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Visual FoxPro 8.0

Visual FoxPro 8.0. Name Title Company. Agenda 2.0. 10 Years of Visual FoxPro Road to VFP 8.0 Goals and overview of VFP 8.0 VFP 8.0 features and technology Resources Summary. 10 Years of Visual FoxPro.

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Visual FoxPro 8.0

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  1. Visual FoxPro 8.0 Name Title Company

  2. Agenda 2.0 • 10 Years of Visual FoxPro • Road to VFP 8.0 • Goals and overview of VFP 8.0 • VFP 8.0 features and technology • Resources • Summary

  3. 10 Years of Visual FoxPro • Eric Rudder, Sr VP, Developer and Platform Evangelism at Microsoft, has expressed Microsoft's thanks for the "Microsoft and FoxPro 10 Year Anniversary Card" sent to Microsoft.

  4. Beyond VFP 8.0 …

  5. Microsoft Executive Support forVisual FoxPro 8.0 VIDEO

  6. Road to Visual FoxPro 8.0 • Base it on wish list customer feedback • Add new runtime features - end users • Enhance SQL Server connectivity • Increase .NET interoperability • Maintain backward compatibility

  7. VFP 8.0 Goals - Overview • Provide a better Smart Client • Increased Windows Platform support • Improve Distributed Client (Web/COM) • More XML, .NET, SQL Server connectivity • Improve Developer Productivity • New base classes and error handling • Increase Discoverability • Better navigation and documentation

  8. Visual FoxPro 8.0 and .NET • Works well with Visual Studio .NET • Greatly enhanced XML support • XML Web services • ADO.NET • VFP OLE DB Provider • ASP.NET Web forms • .NET Windows forms • Visual FoxPro Toolkit for .NET • VFP and .NET teams working together

  9. Productivity Enhancements • Taskpane • Toolbox • Empty class • AddProperty() and RemoveProperty() • Collection class • Structured Error Handling • TRY/CATCH/FINALLY • Event Binding • BINDEVENT() and RAISEEVENT()

  10. Productivity Enhancements • Getfile() dialog • Auto-increment • Table designer • View Designer • Child member subclassing • VCX support for more classes • Many new features for Grid control • Code References tool • Stability is a feature!

  11. New Report Writer Features • Page X of Y • Allow user to suppress printing dialog • Chain multiple reports as one print job • Print Page Header and Footer when Summary Band is on it's own page • Stretchable page Footer and Summary • Use DBC Field Caption Properties when dropping fields into a Report • Option for printer environment saving

  12. XMLAdapter Class • Beyond XMLToCursor/CursorToXML • Hierarchical XML support • Multiple VFP data cursors to XML • XML to multiple VFP data cursors • XML diff grams • VFP data cursors, tables, DBC • ADO.NET compatible • XMLTable and XMLField classes • Full control of XSD schema used

  13. CursorAdapter Class • Similar to DataAdapter in ADO.NET • ADO/OLEDB • ODBC • Native VFP cursors • XML and XML Web services • Programmable events • Stored procedures control

  14. CursorAdapter Class Data Source DBF VFP Cursors Remote Views SQL PassThrough Native SQL VFP Client ODBC DBF CursorAdapter Auto-Update Object Methods/Events Custom Commands Stored Procedures VFP Cursors Native SQL ADO/OLEDB XML HTTP

  15. New Data Features • DataEnvironment subclassing • DataEnvironment Builder • CursorAdapter class • CursorAdapter Builder • XMLAdapter class • Form BindControls property • Enhanced VFP OLE DB Provider • VFP 8.0 and VS .NET interoperability

  16. VFP 8.0 XML Web Services • OLEDB • ASP.NET • WinForm • Phone • Pocket PC • Tablet PC

  17. VFP 8.0 Performance • LOCAL a1[10000]x1=SECONDS()FOR i = 1 TO 10000 a1[i]=CREATEOBJECT("Custom")ENDFORRELEASE a1x2=SECONDS()? x2-x1 • VFP 7.0 = 24.5 seconds • VFP 8.0 = 0.45 seconds

  18. Visual FoxPro 8.0 Features • Structured TRY/CATCH error handling • Windows XP Theme Support • Extended SQL Server connectivity • Expanded Visual Studio .NET compatibility • Hierarchical XML integration with VFP data • Enhanced XML Web services • Native VFP object event binding • Auto-increment support • View designer enhancements • New imaging support using GDI+ • New base classes and subclassing • New features in form controls • More development productivity • Much, much more!

  19. GotDotNet.com VFP Web Site • http://gotdotnet.com/team/vfp • VFP 8.0 case study template download • Sr VP Eric Rudder on VFP 8.0 video • New VFP with VS .NET resource links • More updated content coming soon

  20. Resources • MSDN Subscriptions • http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro • http://gotdotnet.com/team/vfp • http://asp.net • http://foxcentral.net • http://www.universalthread.com

  21. Summary & Call to Action • Educate and evangelize to others • Great new features in VFP 8.0 • VFP 8.0 works great with SQL Server • VFP 8.0 works great with VS .NET • Upgrade applications for VFP 8.0 • MSDN now, stand-alone mid-March • Submit VFP 8.0 case studies • Be active in the FoxPro community • Use and talk about VFP 8.0!!!

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