Rod,
I just had to point out a few things. Devcon - so what - business travel and conventions are down world wide. Lots of video conferencing going on now.

About FoxPro Advisor/Talk, I subscribed to one of those. After six months, finally, 6 back issues arrive and I hear no more. Besides, a lot of their writters were starting those little VB for VFP programmer articles. That was an interesting tact! A lot of us probably spend more time writing VBA than we do VFP. You have to if you want them ActiveX controls! AND BESIDES: The best and fastest usable info is on this board. Why read advisor articles about VB programming when you can get real-time VFP stuff [right] here (on the UT)?

Perhaps arguing based soley on conference attendance or FPA subcriptions is not the most objective doomsay one could offer. Stuff happens. The sky is always falling, so why listen to another oracle, preach another impending doom sermon?

Terry
PS
JVP was a cool guy! I miss `em.

>Hi Jim,
> Just wanted to chime in here with my 2cents. FWIW this book was at the contract stage with JVP and Myself. A decisiit on was made that the market for VFP books didnt warrant doing this book. Plain and simple it takes a heck of a long time to write a book and it was not worth the time for the financial reward.
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>I don't know if Que ever replaced this book. I seriously doubt that they did. Any current analysis of the VFP8 market shows it in steady decline. Numerous naysayers will deny that VFP is in a decline. Use DevCon as an example, use # of issues of FoxTalk or Fox Advisor, use the number of books (ones you see at the bookstore) as benchmarks. Anyone that tells you otherwise is in serious denial. This is why there will probably, be no que book.
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>As for this threads drift into a JVP SLAMFEST. For the most part JVP was a valuable resource to the community. JVP wrote one a leading paper on ADO and VFP, co-authored 2 books, spoke at numerous conferences and was also a VFP instructor. Yes he did spout some opinions that people didnt agree with and he was removed from this forum on a technicality. FWIW history will be the one true measure of what JVP was saying.
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>I know that I was responsible for the last thread discussing JVP as MIA. I did that to point out that his voiced was silenced and that if you dont agree with the common opinion your voice will be silenced too.
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>Thanks
>Rodman