The LA Fox Developer

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April 1998

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 Pre-

Conference 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 Win-

dows NT 4.0. NT 4 now shares the same interface with Win-

dows 95, making the operating system even easier to use.

Additional new features include the Explorer, Network Neighbor-

hood, Briefcase, and much more. Powerful administration tools

allow network administrators to control desktops by restricting

access to the network, establishing standard desktop configura-

tions 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 specifi-

cally 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 confer-

ences 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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In this issue

SQL Substring Searches

Outer Joins

Polymorphism

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and much more