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Upgrading to Visual FoxPro 8.0 from Visual FoxPro 7.0

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Module 1: Visual FoxPro 8.0 Overview

  • Run through of new components and functions
  • Run through of amended components and functions
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Module 2: The Toolbox

  • Opening the Toolbox
  • Working with the Toolbox
  • Working with categories
  • Working with items including adding items to the Toolbox, setting item properties, using items and setting instance properties
  • Customizing the Toolbox including configuring the Toolbox, determining the behaviour of class items, filtering the Toolbox, managing categories and working with the source code
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Module 3: Code References

  • Running the Code References tool
  • Searching for Strings
  • Examining search results including the list of searches, the list of matches and the description pane
  • Replacing matches
  • Generating output
  • Looking for definitions
  • Code References Options
  • Code References data
  • Customizing Code References including the RefAddin table, working with the source code, replacing the supplied application and running the Code References directly
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Module 4: The Task Pane Manager

  • Running the Task Pane Manager
  • The Start Pane
  • The Community Pane
  • The Environment Manager Pane
  • The Solution Samples Pane
  • The XML Web Services Pane
  • The Filer Pane
  • The Minesweeper Pane
  • Errors Happen
  • Customizing the Task Pane Manager including working with the source code
  • Extending the Task Pane Manager including adding third-party panes, creating and modifying panes, publishing panes and panes and files
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Module 5: Better Tools

  • A working Query/View Designer including getting joins right, two-way editing, specifying local aliases and field names, specifying expressions, where do the results go?
  • Improved Reporting including setting report options, more control over header and footer, adding captions, page x of y, output issues, more data choices, more keyboard support
  • Improved Form Designer and Class Designer including support for non-visual classes, method editor changes, property sheet improvements
  • Moving menu items
  • Working with source code
  • Projects and source control
  • Distributing applications
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Module 6: Improved Data Access

  • Cursor Adapter PEMs
  • Data Source Type
  • Data Source
  • Alias
  • UseDEDataSource
  • SelectCmd
  • CursorSchema
  • AllowDelete, AllowInsert, AllowUpdate, and SendUpdates
  • KeyFieldList, Tables, UpdateFieldList, and UpdateNameList
  • *Cmd, *CmdDataSource, *CmdDataSourceType
  • ConversionFunc
  • Other Properties
  • CursorFill(IUseCursorSchema, INoData, nOptions, oSource)
  • CursorRefresh()
  • CursorAttach(cAlias, IInheritCursorProperties) and CursorDetach()
  • Before*() and After*()
  • Putting CursorAdapter to work
  • DataEnvironment, Form and other changes
  • Builders
  • Data Source Specifics including using native data, using ODBC, using ADO, using XML
  • Update Issue
  • Reusable Data Classes
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Module 7: XML Classes

  • XMLAdapter
  • Updategrams versus diffgrams
  • XML Table
  • XML Field
  • Tying it all together
  • XML ToCursor changes
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Module 8: Other Data-Related Changes

  • Automatically incrementing field values
  • Improved Table Designer
  • SQL changes
  • Enhanced language elements including caption expressions, data objects and better support for collate sequences
  • OLE DB provider changes
  • ODBC changes
  • Detecting table corruption
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Module 9: OOP Enhancements

  • Defining member classes
  • New base classes including a built-in collection class and an ultra-lightweight base class
  • Adding and removing properties on the fly
  • Fewer errors with DoDefault
  • Delayed binding
  • Improved performance with objects
  • Support for Windows XP
  • Improved image support
  • Better tooltips and status information
  • Grid enhancements
  • - Locking columns
  • - Sizing columns to fit
  • - A real row highlight
  • Controlling picture position
  • Control tab orientation
  • Odds and Ends
  • - Keep output off of forms
  • - Hyperlinks in controls
  • - Combo box improvements
  • - Button colouring
  • - Refresh methods for static objects
  • - More control over moverbar actions
  • - One more mouse pointer
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Module 10: COM and Web Services Enhancements

  • COM enhancements including default instancing for EXE servers, type library improvements and byte array support
  • Web Services enhancements including registering Web services
  • Exploring Web services including using Web services and publishing Web services
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Module 11: Event Binding

  • Binding Events
  • Turning off event binding
  • Finding out what’s bound
  • Firing events
  • Using event binding
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Module 12: Error Handling

  • Structured error handling
  • TRY … ENDTRY
  • Less is more
  • You can’t go back
  • Try, try again
  • Exception object
  • THROW
  • The FINALLY clause
  • Errors within errors
  • Wrap your app
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Module 13: Language Improvements

  • Files and directories including where is it?, working with hidden files, displaying paths, using system dialogs
  • Improved management of text merge
  • Checking for empty values
  • Better output at design time and run time
  • Font control
  • Forcing event processing
  • SYS() function changes
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Module 14: Bits and Pieces

  • What’s out
  • What’s in
  • Configuration changes
  • Improved error reporting
  • Other changes
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