I think the most cost-effective way would be to start with The Fundamentals: Building Visual Studio Applications on a Visual FoxPro Foundation at hentzenwerke, then think about going to the GLGDW conference there in November. Although I have not read that book, I read another book by Whil that was very good. I have gone to two previous GLGDWs, and it's a great conference. Probably not quite as good as the Advisor Devcons, but almost as good, and when you factor in the price of the conference and the cost of the hotel, it's a great deal.

>Hello all,
>I've been doing business apps with Foxpro since Fox-DOS, usually as a side tool, sometimes as a main tool. My learning pace dropped off around when Visual was released, tho I currently use v 6.0 and take (limited) advantage of the product's object orientation. At this time Fox is my main development tool.
>Knowing that I'm significantly behind current developments, I'm wondering what others would recommend as the most cost-effective thing to do in the short run to move closer to state of the art (as an independent, conference time and travel = money). I see a few things out there at the moment:
>--devcon conference
>--great lakes conference
>--books (Heinkenwerke(?))
>--training videos
>
>Any input appreciated, folks.
>Howie Brown