The LA Fox Developer Newsletter

January 1998

Humor, Anyone?...

If Restaurants Functioned

Like Microsoft

Sent by Scot Becker

Patron:

Waiter’

Waiter:

Hi, my name is Bill and I be your Support Waiter.

What seems to be the problem?

Patron:

There’s a fly in my soup!

Waiter:

Try again, maybe the fly won’t be there this time.

Patron:

No, it’s still there.

Waiter:

Maybe it’s the way you’re using the soup; try eating it

with a fork instead.

Patron:

Even when I use the fork, the fly is still there.

Waiter:

Maybe the soup is incompatible with the bowl; what

kind of bowl are you using?

Patron:

A SOUP bowl!

Waiter:

Hmmm, that should work. Maybe its a configuration

problem; how was the bowl set up?

Patron:

You brought it to me on a saucer; what has that to do

with the fly in my soup?

Waiter:

Can you remember everything you did before you

noticed the fly in your soup?

Patron:

sat down and ordered the Soup of the Day!

Waiter:

Have you considered upgrading to the latest Soup of

the Day?

Patron:

You have more than one Soup of the Day each day?

Waiter:

Yes, the Soup of the Day is changed every hour.

Patron:

Well, what is the Soup of the Day now?

Waiter:

The current Soup of the Day is tomato.

Patron:

Fine. Bring me the tomato soup and the check. I’m

running late now.

[Waiter leaves and returns with another bowl of soup and the

check.]

Waiter:

Here you are, Sir. The soup and your check.

(Con’t, page 8)

Codebook/Mortals Update (Con't from page 4)

New Form Manager Class

Created a new specialized class that manages application

forms. Previously, the application forms collection was a generic

Reference Collection class.

Miscellaneous

New developer hooks, new and improved functions, many

enhanced classes.

If you would like more information or would like to order a copy

of the framework, check out our web site at http:ll

www.oakleafsd.com or call us at (804) 979-2417.

Job Opportunities

We are a child services organization with business divisions for

foster families, youth home residence, private school and more.

Our operation is similar to but not a complicated as health care

We are preparing a new system and would consider Oracle as

the programming language for our company. Perhaps someone

in your membership could have a program that would be close

to our needs. There will be 4 users in billing. The complete

client tracking system would have as many as 20 simultaneous

users and more as the project progresses. Read / Write and

menu security by user is a must. Source code and docu men-

tation will be the property of the ‘company’.

Please have any interested parties contact me.

Thank you ... Bill Prats, Director of MIS, ChildNet, Long Beach

California, bprats@telis.org

We need a Visual FoxPro programmer with at least 5 years

experience in programming both FoxPro and Visual FoxPro.

Experience must consist of the ability to work with FoxPro 2.6

files, Visual FoxPro 5.0, and Microsoft Access. A basic

understanding of Visual Basic and Access is required. HTML

experience is a plus. Knowledge of General Accounting is also

a plus. Length of the project: approx. 4-6 months.

Contact Richard Russell at Northstar Software Solutions,

rrussell@nstarsoft.com. Phone number is 562-407-9977and the

FAX is 562-407-9967.

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