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- FoxPro for Windows Developers Guide
- (copyright 1993, Sams Publishing)
- ____________________________________________________
-
- FoxMasters magazine special edition
- Vol2 Num 0
- (copyright 1992, Tetra Press)
-
-
- This disk contains the sample programs from Jeb
- Long's FoxPro for Windows Developers Guide. It is
- contained within a sample issue of FoxMasters
- Magazine. FoxMasters runs within the FoxPro for
- Windows environment.
-
- This file will cover these topics:
- * Installing the disk
- * Using FoxMasters
- * Experimenting with the author's programs
- * The LZSS compression Library
-
- INSTALLING THE DISK
- -------------------
-
- If you haven't installed this disk yet, put the disk
- in your floppy drive and follow these instructions:
-
- 1. From Program Manager or File Manager, choose
- File | Run from the menu.
-
- 2. Type B:\INSTALL and press Enter. If the floppy
- disk is in your A: drive, type A:INSTALL.
-
- Follow the instructions on your screen - the program
- will guide you through the installation process.
-
- You will need at least 5M of free space on your hard drive
- to install the files.
-
-
- USING FOXMASTERS
- (by Bruce Braunstein, Editor of FoxMasters magazine)
- ----------------
-
- To run FoxMasters, you must be running FoxPro for Windows.
-
- 1. Select Program | Do from the menu (or type DO ? in the
- command dialog box, and press Enter).
-
- 2. Select the directory that you chose to install the files
- in (the default is \FOXPRODG).
-
- 3. Select the file FMW.APP and press Enter or click DO.
-
- The FoxMasters prompt will appear on the main system menu bar.
- It will let you select the articles that you wish to read from
- the 'Table of Contents.' In this option you can read an
- article, run the code, print it out, or simply exit.
-
- Each time you finish any action on an article, you'll
- need to reselect the table of contents.
-
- The next option is the 'Editorial.' Here you can read my
- opinions.
-
- This is followed by the 'Entertainment' section that gives you
- a game of POPTRIS written in FoxPro by Gerald Garcia. This
- shows what can be done with FoxPro for Windows. (Also included
- on the disk is a FoxPro version of the Game of Life written by
- Tom Rombouts - you'll find this in the main Table of Contents).
-
- The 'About FoxMasters' section provides information covering
- what FoxMasters is, how to write for it and how you can
- subscribe.
-
- 'FM_Setup' lets you choose which issue you want to read by issue
- number (if this is the only issue of FoxMasters you have, this
- issue is already chosen by default). It also lets you choose if
- you want the FoxMasters popup to open when you activate FPW.APP.
-
- Finally the 'Unload' options lets you remove FoxMasters from
- memory and from your hard disk.
-
- If you have any questions, or suggestions don't hesitate to get
- in touch with me.
-
-
-
- EXPERIMENTING WITH THE AUTHOR'S PROGRAMS
- ----------------------------------------
-
- If you're not running FoxMasters magazine, you can still access
- Jeb Long's programs and his program code. You can directly run
- and examine these program within FoxPro for Windows.
-
- Look in the directory where you chose to install the book's
- software (the default is \FOXPRODG). You'll find a directory
- named VOL2NUM0. Under this directory, you'll find a number of
- subdirectories, which contain the various programs and examples
- from the book.
-
-
- THE LZSS COMPRESSION LIBRARY
- ----------------------------
-
- The LZSS Compresion library is a shareware product from Eschalon
- Development. It consists of a DLL which can be called from within
- Windows programs, including FoxPro for Windows programs.
-
- The author has written an example program which shows how to do
- this - it is located in the VOL2NUM0\DOCUMENT directory, and
- is named DOCUMENT.PRG.
-
- You'll find the complete files for this product in the LZSSLIB
- directory.
-
-
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