A Large number of Software developers in India and an abroad have Preferred Visual Foxpro as their platform for developing applications. This book attempts to introduce and explain the usage of Visual Foxpro which is designed to serve both as a text book for those learning Visual Foxpro and also as a convenient and complete reference guide for users of Visual Foxpro. This book is a complete guide on getting started with Visual Foxpro and mastering it. It takes the reader through an enjoyable tour of the entire package with plenty of useful illustrations and examples.

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.

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

This special edition is a comprehensive tutorial and lasting reference on FoxPro for Windows. The book contains step-by-step lessons with real-world power user techniques. It covers every feature of FoxPro for Windows including RQBE, SQL, Internet accessibility, multi-user capabilities, and the program's many application development tools.

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.

Designed for Visual FoxPro developers, this how-to book describes the FoxPro development process and describes the VB .NET equivalents. In addition, it points out new VB .NET features that are not required in FoxPro, as well as VB .NET features that do things that FoxPro doesn't do.