The LA Fox Developer Newsletter

December 2000

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

P.O. Box 6624

Huntington Beach, CA 92615-6624

LA Fox Board of Directors

Barry R. Lee, President/Newsletter Editor

Bill Anderson, Vice President/Programs

Twila Miller, Treasurer/Membership

Jonathan Melvin

Wayne Stahnke

David Salson

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

2210 Wilshire Blvd. - #161

Santa Monica, CA 90403

OC FoxPro Developers Group

Membership/Subscription

The annual membership fee for the LA Fox Developers 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 any express or implied warranties of any kind with regard to any information disseminated, including, but not limited to, warranties of merchantability and! or fitness for a particular purpose.

Opinions provided by newsletter articles, or by speakers, members, or guests who address the meetings, are individual opinions only, and do not necessarily represent the opinions of the group. All opinions and information should be carefully considered, 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 trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners.

Out and About (Con? from Page 1)

than one conference going on and you’ll be free to drop in on any of the sessions in any of the conferences. Register for one.. .attend 2 or 3. Announced speakers include Les Pinter, Mike Helland, Cindy Winegarden, Kevin McNeish, Steven Black, Alan Griver, Chuck Urwiler, TamarGranor, Rick Strahl, John Miller, Doug Hennig, Markus Egger, Randy Brown, Calvin Hsia, Daniel LeClair, and Della Martin. The keynote will be presented by Robert Green and Ricardo Wenger.

Register early and get a free pass to the sessions of the concurrently run SQL Connections Conference and VS.NET for the VFP Developer. Free beta copy includes: VFP 7.0 • ASP.NET • ADO.NET • VB.NET • vC++

Unleash the power of Visual FoxPro:

Explore Visual FoxPro 7 - New and Enhanced Features

Discover Visual FoxPro 7- Language Improvements

Step through VFP Certification Exam Preparation

Learn Wireless Applications with Visual FoxPro

Create Client Server Applications with Visual FoxPro

Plan Office Automation with Visual FoxPro

Soar From the Desktop to the Internet

Utilize Object Oriented Analysis and Design

Examine SQL Server 2000 XML and Visual FoxPro

Integrate SOAP and Web Services with Visual FoxPro

Tap into the 21st Century Applications with COM+

Implement B2B with BizTalk Server 2000

Attend many more sessions that take you from start to finish no matter what the application!

Pre-Conference workshops include: 1) Client-Server/SQL Migrating and 2)

Complete Office Automation. There will also be a Free Bonus Sunday

Workshop: VS.Net for the VFP Developer (9am - 4pm), which will include

the following:

+ Overview of .NET Technology and Architecture

+ Interoperability between VFP/COM and .NET Systems

+ Introduction to ASP.NET (WebForms)

+ Advanced ASP.NET

+ Building a three-tier app with .NET and VFP

+ Introduction to ADO.NET

Complete details will be available later on this month at http:// www.devconnections.com.

Since We Last Met

It’s been fun.

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