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Boston Computer News Network                                      August, 1993
A Service of the Boston Computer Society, USA                      Vol.2  No.8
Sponsored by the Xbase Language Group                          Clipper Version 
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 1. What's New at Technicon (Orlando, Florida, USA)  August 22-26, 1993.
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    Editor:  Henk Fung [100113,3203].  Amsterdam, Netherlands.
    ReplyTo: INTERNET:BCNN@world.std.com

    This is a quick run-down of the NEW stuff 3rd Party Vendors are going     
    to show at Technicon 93 in Orlando.  
   
    Blinker and NOVLIB
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    Blink, Inc., 804-747-6700
    CIS:75140,1175,  INTERNET:75140.1175@CompuServe.COM

    Blink, Inc. will be demonstrating new versions of Blinker and NOVLIB. 
    Blinker 3.0 now includes an integrated DOS extender giving Clipper 
    transparent access to 16MB of real memory and 64MB of virtual memory. 
    NOVLIB 2.1 now runs in protected mode or real mode and contains over 
    100 new functions including IPX/SPX and print server functions.


    Book on Clipper and Windows
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    Alto Microcomputer, Inc. (612) 942-9101
    CIS:76247,541, INTERNET:76247.541@compuserve.com

    New book, just off the press-- 'La Strada del La Dolce Vita', 
    subtitled, 'The Guide to Windows for Clipper Programmers'.  La Strada 
    contains everything you need to protect your existing investment in 
    Clipper while moving forward into Windows. Comes complete with an 
    Educational Edition of Dolce Vita, no additional purchase necessary.
 

    CLText, CLReport, CLGraph/3D, CLWindow and CLTools
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    Building Blocks Publishing, Inc. 800-486-8700
    CIS:72460,1177, INTERNET:72460.1177@compuserve.com

    All Exospace compatible.  We will also offer competitive upgrades to 
    CLReport from R&R Report Writer and Grumpfish Reporter for only $149.  
    Every booth attendee will also receive a free copy of our newest 
    product (CL...).


    ExoSpace
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    SofDesign/ObjecTech 800-755-7344) 
    CIS:76477,3620, INTERNET:76477.3620@compuserve.com

    See a demonstration of ExoSpace, THE DOS Extender for CA-Clipper.


    Flexfile II
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    Ganahl Software  (800) 285-3539
    CIS:76477,2177, INTERNET:76477.2177@compuserve.com

    Flexfile II includes an RDD replacement for memo-fields that works 
    symbiotically with all other RDDs including Comix and DBFSIx.  FlexFile 
    II also includes: FlexScan high speed data query tool; FlexPack 
    compression; FlexView Clipper debugger enhancement, FlexHelp hyper text 
    help system (with source code).  FlexFile II is backwardly 
    compatibility with its previous API version and has been re-designed to 
    maximize data security.


    Grumpfish Speller and Version 4.0 of Grumpfish Library
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    Grumpfish (800) 367-7613, FAX:503-588-1980
    CIS:72460,1760, INTERNET:72460.1760@CompuServe.COM

    Introducing Grumpfish Speller, linkable spellchecker for CA-Clipper 
    5.x.  Introducing Grumpfish Library version 4.0.  


    Laser Jet Printing
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    I.L.A. Inc. 800- 374-7734
    CIS:70712,3072, INTERNET:70712.3072@compuserve.com

    ProHP v 5.4 (HP GL, PJL, PCL 5, HP LJ4 Printing)
    EasyLet v1.1 (Letter/ mail merge Utility for any database program)


    NetLib and RaSQL
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    Pinnacle Publishing (800-788-1900/206-251-1900
    CIS:72600,137, INTERNET:72600.137@compuserve.com

    NetLib/6 with Exospace support, enhanced encryption, print server, 
    SPX/IPX support; RaSQL/6 Btrieve RDD with Exospace support, server 
    filters, improved data dictionary access.


    ProVision
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    SofDesign International, Inc. 800-755-7344
    CIS:76477,3620, INTERNET:76477.3620@compuserve.com

    ProVision:Windows Screen Designer, ProVision:Backup, Completely 
    configurable Backup Library for CA-Clipper, OverLay(), Swap 'n Run 
    Library.


