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Boston Computer News Network                                    November, 1993
A Service of the Boston Computer Society, USA                     Vol.2, No.11
Sponsored by the Xbase Language Group                          Clipper Version
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 1. Editorial:  For your Profession's Sake, Learn Windows NOW!
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    ReplyTo:  Les Squires  LSquires@world.std.com or 73020,3435. 
    ReplyTo:  Delrina, 6830 Via Del Oro, Suite 240
              San Jose, California USA 95119-1353
              GO DELRINA on CompuServe.

    Having recently installed Delrina's WinFax, I was pleased to see that I 
    was able to send my first fax within 15 minutes.  I sent it to my 
    brother Keith in Ohio.  High quality fax.  Whole new look to faxes.  I 
    liked it.  He liked it.  

    Here's the best part.  The next print request I made from Microsoft 
    Word listed WinFax as one of my printers, right alongside my HP III.  
    Come on, I'm in Word, not WinFax.  What does installing WinFax have to 
    do with Word?  Everything, it seems!

    I quickly clicked on each of my other Windows applications, and, sure 
    enough, every application that knows how to print itself now ALSO KNOWS
    HOW TO FAX ITSELF!  The fax port from COM2 is now in every windows 
    application on my hard disk.  Adding faxing is as straightforward as 
    adding another printer.  Clicking on the 'WinFax Printer' from within 
    any application brings up the WinFax Phonebook and prompts for a 
    recipient and whether I want a cover page.  My HP III or your fax, no 
    difference.  With a simple installation of an $80 WinFax (the best 
    textbook you'll ever read on telecommunications), your printer is my 
    printer.  My printer is your printer.  Every application knows you.

    Get this.  Nobody 'recompiled' any of the 15 or so applications!  
    Nobody bought any third party libraries!  Nobody goofed around with the 
    COM ports!  Nobody experienced any 5333 errors!  Nobody messed with 
    theories on 'late binding'.  Nobody had to study the latest OOPS books!  
    Nobody did anything to the individual software packages to make them 
    fax ready.  Nobody had to take out a loan or get corporate signatures 
    to add faxing to every application on the network!  Nobody had to 
    attend a conference to upgrade their skills!  

    Editor's comment on editor's editorial.

    The fax experience above is a mere symbol of the revolution that's 
    storming us.  It used to be that everything in our Clipper applications 
    was made by great effort.  Such functionality now comes as freebies, at 
    times being installed without our knowledge <g>.  There will ALWAYS be 
    room for developers, but job descriptions are changing rapidly.  It's 
    time to learn Windows!  

    Repeat the fax experience above. Get your hands on every new product 
    you can explore. Pool these experiences at your user groups. Write up a 
    30 line paragraph for BCNN of some mind-blowing product you have seen. 
    Forget software and vendor allegiances. Shop around. Play around. Be 
    unfaithful. Marry outside the family. Act boldly.  Attend a Fox 
    conference.  Look into Sybase, SQLBase, dbFAST, Paradox.  Sign up for a 
    seminar on Visual Basic or Realia.  Try WinFax.  Look at Ca-Simply 
    Money.  Get your free copy of CA-Simply Tax (800-737-3382).  Dust off 
    Microsoft Access.  Experience.  Think.  Re-invent!  Stay in touch!


 2. ** Special Meeting ** Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA).
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    ReplyTo:    Les Squires  LSquires@world.std.com or 73020,3435. 
    Date:       6:30,  November 17, 1993
    Speaker:    Julianne Sharer, Director of Application Development
                WexTech Systems, Inc.
    Location:   Aquinas College, 15 Walnut Park, Newton, Massachusetts.  
    Directions: From Exit 17 off the Mass. Pike (Newton Corner), go west on 
                Washington Street.  After Clay Chevrolet on right, take 
                third right only Jackson Road. One block on right.

