The long-awaited sequel to Whil's "Programming VFP 3.0," this volume covers the basics of developing a wide range of applications quickly, covers all of the new commands, functions, features and tools of Visual FoxPro 6.0, and describes, step-by-step, how to build a traditional LAN application with VFP as the foundation. Finishes up with an overview of new Visual Studio technologies, including MTS, ADO, and all the new Windows buzzwords and how they fit in with VFP. Includes electronic chapters that show how to convert the original LAN application to a client-server back end and to a Web-based multi-tier architecture. Required reading for everyone opening up the box. Whether you're completely new to Visual FoxPro, an old hand with FoxPro 2.x but new to the Visual world, or comfortable with VFP 3.0/5.0 but need to know what's new in VFP 6.0, The Fundamentals has the information you need to build LAN, Client/Server and multi-tier distributed Visual Studio applications on a Visual FoxPro foundation.
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Whil Hentzen, Author, is president of Hentzenwerke Corporation, a 17-year-old firm that specializes in strategic database applications for Fortune 2000 firms in the manufacturing, financial, and health-care industries. The firm has commercial products and custom applications in use throughout the United States and in nearly two dozen foreign countries. Hentzenwerke has hosted the semi-annual Great Lakes Great Database Workshop since 1994.
Whil has written and spoken extensively about software development. He is a multi-year Microsoft MVP, and editor of FoxTalk, Pinnacle Publishing's high-end technical journal for FoxPro. He is the author of books about Visual Studio (Visual FoxPro 6.0 Fundamentals), Visual FoxPro (Programming Visual FoxPro 3.0), FoxPro (Rapid Application Development with FoxPro 2.6), and custom software development (1999 Software Developer's Guide).
He has presented more than 50 papers at conferences throughout North America and Europe, including the Microsoft Visual FoxPro DevCon, the German National DevCon, Conference to the Max (the Netherlands), the Spanish National DevCon, Database & Client/Server World, FoxTeach, the FoxPro Users Conference, and the Mid-Atlantic Database Workshop. He spends his spare time with his kids and volunteering for the local school district, and is an avid distance runner, hoping for one more shot at a sub-15-minute 5,000-meter clocking before age and common sense close the door on that activity. You can reach Whil at whil@hentzenwerke.com.
Doug Hennig, Technical Editor, is a partner with Stonefield Systems Group Inc. in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. He's the author of Stonefield's Database Toolkit for Visual FoxPro and Stonefield Data Dictionary for FoxPro 2.x. He's also the author of the Visual FoxPro Data Dictionary in Pinnacle Publishing's The Pros Talk Visual FoxPro series. Doug has spoken at user groups and regional conferences all over North America, and at the last three Microsoft Visual FoxPro Developer Conferences. He's a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP.) You can reach Doug at dhennig@stonefield.com
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27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
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A great begining book on VFP 6.0,
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This review is from: The Fundamentals : Building Visual Studio Applications on a Visual FoxPro 6.0 Foundation (Paperback)
A new job has required me to learn VFP 6.0. I had some programming background, but none in the "visual" MS world or in OOP. This book got me up-to-speed in both quickly. I was a bit lost at first, but now I am through the book, the layout is quite logical: first some pieces of the lanugage, then forms and classes, then a nice practical disscussion of OOP. Once I got half-way through the book, I could start writing some object-oriented VFP programs ... it was a big first step, and this book helped me make it. I haven't found a better first book on VFP. BTW, I have started reading the 2nd book in this series: "Effective Techniques for Application Development with Visual FoxPro" and it seems to pick up in complexity where the "Fundamentals" book leaves off.
20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:
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The Beginner's Bible for VFP 6.0,
By Jim Booth (Prospect, CT USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Fundamentals : Building Visual Studio Applications on a Visual FoxPro 6.0 Foundation (Paperback)
Whil Hentzen did it before and he has done it again. Whil's Programming Visual FoxPro 3.0 book was the single best introduction to VFP 3.0 and now he has done the same for VFP 6.0. The coverage is complete and the focus is on learning how VFP really works inside. An execellent first VFP book for anyone!
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Finally, a guide that gets you started - with a few caveats,
By A Customer
This review is from: The Fundamentals : Building Visual Studio Applications on a Visual FoxPro 6.0 Foundation (Paperback)
Though the software has a devoted following dating back over a decade to the days of dBase, FoxPro has never gotten the credit (or the market share) it deserves among the database/developer community.Because of this virtually no books are available to someone just starting out. All FoxPro titles offered today only make sense to either the already-initiated, those coming from other development environments, or others who have similar experience. It seems that Microsoft is not interested in growing the market base (especially while simultaneously pushing competing technologies) and book publishers aren't interested in taking risks on releasing new (even introductory) titles. These and other factors continue to prevent FoxPro from flourishing. Those using it continue to do so due to its pedigree which includes (relative) ease of use and a stunningly fast database engine. The book clearly has some pedagogic issues and I wouldn't exactly call it a "For Dummies" title. I had to reread many of the sections within chapters in order to connect the dots. The chapters at the beginning tend to put the cart before the horse (one of the first chapters lists pages and pages of command statements which to me might as well been talking about nuclear physics, should have been in the back as an appendix). I think the people creating and reviewing the book were clearly more technical than user/learner oriented. However if you can read and think for yourself this book is about the best thing going. The pages are chock full of content. I recommend first looking over the chapters then rearranging the order you plan on reading them to match your learning style.
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