Imagine building an addition to your home with all the tools and materials you need right at hand, and, better yet, the framing already in place! That's what it's like to develop and implement powerful, effective client/server applications with the help of this book and companion diskette. Instead of simply discussing technical theories, this book provides seven working software example applications as learning tools for you to understand, use, and ultimately build upon.

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.

This book provides people new to Client/Server concepts and implementation a step-by-step guide to building applications in Visual Basic. Specific implementation examples are provided including cutting edge technology such as WinSock, distributed OLE, Remote Access, etc. The CD contains all example code--including executable versions of the applications--custom controls, and utilities.

Covers object-oriented programming in Visual Basic 5, including forms, controls, data types, classes, graphics, and data controls, and also features online exams, an Internet mailing list and an online mentor to answer students' specific Visual Basic 5 questions.

Reed's guide includes detailed coverage of architecting VB enterprise applications and features working examples and step-by-step instructions for planning and development of an order entry system, detailing do's and don't's for analysis, design and construction. CD-ROM contains several templates for applying UML, as well as complete Rational Rose models for the sample applications.

Developing COM+ servers with COM, COM+, and .NET.

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