The LA Fox Developer

A Newsletter for FoxPro Application Developers in Southern California

DevCon Pre-Conference

Seminars

May 17, 1998 (requires separate fees)

[Ed. Note: This year’s Advisor DevCon is taking place in Orlando, FL, at the Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, May 17-20, 1998. Along with the many regular sessions offered at this event, there are a number of pre-conference seminars going on. For details, point your bro wserto http://www.advisor.com/ fc9805c.nsf/wPages/main.J

You can extend your DEVCON experience and gain valuable knowledge by attending one or more optional Pre-Conference Seminars. In addition to learning useful skills, you can get free software. Seating is limited, so call now to register for PreConference Seminars.

Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Jumo Start

Sunday 9:00 am to 11:00 am

FREE Software: Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Workstation

Learn how to take advantage of the powerful features in Windows NT 4.0. NT 4 now shares the same interface with Windows 95, making the operating system even easier to use. Additional new features include the Explorer, Network Neighborhood, Briefcase, and much more. Powerful administration tools allow network administrators to control desktops by restricting access to the network, establishing standard desktop configurations and preventing users from modifying preset applications or desktop configurations. You will also learn how to develop applications that take advantage of the power of Windows NT

4.0.

Microsoft SOL Server 6.5 Jump Start

Sunday noon-2:OOpm

FREE Software: Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Workstation

Learn the basics of Microsoft SQL Server 6.5, a scalable, high- performance database management system designed specifically for distributed client-server computing. Its built-in data replication, powerful management tools, and open system architecture provide a superior platform for delivering cost effective information solutions. Microsoft SQL Server provides a

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At LA Fox

April 20, 1998, 7:30 PM - Some Very Special Tools. Some

times your life as a FoxPro developer can be made a whole lot easier with a few simple tools - some free.. .some not-so-free. This night, we’ll be discussing and showing tools ranging from simple screen capture programs to data conversion to spell- checking and more. Don’t miss it!

Apti! 27,1998,6:00-8:30 PM -An Evening With Robert Green. Robert is a product manager in the Developer Tools Marketing division at Microsoft, focusing on data access technologies. He is the lead technical champion for Visual FoxPro and wrote the Visual FoxPro session for Developer Days 97. He is a frequent speaker at Visual FoxPro conferences and is the author of Developing Client/Server Applications with Visual FoxPro and SQL Server (Pinnacle Publishing’s Pros Talk Visual FoxPro series). His articles have appeared in FOXPRO ADVISOR and Fox Talk and he has spoken at the last four FoxPro DevCons. This night he’ll be presenting a special preview of “Tahoe”. We can’t call it “VFP6.0” until after the Orlando DevCon, but I don’t think you want to miss this one. Please note the date change for this special meeting This meetina is beina held at the DoubleTree Hotel in Costa Mesa CA. 3050 Bristol StreetS Costa Mesa. CA 92626.

Out and About

by Barry R. Lee

The April meeting of LA Fox will be held on April20, 1998, 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.

Elsewhere

AtOC Fox.

MAY Peter Butterfield — Non-Visual Framework Widgets. If

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Outer Joins

Polymorphism

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and much more