1001 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Visual FoxPro [Paperback]

Marcia Akins (Author), Andy Kramek (Author), Rick Schummer (Author), John Hosier (Editor)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 2000

1001 Things You Wanted to Know About Visual FoxPro

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About the Author

Andy Kramek is an independent consultant and long-standing FoxPro developer. He is the author of The Revolutionary Guide to Visual FoxPro OOP and coauthor of the monthly “Kitbox” column in FoxTalk. Marcia Akins is an experienced developer in several languages who has been working mainly in Visual FoxPro for the past eight years. She is an independent consultant and contributor to FoxPro Advisor. Rick Schummer is the director of development for Kirtland Associates, Inc. in Troy, Michigan. Kirtland Associates writes custom database applications for a rapidly expanding customer base.

Product Details

• Paperback: 600 pages
• Publisher: Hentzenwerke Publishing (June 1, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965509338
• ISBN-13: 978-0965509336
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.1 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #909,804 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How to do it with real examples, November 1, 2001

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David H. Birley (Rock Hill, SC USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 1001 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Visual FoxPro (Paperback)

I note that one reviewer didn't like it because it spent too much time on showing the reader how to do things. Andy and Marcia (now husband and wife, by the way) have long been towers of strength in the CompuServe support Forums. This book shows their understanding, not only of VFP, but of us poor geeks out in the real world trying to figure out how to make it work.

Structured code, good programming habits, and incorporation of OOP is here with us now, here to stay. Andy and Marcia guide the user into the methods of using these resources with example after example. I've met some people who can sit down and read a book like this from cover to cover before touching the keyboard. They are theoretical learners, and more power to them. I'm the other kind of guy. I need to get my mitts on the keyboard as soon as possible and try things out.

This book is exactly what I need. At this moment it sits on my shelf with no less than 8 bookmarks in it. Andy and Marcia's influence may be seen through all my code.

Ultimately, this 67 year old geek must thank Andy and Marcia for the fact that, at an age when most old guys are retired, I am still gainfully employed, and generously paid.

This is the best kind of bargain!

14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A keeper..., July 7, 2002

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Alan Fichtenholtz (Cloverdale, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 1001 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Visual FoxPro (Paperback)

This book is not a comprehensive reference book for VFP. This book is not an instructional book for someone new to VFP. This book does not focus on any single aspect of VFP.

This book IS a smorgasbord of useful tips and information that helped me out immediately. Not all of the tips were new to me, but unless you're already a very accomplished VFP programmer, you're sure to find some real gems here, many of which are not addressed in other VFP books. The example code is very specific and detailed, particularly if you download the sample files. This book is a special niche kind of a book that is hard to categorize, but for my purposes it's been fantastic.

10 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I can't wait for the sequel!, January 15, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: 1001 Things You Always Wanted to Know About Visual FoxPro (Paperback)

Great format! I got immediate return on my investment because I did not have to read it from cover to cover. Since most of the sections answer a "How Do I....?" question, I could immediately find the answers I needed. I can't wait until the authors do a follow-up and expand it to include more than just native VFP tips.