SoftSpoken Speaks Fox-Volumes

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Bonus rounds from the VFP 7 development cycle::

• Coverage Extensions article
• XML article

Retired volumes now available:

• FoxSpoken Volume 1, retired Apr.97,
  contents:
  1. GENMENUL.PRG
  2. Class Browser add-on for #INCLUDE files
  3. PARSER: ways to parse and execute code
  4. The Whipped Tip Dept: Editor Comment Strings
  5. CLASSDOC: class-dependency diagramming utility
  6. Grid Partitions? Please... Just say no
  7. AppWiz: a place to start your frame-work?
      
• FoxSpoken Volume 2, retired Nov.97,
  contents:
  1. DevCon '96 Output Session Source: The Mysteries Revealed
  2. The Future of FoxPro
  3. A Container weevil to pick out of your base classes?
  4. Tales from the Framework: Programmatic use of Edit Menu Options
  5. The Whipped Tip Dept: Grid Partitions? Revisited? (But why?? and onwards)
  6. Class Browser add-on for #INCLUDE: fix
  7. What's New in the MC Framework
      
• FoxSpoken Volume 3, retired April.98,
  contents:
  1. The Future of FoxPro: a few more thoughts, and a plea
  2. GetNextVersion(), another futuristic epic
  3. Tales from the Framework: Edit options feature not continued
  4. So You Wanna Learn about the Active Messaging API...
  5. The Whipped Tip Dept: Unknown datasessions won't bite you
  6. CLASSDOC update
      
• FoxSpoken Volume 4, retired Dec.98,
  contents:
  1. Automated Testing: do try this at home
  2. Running stuff without RUN
  3. LoadPicture: really good for something
  4. List and Comboboxes from related tables
  5. Menu Tricks: keystroke interactions and you
  6. CLASSDOC update again ?!?
  7. The Future of FoxPro: Somebody else's thoughts
      
• FoxSpoken Volume 5, Last,
  contents:
  1. New Happenings
  2. New Tech: VFP 6-Specific Comments and Tips
     • Version stamping: simple example of Project improvements
     • VARTYPE(): When (and when not) to use it
     • Access and Assign: better than you ever imagined
     • Tooltip length: finally, decent behavior (and some advice)
     • Sneak Previews
  3. Whipped Tip #1: What's a Top Form For?
  4. Whipped Tip #2: Formsets: Just say "yes"!
  5. Random Acts of Kindness: Miscellaneous VFP Tips
     • Proper syntax for date literals in VFP 5 and above
     • Using Fox's system table timestamps
     • Popping down a combo automatically
     • Colors in combo or listbox items
     • The FRX giveth and the FRX taketh away
  6. Special pull-out soapbox section: Why I don't use FoxPro for Windows 2.x
  7. Data strategy: different strokes for different folks & requirements
  8. A few good references: Lots of other people's thoughts
      

NB:

I'm really enjoying this self-publishing bit. I don't have a schedule in mind for updating these pages; I'll just add volumes when I feel I have important things to say and the time to say them right. We'll just see how it goes...

Later, 

Lisa Slater Nicholls