The LA Fox Developer Newsletter

August 1998

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

Barry R. Lee

714/375-3300

P.O. Box 6624

Huntington Beach, CA 92615-6624

L A 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

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 Develop-

ers Group, including subscription to The LA Fox

Developer Newsletter, is $48.

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

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regard to any information disseminated, including,

but not limited to, warranties of merchantability and!

or fitness for a particular purpose.

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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 information or

opinions. Brand names and product names may be

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tive owners.

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want to completely rewrite your existing applications but you need the

latest technologies to stay competitive - You can’t afford to miss this

seminar from Micro Endeavors. Micro Endeavors and Microsoft® are

committed to your success. They have teamed up to provide you with all

the concepts, code and tools necessary to take full advantage of today’s

technologies. This seminar will demonstrate the most efficient and cost-

effective techniques to convert your FoxPro 2.x code to Visual FoxPro®; all

while maximizing the use of your existing code. [Ed. Note: See Feature

story on Page 3.)

August 20-23, 1998 - 2nd Annual Southern California Visual 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 is up and running (http://www.mesllc.com/conf98.html) providing

all the details for this great cost-effective event. And, of course, you can

follow alt the details right here. So start making plans now to attend. (Ed.

Note:

For your convenience, a conference registration is included on page

9 of this issue.)

DCI’S INTERNET EXPO, Sept. 1-3, Boston: Focuses on business-to-

business Internet solutions; phone 978-470-3870 or go to http:ll

www.dci.com/lntem

LEARN IT. KNOW IT. BUILD IT. September 2,1998- Developer Days

98 ** Coming to Long Beach ** September28 - October 30-Visual

Studio Developer Training Month. On September 2nd, plan to attend the

most important developer event of the year. Developer Days 98. Then

prepare yourself for the Visual Studio Developer Training month in October.

A three-day intensive training class on “Mastering Distributed Application

Design Using Microsoft Visual Studio 6.0”, brought to you by your nearest

Authorized Training Education Center (ATEC). For more information visit

http://www.miccrosoft.com/devdays/

ADVISOR Developer Workshop, October 5-6, 1998, Phoenix, An-

zona, Pointe Hilton Resort at Squaw Peak. The power of Visual FoxPro

6.0 is awesome, but you need to learn how to use it. That’s the purpose of

ADVISOR Developer Workshop on Visual FoxPro 6.0. Presented by VFP

DevCon speakers, book authors, and experts Rod Paddock and John

Petersen, you’ll attend 10 sessions packed with professional guidance on

how to migrate to and master Visual FoxPro 6.0. Whether you missed

DevCon in May or you’re ready for hard-core training, this is the Visual

FoxPro workshop that will get you going. Space is absolutely limited, so

sign up soon and bring a friend. For further info, go to http://

www.advisor.com/fw9810c.nsf/wPages/Main.

1998 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPER CONFERENCE (PDC). Pre-confer-

ence: October 11, Denver, CO. Conference: October 12-15, Denver CO.

All PDC attendees will receive an updated PDC version of Windows NT5

Beta 2. Registration for the PDC will open on Monday, June 29. For more

information visit http://events.microsoft.com/events/pdc.

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