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Thanks a lot Randy!!! This is great feedback..

>>Rod and I are in the planning stages for the third incarnation of our VFP book. In case you don't know,the title is changing slightly. The new book will be called VFP 7 Distributed Development.
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>>Here is your chance to provide Rod and I with valuable feedback. Here is your chance to help shape the next version of what I consider to be the best VFP book on the market!!
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>John,
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>I have the VFP 5 version, and just reviewed it quickly with an eye toward what could be reduced in favor of the new subjects you mention. I didn't buy the VFP 6 version since it looked fairly similar in content.
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>Chapters 1-3 are pretty important to retain at about their current level.
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>Chapter 4 on OOP could be significantly cut back. Some of it is too basic for the audience that your book seems targeted to. I would keep it at a more advanced level, and reference Marcus' book for further reading.
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>I have mixed feelings about Chapter 5 (FFC). It's of little value to me as written. Maybe if it was more descriptive about how to work with a framework, it should remain. (Possibly this chapter changed alot in the VFP 6 version?)
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>Chapters 6-8 are good and need to be retained. Chapter 7 (API) is great, but should focus less on FoxTools and more on direct API usage. I would also like to see references to good API resources (MSDN, VB books, etc) plus maybe some guidelines on how to translate literature on using APIs from VB into a VFP context. Basics like DWORD->INTEGER, etc. Also a good place to introduce some of the differences about VB that make VFP unsuited to host some of the API calls.
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>Chapter 9 (developer tools, builders, etc) wasn't of alot of intereest to me.
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>Chapters 10-11: I strongly agree with your inclination to reduce the database stuff. In particularly: the intro to relational theory, how to create DBCs, etc. I think you should expect your audience to know that much already. Possibly make one chapter out of these two.
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>Chapter 12: Of course, kill all the stuff about the ODBC interface, etc. I'm sure you have *plenty* to replace it with.
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>Chapter 13 (Rick's WW stuff): My own preference is to kill it. Rick has his entire book now, which is great. I just don't think you can do enough service to this topic in your book. If a chapter is to remain, I would keep it at a high level of discussung the technologies, rather than trying to introduce quick and dirty samples.
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>Chapter 14 on deployment is certainly essential and I'm sure there is alot to be updated here.
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>Good luck with it. I definitely have recommended the earlier versions to many people. It was excellent!
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>-- Randy