    ** Note.  The regular Clipper meeting on November 16th has been 
    canceled.  We will meet the following night to learn Windows.  **

    The session is a must-go for anybody wanting to learn more about 
    Windows application development.  VBA debuts in Excel 5 and will soon 
    become the common macro language for most of the major Microsoft 
    application programs.  Julianne Sharer, Director of Application 
    Development for WexTech System, Inc., provides us with our first look 
    at VBA:

    * The VBA development environment
    * The relationship between VBA and OLE 2.0 automation
    * A comparison of VBA to the stand-alone Visual Basic language
    * The differences between VBA and Excel's XLM macro language

    BCS Sponsors:  Excel/Word for Windows, Windows Programmers, Visual 
    Basic, Access, Clipper, Desktop Publishing and Graphics, NY, Pen 
    Windows, and FoxPro special interest groups of the Boston Computer 
    Society.


 3. CA-Technicon 1994 Call for Papers                   (c) 1993 CompuServe
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    ReplyTo: Steve Silverwood [CA Sysop] 76703,3035.  Forum Administrator.

    If you're interested in being a speaker at the 1994 CA-TechniCon in New 
    Orleans, LA this August, please see the file TC94SP.CAL in the CA-
    TechniCon library (#11) of this forum for the application form.


 4. Clipper MultiMedia
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    ReplyTo:  James Walsh <100031.2102@CompuServe.COM>

    Has anyone used Clipper to put together multimedia packages?  If so, I 
    would be very interested in featuring them in a book I am writing.


 5. Clipper '87 and DOS 6.0
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    ReplyTo:  Fred Shadko 72461.203

    Because of my need for small .exe's (targets include a lot of XTs), I 
    use S87 only.  

    Memory.  If your app just won't load when a client moves to DOS 6.0 - 
    check for the "Not Enough Memory" message. You're being hit by the EMM 
    change  MS dropped on us in DOS 6.0. Quick work around: Issue SET 
    CLIPPER=E0 before starting up (if you don't use EMM). Else, use EMM501 
    found in the clipper programming forum on CompuServe.

    Printing.  If a S87 app suddenly can't print on your old dot matrix 
    printer, use MODE to set infinite retires on LPT1:  Mode LPT1,,p 
    Apparently DOS 6 runs to LPT1 faster than previous versions did, and 
    some old printers are just too slow for it, resulting in very erratic 
    looking columns.  

    Anyone else out there still struggling with S87?  Love to hear from 
    you. 


 6. "X2c - Portable Xbase to C" Compiler Finds a New Home at Rytech   * $$ *
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    ReplyTo:  Richard Roth   203-544-8950
    ReplyTo:  Iain Mackenzie 203-357-7788
              Rytech 
              2 Stamford Landing
              Stamford, CT 06902 USA 
              800-275-8494
              Tel: 203-357-7788
              Fax: 203-357-7842 
              CIS: 72217,2251
              BBS: 203-324-1226


    Richard Roth, Author of X2c and Iain Mackenzie, Partner in Rytech 
    International, announced today that Rytech will take over sales and 
    support of X2c from Desktop AI.
 
    Mr. Roth, the foremost expert in Cross-platform uses of Xbase, stated 
    that Rytech's emphasis on the Xbase developer will provide a good home 
    for X2c.  "X2c allows the Xbase developer to go beyond the limits of 
    Clipper or FoxPro by automatically creating a C program that can run on 
    any computer platform, be it DOS, Windows, NT, OS/2, UNIX, VAX or ones 
    yet to be developed.  The X2c technology blends the elegance and 
    effectiveness of the Xbase language with the power and portability of 
    C."
     
    When asked how X2c fits into Rytech's plans, Mr. Mackenzie explained 
    that "X2c provides another cross-platform Xbase option for the users of 
    our Visual Xbase code generator.  Beyond keeping X2c as a viable option 
    for Xbase developers, we are exploring such options as a learning 
    version to help Xbase programmers learn C and will be offering X2c with 
    a special re-introductory price."
 
    When asked about the fate of Desktop Ai and his plans, Mr. Roth said 
    "Sadly market changes have forced Desktop Ai to follow the steps of too 
    many smaller computer companies, even so seven years is not bad.  I 
    expect to work with Iain on a number of projects as well as help 
    support the continuing customers for X2c and the older dBx.  Client-
    server systems depend on the same cross-platform issues I've been 
    working on for the last seven years, and Xbase developers now need more 
    help than ever."
     
    X2c, now with FoxPro support, is available for DOS, OS/2, many versions 
    of UNIX and VAX systems.

