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LA Fox Boot Camp
December 2
LA Fox is sponsoring a “boot camp” on December 2, 2000. The camp is designed to take your existing skills (whether they’re FPW or VFP) and give them a shot in the arm. If you haven’t signed up for the Boot Camp and still wish to, we have included a registration form in this issue of The Developer.

“Show Me The Code” - “How To” session covering all the basics of rapidly building Windows applications using Visual FoxPro

This
session is geared toward working programmers.
Programmers with an understanding of FoxPro 2.6 will get an eye opening look at the features new to Visual FoxPro. Programmers already working with Visual FoxPro will gain an enhanced understanding of how to simplify development using Visual FoxPro’s object orientation and how to harness the awesome power of Visual FoxPro’s database features.

Programmers coming from another language will understand what Visual FoxPro is and how to use it for rapid database development.

The session format will be as follows:

Review database features and use Rules, Triggers, and Stored Procedures to build some smarts into a database.

Build a smart form that knows how to save, cancel, delete, etc.

Re-use the smart form as a re-usable base class and discuss both the joys and pitfalls of object oriented development.

Look at Visual FoxPro Views and how to use them for easy parent-child database development.
At LA Fox

November 20, 2000, 7:30 PM.. Drew Speedie. Drew, the mastermind behind Visual MaxFrame Professional, will be speaking on Visual MaxFrame Professional, as well as typical client-server data entry forms.

December 18, 2000, 7:30 PM. The Annual LA Fox Christmas 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. [Ed. Note: The idea behind the White Elephant Gift Exchange is to bring a wrapped “something” that is no longer useful to you but might be to someone else <g>. Last year, “lucky” recipients received such valuable gifts as “cheesy” romance novels, copies of “useful” computer books (The Complete DOS 5.0 Reference, Understanding Lotus v2. 01, WordPerfect 4.2, etc.), hardware (2400-baud modems, etc.), stocking stuffers that didn’t quite turn you on last Christmas, etc. It’s great fun, with lots of laughs, and pmvides you an opportunity to pass those white elephants along to someone “deserving” of such presents. So, look in the back of your closets and out in the garage I’m sure you’ll find something. It’s not mandatory that you bring one since there’s usually plenty to go around, but it does make it easier.] Oh yeah and Ken Levy will be here, too.
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Elsewhere
The LA Fox Developer
A Newsletter for FoxPro Application Developers in Southern California Visit our WebSite at: http://www.lafox.org November 2000
Out and About
by Barry R. Lee
The November meeting of LA Fox will be held on Nov. 20, 2000, 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.
(Con’t, page 3)
In this issue
Getting Ready for .NET
Membership Survey
Boot Camp Registration
(Con’t, page 2)
Page 3
Page 7
Page 9
and much more!

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