Deploying Visual FoxPro Solutions
Deploying Visual FoxPro Solutions
ISBN: 1930919328
EAN: 2147483647
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 232
Pages: 232
- 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
EAN: 2147483647
Year: 2004
Pages: 232
Pages: 232