>I know this has been discussed many times before, but I just had occasion to look up an article in a FPA from 1996... on page 74 of the 83 page December issue!
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>The latest issue has 30 pages.
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>Glad to see VFP has gotten so much simpler since then!
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>Kidding aside... I know the publishing biz has fallen on hard times, and .NET mag scripts have plummeted, but is there no resource for a VFP newbie to learn the basics anymore?
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>Michael,
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>First, Hentzenwerke publishing has a # of good VFP books on their website (including a new one on what's new in VFP9). And even though FPA and Foxtalk don't have as many pages as they used to, I believe a subscription gives you access to their article archives. So a modest investment gives one access to a ton of information.
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>Also, a PUTM membership here gives you searchable access to years worth of topics. So there are plenty of resources available for a VFP newbie.
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>As for the .NET mags, CoDe magazine has plenty of .NET content with a healthy page count.
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>Kevin

True, Kev - and I regularly use most of those resources myself - but I would not bestow them on a beginner (except for some of Whil's offerings - which do indeed offer something for any level of VFPer).

More importantly. most of the early FoxTalk articles are NOT available on their website (sob). I'm thankful for my collection of the mag since its inception - I often take advantage of a tidbit from years ago.

In fact, that's what inspired my whining. I did a search for the article I kinda remembered on the Foxtalk site, found the article date with the notice 'this article is not available on the site' (I am a current subscriber) and would have been able to go no further without my stack of paper copies from the before-time.

I suspect that was the reason for the call for 'mentors' recently. I wonder how that effort is going...?