Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 09:51:17 -0400 From: Arnold Bilansky Subject: [Vfpboston]Meetings next week, etc. Please share this information with your colleagues. *** Contents *** *** 1) VFP Meeting: Wednesday, June 23 Dmitry Litvak: Using ASP.NET with VFP *** 2) VBLearn Meeting: Monday, June 21 - Thom Robbins: What is XML and Why Should I Care? *** 3) Visual FoxPro 9.0 Beta available *** 4) Hentzenwerke releases "Deploying Visual FoxPro Solutions" ************************************************************************** *** 1) VFP Meeting: Wednesday, June 23 Dmitry Litvak: Using ADO.NET with VFP ************************************************************************** FoxPro User Group User Group Meeting: When: Wednesday, 6/23/04, 7:00PM Where: Microsoft, 201 Jones Road, Waltham, MA. Topic: Dmitry Litvak: Using ASP.NET with VFP Bonus: FOUR doorprise products provided by Microsoft (to make up for last month) Also, free copies of the latest issue of CoDE Magazine!!! Description: Dmitry needed to fulfill a customer's requirement to access information in a VFP/Desktop application from the web, and to submit order information into the VFP/Desktop application from the web. He shares his experience in providing his solution that incorporated the use of ASP.NET along with VFP. ************************************************************************** *** 2) VBLearn Meeting: Monday, June 21 - Thom Robbins: What is XML? And why should I care? ************************************************************************** Also of interest... Boston Area Visual Basic Learning (VBLearn) User Group User Group Meeting: When: Monday, 6/21/04, 6:45PM Where: Microsoft, 201 Jones Road, Waltham, MA. Topic: Thom Robbins - What is XML? And why should I care? Bonus: Two doorprise products provided by Microsoft Description: You've heard the hype but have you heard the facts? XML is clearly one of the most important standards within the technology industry. In this presentation Microsoft's Thom Robbins covers the structure and design of XML and how it should be used by developers. This presentation also covers the various companion technologies and standards that have been developed with XML (XSD and XSLT). These are important technologies for developers to understand not only for their own application development but as a cornerstone of the .NET Framework. Thom explains how these can be tied together and used within the .NET Framework for application development. For more information please visit www.bostonusergroups.com/vblearn. Or contact group director Arnold Bilansky arnoldbilansky@cs.com. Meetings are free and open to the public without prior reservation. ************************************************************************** *** 3) Visual FoxPro 9.0 Beta available ************************************************************************** The Visual FoxPro 9.0 public beta is now available for download! Download page link at http://msdn.com/vfoxpro. The June letter is also online at http://msdn.com/vfoxpro/letters with VFP 9.0 beta details and other important VFP related news. Ken Levy VS Data Product Manager Microsoft ************************************************************************** *** 4) Hentzenwerke releases "Deploying Visual FoxPro Solutions" ************************************************************************** Ship it! Yes, those are the magic words we all look forward to when building an application. But all too often, by the time the app is ready to deployed, there isn't enough time, money, or patience to document the steps necessary to finish the job with the same diligence that was present when the project was started. Hey, we've all been there. "We'll clean up the details after we get the thing out the door." Wouldn't it be nice if someone else had already done the heavy lifting of deployment? Well, Rick Schummer, Rick Borup and Jacci Adams, in their 450 page "Deploying Visual FoxPro Solutions", have put together the definitive guide to getting the app off of your development machine and into your user's hands. Not since Hacker's Guide 7 have we published such an exhaustive guide to Visual FoxPro. Sample chapters, detailed table of contents, and index available at http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalogpricelists/deployfox.htm The printed book will ship on 5/31. You can pre-order your copy now and not only save a bundle (50%) but also download the ebook in PDF format and the source code immediately. The book will be shipped to you automatically when it arrives from the printer. The ebook is available now. You can get the ebook by itself for $24.95 too! (For those of you outside the U.S., we're putting the final touches on our new overseas shipping program. When it's ready, we'll let you know with a special inaugural sale for printed books to kick it off.) Notes: - This offer is good through midnight (CST), Thursday, May 27. - Discounts available only for orders placed online. - Additional discounts (like Preferred Customer) also apply. - The online order form already reflects this price. Gosh! Does it get any better than that? Why, yes, it does. Since this is only the second VFP book we've released this year, we're also offering an additional 50% discount off of every other PRINTED or ELECTRONIC book in our catalog through midnight, Thursday, May 27. Now is a great time to fill out your library of VFP books. --> THE ONLINE ORDER FORM ALREADY REFLECTS THESE DISCOUNTS <-- To order: https://hentzenwerke.com/olbs/A1_Instr.olb Whil ************************************************************************** In case of inclement weather you can call Microsoft's main number to check for a recording of cancelled meetings at 781-487-6400. -Arnold The Greater Boston FoxPro Users Group normally meets the fourth Wednesday of most months at Microsoft's Waltham Offices. Directions and more information are available at http://www.bostonusergroups.com/vfpboston. _______________________________________________ Vfpboston mailing list Vfpboston@blu.org http://www.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/vfpboston