Here's what's upcoming at L. A Fox. We meet in El Segundo at 7:30 on the third Monday of the month. If you need directions, see http://www.mesllc.com/lafox.html or email me privately.


February 21, 2000, 7:30 PM. Nicholas Duncan. Nicholas has been around a long time and has played a major part in implementing several sophisticated apps. In this session, he'll cover a wide range of topics from Y2K to his latest Internet PDF engine.

March 20, 2000, 7:30 PM. Kevin McNeish. Kevin McNeish is President of Oak Leaf Enterprises - a company that specializes in object-oriented software, training and developer tools. He is the creator of The Mere Mortals Framework for Visual FoxPro - a robust tool for developing flexible and adaptable applications rapidly. Kevin mentors and trains many software development companies to build flexible, component-based applications that can easily scale from two-tier to n-tier and also be accessed via the Internet. He is a Microsoft-Certified Developer and has created many enterprise-wide applications for a wide variety of vertical markets using Visual FoxPro as the primary development tool. This session takes you beyond the basics of business objects into advanced topics of creating, distributing and using business objects in the real world. See how the new features of Visual FoxPro 6 Service Pack 3 can help you create business objects that can automatically adapt and scale to their environment; whether it’s a two-tier, three-tier or n-tier architecture. Learn how to overcome the inherent slowness of DCOM. Learn to create business objects with crisp boundaries and a well-balanced load of responsibilities. During this session you’ll see live examples of business objects at work in a variety of settings from the desktop to the Internet, serving up Visual FoxPro cursors, HTML, XML and ADO recordsets.

April 17, 2000, 7:30 PM. Peter Butterfield. User Interface Architecture—tips, tricks, and tirades.

See you there!

Bill Anderson