Tonight's meeting in The FP Room

[John Esak]

Hello all,

Just a second reminder about tonight's meeting. Usually, I send out a couple
announcements the week before these things, but I've been swamped, sorry.
You don't want to miss tonight's meeting, though.  Aside from showing some
new stuff and talking about filePro programming as usual, there is a new
thing from FP Tech that I have been authorized to announce. Yes! Ooh! An
unknown thing... special... neat... important... something really good for
the filePro community!  And, if you want to be first to know about it...
join us tonight at 9pm.  Watch the movies as they are played more near the
beginning of things than near the end... enjoy the good technical talk *and*
tonight learn the "new thing"! One not to miss.

Again, it's easy to join in. Get the small client required by going to:

     www.tinyurl.com/66vhn

Install and run this software (tell your system to accept it, and tell your
firewall to unblock it if it complains.) Then once this is done, about two
minutes tops, go to:

    www.tinyurl.com/yuag7

and login with some combination of your name and or initials. You'll hear
the goings on right away and see who's already logged in. If you do not have
a microphone, you can still see and hear everything and text chat with
anyone or everyone. But, mic's cost just a few bucks, and they are also very
inexpensive when combined with headphones as one headset. The USB variety is
very good. I prefer the regular pin jack variety headset (about $5 to $15)
because the USB versions steal your settings and it can be confusing,
otherwise, they are just fine. Either way a quick visit to Staples,
OfficeDepot or Radio Shack will have you up and running tonight.

If you have never attended, it would be really great and very considerate of
you if you could get there sometime earlier today and someone in the room
will help you learn the ropes. Nothing much, just help make sure your mic is
working and you can "see/hear" the movies we present.  Once you are in the
room, try putting http://www.valar.com/fp_room/testmovie.wmv in the
mini-browser. This will bring up Windows Media Player and present the movie
to you. By pressing Alt-Enter after the movie has started you can go into
Full Screen Mode to see the whole thing much better.  If the movie plays
without problem, you're all set for the fun.  If not, contact someone in the
room and they'll help you.  To be one step ahead and ensure that everything
works great the first time, go to www.microsoft.com/mediaplayer and download
the latest and greatest media player first. Not much to go wrong after that,
it should all work fine.

Take care, look forward to seeing you tonight.

John Esak
Visit The FP Room www.tinyurl.com/yuag7 24/7