.com/lafox.html is
looking better all the time. If you’re felling out of touch, have lost your last
newsletter and don’t know about the next meeting, or anything else having
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