Visual FoxPro is the perfect front end for client-server applications. Its robust user interface, native local data engine and integral hooks into binding with remote data sources, and rich object model, combined with the powerful SQL Server database engine are an unbeatable combination. But with power and flexibility comes potential complexity. "Client-Server Applications with Visual FoxPro and SQL Server" teaches users how to put these two powerful tools together and take advantage of the best features of both.

Total coverage of the latest SQL Server release, from a leading SQL expert. With the release of Microsoft SQL Server 7, client/server developers must master the latest features and SQL's new architecture-vastly different from earlier editions. To build full-scale business applications, they will also need to learn how to harness the power of COM distributed objects and MTS. This book will ease the pressure, providing a complete tutorial on each developmental phase, from planning and design to prototyping, coding, and reporting.

Visual FoxPro has long been the perfect front end for client-server applications. Featuring a robust programming language, a full-featured IDE, and a powerful object model, rich client development has always been a joy. Inside, a native local data engine, integrated hooks into binding with remote data, and Rushmore technology make VFP your secret weapon when connecting to SQL back-ends. MySQL is the world's most popular open source SQL database, running on Windows, Linux, and Macintosh platforms. Version 5 incorporates big-iron features like stored procedures and transactions. These features, together with the royalty free runtime model of VFP and the open source licensing of MySQL make client-server applications built with these tools the most powerful and economical combination on the planet. And this book is the only one that shows you specifically how to install, configure, and connect MySQL and VFP, as well as build a variety of client-server user interfaces with VFP. Together with dozens of discussions of real world problems and potential solutions, you won't find a better guide to MySQL and VFP client-server development.

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A complete insider's guide to building more robust, fully integrated client/server applications using SQLWindows and Centura If you develop large-scale client/server applications in a 16-bit or 32-bit environment, this is one book you won't want to be without. A complete, hands-on guide to programming with both SQLWindows and Centura, it is packed with rarely documented practical information and advanced programming techniques that will enable you to provide your corporate clients with what they demand in the quickest, most cost-effective manner possible. From rapid prototyping techniques to QuickObjects and Classes, the author clearly and concisely shows you how to take utmost advantage of SQLWindows and Centura features. He tells you how to: * Customize applications using both SQLWindows and Centura * Master all SQLWindows and Centura object technology features * Integrate applications across different platforms * Connect and use Microsoft SQLServer * Migrate from 16-bit SQLWindows to the Centura's 32-bit processing environment On the CD-ROM you'll find: Source Programs Visit our Web site at: http://www.wiley.com/compbooks/