 7. CA-Clipper Conference at the Shangrila Hotel, Kuala Lumpur 
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    ReplyTo:  Frederick Chin 71740.3676
    ReplyTo:  Ms. Carol Kha at 6-03-238-7541 or fax 6-03-238-7560.

    The Clipper User Club of Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) is having an annual 
    CA-Clipper conference at the Shangrila Hotel, Kuala Lumpur on 4th 
    December 1993. Topics on CA-Clipper and CA-Visual Objects will be 
    presented and discussed. Invited speakers from Computer Associates will 
    be present.
 
    It will be a full day event and lunch and two tea breaks are included.  
    There is a charge of RM20/- per person for club members while non-
    members need to pay RM80/-.
 

 8. THE WEST COAST CA-CLIPPER DEVCON
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    ReplyTo:  Mick Keily, Coordinator, CIS:71760,1346, 619-473-8899.
    Date:     Saturday & Sunday, December 4-5, 1993
    Sponsor:  Clipper Users Group of San Diego
    Location: San Diego Marriott Mission Valley
              8757 Rio San Diego Drive, San Diego, California
              (10 minutes from San Diego Airport. Exit Stadium Way from I-8)

    KEYNOTE   "An Introduction to CA-Visual Objects" 
               Anders Vinberg, Senior Vice President, Research & 
               Development, Computer Associates International, Inc. 
                      
    ************  Saturday, December 4, 1993 ***********
    7:30-8:30  Check-in / registration, opening remarks 
    8:30-4:30  
          "Advanced Memory Management" - Jud Cole
          "Windows Programming for Clipper" - Greg Lief
          "Clipper for Beginners" - Ken Van Tassel
          "Data-Driven Programming" - Ted Blue
          "Object-Oriented Get System" - Paul Sheriff
          "Programmer Productivity Tips" - Bill French
          "Using Clipper to Access SQL Databases" - Brad Codd
          "Software Copyrights" - Irene Bennum
          "Database Design" - Steve Lupton
          "Arrays and CodeBlocks" - Mark Koller
          "Enhancing the Clipper Debugger" - Dieter Crispien
          "VO Visual Editors" - Dave Morgan
          "Converting Clipper Apps to VO" - Luiz Quintela
    4:30-6:00  Keynote Address - Anders Vinberg

    ************ Sunday, December 5, 1993 **************
    7:30-8:30  Check-in / registration, opening remarks 
    8:30-4:30  
          "Intro to OOPS, Parts I and II" - Savannah Brentnall
          "Memory Management in Multiple Environments" - Roger Donnay
          "Migrating from Summer 87 to CA-Clipper 5" - Bruce Jones
          "Using Clipper to Access SQL Databases" - Brad Codd
          "Object-Oriented TBROWSE, Parts I and II" - Ira Emus
          "Event-Driven Clipper" - Tim Beck
          "Advanced Memory Management" - Jud Cole
          "Guerilla Marketing" - Corey Schwartz
          "Client-Server RDDs" - Jeff Jochum
          "Advanced Networking Concepts" - Ian Hill
          "Copy Protection: 'Smart Branding'" - Jim Gale
          "A Look at CA-Common View" - Luiz Quintela
          "VO Datatypes" - Luiz Quintella
          
    If payment is postmarked by Nov. 24:  $100 for 1 day, $175 for 2 days. 
    After Nov. 24:  $110 for one day, $200 for 2 days.  Includes Class 
    notes, continental breakfast, lunch, coffee breaks, and participation 
    in a huge drawing for Clipper-related prizes.

    $69 conference rate at the San Diego Marriott Mission Valley (800-842-
    5329) for reservations by Nov. 19). $55 conference rate at the nearby 
    Regency Plaza Hotel, 1515 Hotel Circle South (800-228-8048). 


 9. From CLIPPER Forum: New Book by Rick Spence         (c) 1993 CompuServe
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    ReplyTo:  Rick Spence 71760,632
    Price:    $44.95.
    Audience: Advanced Developers

    Just to let you know my new book should be in the book stores by now. 
    It's called "Clipper 5.2 Power Programmer's Guide". I switched 
    publisher to SYBEX who should have a better distribution than the old 
    publisher.


