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About the Author

James Foxall is Vice President of Tigerpaw Software, Inc., (www.tigerpawsoftware.com)a Bellevue, Nebraska, Microsoft Certified Partner specializing in commercial database applications. James manages Tigerpaw CRM+, an award-winning CRM product designed to automate contact management, marketing, service and repair, proposal generation, and inventory control and purchasing. James's experience in creating certified Office-compatible software has made him an authority on application interface and behavior standards of applications for the Microsoft Windows and Microsoft Office environments.

James has personally written more than 300,000 lines of commercial production Visual C# code both in single programmer and multiple programmer environments. He's the author of numerous books, including Practical Standards for Microsoft Visual C# and MCSD in a Nutshell: The Visual C# Exams, and he has written articles for Access-Office-VBA Advisor and Visual C# Programmer's Journal. James has a Bachelor's degree in Management of Information Systems (MIS), is a Microsoft Certified Solution Developer, and an international speaker on Microsoft Visual C#. When not programming or writing about programming, he enjoys spending time with his family, playing guitar, listening to Pink Floyd, and playing computer games.