John,

I just don't see how a mag devoted to one topic would work. I like the model of VBPJ with an index that specifies "Beginner","Intermidiate","Advanced". To me, this means some thought went into selecting the articles for the issue to balance them out.

If you did anything more specific, I think you'd have to go to a quarterly model, like coDE. But I think there there's too much info in the case we're talking about to make it quarterly only.

>Hi Perry,
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>IMHO FPA tries to be too many things to too many people. VFP is a very broad product and there are many different areas of endeavor and developer expertise. I think FoxTalk hits the nail on the head for having a publication that caters to intermediate-advance coders.
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>Maybe what's needed are small 'zines that focus various areas and skill levels. Probably not supportable by a major publisher, though. I think it was JVP that said once that maybe magazines like FPA, VBPJ, etc. are going the way of the dinosaur and up to the Web.
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>Be that as it may, I would love to see a 'zine devoted to a single topic. For example, VFP Forms. It could have an introductory article (Forms Defined) and then two or three articles each for the Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced developers. And then each month you move to a different topic and then after 12 or 18 months, you cycle back with fresh articles on the same topic.
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>What do you think?
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>>Out of balance is a good way to describe it. Companies are very scared of harrasement lawsuits these days. If you are sending me an email and are typing in words that someone happens to see you type over your shoulder, they can claim harrasement. And win.
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>>In terms of specifics in this case, I agree things went a little too far. But not that far. And I'm very glad JVP is here to bring up these points and speak his mind.
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>>This is a case of not only MS treating VFP as a poor stepchild, but Advisor leaving us in a bad position also. Advisor is in a great position to make up for all the MS docs showing code examples in VB only. But they show no desire to even step into 1999 technology and help us out. It would be very cool, if FPA had the type of articles that folks here were discussing, taking ideas and streaching them, etc. But I don't see that happening.
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>>PF
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>>>>That sure sounds a little bit out of balance. I don't think I'll be afraid of telling a woman that she looks nice today, or that a certain color of dress is very flattering, etc. No harm intended, no harm done. If I get sued for that, I'll gladly defend my position in court. If the judge is a woman, I might compliment her, too.
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>>>>>Common sense tells me that there's a lot more to worry about than someone making a comment about someone's credentials.
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>>>>That's a simplification of what was really said. It went way beyond "a comment" about credentials.