The best books for beginners in VFP (in my opinion, of course) are:

1) Programming Visual FoxPro 3.0 by Whil Hentzen
2) Special Edition Using Visual FoxPro 6.0 by Menachem Bazian and
3) Advanced OOP with Visual FoxPro 6.0.

I have read them in order that I have put them here, and I have learn the most things from those books. Of course, there are a lot more good books for VFP but these are for the beginners, in my opinion, the best.

>Hello All,
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>My employers are looking to introduce some form of basic Fox training for new database analysts. The role is such that we normally just go through the basics of table and file manipulation with new starters and then make ourselves available if they need help.
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>However, we've been looking to get some sort of training material together. Nothing too heavy, we're wanting to train people on loading and manipulating data with Visual FoxPro not develop Client/Server apps. I've brought in books like the Hacker's Guide, which although well received by my colleagues are above the level we're looking for. One none technical colleague enquired as to the existence of a "Visual FoxPro for Dummies" book, which there was around four years ago but is only available through overpriced second hand bookstores (to the best of my knowledge)
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>My question is this? Can anybody recommend a basic level FoxPro book or other training material that isn't the (in my opinion wonderful) Hacker's Guide nor the standard Fox documentation?
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>How do other Fox professionals train up fresh blood?
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>As ever, much thanks in advance for any help or feedback,
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>Regards,
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>Ben