Date: Sun, 15 Feb 1998 19:31:20 -0500
From: Arnold Bilansky <71533.1031@compuserve.com>
Subject: February meetings

departs from its regular format. We welcome Rod Paddock, co-auhor of "Visual
FoxPro 5 Enterprise Development" and "Hands-On VB5 for Web Development" for
an "Introduction to ActiveX Data Objects (ADO)". ADO is Microsoft's key
technology which will enable Universal Data Access. ADO will replace DAO and
RDO. As vendors provide drivers for their products, you will not only be
able to access ODBC data sources, but you will also be able to access and
manipulate non-traditional collections of information such as e-mail. LAN or
Internet, you need to know about ADO! Just as an indication of he importance
of ADo to FoxPro developers, you should know that there will be a session on
ADO and VFP at the May FoxPro DevCon.

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We also meet on our regular fourth Wednesday of the month meeting night
(7:00pm on Wednesday, February 26 at Microsoft, MA). Several people
requested us to repeat Tim Roberts' presentation on "Multi-Tier
Client/Server Development Using Stored Procedures." The examples use VFP and
SQL/Server. Your wish is our demand!

*** Also of interest ***

I gave a brief "Microsoft Word Tips and Tricks" session at the January
Windows 95 User Group meeting. It's common even for otherwise advanced PC
users to be deficient in Word fundamentals. Key to using Word effectively is
an understanding of "styles". In response to demand from for the Win95
group, the Thursday, February 19 Microsoft Office Group meeting goes back to
fundamentals with a presentation of "Word Styles". Meeting starts at 7:00pm
at Microsoft, Waltham.

 -Arnold