Richard Clapp will present a FoxPro Boot Camp over one day consisting of two sessions. The morning session will provide an introduction to FoxPro and how to work with the App Wizard and Project Manager. The afternoon session will cover how to work with tables and databases, program files, and variables as well as control structures and reports/forms. Lunch will be provided between the sessions.
2. Sessions Session 1 (AM) Introduction History of FoxPro Major Components Visual FoxPro Desktop Working with App Wizard Working with Project Mgr. Session 2 (PM) Working with Tables and Databases Working with Program Files Working with Variables, control structures and other elements of programming Lab Work
3. Visual FoxPro Desktop Menu Options The Command Window Tools | Options Dialog The Standard Toolbar Wizards Accessing Help
4. Working With the App Wizard Running the Wizard Specifying Databases Specifying Tables Generating Forms and Reports Running the Application
5. Working With the Project Mgr Adding Files Modifying Files Deleting Files Running Files Building Projects
7. Afternoon Session Due to the need to cover material at a very high level, we will be using the Visual FoxPro Help file as our text book.
8. Working with Tables and Databases Using the Database Wizard Database Container Table Designer Input Mask, Format and Other Field Properties Free vs. Attached Tables Adding, Editing & Deleting Records Indexes: Primary & Candidate Relationships: Persistent & Temporal Referential Integrity Data Buffering Basics TABLEUPDATE() and TABLEREVERT()
9. Working With Program Files Using the Editor Color Coding Syntax Executing Programs Procedure List Object List Beautify
10. Working with Variables, control structures and other elements of programming Working With Variables Program Control Structures Procedures and Functions Creating and Using Reports Creating and Using Forms Working With the Query Designer