VFP DevCon 2000 Announced

No, we’re not talking about Advisor DevCon in Miami. We’re

talking about TCI’s VFP DevCon 2000, May 14-17, 2000, in New

Orleans, LA. The announcement, which became public during

the closing session of the 3rd Annual Southern California VFP

Conference, came as a surprise to most of the attendees.

(People who attended the SoCal VFP conference are being

offered a substantial discount for this conference.)

This new event is going to have the same support from Microsoft

as Advisor’s DevCon and will be on the same scale/level. But it

is offering several innovative concepts. Content and direction is

going to be determined by an advisory board which will be made

up primarily of speakers. People attending this conference will

be allowed to “cross-pollinate” with the SQL conference, running

concurrently at the same hotel, free of charge. This means that

while an attendee may be registered for the VFP conference, he

or she will be able to attend any of the SQL conference ses-

sions absolutely free.

So far, confirmed speakers for this event include:

Menachem Bazian

Steven Black

Jim Booth

Markus Egger

Toni Feltman

Eldor Gemst

Tamar Granor

Y.Alan Griver

Doug Hennig

Michael Levy

Miriam Liskin

Rod Paddock

John Petersen

Ted Roche

Mac Rubel

Drew Speedie

Rick Strahl

Chuck Urwiler

While the name “TCI” (Tech Conferences) may not be a house-

hold word in the FoxPro community, they’ve been silent-

partnering with Advisor since 1994, when Advisor began associ-

ating their name with FoxPro DevCons, as well as other events.

This past FoxPro DevCon, in Palm Springs, was their last

official conference as equal partners. TCI was responsible for all

the conference logistics while Advisor (with an assist from

Microsoft) was responsible for speakers and content.

This conference is already causing quite a stir on the Universal

Thread (http://www.universalthread.com) and the FoxForum

(Con’t, page 9)

Out and About

by Barry R. Lee

September 20, 1999, 7:30 PM, Mike Cummings. Mike wiH

doing a “how-to” session with Rick Strahl’s WebConnect.

October 18, 1999, 7:30 PM, Mike Vincent. Since presenting

his introductory session on DBI Tech’s ActiveX Controls, Mike

has discovered several cool things about this tool. (Please see

“About October’s Meeting” page 9.) ActiveX controls can

significantly add to the functionality and visual interface of your

VFP applications. As you may know, there is a learning curve

and some controls work better than others with VFP. He’ll

provide an overview of controls from several sources, then drill

into details of implementing some that he is using in his own

projects. He’ll also share some experiences on the in and outs

of managing ActiveX controls in both development and end-user

environments. Don’t miss this one...

November 15, 1999, 7:30 PM, Twila Miller. Twila always

provides us with outstanding presentations. This one promises

to be no different.. .“OLE Automation with MS Word and Excer.

If she has time, she’ll also be covering some MAPI issues as

well.

December 20, 1999, 7:30 PM, The Annual LA Fox Christ-

mas Party. It’s that time of the year again. Come join us for

merriment, good times, LA Fox fellowship, and tasty treats.

And what would the Christmas party be without The White

Elephant Gift Exchange? So come prepared for a good time.

Elsewhere

(Con’t, page 2)

The LA Fox Developer

A Newsletter for FoxPro Application Developers in Southern California

Visit our WebSite at: http://www.lafox.org September 1999

The September meeting of LA Fox will be

held on Sept. 20, 1999, at 7:30 PM at our new

meeting place (NCR, 100 N. Sepulveda Blvd.,

El Segundo, CA). For details on how to get

there, see the map on the back page.

At LA Fox

In this issue

Limiting Simultaneous Users

Automating FoxPro

Inter-Object Communications

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Page 5

and much more!