    Techwriter 2.0:  Code Documentation
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    Interface Technologies, Inc. (703) 765-0805, (703) 765-1836 Fax/BBS
    CIS:71510,3321, INTERNET:71510.3321@compuserve.com

    New features include: support for all Clipper RDDs; full Class(y) 
    support including inheritance tree browsing; improved interactive 
    environment giving many of the features of an IDE; variable, field, 
    include file and OOP message reference lists; on-line query of all data 
    files; enhanced text processing, and much more.


    Telepathy, FAXual.lib & PS Error Upgrades
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    Extrasensory Software  (818) 981-8367
    CIS:76702,672, INTERNET:76702.672@compuserve.com

    Showing upgrades to Telepathy & FAXual.lib which are Clipper 5.2 & 
    ExoSpace compatible.  Upgrade for PS Error to Clipper 5.2; new manual.


    Windows Applications with Clipper 5.01/5.2
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    Grumpfish (800) 367-7613
    CIS:71064,2543, INTERNET:71064.2543@compuserve.com

    Clip-4-Win 1.2.  Clipper 5.2/5.01 on Windows, resource files, large 
    bitmaps, @ SAY with fonts, GETs in dialogs, DDE, DLLs, easy access to 
    Windows API, event driven, cures load size problems, powerful graphics.  
    Also support for clipboard, menus, brushes, pens, accelerators, etc.


 2. BCS August Meeting at Technican in Orlando (NO Meeting in Boston)
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    ReplyTo:  Les Squires  bcnn@World.Std.Com or 73020,3435.
    Topic:    BCNN at the TechniCon 93.
    Date      August 22-26.  Time to be announced.
    Place:    Orlando, Florida, USA.  Room to be announced.

    There will be NO meeting in August in Boston.  We will meet in Orlando.  
    The main purpose of the meeting will be to solicit your ideas as to 
    directions and policy for the BCNN.  The publication is now a year and 
    a half old.  It started as a way to keep our Clipper user group 
    Executive Committee informed.  It's grown to about 3,800 subscribers.  
    And continues to grow about 20-25 persons per day.  Let us know:  how 
    might we serve you better?

    Plan to meet with us in Florida.  As always, if you cannot be there in 
    person, email your ideas and questions about the future directions of 
    BCNN.  


 3. Teleconference with Charles Wang, Computer Associates.  
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    ReplyTo: Charles Wang, Chairman and CEO, Computer Associates.
    ReplyTo: Steve Silverwood [CA Sysop] 76703,3035.  Forum Administrator.
    Source:  CLIPPER forum -- August 9, 1993.               (c) CompuServe

    Take it to the top: join in an on-line, real-time conference with 
    Charles Wang, Chairman and CEO of Computer Associates.  Charles will be 
    hosting this two-hour conference on Wednesday, August 18th at 3pm 
    Eastern time (Noon Pacific time) in the CompuServe Convention Center. 
    This conference is by reservation, so GO CONVENTION to reserve your 
    space.   It will be a moderated conference -- the guidelines for 
    participating in these conferences are also available from the GO 
    CONVENTION menu, so please take a moment to familiarize yourself with 
    the way the Convention Center works.

    Note: If you cannot attend, or would just be 'lurking' in the 
    background to monitor the conference discussions, you might want to 
    save the connect charges by downloading the transcript of this 
    conference from the forum.  We'll be uploading the transcript (edited 
    only for formatting, no content deleted) to the forum libraries within 
    24 hours of the end of the conference.


 4. 'Cliff Notes' for CA TechniCon 93 in Orlando
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    ReplyTo:  bcnn@World.Std.Com or CIS:73020,3435.
    Subject:  BCNN@Technicon93.
    Deadline: September 8, 1993.

    About 75 of you have volunteered to record your insights and send them 
    to BCNN for inclusion in our report.  We will publish your comments and 
    upload the report to CIS, LIB 1 in September or October.  You are free 
    to distribute the report as widely as you want.  Note. Last year's 
    Cliff report, edited by Ginny Caughey [70714,1741], was posted to 
    CIS:CLIPPER, LIB 1, TECHCO.ZIP.  

    Instruction.
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    1) Record your positively worded, world-class insights--insights that 
       move you ahead as a professional programmer, insights that would 
       incent you to purchase particular products, insights that make the 
       whole trip worth it all.  

    2) Remember to BE SPECIFIC.  Saying 'This is a great session' or 'lots 
       of good tips about TBROWSE' are of little value to someone 12,000 
       miles away.  

