FoxMasters is a new publication for FoxPro 2.5 programmers and users. It is a magazine on a disk, geared for an intermediate to advanced level of expertise. It covers FoxPro programming in depth as well as all aspects of the X-Base community. Specifically we will include reviews of books, seminars, and hardware insofar as they relate to the FoxPro developer.
The prime emphasis on articles will be on actual code examples and tools that can be directly bolted into applications.
Not only are we interested in application programs--we are looking for techniques that can be incorporated by our readers into their own programs. These Bolt-ons should work without having our readers change their coding techniques to make use of the samples provided. Therefore they should be as self contained as possible leaving their environment restored as it was before the program executes.
The programs can cover anything from the Screen Builder, Menu Builder and the other power tools, to the API and coding techniques in general. Also we are interested in articles that can be incorporated into Tom Rettig's office environment and other third party application programs as well.
The format for submission is as follows:
Any code submitted should be thoroughly tested and debugged. It should run under FoxPro 2.5 and should include source code. All the files that are necessary for the program to run should be included. These can include the screen, menu, and application files as well as any CONFIG.FP or resource files necessary. These should all be included in a Project file. The text of the article should also be listed in the project file as a "File" type and it should be given an ".ART" extension--to designate it as an article.
You can assume the presence of the sample datafiles that come with FoxPro. These are located underneath the FoxPro directory. If your sample code can make use of these files you can use them directly in your application without having to rebuild your own.
The code should be no more than 60 characters across. The the text of the article should be in ASCII and have CR LF's only at the end of paragraphs so the text may be read and reformatted in a FoxPro window without having it break in the wrong places. See the sample program, written in FoxPro that will strip out the extra CR/LF from the end of lines.
The code should save and restore the environment upon exit. Memory variables, windows, views should be saved and restored. The sample programs should not trash the existing environment.
The articles copyright will be retained by the individual authors, but FoxMasters is assigned the World Wide non-exclusive rights to reproduce, reprint and translate them into in any publishing format, be it electronic or print. At this time FoxMasters pays no honoraria for articles. The code that is published in FoxMasters may be freely incorporated into people's applications without violating copyrights.
Articles should be submitted via CompuServe. All related files should be ZIPPED into one file and then sent as a binary file with error correction protocols. It should be sent to 74007,2011