10. New Book:  CA-Clipper: Step by Step                              * $$ *
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    ReplyTo:       Dan D. Gutierrez 73317.646
    Publisher:     John Wiley & Sons             
    Availability:  December, 1993.

    Targeted to the beginning Clipper developer. Little programming and/or 
    Xbase experiences is assumed. Covers all language components: 
    development environment, basic languages constructs, the preprocessor, 
    UDCs, functions and procedures, scope and lifetime, code blocks, 
    arrays, database access (including RDD commands/functions and the new 
    Order Management System), memo fields, object based technology, TBrowse 
    and low-level file functions.  The last chapter is entitled 
    "Applications" where sample data entry and reports programs are 
    constructed using highly stylized CA-Clipper coding techniques.  
    Contains all the latest on 5.2.


11. Editorial:  Clip4Win and Clipper Windows Applications
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    ReplyTo:  Bill Madonna 71072.573

    In my opinion -CLIP4WIN the best invention for Clipper developers since 
    tBrowse.  I have been using it for about 6 months now and have found it 
    to be a effective way to develop Windows based applications while still 
    leveraging the Clipper expertise in our office.  Unlike other 
    solutions, it is not just a "dBase III+ for Windows"  or a mixture of 
    complicated "interprocess communication trickery".  It generates true, 
    stand alone, MS Windows .EXE files using the CA Clipper language.  
    Because of that, it is able to make use of Windows features such as DDE 
    and DLL.  You program it almost exactly as you would a C for Windows 
    application.  This means that there is a vast source of knowledge 
    available to help new developers make the transition.  I have read 
    several developing Windows apps in C books and been able to apply most 
    of what I've read to Clip4Win.  

    Most Clipper developers know that CA Visual Objects is coming soon.  
    But until it arrives, and gets all the kinks worked out - I'll stick 
    with Clip4Win.	


12. New Shareware Clipper Colors Library
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    ReplyTo:  William S Wise [70243,2512]
    Location: COLORS.ZIP on CIS->Clipper->Lib1.  Demo included.
    Version:  5.2c

    COLORS.ZIP provides control of standard, enhanced & unselected 
    foreground and background colors, thereby giving Clipper programmers 
    the ability to put the user in charge of the general color scheme from 
    within clipper applications.  

    I've inserted it into my application for anatomic pathology under the 
    Utilities section. Users change colors, and Choose_Color( color_home ) 
    puts the user into an interactive window with special function keys and 
    up and down arrows to control the window's colors.  When satisfied, 
    they save the new settings or just escape.  The Colors functions 
    supporting static functions. 


13. The SmartLog Error Handler & Recorder for Clipper                * $$ *
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    ReplyTo:  Marek Karon 72400.2726
              MetaGroup Software 
              12103 S. Brookhurst St. Suite E-410, 
              Garden Grove, CA 92642-3065 
              Tel: (714) 638-8663   
              Fax: (310) 495-0889   

    MetaGroup Software has released a new version (v2.31) of its SmartLog 
    software - The Runtime Error Handling & Recording Library for Clipper 
    5.x.  SmartLog is intended to be used as a utility for remote program 
    diagnostics and for standardized bug-reporting on complex Clipper 
    applications. 

    SmartLog now has the most comprehensive error logging capabilities with 
    full customization. The developer may decide what information is being 
    automatically logged to a file when a runtime error occurs. SmartLog 
    provides complete debugging information such as error description, call 
    trace, hardware and software environment, network status, 
    database/index environment, DOS status, Clipper environment, etc.  
    SmartLog is safe, it uses no Clipper internals, it's pure Clipper and 
    FUNCky code. As such SmartLog is fully overlayable and compatible with 
    all popular linkers, including protected mode linkers such as ExoSpace 
    and Blinker 3. It also means easy and prompt upgrades to the new 
    Clipper versions. SmartLog is fully network-compatible, including 
    separate log files for each user, built-in support for NetLib library, 
    and interfaces to other networking libraries. SmartLog transparently 
    supports all default Clipper error-handling such as division by zero, 
    multi-user access errors etc. A comprehensive SmartLog demo is 
    available on CompuServe in CA-Clipper Forum. A new version scheduled 
    for the 1st quarter of 1994 will provide FUNCky-independence, 
    international support, and many other features. 


