Possible Uses for Offline Views in Visual FoxPro

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 5.0

SUMMARY

Offline views in Visual FoxPro allow you to work with a selected amount of data while it is disconnected from the server. Then you can reconnect to the server and update the data.

MORE INFORMATION

With offline views, you can work with data offline, meaning the data is no longer connected to the server. This allows you to take your work on the road or to save a connection to the server by working with the data locally.

You can also take your data to another site with offline views. Once you have created an offline view (using the CREATEOFFLINE function), you can copy the necessary files to a disk or to a laptop and be on your way.

If you do not want to tie up a connection to the server, you can create an offline view and do the work locally, somewhat simulating a peer-to-peer network. Once you have finished the work, you can use the offline view's ONLINE clause and update the data on the server.

REFERENCES

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q155528
   TITLE     : How To Set Up an Offline View in Visual FoxPro 5.0