Acknowledgments for the Third Edition
This makes the seventh book for which at least one of us is listed as a principal author. So, over the years, we've thanked a lot of people for helping us do it right. Nonetheless, there are some whose contributions to this volume are significant enough to warrant special mention.As usual, we'll start out with those who contributed to the earlier editions of the Hacker's Guide. You'll find their names in the Acknowledgments for those editions.Also, despite the fact that we've done it before, we have to thank our publisher and good friend, Whil Hentzen. He continues to provide a channel for quality Visual FoxPro books, and recognizes that authors and editors who really know a product are a key resource. We were fortunate enough to convince Jeana Frazier to serve as our copy editor once again. Her ability to make us look better without removing the Hacker's attitude is nothing short of miraculous.Once again, quite a few people sent us corrections or updates to earlier editions, or suggestions for improvements. (Yes, we know we messed up the parameters to MessageBox().) We've incorporated a great deal of their feedback into this edition. Our thanks to the following: Bill Anderson, Sergey Berezniker, Art Bergquist, Thomas Bishop, Chaim Caron, Pierre Chaillet, Robin Connelly, Dan Covill, Sue Cunningham, Malcolm Donald, Jim Duffy, Hank Fay, Garrett Fitzgerald, Dan Freeman, Stanley Gainsforth, Carl Karsten, Mike Lewis, Tim McConechy, Paul McGucken, Paul McNett, Barbara Peisch, Viv Phillips, Paul Rosier, Rip Ryness, Steve Sawyer, Robert Stone, Cindy Winegarden, and Mike Woram. Please forgive us if you sent us feedback and we haven't listed you here—we still value your contribution.As usual, the Fox team at Microsoft contributed to this book in many ways, most importantly, of course, by making VFP 7 such a great product. A few members of the team helped out in specific ways, so special thanks to Randy Brown, Gene Goldhammer, Brad Peterson, Jim Saunders, and Mike Stewart.Kevin McNeish and Alex Weider worked with Tamar and Doug on What's New in Visual FoxPro 7.0 (also available from Hentzenwerke Publishing), and helped them to understand a number of VFP 7's new features.Visual FoxPro's beta testers are the best. (That's not just our opinion, by the way. Microsoft thinks so, too.) We all learned a lot from our fellow testers, and appreciate the free-flowing discussions that both shape the product and make sense of the new features. Similarly, among us, we frequent a number of the online discussion groups for VFP, and thank everyone who participates for the in-depth discussions on every facet of Foxpro, thereby helping spread FoxPro information and knowledge.Finally, thanks to Tamar's son, Nathaniel Granor, who used his own brand of hacker's skills to provide us with a cover for the preview of the HTML Help version of the book. Of course, we do have lives outside of FoxPro and all need to thank some people on those fronts.As always, my family has stepped out of the way to enable me to nurture my writing habit. Loving thanks to Marshal, Solomon and Nathaniel. TamarThanks to my co-authors for pitching in and doing a terrific job on this edition. Thanks once again to family and friends, near and far, for their support. In particular, thanks to Steve, Mom and Dad, Laura, Whil and Tamar.TedOnce again, my wife Peggy and son Nicholas had to put up with my spending evenings and weekends slaving over a hot computer. They are the loves of my life and I feel incredibly blessed.DougThanks to my wonderful husband, Mike, who provided me with love and support while I spent days, nights, and weekends writing. Mike also was a terrific source of expert information about operating system concepts, performance analysis, and hardware. My children, Kelsey and Kerry, have been wonderfully patient through this whole process. And many thanks to my parents for instilling in me a desire to learn and share my knowledge, and for all their encouragement in my endeavors.della