    3) No evaluations please!  Just your 'best of Orlando'.  

    4) Keep track of your comments during the sessions, and email them by 
       September 8th.  
    
    5) Distribute the report to your own user group, company, or clients.


    SAMPLES FROM LAST YEAR'S REPORT FROM NEW YORK.
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------

    SESSION: #3115 ADVANCED NETWORK PROGRAMMING
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    From:  Dennis Levitt [71042,666]

    1)  There are serious compatibility issues between Clipper, Fox and 
        dBase on how they each lock a file.  They each do it differently.

    2)  Transaction Tracking in Novell slows down performance.  Instead, 
        store a pre-image of the data in multi-dimensional arrays which are 
        then saved either with an array-saving utility or built and then 
        saved to a memo field.

    3)  If you want to check if a record is locked, set an errorblock and 
        then try to delete the record.  If its locked, you'll get an error.

    LUNCHTIME IDEAS
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    From:  Dennis Levitt [71042,666]

    Do not put a lot of columns into a TBrowse, because this will slow down 
    processing dramatically.  Insert and delete TBColumns as user hits 
    K_RIGHT or K_LEFT so the number of columns is kept to a minimum. This 
    will speed up the TBrowse a lot.  
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    GENERAL OBSERVATIONS AND COMMENTS
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    From:  Guy Smith [100014,1724]

    1)  Bertrand Meyer - 'Prototyping is an excuse for not writing a 
        specification properly.'

    2)  SET RELATION - When the record pointer is moved in the parent table 
        the record pointer is -NOT- moved in the child tables. Clipper 
        optimizes SET RELATION by setting a 'movement pending' flag in the 
        child tables. The move is not actually performed until the child is 
        accessed in some way (such as by getting a field value).

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    From:  David Husnian [76064,1535]

    My only impression is that this was the best run (and probably the best 
    overall) developers conference I've been to (I've been to all but one 
    that were in the US).

    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    From:  Bill French [71350,461] 

    Sorry... can't give you any insights into the CA conference because 
    they wouldn't let me attend any of the sessions.  The vendor show, 
    however, was the best ever!  Well managed, and thoughtfully arranged to 
    allow maximum commercial exposure.  I hope they can produce software as 
    well as they get customers.

    Session:  #4204  ADDING MOUSE SUPPORT TO CA-CLIPPER APPLICATIONS
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    From:  Peter K Traeg [70670,2023]

    1)  Access to the mouse driver can be accomplished through the use of 
        Ted Means' public domain FT_INT86() function which is part of the 
        Nanforum library.

    2)  It is a good idea to develop a mouse aware inkey() function. From 
        this function a mouseable menu system and alert box can be built.

    3)  The GET system can be modified to call the mouse aware inkey 
        function and then move the GET focus from one get to another 
        depending upon which GET the user clicks on.

	
 5. Shareware Code Generator                                         * $$ * 
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    ReplyTo:  Mark H. Kania 
              CIS:76270,2436 INTERNET:76270.2436@CompuServe.COM
    Download: CIS, Lib 7, BLDR10.ZIP/Bin  Bytes: 429036 

    If your newsletter covers programming topics and shortcuts, take a look 
    at the shareware Clipper code generator I have recently released.  It 
    is located in LIB 7 of the CLIPPER forum on CompuServe.  The file is 
    called BLDR10.ZIP.


 6. UUENCODE and UUDECODE on CompuServe and Internet.
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    ReplyTo:  Les Squires >INTERNET:bcnn@World.Std.Com.
    Download: CIS, Lib 1, UDECOD.ZIP/Bin  Bytes:  12353

    begin 644 card50.zip
    M4$L#!!0````(``!@G!HBIW##<0,``-(-```*````0T%21#4P+D)-4,U7.ZX<^
    M(1!L2TX0:W$-G\.)(Y_!MW'\1R!%&[PKD*Y(-G\CK>23D%H:'5?QF0'V%UB6?
    MS<[LARF*[NIN8+]\^_E)<ON!^S/NK[B_X_X@'^5Y.^9+CL?RP1>[\':Y7-'3*
    M\B4IE0^^V%5_/V\FQO2JQ6C2RR9_C(G%A^<\45[/]<\P<7>DMEM,_8Q..:6L<
    . . . . . . . 

    Remember the binary information we encoded in June's newsletter?  It's 
    time for some follow-up.

