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The LA Fox Developer Newsletter
August 1998
You CAN Teach an
Did Fox New Tricks
Equip Your FoxPro 2.X Application
to Take Advantage of
Todays Technologies!
From MicroEndeavors

If you don’t 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 Microsoft® and Micro
Endeavors.

Micro Endeavors is committed to your success. We have
developed a seminar to provide you with all the concepts, code
and tools necessary to take full advantage of today’s technolo-
gies. This seminar will demonstrate the most efficient and cost-
effective techniques to convert your FoxPro 2.x code to Visual
FoxPro®.

Founded by George F. Goley IV in 1983, Micro Endeavors has
spent over 14 years providing cutting edge programming tech-
niques and information to the FoxPro community. MEl is in the
business of moving applications from 2.x to Visual FoxPro and
will give you their proven techniques to convert your applications
without wasting time in costly trial and error.

Who should attend and why?
You should attend this seminar if you have an investment in
FoxPro2.x code and are:

Considering conversion to Visual FoxPro but need to know
the benefits, process and cost.
Ready for conversion to Visual FoxPro but need a clear
methodology to achieve it.
Dissatisfied with the results of your conversion to Visual
FoxPro and want to improve the process.


We are very excited about the FoxPm Conversion Seminar.
Teaming up with Micro Endeavors on this project is a real
benefit for us. As a leader in FoxPro training and development
for many years, Micro Endeavors is well qualified to define this
migration path. The inside track on cost-effective conversion is
an outstanding value.”

Robert Green I Visual FoxPro Marketing Manager!
Microsoft Corporation

7he tools and techniques for converting FoxPro 2.x applica-
tions to Visual FoxPro are most amazing. The supplied code
and tools are worth more than the price of admission.”

Richard Bean! Melange Computer Service
“MEl’s tools are going to save me weeks of work. My migration

to Visual FoxPro is much less frightening”

-Cliff Dixon/Logtec
What Will I Learn?
A clear statement of Microsoft’s strategic plan for
Visual FoxPro.
The benefits of migrating FoxPro 2.x code to Visual
FoxPro.
The “real world” pros and cons of migrating your code to
other platforms.
The concepts and specific steps required to take your
FoxPro 2.x application to its highest potential under Visual
FoxPro. This topic will comprise 75% of the seminar using
lectures and examples from an actual FoxPro 2.x application.
During the process, MEl experts will address your most critical
questions including:
What is the best way to move my Fox DOS/Windows
applications to Visual FoxPro?
Do I have to learn Object Oriented Programming to
significantly improve my applications?
What tools, techniques or libraries am I currently using
that won’t work under Visual FoxPro and what can I do in-
stead?
When and where should I rewrite my code rather than
port it?
When shouId I and when shouldn’t I move my data to
Visual FoxPro’s database container?
How do I get from File Server to Client Server?
Does SCATTER/GATHER still make sense?
How long does a conversion take for the average
developer?
How can I take full advantage of Visual FoxPro’s data
transactions, referential integrity and data dictionary?
When should I use Visual FoxPro forms with a data
environment and when is it best to “roll my own”?
How do I get the most mileage out of the Visual FoxPro
converter program?
Which controls map well to Visual FoxPro, which do
not, and where does the code go?
What is the “Year 2000” problem? Do I have it and how
do I solve it?
How do I migrate my developers as well as my code?

Each attendee will receive:
The MEl Migration Manual which is the courseware for the
seminar.
A diskette containing the sample code and class libraries
discussed in the seminar.


August19 & 20
September10 & 11
September 10 & 11
(Con’t, page 7)
bates, Locations and Fees
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
San Francisco
$695.00
$695.00
$695.00
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