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Visual FoxPro Enterprise Solutions

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In addition to using Microsoft® Visual FoxPro® to create stand-alone applications, you can make it part of a larger, enterprise-wide business solution. By doing so, you can integrate the features of Visual FoxPro with other Microsoft® Windows® applications to create a comprehensive, powerful solution to your application needs.

This section provides an overview of where and how you can use Visual FoxPro as part of your business-wide development efforts; it is a guided tour that outlines the features of Visual FoxPro that make it uniquely suitable for enterprise solutions.

In This Section

  • Development for the Enterprise
    Many applications that you create with Microsoft® Visual FoxPro® are self-contained solutions to a specific business requirement.
  • Visual FoxPro as an Application Front End
    As a Microsoft® Visual FoxPro® developer, you probably find it natural to design your applications around the program's visual design tools.
  • Visual FoxPro as a Data Source
    A different way to integrate Microsoft® Visual FoxPro® into an enterprise solution is to use it as one component — but not necessarily as the primary application.
  • Creating Enterprise Solutions
    By taking advantage of features in Microsoft® Visual FoxPro®, you can extend your development efforts to create complex, multifaceted applications.
  • Developing in Teams
    To work successfully as a team, developers must coordinate their efforts and avoid duplicating effort or overwriting one another's work. To help you manage team development, Microsoft® Visual FoxPro® makes it possible for you to integrate source control software into the Project Manager, so you can check Visual FoxPro files out and in, merge changes, view differences, and so on.