14. Letter to the Editor.
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    ReplyTo:  Roger Donnay 73227,1225
    Voice:    208-331-2516
    Fax:      208-331-2621
    BBS:      208-331-2623
 
    I've relocated in Boise and have a nice office in a condo on the Boise 
    River.  This is a much more peaceful working environment than 
    California and I'm near my son and daughter.  Leonard Dozois (Zachary 
    Software) is now the sole distributor of dCLIP in the USA and Canada.  
    I'm trying to reduce my involvement in sales and distribution so I can 
    spend more time with V.O. and V.B.
 

15. Clipper Internal Errors and Internal Development    (c) 1993 CompuServe
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    ReplyTo:  Kevin Long, [CA]  Technical Coordinator  76004,3371.   

    First, we have just posted in Library 0 a text file (IE52TX.ZIP) and a 
    Norton Guide (IE52NG.ZIP) that contain information on all of the known 
    Clipper internal error codes.  Where appropriate, we've included a 
    description and a possible work around or suggestion for narrowing down 
    the cause of the error.  However, many of these codes will mean nothing 
    to you and are used by our support and development teams to diagnose 
    Clipper errors.

    Second, in the last several weeks and during Technicon, many of you 
    have voiced your opinions on what the next release of Clipper should 
    include.  Those comments have been gathered and are currently being 
    evaluated by development.  Sometime in the near future, we will have 
    additional information on our plans for the next release of Clipper.


16. Nov 93 CLIPPER->( Disk of the Month ) Contents                   * $$ *
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    ReplyTo: Dan Comeau [70451,2312]
             DanlWare Systems Corp.
             208-82 Armstrong Crt.
             Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3M 4M6, CANADA
             CompuServe     [70451,2312]
             InterNet       70451.2312@compuserve.com
             Voice & Fax    902/443-2207

    ABROWS.ZIP   Abrowse - Source code to browse arrays with Tbrowse
    ACH2TB.ZIP   NanForum Toolkit function FT_ACH2TB() update. (25 Sep 93)
    BCNN9310.ZIP Boston Computer News Network Clipper Newsletter for Oct/93
    BNDINF.ZIP   BandIT Reporter Evaluation Guide & Demo with code examples
    CFTS_2.TXT   FAST TEXT SEARCH for Clipper v.2 Upgrade Ships.  Text file
    CLPOS2.ZIP   Start other OS/2 sessions from your Clipper programs. Free
    DOTM.ZIP     All previous CLIPPER->(Disk of the Month) file contents
    EXOAPI.ZIP   ExoSpace 1.0 API for C/ASM programmers. Text File.
    EXOCHK.ZIP   EXOCHECK.EXE utility - run real or ExoSpace'd version?
    EZLET.ZIP    An overview demo of EasyLet -- letter generator/mail merge
    FEVAL.ZIP    ASCII File Evaluation Function - like DBEval(). Source.
    FILES.TXT    Short description of the files on this month's disk.
    IE52NG.ZIP   CA-Clipper 5.2 Internal Errors (NG format)
    IE52TX.ZIP   CA-Clipper 5.2 Internal Errors (TXT format)
    IOCOPY.ZIP   Low level Clipper file copy utility. Source.
    ISDIR.ZIP    FT_ISDIR(): test existence of sub/directory. Source.
    MEMOPR.ZIP   Clipper 5.2 MemoEdit Background Printing Example
    MKTABL.ZIP   Table (DBF) restructure function on a network
    ONTICK.ZIP   FT_ONTICK(): execute a Clipper function at an interval
    OWNER.DOC    Why spurious "disk full" errors occur on NetWare.
    PUSHPO.CH    Push and Pop routines using the preprocessor
    PVDEMO.EXE   ProVision:Windows version 1.26 demo with demo source code
    README.TXT   Detailed description of the files on this month's disk.
    RECYCL.ZIP   Seemless Record-Recycling Using SIx Driver v1.5. Source.
    REFS.TXT     Some information about VREFS and OREFS. Edited thread.
    TAB.ZIP      Tab 2.1. Fast Clipper/FoxPro/dBase source code indenter
    TBCOLR.ZIP   ToggleTBColor(): toggle TBrowse colors using internal info
    TBINTE.ZIP   Draw ColSep in TBrowse Heading/Footing area
    TBMORE.ZIP   TBrowse internals. Text file.  Includes 10 functions.
    TBTEXT.ZIP   File viewer for text files using TBrowse.  Mouse enabled.
    W_WRAP.ZIP   Word Wrapper & Toolbox Demo. Replaces DBT & MEMOEDIT().
    ZAP.ZIP      Zap 1.0 utility to prepare user files after development.
    ZIPCOD.ZIP   Public Domain 5 Digit Zip Code DBF.
    ZIPPOP.ZIP   Utility to lookup & add City & States based on Zip Code