    1)  Uudecoding Card50.zip.

    Twenty+ of you figured out that you have to delete the spaces to the 
    left of each line in the card before running UUDECODE.  The card was 
    'inadvertently' formatted to fit into the newsletter (in WordStar, to 
    add insult to injury <G>).  Eliminate the left margin.  Download 
    UDECOD.ZIP from LIB 1 on CIS.  Run UUDECODE <<your file>>.  Unzip 
    card50.zip.  Display card50.bmp in your favorite bit mapped viewer.  

    2) Receiving BCNN as an Encoded PKZIP File.

    If you would like to receive the BCNN as an encoded, zipped file, 
    please send the message 'ENCODED--Yes' to BCNN.  The email will be 
    about 60% its current size.  Cheaper to store.  Cheaper to download.  


 7. News from CIS->Clipper Forum.  August 4, 1993.           (c) CompuServe
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    ReplyTo: Steve Silverwood [CA Sysop] 76703,3035.    Forum Administrator.

    [] Note: Section/Library #4 of the CA-Clipper forum has been renamed to 
       'CA-Clipper APIs' to more accurately reflect its mission.  RDD 
       discussions, although related to a specific Clipper API, are still 
       conducted in Section 6 of the forum.

    [] A limited demo version of CA-RET/Xbase is now available for 
       downloading from Library 7 ('CA-RET') of the CAIDEV forum.  See 
       README.TXT in Lib 7 of that forum before downloading CARET.ZIP -- 
       the latter file is about 1.4Mb in size.  The limitation on this 
       version is that it will only print the first couple of pages of any 
       report.

    [] Kiplinger's CA-Simply Money is supported in Section 11 of the CAIPRO 
       forum.  GO CAIPRO takes you there.  Please direct your questions 
       regarding this product to that location.

    [] NETTO version 1.1 is now available for downloading from this forum. 
       See message #351942 for details.

    [] Nanforum Toolkit patch #8 is now available.  See the file NFPAT8.ZIP 
       in Library #5 ('Nanforum Toolkit') of this forum.

    [] CA-Client Care now accessible via CompuServe Mail -- Please address 
       all inquiries regarding replacement disks, order status, upgrades, 
       and such to CA-Client Care at CompuServe Mail address 73303,1046.  
       You may also contact them via phone at 1-800-CALL-CAI (from overseas 
       call 516-342-4685).

    [] CA-Clipper 5.2b available -- see the file README.52B in Library 0 
       ('Browse Me First') in this forum for instructions.  NOTE: Both the 
       US/Canada and International versions are available for downloading 
       as of this morning.

    [] If you're interested in beta-testing the OS/2 version of CA-dBFast, 
       please download and send in the file DBFOS2.APP, available for 
       downloading in Library 0 ('Browse Me First') of this forum. (Please 
       follow the instructions at the top of the file re: returning the 
       completed form to Computer Associates.)

    [] For those interested in applying to become beta testers for the 
       forthcoming CA-Visual Objects for Clipper product, please download 
       the text file VOBETA.APP from Library 0 ('Browse Me First') in this 
       forum. Complete the information requested, and send that back to us 
       via CompuServe Mail or FAX as explained in the file.  All 
       applications will be evaluated individually, and those chosen for 
       the program will be notified prior to the beginning of the beta 
       process.  (Regrettably, not everyone who applies will be chosen -- 
       thank you for your understanding.)


 8. Steve Straley FREE Clipper and OOPS Seminars:  1993 Schedule
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    ReplyTo: Steve Straley [76220,3620].
    ReplyTo: Damian Pearson at [72614,3570] or 415.399.9810.

    Straley is busy this year doing 5 days of FREE Clipper training in 
    conjunction with local user groups and organizations.  The schedule for 
    the rest of 1993 is listed below.  The 1994 schedule is currently in 
    the works and will cover more OOPS, Networking, and prepping us for VO.  
    'Hope to see you all there....' says Steve.

