Annotation Acknowledging that getting a handle on the new features of a development environment is difficult, the tips in this guide organize the new features of Visual FoxPro 9 into functional categories, revealing how and why to use each of them. Visual FoxPro 9 features improvements in many areas, for example, the Report Designer, which include multiple detail bands; built-in output to HTML, XML, and image files; object protection; an improved userinterface; extendible Report Designer; extendible run-time features; and GDI+ rendering.

An irreverent look at how Visual FoxPro really works. Tells you the inside scoop on every command, function, property, event and method of Visual FoxPro 7.0. The eagerly awaited revision to the Hacker's Guide for Visual FoxPro 6.0, this completely updated book is the one you'll keep by your side for as long as you develop in Visual FoxPro.

As an in-depth reference for sophisticated corporate developers or Visual FoxPro consultants, this title teaches developers how to develop Internet enabled applications including Active Server Pages and Active Documents. The CD-ROM contains the FoxPro Foundation Classes--a fully developed set of class libraries that developers can begin using immediately.

Learn how to build large, mission critical Internet database applications using Tahoe as the foundation. Covers server side web applications, including ASP (ODBC and ActiveX automation servers), FoxISAPI, and advanced web features such as cookies, authentication, and browser functionality encapsulation. Also delves into non-HTML distributed applications and remote data services.

Client-Server Applications with Visual FoxPro KEY FEATURES ● Explain all features of Visual FoxPro in a step-by-step manner. ● Various commands, functions and features of Visual FoxPro are explained in detail and illustrated through practical examples. ● Provides several useful tips for an efficient use of Visual FoxPro. ● Explains Triggers, Referential Integrity, Data Buffering and Transactions in easy-to-understand language Object-Oriented Programming with Visual FoxPro explained in detail. DESCRIPTION Book is based on Visual FoxPro 9 version 6, 7 or 8, as any important command, function or feature not supported in prior versions is clearly stated in the book. The book is organised into 23 chapters and each chapter covers a distinct set of topics. If you are familiar with Visual FoxPro, you may read the chapters in any sequence; however, beginners are advised to read the book from beginning to end. The book covers almost all commands, functions and features of Visual FoxPro. shown with actual screen images of Visual FoxPro 9, running under Windows XP. WHAT YOU WILL LEARN The objective of this book is to help you to become proficient in Visual FoxPro. DBMS (Database Management System) software and its applications are explained in a simple and easy to understand manner. The style adopted in the book will help to learn Visual FoxPro in a step-by-step mode. You don’t need to have any prior knowledge about database management or Visual FoxPro. All you require, beside this book, is Visual FoxPro installed on a Windows PC. WHO THIS BOOK IS FOR Book is developed for people who want to learn Visual Foxpro in a relatively short time. It will prove an asset to both fresher as well as experienced computer users and will serve as a solid foundation in making them good and efficient programmers of tomorrow. TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction to Visual FoxPro 2. Tables 3. Locating and Editing Data 4. Modify Structure, Memo & General Fields and File Utilities 5. Memory Variables, Date, Time and Mathematical Functions 6. Sorting and Indexing Tables 7. Programming with Visual FoxPro 8. Useful Functions, Commands and Error Handling 9. Creating Forms 10. Using Form Controls and Creating Visual Classes 11. Creating Reports and Label 12. Creating Windows and Menus 13. Validation Rules, Triggers and Referential Integrity 14. Query Designer and SQL-SELECT 15. Using Views and Accessing Remote Data 16. Organising an Application through Project Manager 17. Data Buffering and Transactions 18. Using Object-Oriented Programming with Visual FoxPro 19. Advanced Object-Oriented Programming 20. Visual FoxPro Development Productivity Tools 21. Interfacing Visual FoxPro with Other Software Package 22. Miscellaneous Commands, Functions and Tips 23. Creating Help File

With FoxPro Programming Basics novice FoxPro users will learn to develop applications using all of FoxPro's programming tools. Readers will discover extra insights, options they might not have discovered, specific code, and amazing tips to increase their database's speed, productivity, and efficiency. Hentzen covers all the new programming features and techniques. (Database Mana gement)

With its native data engine, rich object oriented language, and capabilities to produce COM servers and consume Web services, Visual FoxPro is the single most flexible programming tool available to a software developer. But nothing stands alone anymore. This book will show you how to extend the scope and power of Visual FoxPro as a development tool by integrating it with other software and technologies.