The LA Fox Developer Newsletter

October 1997

The LA 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

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 as well as articles from other user groups.

XPro User Group

2210 Wilshire Blvd. -#161

Santa Monica, CA 00403

OC FoxPro Developers Group

Membership/Subscription

The annual membership fee for the LA Fox Developers 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 considered, 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 respective owners.

Out and About (Con’t from page 1)

computer trade conferences, convenes in Las Vegas. The convention pulled in about 250,000 people last year, clogged up all the phone lines, and filled every hotel in the area. If you’re going, you’d better start planning now. (See also Tom Rombouts’ contribution, “Free Comdex Tickets”, page 4.)

Spring ‘98 - FoxPro Developers Conference. Microsoft and Advisor

Publications surprised all of us by announcing their next DevCon for May of

1998. Stay tuned, right here, for more details. (You’ll know as soon as we

do.)

August ‘98 - 2nd Annual Southern California FoxPro Conference.

Sponsored by Microcomputer Engineering Services, LLC, this conference was one of the highlights of the 1997 “conference season”, providing a chance to see nationally-known speakers in a somewhat smaller, more intimate setting. Last year, the conference drew attendees from New Jersey to The Phillipines. This time out, the conference is going to be held at The Doubletree Hotel in Orange County. The conference WebSite will be up and running shortly, providing all the details for this great cost-effective event. And, of course, you can follow all the details right here. So start making plans now to attend.

Since We Last Met...

We missed it. Monday, October 13, was designated “Boss Day”. ..by who I don’t exactly know. But it makes sense that if we have Secretary’s Day, we ought to have Boss Day. In honor of this most holy of days <g>, you should point your browsers to http://www.myboss.com. The title of this Website says it all ‘When Winners Work for Losers”.

Steve Ballmer, #2 man at Microsoft, was the focus of a recent LA Times business article. It was an interesting read, particularly when it turned to some of Ballmer’s opinions about the competition. Regarding Sun Microsystems, Ballmer is quoted as having said, “Wierd. . .they put a lot of energy in A but make their money on B. Java [a Sun programming language seen as a threat to Microsoft] is not doing anything for Sun’s workstation sales.” I wonder what would drive him to say that. <s>

Another Steve, this time Steve Sawyer, of the Detroit Area FoxPro Users Group, has been selected to replace Drew Speedie as author/compiler of FoxPro Advisors tricks and tips column, “FoxPro Techniques”. So, here’s a “good luck” tip of the hat to him. Visit his Website at http://www.rust.net/ ~ssawyer. He’s got quite a few “tricky tips” posted there.

Help Wanted...

Microcomputer Engineering Services, LLC, is desparately looking for people proficient in FoxPro (FPW 2.6 and VFP). Excellent working conditions with a chance to be in on the latest FoxPro-related technologies. Need someone capable of “hitting the bricks running”. Call Mike Meer or Barry R. Lee, 800/499-6237, or e-mail us at brlee@earthlink.net.

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