        September 13      Ottowa, Canada               Clipper 
        September 20      Montreal, Canada             Clipper 
        September 27      Calgary, Canada              Clipper 
        October 11        Dayton, Ohio                 Clipper 
        October 25        San Francisco, California    Clipper 
        November 8        Washington, D.C.             3 Day OOPs 
        November 15       Washington, D.C.             Clipper 
        November 29       Melbourne, Australia         Clipper 


 9. Letter to the Editor:  More Opportunities in Russia.
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    ReplyTo:  Nickolay A. Sychov, President       >INTERNET:ofs@vki.nsk.su
              College of Informatics of            phone: (383-2) 35-69-31
              Novosibirsk State University (CINSU)                35-22-58
              35, Russkaya Street,               telefax: (383-2) 35-52-37
              630058, Novosibirsk,                 telex: 133146  TEVUS SU
              Russia                              E-mail: ofs @ vki.nsk.su


    I would be very thankful if you could help me.  We are going to help 
    school pupils to begin mastering the computer.  CINSU provides some 
    special courses for schools, but due to difficult financial situation 
    we would like to ask programmers from other countries to help us.

    Could you please publish the enclosed letter. There might be somebody, 
    who would like to help us.   
                                               With deep respect
                                               Nickolay A. Sychov

                         Dear friends and colleagues!

    There are many young people in Russia, who would like to learn modern 
    computer technologies in order to become useful for the society. Let us 
    help them!

    The College of Informatics of Novosibirsk State University (CINSU) has 
    organized the following special computer courses for school pupils:

    1. TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH COMPUTER. (Training is aimed to use computer 
       for automation of self activity: text processing, data bases, 
       spreadsheets, E-mail, etc.). Duration of training - 1 weeks (6 days: 
       24 hours - theory and consulting, and 24 hours - practice with 
       computer) The cost of one pupil training - 90 USD.

    2. I AM A PROGRAMMER. (Training is aimed to learning of methods and 
       software tools for applications development.) Duration of training - 
       2 weeks (12 days: 48 hours theory and consulting and 48 hours - 
       practice with computer). The cost of one pupil training - 180 USD. 

    The courses designed to be attended by the young people 13-15 years 
    old, but the young people of other ages are welcomed too.

    We call you to become the sponsor of a pupil and pay for his (her) 
    study. CINSU will give you the detailed information about the pupil, 
    you payed for.

    If you give us your name, organization, address and telephone number, 
    we would place this information to the sponsor list and give this 
    information to the pupil, you payed for.

    We would be very grateful for any assistance in spreading of this 
    letter among the people, who might like to help young people in Russia.

    CINSU is organizing several other programs to assist the young people 
    to learn modern computer technologies and we would be glad to give you 
    more information about our activities.


10. CLIPPER->(Disk of the Month)                                    * $$ *
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    ReplyTo: Dan Comeau [70451,2312]
    DanlWare Systems Corp.
    208-82 Armstrong Crt.
    Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3M 4M6, CANADA

    Each month Dan Comeau puts together a selection of CA-Clipper related 
    files.  Previously, he did this exclusively for the Ottawa CA-Clipper 
    User Group.  Beginning in September the CLIPPER->(Disk of the Month) is 
    available as individual subscriptions to CA-Clipper developers and in 
    bulk orders to user groups for resale by the user group.  A typical 
    CLIPPER->(Disk of the Month) includes:

    - CA-Clipper update patches from Computer Associates
    - CA-Clipper sample source code
    - Assembler & C source code
    - Public domain and shareware libraries and OBJ files
    - Library demos of fully functioning versions
    - Text files, Utilities, Demos, and Miscellaneous

    $4.50 (US) in quantities of 10 or more, including handling, postage, 
    and applicable taxes.  $8.95 (US) for individual subscriptions.  Add $5 
    (US) for orders outside North America.  Canadian orders can be filled 
    with Canadian dollars on par with US dollars.  All orders must be 
    prepaid by CHECK or MONEY ORDER.  Money back guarantee.


11. Reports/Files/Uploads/Downloads to be Available via FTP on Internet.
    -----------------------------------------------------------------------
    ReplyTo: bcnn@World.std.com.

    BCNN has received numerous requests for file transfers on the Internet.  
    A volunteer is currently setting up FTP uploads and downloads for 
    Internet users.  Most likely the site will be on a computer in Poland.  
    We will soon release an article on COMP.DATABASES and the BITNET 
    mailing list, as well as other resources on the Internet. 


12. Using OZCIS to communicate with CompuServe Information Service (CIS)
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
    ReplyTo:  Manny Garcia [72467,1342]

    I have been using OzCIS:since it was first released by its author, 
    Steve Sneed, over a year ago. OzCIS:is in its second major revision and 
    is a pretty attractive off-line/on-line package for communicating with 
    CIS. It has pull-downs, exploding boxes and a contact-sensitive help 
    system. It comes with substantial documentation that greatly assists 
    the novice users and also aids experienced users. It also contains a 
    scripting language enabling you to customize your activity.

