Visual FoxPro developers are used to building large, complex applications using only VFP as their programming environment. But Windows users are demanding more—integration with other applications such as the Microsoft Office suit—Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook. Visual FoxPro can be used to automate—either visually or behind the scenes—any task or process that you could do manually in Office, plus much more. In Microsoft Office Automation with Visual FoxPro, users learn how to create powerful applications that span the entire Office suite, using Visual FoxPro in the driver’s seat.
Chapter 4 Visual FoxPro Debugging Tools In Chapter 3 , I discuss the general process of applying the scientific method to debugging . In this chapter , I present the debugging tools in Visual FoxPro and show how to use them .
Untitled In older versions of FoxPro you can take advantage of the naming convention used by the Report Designer . Have you ever noticed that when you create a brand - new report , it's called untitled and the first time you save it ...
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She has developed and enhanced numerous FoxPro and Visual FoxPro applications for businesses and other organizations . She currently focuses on working with other developers through consulting and subcontracting .
The advantage of a cursor is that it will not remain on your system once Visual FoxPro has closed down and you do not have to worry about deleting it or having your data directory filled up with temporary tables .
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.
List box Spinner Grid Page frame For a complete discussion of these controls , see Part 3 of the Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Programmer's Guide . We'll touch on some key points here . Forms Forms can be made to behave in different ways ...
If you pass FULLPATH ( ) only cFileName , FoxPro searches the current FoxPro path ( created with FoxPro's SET PATH ) and returns an absolute reference to the named file . If you pass the optional numeric parameter , it does the same ...
Tamar is co - author of What's New in Visual FoxPro 8.0 , Hacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro 7.0 ( and its award - winning predecessor ) , What's New in Visual FoxPro 7.0 , and Microsoft Office Automation with Visual FoxPro .
GetFoxOption ( ' Bell ' ) Conclusion In this section we have given a brief explanation of how the Windows Registry works and have described a generic class , and an example of a specialized subclass , for working with the Registry .