Rating:  - Hacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro 7.0
This is absolutely the worst reference manual I have ever used (tried to use). The description of the item is totally not what the item is and the book is absolutely worthless, do not buy this book.
Rating:  - The "VFP Bible"
The "Hacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro 7.0" is an invaluable reference for VFP. Although there are some who confuse this book with a tutorial, that is not the purpose of this book at all. This book is meant to be used as a reference once you're familiar with VFP and is the only reference book available for VFP 7, other than the online help that comes with the product. But this book gives you so much more than the online help. There are many little quirks and tricks to using commands and functions that you just won't find out about anywhere else. There also aren't many books that will tell you about product bugs and workarounds, but "Hacker's Guide" does! And it's all presented in a very lighthearted and entertaining style. This book is a must-have for any VFP programmer!
Rating: - Essential Reference for VFP 7
The Hacker's Guide to VFP series has been and remains (with this version) the essential reference to Visual FoxPro and its vast command and function set. Tamar and Ted really go into the deepest areas of each command and function and tell you the real story (including the bugs and how to get around them). The light hearted style of writing makes this book an easy read and the alphabetical reference being in a help file places the key information right where you need it, on your development machine.
Rating:  - A waste of money
If you are really looking for a book on programming, this is not it. If there were more books on FoxPro 7, I could probably enjoy this book however I do not want to waste time on humor when I am trying to complete a major project.
Microsoft is only supporting FoxPro 7 with their mouth, not with their actions. I would have expected a core reference set by Now.
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