    OzCIS:is such an intuitive product that first time users of any CIS:
    front-end product would be able to jump right in and start using. 'Old 
    Timers' of other CIS:front-ends can appreciate the look & feel, format, 
    flexibility, and tools. You can also track your usages in a log which 
    applies a rate schedule that you define. 

    Once you have installed OzCIS:on your PC, there are two basic steps you 
    must do to start using the package:

    (1) HOST CONFIGURATION identifies the computer(s) that you will be 
        dialing into to gain access to CIS. 

    (2) PROFILE CONFIG with CIS:dials up CIS:and sets the 'defaults' for 
        your CIS:sessions when you are on-line.  You don't do any work here 
        - just kick back and watch!

    After configuring CIS, you can then finalize your configuration of 
    OzCIS. Set up the forums that you want to participate in. This will 
    customize how you interact with a particular forum. You can do things 
    like read all new message threads, read only message threads in the 
    sections you are interested in, scan the message headers in the 
    sections you are interested in, and other session related activity.

    Managing threads.  OzCIS:has an incredible ability to manage the 
    conversations on a forum. You control what messages you want to read 
    and ignore ones that are not of interest to you. OzCIS:keeps track of 
    these messages and allows you to go through the MESSAGE TREE at any 
    time. You can also look up threads by subject. This is quite POWERFUL!  
    You can reply to messages using OzCIS's built in editor.

    Uploading and downloading.  If you download the library headers 
    periodically, you can have access to a catalog of files that you tag 
    for download. It will let you know if you have already downloaded this 
    preventing you from $pending any more money!

    Mail manager and address book. You can hold ALL your messages for 
    viewing at any time. You can also compose messages off-line and then CC 
    them to as many people as you want.  You write the message and OzCIS:
    does the rest! 

    Version 2.0 has improved the way you communicate with CompuServe. After 
    all, you don't want to be doing things while you are on-line. I hate 
    hearing the cash register ringing when I am standing there holding my 
    wallet! 


13. BCNN Statement of Ownership, Copyright, and Responsibility.
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    The BCNN Newsletter is sponsored by the xBASE User Group of the Boston 
    Computer Society.  BCNN is dedicated to keeping professional database 
    developers (both consultants and corporate employees) informed about 
    educational events, meetings, job openings, world events, notable 
    articles, technical tips, new and 'must have' products, etc.  

    As an electronic network BCNN is also a hub where developers can 
    address world class issues to fellow developers around the world.  
    Recipients agree to respond via Email to periodic polls of their 
    directions, opinions, and needs. For those who do not have User Groups 
    in their areas, BCNN is a vehicle where individuals can volunteer and 
    contribute to something larger than themselves.  Over 3,800 persons 
    world-wide now participate. 
        
    The newsletter is distributed monthly by electronic mail via 
    CompuServe, Internet, FidoNet, and other electronic gateways.  It is 
    free of charge to individual developers.  Modest fees are charged to     
    corporations for job placement and third-party announcements.  Opinions
    expressed are solely expressed by the Xbase Language Group of the     
    Boston Computer Society, even in cases where 'Xbase Language Group' is     
    abbreviated to 'BCS'.  All materials are copyrighted by the BCS,     
    unless otherwise indicated, and free for any user group to redistribute 
    on their own BBS on the condition that a by-line referencing the BCS is 
    included.  

    BCNN Executive Committee and Special Responsibilities      
    ----------------------------------------------------------------------
    DataBytes                                     Ron Addison [73530,1517]
    Back Issues of BCNN to May, 1992               Don Berman [72470,2317]  
    Executive Commitee                              David Byer [76304,206]
    Executive Commitee              John DeMeritt jdemerit@phantom.dot.gov
    Executive Commitee             Larry Dysert (Buffalo, NY) [72417,1703]
    Columnist/Contributor   Manny Garcia, Replica Corporation [72467,1342]
    Executive Commitee           Peter LeMay plemay@abd.mhs.compuserve.com 
    Executive Commitee           Tripp Micou tmicou@abd.mhs.compuserve.com 
    Executive Commitee                       Reginald Moseley [72301,1121]
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