April1999

The LA Fox Developer Newsletter

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.

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Barry R. Lee, President/Newsletter Editor

Bill Anderson, Vice President/Programs

Twila Miller, Treasurer/Membership

Chuck Williams, President Emeritus

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.

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Visual FoxPro DevCon 99, June 6-10 Palm Springs. The Tenth Anniversary of Microsoft Visual FoxPro and DevCon! Don’t miss the Tenth Anniversary Visual FoxPro Developer Conference 1999, the annual gathering of FoxPro developers from around the world. DevCon is essential technical education for serious FoxPro developers. DevCon puts you face-to-face with the leading FoxPro experts, members of the Microsoft Visual FoxPro product team, and FoxPro professionals from around the world. Considering how fast the 1998 DevCon filled up, don’t wait too long!! Register soon to assure your admittance and your room in the host hotel. Get ready for the massive technical training you’ll get at Visual FoxPro DevCon, sponsored by Microsoft and FoxPro Advisor magazine. For further information, keep your eye on FoxPro Advisor Magazine and their website at http:ll www.advisor.com.

3rd Annual Southern California Visual FoxPro Conference, August

26-29, 1999, DoubleTree Hotel, Costa Mesa, CA. Sponsored by Microcomputer Engineering Services, LLC (MESLLC), this show promises to be one of the highlights of the conference season.The event will be held at The Doubletree Hotel in Costa Mesa, CA, the site of last year’s conference. We’ll be following the same format of having the opening/keynote address on the evening of the 26th, with actual sessions beginning on Friday morning, the 27th, and running through Sunday, the 29th. Currently, the confirmed speakers for the conference are Menachem Bazian, Jim Booth, Randy Brown, Gary Dewitt, Mike Feltman, Toni Feltman, Eldor Gemst, Tamar Granor, Y.Alan Griver, Doug Hennig, Ken Levy, Rod Paddock, John Petersen, Steve Sawyer, and Drew Speedie. More speakers will be "signing up” over the next 30 days to complete the roster. Attendees will have their choice of approximately 70 sessions to sit in on. For further information, keep your browsers pointed to http://www.mesllc.com/ con f99.html. For your convenience, the conference registration form can be found on page 9 of this newsletter or you may download it from the conference website. It’s still the best deal going!!

Our two-part feature article beginning in this issue of The Developer, “Inserting/Retrieving Files in a DBF” by Pat Boen, opens up some very intriguing possibilities for VFP development. Part 1 covers background and necessary functions to effect the saving of files to a DBF. Part 2 will focus on the retrieval of those files. FOCUS.FLL is referenced, at the end of the article. You may find it useful to integrate this function library into your

Time is Running Out...

1st Price Break Window Closing

Time is running out on the first price break window for The Third Annual Southern California Visual FoxPro Conference. April 30, 1999, will be the last opportunity to register for the conference at the low price of $375. As of May 1, the price for the conference will jump to $450, which will be effective through June 30, 1999. After June 30, and until August 19, the conference fee will jump to $550. After August 19, the fee will be $675. So beat the clock and save some money. Register by April 30.