About the Author

Tamar E. Granor, Ph.D., has developed and enhanced numerous FoxPro and Visual FoxPro applications for businesses and other organizations. She served as editor of "FoxPro Advisor" and is the coauthor of the magazine's popular "Advisor Answers" column. She is a Microsoft Certified Professional and a Microsoft Support Most Valuable Professional. She lives in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Sam Hiser is an open source advocate and systems consultant to media, financial services, government, and education. He is a senior contributor and member of the Release Committee of OpenOffice.org.