17. Back Issues of BCNN Uploaded to CIS->CLIPPER->LIB1
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    ReplyTo:  Les Squires  LSquires@world.std.com or 73020,3435. 
    Location:  CIS->CLIPPER->LIB 1.

    BC0193.ZIP 20K 21-Oct-93 BCNN Email Newsletter, January, 1993
    BC0293.ZIP 15K 21-Oct-93 BCNN Email Newsletter, February, 1993.
    BC0393.ZIP  7K 21-Oct-93 BCNN Clipper Email Newsletter, March, 1993.
    BC0493.ZIP 11K 21-Oct-93 BCNN Clipper Email Newsletter, April, 1993.
    BC0593.ZIP 12K 21-Oct-93 BCNN Clipper Email News, May 1993.
    BC0693.ZIP 13K 21-Oct-93 BCNN Clipper Email Newsletter, June, 1993.
    BC0793.ZIP 10K 21-Oct-93 BCNN Clipper Email Newsletter, July, 1993.
    BC0893.ZIP 13K 21-Oct-93 BCNN Clipper Email Newsletter, August, 1993.
    BC0993.ZIP 12K 21-Oct-93 BCNN Clipper Email Newsletter, September 1993.


18. Letter to the Editor:  News from Russia.
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    ReplyTo:  Arcady G. Khotin <agh@nwpc.spb.su>
              St. Petersburg, Russia
              St. Petersburg's Clipper Users Group

    Microsoft Windows at least have their Russian version and becomes a hot 
    issue even in Russia. Local programmers are getting exited about new 
    features of Visual Basic 3, regarding working with different data base 
    formats.

    With the growing amount of private businesses, at least we see some 
    competition between accounting packages.  Comlexity of Russian 
    accounting system doesn't allow us to use Western packages ( at least 
    so far - they promised to change it soon to the Western standards), so 
    we have to use local ones. Most of them are written in Clipper!

    I got in touch with Phil Schwartz (hope you know him?  He claims to be 
    lecturing at every Technikon for several years now) and we are talking 
    about having small "St.Pete DevCon'94", with him as a Chairman from US 
    side. Great guy!

    More and more local Banks hire Clipper programmers to write a software 
    for them. Banks have money and programmers start actively seeking 
    Western third party libraries to help them with their development 
    problems - and, turned out, those packages are practically non-existent 
    on our market.  With all that hassle of converting roubles to $$ and 
    transferring money they have almost no chance to have it. With E-Mail 
    practically the only reliable and quick link to the West, we have to 
    have E-Mail addresses of third party products developers to arrange any 
    purchase.  Any ideas how to contact them?


19. Letter to the Editor
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    ReplyTo:  Patrick Dowd  <72137.3266@CompuServe.COM>

    As the ex-Nantucket Regional Technical Manager for the West Coast, I 
    have seen the Southern California Clipper Users Groups recently totally 
    abandoning FoxPro as an alternative to Clipper and moving enmasse to 
    PowerBuilder and Visual Basic as a GUI alternative.

    It seem that the 'troops' do not have the confidence that CA and the 
    germans can produce a GUI developer's and user's interface that will 
    work in the near future.  They know that PowerBuilder and VB works 
    today - if with some additional effort and expense.

    Do you, as editor, have any additional experience with VO to contribute 
    to your readers to help convince them that waiting for VO is the way to 
    go?


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    As an electronic network BCNN is also a hub where developers can
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    The newsletter is distributed monthly by electronic mail via
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    abbreviated to 'BCS'.  All materials are copyrighted by the BCS,
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