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Using Visual FoxPro

  • Articolo

Visual FoxPro provides the environment and tools you need to create and manage high-performance database applications and components. With its robust tools and data-centric, object-oriented language, you can build modern, scalable, multi-tier applications that integrate client/server computing and the Internet.

In This Section

  • Overview of Visual FoxPro Features
    Describes the major features of Visual FoxPro that you expect in a database management system (DBMS) and as a front end for developing client/server applications, such as rapid application and interface creation, powerful object-oriented programming, event handling, testing and debugging capabilities, flexibility in interacting with other applications.

  • Developing Visual FoxPro Applications
    Explains concepts about how to develop Visual FoxPro applications, instructions for creating databases and the user interface, and other tasks needed to create Visual FoxPro applications.

  • Programming in Visual FoxPro
    Describes how understanding object-oriented programming techniques and the event-driven model can maximize your programming productivity and enable you to access the full power of Visual FoxPro.

  • Development Productivity Tools
    Explains that Visual FoxPro provides developer tools for application development within the FoxPro application and the FoxPro language.

  • Getting Started with Visual FoxPro
    Provides information about where to find the Readme file, installing and upgrading from previous versions, configuring Visual FoxPro, and customizing the development environment.

  • Reference (Visual FoxPro)
    Includes Visual FoxPro general, programming language, user interface, and error message reference topics.

  • Samples
    Contains Visual FoxPro class library, server, solutions, and foundation class code samples that you can use for experimenting with and learning Visual FoxPro features.

  • Walkthroughs
    Provides a list of common scenarios in Visual FoxPro and gives step-by-step instructions for each, making it a good place to start learning about features.