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Intro -- Our Contract with You, The Reader -- List of Chapters -- Table of Contents -- Acknowledgements -- About the Authors -- How to Download the Files -- Icons used in this book -- Chapter 1: KiloFox Revisited -- Updates to KiloFox -- How do I clean up my working environment? -- How do I convert character strings into data? -- How do I determine whether a tag exists? -- How do I use GOTO safely? -- How do I extract a specified item from a list? -- How can I browse field names when the table has captions? -- How do I make a SQL generated cursor updateable? -- How can I change the connection used by a Remote View? -- How do I check my query's optimization? -- How do I pop up a calendar from a grid cell? -- How do I put a combo in a grid? -- How do I run code when a projecthook is activated? -- Things that we missed in KiloFox -- How do I set focus to a control? -- How do I display the current record at the top of my grid? -- How do I lock the leftmost column in my grid? -- How do I create truly generic command buttons? -- How do I set up a hot key to declare local variables? -- Chapter 2: Data Driving with VFP -- What exactly is "data driving"? -- The three different types of data -- What goes into the metadata? -- Where should metadata be stored? -- Why bother with data driving? -- Performance overhead -- Design considerations -- Maintenance issues -- So is data driving worth it? -- How do I data drive my menus? -- What type of menus do we want to data drive? -- MPR file structure for a shortcut menu -- The shortcut menu metadata -- The shortcut menu generator class -- Using the shortcut menu class -- How can I format text correctly? -- The problem -- The solution -- The xchgcase class -- How do I data drive object instantiation? -- How do I data drive a migration? -- How do I data drive data validation? |
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Chapter 3: IntelliSense, Inside and Out -- IntelliSense in Visual FoxPro -- What is IntelliSense? -- How do I configure IntelliSense? -- How do I work with the FoxCode table? -- What are all these record types? -- How do I create my own scripts? -- How do I create a script to insert a block of code? -- How do I create a script to generate a list? -- How do I create my own Quick Info tips? -- What is the Properties button in the IntelliSense Manager for? -- How do I modify default behavior? -- Putting IntelliSense to work -- How do I change the behavior of browse? -- How do I insert a header into a program? -- How do I get a list of files? -- How do I get a list of variables? -- How do I get a list of all my custom shortcuts? -- Isn't there an easier way to create a script? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Sending and Receiving E-mail -- What are the options? -- What is all this alphabet soup, anyway? -- How do I use MAPI? -- How do I read mail using MAPI? -- How do I send mail using MAPI? -- What is CDO 2.0? -- How do I send mail using CDO 2.0? -- How does the cusCDO class work? -- Can I control Outlook programmatically? -- How do I access the address book? -- How do I read mail using Outlook Automation? -- How do I send mail using Outlook Automation? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Accessing the Internet -- How do I show a Web page in a form? -- But when I run the form, I get an error! -- Displaying content -- How do I put a browser on the VFP desktop? -- How do I print the contents of a Web page? -- How do I extract data from a Web page? -- Using the browser control's ExecWB() method -- Using the document object's ExecCommand() method -- Using the DOM -- How do I create a hyperlink in a VFP form? -- What about the FoxPro foundation classes? -- Creating your own hyperlink classes -- How do I use Web Services in my applications? |
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How do I register a Web Service using the VFP extensions? -- How do I use a registered Web Service? -- How do I find out how to use a Web Service? -- The WSDL Inspector form -- Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Creating Charts and Graphs -- Graphing terminology -- How do I create a graph using MSChart? -- How do I create a graph using MSGraph? -- How do I create a graph using Excel Automation? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 7: New and Improved Reporting -- Visual FoxPro Report Designer -- What are the new features in the Visual FoxPro 7 Report Designer? -- How do I prompt for a printer from preview mode? -- How do I print watermarks on a report? -- How do I disable the report toolbar printer button? -- How do I detect if the user canceled printing and retain statistics for my reports? -- Crystal Reports -- Why should I consider Crystal Reports for reporting? -- What techniques can be used to integrate Visual FoxPro data with Crystal Reports? -- What do I need to set up to run the samples in this chapter? -- What is the performance of the different techniques used to integrate Visual FoxPro data with Crystal Reports? -- How do I create a report in Crystal Reports? -- What happens when I change the structure of source cursor for the report? -- How do I implement hyperlinks in a report? -- How do I display messages from within a report? -- How do I add document properties to a report? -- How do I implement charts/graphs in a report? -- How do I export reports to RTF, PDF, XML, and HTML formats? -- How do I implement drill down in my reports? -- How do I work with subreports in Crystal Reports? -- What can I do with the Report Designer Component? -- How do I work with the Crystal Report Viewer object? -- What do I need to add to my deployment package when using Crystal Reports? -- Crystal Report wrapper objects for commercial frameworks |
