Visual FoxPro to Visual Basic .NET

ISBN: 0672326493
EAN: 2147483647

Year: 2004
Pages: 130

Authors: Les Pinter

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Visual FoxPro to Visual Basic .NET
Table of Contents
Copyright
About the Author
Acknowledgments
We Want to Hear from You
Introduction
About This Book
Who Should Read This Book
How This Book Is Organized
What s Not Included
An Offer You Can t Refuse
Chapter 1. Differences Between Visual FoxPro and Visual Basic .NET
A Whole New World
The Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
The Visual Basic .NET Solution Explorer
Command Syntax
Flow of Control
Variables, Enums, Arrays, Collections, and Fields
Functions and Subroutines (Procedures)
Classes, Namespaces, Properties, and Forms
Events
Compiler Directives
Data
Data Binding
Error Handling and Debugging
Summary
Chapter 2. Building Simple Applications in Visual FoxPro and Visual Basic .NET
Building a Simple Application in Visual FoxPro
Building a Simple Application in Visual Basic .NET
Summary
Chapter 3. Building a Visual FoxPro Application for SQL Server
Why Three-Tier?
Creating the SQL Database and Loading Your Tables
Writing the Sample Application
The Form Template
A Search Form Template
The Data Tier
What s Next?
Chapter 4. A Visual Basic .NET Framework
Starting the New Windows Application Project
Adding a Windows Controls Library
Building Your First Inheritable Form
Programming with Class
Click Event Code for the Form s Buttons
Summary
Chapter 5. Adding Internet Access
ASP and Database Development
Internet Access in Visual FoxPro 7
The StandardForm Class Template
Writing Web Connection Functions
Introducing the Server
Modifying the Data Tier to Add Internet Data Access
Building XML Web Services with Visual FoxPro 8
XML Web Services in Visual Basic .NET
Adding References to the Web Service to Your Client
Summary
Chapter 6. Data Access
Data Access in Visual FoxPro Before Visual FoxPro 8
Database Containers
New Features in Visual FoxPro 8
Data Access in Visual Basic .NET
Summary
Chapter 7. XML
The Structure of XML
Representation of Complex Structures
Hierarchical XML
The Document Object Model
Commands to Move Data Between a Table and XML
How FoxPro Implements XML
Importing XML into Visual Basic .NET
Reading XML into a Visual Basic .NET Dataset
Using XML and Data Islands to Reduce Server Load
Related Technologies: XPATH and XSLT
Extensible Style Sheet Transformations (XSLT)
Summary
Chapter 8. Screen Design
The Base Control Classes
Creating the Startup Screen for Your Application
Creating Menus
Subclassing Controls
Data Binding
Innovative Screen Design
Tools
Summary
Chapter 9. Searching and Filtering in Visual FoxPro and Visual Basic .NET
Record Filtering in FoxPro
Record Filtering in Visual Basic .NET
A Generic Record Lookup Grid with Column Sorting in Visual FoxPro
Returning a Value from a Visual Basic .NET Form
Using the DefaultDataView for Filtering and Sorting
A Generic Record Lookup Form in Visual Basic .NET
Minimalist Filtering in Visual FoxPro and Visual Basic .NET
Search Forms with Additional Fields
Building Self-Populating Controls
Cleaning Up Mistakes in Legacy Data to Improve Searching
Getting Filtered Data Across the Web
Summary
Chapter 10. Reporting
Reporting in Visual FoxPro
Crystal Reports in Visual FoxPro
Reporting in Visual Studio .NET
Summary
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