So what's new in Visual FoxPro 8.0? Lots of things! New base classes, including CursorAdapter, Collection, and XMLAdapter. Powerful new tools, including the Toolbox, Task Pane Manager, and Code References. Structured error handling featuring the new TRY ... CATCH ... ENDTRY structure. Improvements in the database engine, including SQL enhancements, a View Designer that actually works, and an updated OLE DB provider. The list goes on and on. What's New in Visual FoxPro 8 organizes the new features into functional categories and shows you how and why to use each of them.

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.

What's new in Visual FoxPro 7.0? Lotsa stuff!!!!! Read All About It Here! Visual FoxPro 7.0 has been called the most revolutionary upgrade since 3.0. Whether you agree or not, there's a lot of new stuff in the latest to appear from the Fox labs in Redmond - and you won't find a better, more concise guide of what's new, and how to use it, than in this compendium put together by three of the finest Fox developers on the planet.

An irreverent look at how Visual FoxPro really works. Tells you the inside scoop on every command, function, property, event and method of "Tahoe." The eagerly awaited revision to the Hacker's Guide for Visual FoxPro 3.0, this completely updated book is the one you'll keep by your side for as long as you develop in Visual FoxPro.

Ship it! Music to your ears or words that cause a cold sweat as you realize you now need to deploy the solution you have worked on for so long? Have you planned the deployment? Do you have the proper language in your contract with your customer? Do you have the proper install package? What media is the package going to be shipped on to the client? How will it be distributed? What happens after Setup.exe finishes? Do you have the support infrastructure in place? How are you going to handle updates and changes? There's a lot to think about, and deploying a solution requires careful planning. These questions and many more are answered based on real world experience within the pages of this book.

Looking for that perfect book that combines the proper amounts of OOP theory and real-world practical wisdom, all from the Visual FoxPro point of view? Look no further. You know how to create your own base classes, and you know that VFP doesn't support multiple inheritance. But you're looking for a guiding hand to take you to the next step. Covers multi-tiered architecture, OO design patterns, object metrics, and a whole section on OO requirements, modeling, and design, including the UML.

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.