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The LA Fox Developer Newsletter
July 1997
More DevCon (Con’t from page 3)

Developing Applications
Using SQL-SELECT Effectively in VFP5
The Art of Graceful Debugging
Local/Parameterized Views as a Data Entry Strategy
Form Formation Formulas
Primary Key Strategies in VFP
Team Development with VFP
Benchmarking FoxPro Performance
Better VFP Output Through Report Forms
Advanced VFP Output: Beyond the Report Form
KenX - The Tools Edition
Data-driving Applications with DBCX
Error Handling in Visual FoxPro
Implementing Offline Views
Converting Applications from FoxPro 2.x to VFP 5.0
Data Integrity and Multi-User Access
ActiveX Controls in VFP
Introduction to Object Oriented Class Design
Reducing Development Time by Capitalizing on Object Orienta tion
Managing Class Libraries
How to Design and Evaluate Application Frameworks
The Wizardry of Drag-and-Drop

Extending Visual FoxPro Through Integration
HTML Help and Visual FoxPro
Using Developers Studio to Create ActiveX Components for use
with VFP
Integrating Visual FoxPro and Microsoft Office 97
Publishing VFP Data on the World Wide Web
Web Application Development, Part 1
Web Application Develpment, Part 2
Developing Client-Server Applications with VFP
Multi-Tier Client-Server Applications with VFP
Using VFP and the Internet Explorer 4.0 WebBrowser ActiveX
Control
Creating and Using VFP Automation Servers - Using VFP COM
Objects
Component-Based Development
Integrating VFP with Visual Studio

Cultivating Development Skills
Designing User Interfaces that Work
Managing the Application Development Process
Introduction to Design Patterns
Object Modeling: The Future of Software Development
Object-Oriented Analysis and Design
Design Patterns for Flexibility


[Ed. Note: This is the most current info we have right now. As the conference gets closer, you can find out more at http:II www.advisor.com. An alternate website, run by Miche! Fournier in Canada, http://www.transformation.com, is also an excellent place to get info. .not only about the “main” event, but “peripheral” events as well.]
Special Big Announcement
The LA Fox Developer’s Group has entered into an agreement with Macmillan Computer Publishing. LA Fox members can now purchase all Macmillan Computer Publishing titles at a discount of 30% off retail pricing.

Macmillan owns the following publishers:
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Que
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New Riders Press
The Waite Group
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Ziff-Davis
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Sams/sams.net
Que Education & Training
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Macmillan Technical Publishing
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Hayden
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Adobe Press
Borland Press
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Lycos Press
With all these publishers and over 40% market share, Macmillan has the best books for computer technology.

Details will be available at the July Meeting.


Hot Tip.....

Bring Back the SQL Thermometer Bar

You can activate a dummy window to recover the thermomet€ bar during queries and still supress all other TALK messages from FoxPro.

DEFINE WINDOW dummy FROM 0,0 TO 1,1
SET TALK WINDOW dummy
SET TALK ON
*


put your query here
SET TALK OFF
RELEASE WINDOW dummy


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