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Mastering VFP Controls: Unlocking the Power of Customization

Dive into the realm of Visual FoxPro Controls with this informative session by Ted Roche, explaining terminology, creating custom controls, and optimizing their capabilities in the new VFP environment. Embrace the next generation of controls and elevate your programming skills.

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Mastering VFP Controls: Unlocking the Power of Customization

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  1. Visual FoxPro Controls Ted Roche, Senior Consultant Computer Resource (603) 746-5670

  2. Introduction • VFP: The Next Generation • Controls: These are not your dad’s SAYs & GETs • Ground rules, sound check, time check

  3. VFP Overview Wizards Builders New terms 3.0 Bugs Helpful Documentation Event loop OOP

  4. Agenda In this session, we will: • Define the basic concepts and terminology associated with controls (10 minutes) • Explore how controls work in the new VFP environment (30 minutes) • Discuss how to create custom controls and why you should (20 minutes) • Hold a Q&A session ‘til we drop

  5. Vocabulary • OOP • Control • Property • Events • Methods • Classes

  6. Demo

  7. What to do • Create an app and throw it away • Subclass all controls into your toolbar • Don’t create the MOA class hierarchies

  8. Summary • VFP Controls are more powerful than their predecessors • Spend some time familiarizing yourself with the control’s properties, events and methods • Build your own complex custom controls

  9. Where to get more information • #1: FoxHelp.Hlp • Read The Fine Manuals • Read The Fantastic sample code • Related sessions: • Form Designer – Builders • Grids – OOP • VFP Classes

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