DOCUMENT:Q135307 09-AUG-1999 [foxpro] TITLE :Guide to Visual FoxPro Documentation PRODUCT :Microsoft FoxPro PROD/VER:3.00 OPER/SYS: KEYWORDS: ====================================================================== ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The information in this article applies to: - Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY ======= This article is a guide to the Visual FoxPro documentation. It lists the printed and online documentation that comes with the Standard (STD) and Professional (PRO) versions of Visual FoxPro, and it also provides a reference to common topics. MORE INFORMATION ================ Documentation Summary --------------------- Documentation STD PRO Description ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Installation Guide X X Contains instructions on installing, Master Index configuring, and optimizing Visual FoxPro, and a master index that covers all the books. User's Guide X X Provides instruction on how to use the product interactively (no programming necessary). Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of the product (tables, queries, reports, forms, and so on). Developer's Guide X X Covers all aspects of creating an application in Visual FoxPro. Covers basic programming tasks, and includes material to help the move from interactive use to programming, and from procedural programming to the new object-oriented programming model. Quick Reference X X Gives a brief description of all the Visual FoxPro 3.0 commands, system memory variables, and properties, events, and methods. Professional X Covers client-server solutions, creating Features Guide help files, distributing applications, and accessing the Visual FoxPro API. Language Reference X Has been updated with all the new commands, functions, properties, events, and methods. Many functions that we support for backwards compatibility only are now found in the Help file. Also, lengthy language program examples now appear only in the Help file. Windows-Style Help X X Standard Edition Help includes all interface, language, how-to topics, and error messages, and lists commands and functions by category. Professional Edition Help includes additional Help topics for Client-Server applications, creating Help files, application distribution, API library construction, OLE controls, and Professional Edition tools, samples, and wizards. .DBF-Style Help X Includes all interface and language reference topics and most other topics available in Windows-style help, except "how to" topics. Win32API Help File X Professional Edition CD-ROM version only. Autodemo X Professional Edition VFP3.0b CD-ROM version only. Sample Files, Tools, and Learning Aids -------------------------------------- File STD PRO Description --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONTROLS.APP X X Allows you to look at examples of object- oriented code and then run them to see how the resulting objects work. Shows examples of new controls available, such as timers, grids, tabbed dialogs, and so on, and it demonstrates how to use familiar objects in the new OOP methodology. TASTRADE.APP X X A realistic integrated business application. The Behind the Scenes option (accessible from the menu or toolbar) lets you see the code and find out how a particular feature was implemented, while the Case Study provides a summary of the design and implementation methodology used. Sample Client-Server X Provides an example of an application updating remote data through a grid on a form, refreshing remote data on demand, and handlng errors. Run Main.prg in the \Samples\Csapp subdirectory to connect to the SQL Server sample database "Pubs" by selecting from a list of ODBC data sources installed on your system, and use a simple library application. Professional Edition X Includes the BUILDAPP program, the Class Tools and Samples Browser, the Image Editor, and an OLE Controls sample. Documentation Set Topic Guide ----------------------------- Moving from FoxPro 2.x or Other Products: For information about Refer to ------------------------------------------------------------------------- What's new in 3.0? Search for "Overview of Visual FoxPro Features" in the Help menu. Differences between Search for "Differences Between FoxPro 2.6 2.6 and 3.0 and Visual FoxPro" in the Help menu. Converting 2.x applications Search for "Converting from FoxPro 2.6" in to Visual FoxPro the Help menu. Upgrading to Visual FoxPro Search for "Switching from dBASE" in from dBASE the Help menu. Basics of objects & classes Developer's Guide: Chapter 3 - Object-Oriented Programming. Chapter 9 - Creating Forms. Chapter 10 - Designing Classes. Chapter 11 - Using Controls. Object-oriented code samples Run Controls.app from the Samples directory. Importing files from other Search for "Importing Data" in the Help menu. applications Professional Features --------------------- For information about Refer to ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Client-server and upsizing CSAPP - run Main.prg in the Csapp directory applications Part 1 of Professional Features Guide (Chapters 1 through 4). Distributing an application Professional Features Guide, Chapters 9 and 10. Creating libraries, and Professional Features Guide, Chapters 11 using the Visual FoxPro API and 12. Creating a Help system Professional Features Guide, Chapter 5 through Chapter 8. Product Tools and Features -------------------------- For information about Refer to ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Basic interactive use of the User's Guide, Chapter 2, "Up and product Running." Queries and Query Designer User's Guide, Chapter 6. Views and View Designer User's Guide, Chapter 7; Developer's Guide, Chapter 8. Reports and Labels User's Guide, Chapter 9. Forms User's Guide, Chapter 10; Developer's Guide, Chapter 9. Menus Developer's Guide, Chapter 12. General Topics -------------- For information about Refer to ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Database Design Developer's Guide, Chapter 6. Tables and Table structure Developer's Guide, Chapter 7. Designing Classes Developer's Guide, Chapter 10. Using Controls Developer's Guide, Chapter 11. Optimizing Performance Developer's Guide, Chapter 17. OLE and OLE Automation Developer's Guide, Chapter 18. Multiuser Applications Developer's Guide, Chapter 19. International issues Developer's Guide, Chapter 20. System Capacities Search for "system capacities" in Help. File Structures Search for "file structures" in Help. Additional query words: VFoxWin ====================================================================== Keywords : Technology : kbVFPsearch kbAudDeveloper kbVFP300 Version : 3.00 ============================================================================= THE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THE MICROSOFT KNOWLEDGE BASE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. MICROSOFT DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. 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