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Deploying Visual FoxPro Solutions
Deploying Visual FoxPro Solutions
ISBN: 1930919328
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 232
Authors:
Rick Schummer
,
Rick Borup
,
Jacci Adams
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Table of Contents
BackCover
Deploying Visual FoxPro Solutions
Preface: Our Contract with You, The Reader
Acknowledgements
About the Author
How to Download the Files
Introduction
We want to ask a little favor
Who should read this book?
The Authors
Our Disclaimers
State of Art 2003-2004
What s Inside
Chapter 1: Deployment Fundamentals
What is deployment?
Installation is only part of deployment
Why you should care (why it is so important to get it right)
Do I need a Setup?
A basic checklist for deploying Visual FoxPro apps
General hardware requirements: What do you need physically besides VFP to deploy a solution?
Can t avoid this: What you must include for deployment
Can t touch this, or can you?
Conclusion
Chapter 2: Planning for Success
Clients
Preparation
Determining ship readiness
Sign-on
Conclusion
Chapter 3: Packaging the Installation
When is it ready?
Getting ready for delivery
Organizing the setup
Delivery mechanisms
Conclusion
Chapter 4: Setup Tool Roundup
What is a setup?
What features are available?
What tools are available?
Why are the current installer tools better than the VFP Setup Wizard?
Deployment Tool Selection Process
Conclusion
Chapter 5: Windows Installer Inside and Out
Overview of Windows Installer
Structure of a Windows Installer setup package
Updates, upgrades, and patches
What happens when I run setup.exe?
Some common problems and what to do about them
Conclusion
Chapter 6: Workstation and Traditional LAN Applications Step-By-Step
Single workstation - Single-user
Single workstation with multiple-users
Local Area Network - multiple-user
Stories
General implementation issues
Reports
Generating a setup, step-by-step
What can go wrong during a deployment?
Conclusion
Chapter 7: ClientServer Applications Step-By-Step
Stories
General implementation issues
Installing a new backend database
MSDE vs. SQL Server
Installing MSDE
Database Administrators and security
Generating a setup, step-by-step
What can go wrong during a deployment?
Conclusion
Chapter 8: Release and Post-Release Tips
Test area
Backups
Runtimes
Configuration files registry
Update structures and indexes
Data conversion
Test
Notify the customer
Technical support
Considerations for small shops
Post implementation
Conclusion
Chapter 9: Support and Ch-Ch-Changes
Support
Ch-Ch-Changes
Conclusion
Chapter 10: Security
Data security
Application security
Source code security and decompilers
Conclusion
Chapter 11: The What and Why of Wares
What is shareware?
What is freeware?
Demoware
Crippleware
Nagware
What is vertical market?
What is custom?
Prototype - friend or foe?
What is limited licensing?
Deployment and support considerations
Conclusion
Chapter 12: Legalese
Computer Law Terminology 101
Copyrights for software developers
The contract
Contract clauses
The static contract clauses
The dynamic contract clauses
Licensing issues
Summary
Links
Conclusion
Appendix A: How To: InstallShield Express
How do I install InstallShield Express?
InstallShield Express - Visual FoxPro Limited Editions
InstallShield Express - Full Version
Creating a setup package with InstallShield Express
Creating a patch with InstallShield Express 4.0
Conclusion
Appendix B: How To: Wise for Windows Installer
Creating a setup package with Wise for Windows Installer
Building the deployment package
Upgrades and patches
Conclusion
Appendix C: How To: InstaFox
What is the InstaFox Wizard?
What is the InstaFox Installer?
Creating a software installation process with InstaFox
Installation Folder Setup
The InstaFox Wizard
The InstaFox Wizard Table Structures
Installing the Application
Customizing InstaFox
The InstaFox copy file behavior
Resources
Conclusion
Appendix D: How To: Inno Setup
Creating a new Inno Setup script
Structure of an Inno Setup script
Adding the VFP runtime libraries and other dependencies
Completing the script
Compiling the script
Installing the application
Pascal scripting
Resources
Conclusion
Appendix E: Third Party Tools
FoxBox
HTML Help Builder
Icon Editors
Image Editors
Partition Imagers
MSDE Admin
pcAnywhere
Recover
Screen Capturing
Stonefield Database Toolkit
Text Editors
Time Zone Clocks
Windows Installer SDK
WinZip
VMware Workstation
Conclusion
Appendix F: Support Forums
Codemine
CompuServe s MSDevApps Forum
dFPUG Portal
Fawcette Technical Publishing (DevX)
FoxForum.com
Fox and SQL Server Wiki
Foxite
Inno Setup
InstaFox
InstallShield Support Forums
InstallSite
Mere Mortals
Microsoft Newsgroups
Microsoft Knowledgebase
Microsoft VFP Site
OpenTech
PortalFox
ProFox List Server
Tarma Support
Tek-Tips
UniversalThread (UT)
Visual Extend
Virtual Fox User Group (VFUG)
Visual FoxExpress
Visual MaxFrame Professional
Visual ProMatrix
West Wind Technologies
Wise Solutions
Conclusion
Appendix G: How to Copyright Code
Step 1
Step 2
Step 3
What form do I use?
Deposit requirements
Index
Index_B
Index_C
Index_D
Index_E
Index_F
Index_G
Index_H
Index_I
Index_J
Index_K
Index_L
Index_M
Index_N
Index_O
Index_P
Index_Q
Index_R
Index_S
Index_T
Index_U
Index_V
Index_W
Index_X
Index_Y
Index_Z
List of Figures
List of Tables
List of Listings
Deploying Visual FoxPro Solutions
ISBN: 1930919328
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 232
Authors:
Rick Schummer
,
Rick Borup
,
Jacci Adams
BUY ON AMAZON
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