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What might you miss about the Visual FoxPro Report Designer when working with Crystal Reports? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Integrating PDF Technology -- Which version of Acrobat do I need? -- What is needed to generate a PDF file? -- How do I determine which PDF product to license? -- How can I use PDF technology in my Visual FoxPro apps? -- How do I output Visual FoxPro reports to PDF using Adobe Acrobat? -- What are the errors to trap when printing to PDFs? -- How do I run PDF reports unattended using Acrobat? -- How do I run PDF reports unattended using Amyuni? -- How do I email a Visual FoxPro report? -- How can I replace the Visual FoxPro Report print preview? -- How do I present Acrobat PDFs in a Visual FoxPro form? -- What is Acrobat Forms Author technology? -- How can I extract data out of a PDF form file? -- Register the FDF Toolkit ActiveX control -- Instantiating the object to access the FDF File -- How do I prefill the PDF Form with data? -- How can I merge PDF files together? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 9: Using ActiveX Controls -- How do I include ActiveX controls in a VFP Application? -- How do I find out what controls are in an OCX? -- Okay, but how do I get the class name of an ActiveX control? -- How do I add an ActiveX control to a form or class? -- Putting ActiveX controls to use -- How do I subclass an ActiveX control? -- How do I use the Windows progress bar? -- Setting up the progress bar class -- Displaying the progress bar -- How do I use the Date and Time Picker? -- So what is the CheckBox property for? -- How does the custom acxDTPicker class work? -- How do I use the MonthView? -- How do I use the ImageList? -- How do I store images in the ImageList? -- How do I bind the ImageList to other controls? -- How do I use the ListView? -- How do I add items to my ListView? -- How do I sort the items in my ListView? |
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How do I know which item is selected? -- Can I make the ListView behave like a data-bound control? -- How do I use the ImageCombo? -- How do I display a hierarchical list in the ImageCombo? -- How do I use the TreeView? -- How are Nodes added to the TreeView? -- How do I navigate the TreeView? -- How does the acxTreeView class work? -- And finally -- How do I synchronize a TreeView with a ListView? -- Controls for animation and sound -- How do I animate a form? -- How do I add sound to my application? -- How do I use other types of media in my application? -- How do I add a status bar to a form? -- Setting up a standard status bar -- What's the point of the simple style status bar? -- Managing the status bar dynamically -- Conclusions about the status bar control -- What is the Winsock control? -- So which protocol is best? -- How do I include messaging in my application? -- How do I transmit error reports without using e-mail? -- Winsock control-conclusion -- ActiveX controls, the last word -- Chapter 10: Putting Windows to Work -- How do I work with the Windows Registry? -- The structure of the Registry -- So, when should I be using the Registry? -- How do I access the Registry? -- How do I read data from the Registry? -- How do I write data to the Registry? -- How do I change Visual FoxPro Registry settings? -- Conclusion -- What is the Windows Script Host? -- Where can I get the Windows Script Host? -- How do I use the Windows Script Host to automatically update my application? -- How do I use the Windows Script Host to read the Registry? -- How do I use the Windows Script Host to write to the Registry? -- How do I let the user choose which printer to use? -- How do I delete an entire folder? -- How do I rename a directory? -- How do I know whether a drive is ready? -- Conclusion -- Chapter 11: Deployment |
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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2020. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries |
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Print version: Akins, Marcia MegaFox : 1002 Things You Wanted To Know About Extending Visual FoxPro Milwaukee : Hentzenwerke Publishing, Inc.,c2002
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Visual FoxPro for Windows.;Database management
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Electronic books
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Kramek, Andy
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Schummer, Rick
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