aindiana@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Daiv Stoner) (06/05/91)
Anybody know of a FoxPro/Fox Software users group or newsletter? Also, do they have a BBS? I know they're on Compu$erve. -- Daiv Stoner aindiana@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu daiv@coplex.UUCP
pew@cs.brown.edu (Peter E. Wagner) (06/05/91)
In article <1991Jun4.200042.20376@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, aindiana@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Daiv Stoner) writes: |> Anybody know of a FoxPro/Fox Software users group or newsletter? |> There are many users groups. Call Fox to see if there is one in your area. We have one associated with the Boston Computer Society. There is at least one newletter dedicated to Fox. The one I am familiar with is FoxTalk. I think it comes out monthly and is ~$100. It is quite technical and has a lot of code in it. I believe they also send a disk with each issue. |> Also, do they have a BBS? I know they're on Compu$erve. The Compuserve BB is run by Fox. They monitor it. I can't recommend it highly enough. If you do significant development in Fox products, it is invaluable. It will pay for itself many times over. There is also a piece of software called TAPCIS which allows you to significantly reduce your connect time to Compuserve by allowing you to batch all your downloads and uploads. You can download the entire FoxForum, read it, and compose questions and replies all offline. It is also possible to mail Compuserve users from the internet: mail aaaaa.bbbb@compuserve.com Peter
dhartung@chinet.chi.il.us (Dan Hartung) (06/07/91)
aindiana@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Daiv Stoner) writes: >Anybody know of a FoxPro/Fox Software users group or newsletter? > >Also, do they have a BBS? I know they're on Compu$erve. In the Chicago area, there is the Chicago Fox User's Group, a fairly small very suits-and-ties group, and a slightly larger, more comfy one out in the "Fox" (heh) Valley. Don't know of any others offhand; (at least in the Chicago area, and none out by you). Fox has yet to really catch fire like they should. The FoxForum on CompuServe is their only telecom outlet. If you join CFUG there's a local BBS -- could look up the ##. Another poster mentions FoxTalk from Pinnacle Publishing. There is also the Pinter Fox Newsletter, and one other, hm. Data Based Advisor has lots of good Fox code too. >Daiv Stoner >aindiana@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu >daiv@coplex.UUCP -- Daniel A. Hartung | "What's the difference anyway, between being dhartung@chinet.chi.il.us | safe and being rad, the joke's on us, we've Birch Grove Software | all been had." -- John Wesley Harding
shevett@dworkin.UUCP ( Sysop) (06/08/91)
pew@cs.brown.edu (Peter E. Wagner) writes: >In article <1991Jun4.200042.20376@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu>, aindiana@osiris.cso.uiuc.edu (Daiv Stoner) writes: >|> Anybody know of a FoxPro/Fox Software users group or newsletter? >There are many users groups. Call Fox to see if there is one in >your area. We have one associated with the Boston Computer Society. I'm a little queezy about subscribing to CompuServe at the moment, (who needs CompuServe? I've got USENET!). But, there are significant changes going on in the Fox world, and I'd like to keep up with it. Would folks be interested in a Fox mailing list? I think with FoxPro 2.0 due out any minute now, the need for informed Fox information will probably expand exponentially. My system (dworkin) has the capability of handling mailing lists. If anyone would like to see a Fox topics mailing list, please E-mail me at shevett@dworkin.amber.mccc.edu, and if there's enough interest, I'll set it up! Dave Shevett - shevett@dworkin.amber.mccc.edu - Lawrenceville, NJ
onder@ISI.EDU (Bruce Onder) (06/12/91)
In article <1991Jun07.060632.7405@chinet.chi.il.us> dhartung@chinet.chi.il.us (Dan Hartung) writes: > Another poster mentions FoxTalk from Pinnacle Publishing. There is >also the Pinter Fox Newsletter, and one other, hm. The Green Letter gives out some good user info (no code yet, they cover the xBase market as a whole). Used to be free, but starting in July, that changes. $99 a year. Sigh... -- Bruce W. Onder onder@isi.edu (He's not your everyday-type prankster!) I'm Ice-T: Original Gangster (O.G.: Original Gangster)