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echo: foxpro
to: DEN BARNES
from: ABB NAKLIE
date: 1997-04-22 19:13:00
subject: Re: VFP 5 Books

 -=> Quoting Den Barnes to Abb Naklie <=-
 Hey Den,
 DB> You are in for more surprises, getting complacent in your old
 DB> age. That is Miriam's second work on Access, her 1st, HELP! Microsoft
 DB> Access, came out a couple years ago. The good news is she has since
 I was truly surprised. I wish I had seen her book before I bought
 Alan Simpson's Mastering Access 97 because I would have bought it.
 Alan is an Access defector because buried somewhere I know I have a book
 or two on dBase IV (or III+?) from him.
 DB> done one for FoxPro 3.0x! The most important item, is that you can
 DB> catch up with her every month, in Miriam's FoxPro Advisor column.
 DB> Miriam is an extremely bright lady, the market for Access books is
 DB> probably 20 times that of FP. Here in the high-tech mecca, I have
 ANYTHING Miriam writes is excellent! Unfortunately, I may see FoxPro
 Advisor here in good ole Windsor maybe only twice a year - dats life in
 the big city...:). You're probably right in that she'll sell a lot more
 books on Access than she will on FoxPro - smart $$ move.
 DB> seen few books on FPW 5, and I really looked again just recently ( I
 DB> understand they have a bigger selection, in the Lone Star State). I do
 DB> not feel 5 adds that much to what you have in 3.0, it just does it
 DB> better & Faster. I think 95% of what is in one of the better tomes on 3
 DB> will still apply to 5 also. So, I will still recommend the basically
 DB> the same titles: 
 DB> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 DB> ~~~~ The Complete FoxPro 2.5 Language Reference by David McClanhan & Ray
 DB> Owens ISBN: 0-7821-1101-7    SYBEX Inc.  Telex: 336311  Fax: (510)
 DB> 523-2373 (Covers both the FoxPro for Windows and FoxPro for DOS)
 DB> Visual FoxPro Expert Solutions   by Miriam Liskin    from Que
 DB> Corporation 
 DB> The Visual FoxPro 3 Codebook  by Y. Alan Griver/SYBEX  ISBN:
 DB> 0-7821-1648-5
 DB> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 Now these two have my attention. The books I got on VFP 3 (VFP 3
 Unleashed & VFP 3 Developer's Guide) aren't too bad - the store was going
 out of business - I paid about $25 total for both.  David also gave me a
 name of a VFP "cookbook" too. A local computer store is going to drastically
 increase it's book selection in a couple of weeks. They arranged a deal
 whereby they can send books back that have been sitting a few months for
 new titles. They are expecting some VFP books so I'm going to see what
 they get in - hopefully some good titles!
 Take Care
 Abber
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