Hacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro 6.0 (Paperback)

by Tamar Granor (Author), Ted Roche (Author), Doug Hennig (Editor) "Ignorance is preferable to error; and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing, than he who believes what is wrong..." (more)
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Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review
The recent edition of Hacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro 6.0 updates this guide with documentation on the latest version, including an extremely comprehensive reference to virtually every aspect of the FoxPro tool and language. For any working FoxPro developer, this massive book can provide a truly in-depth resource.

The most obvious feature of this book is its larger-than-average format (it measures 11 by 8.5 inches). FoxPro developers will turn again and again to the 800 pages of reference material provided here because of its completeness. In addition to every language statement, the authors cover built-in controls, including properties and events. Each topic is described along with sample usage and short code excerpts.

Other sections of the book provide a lively guide to many essential topics specifically applicable to FoxPro, from a good tour of its history (as a product with its roots in XBase compatibility) to its present-day incarnation (with objects and Web capabilities). Peppered with dozens of quotes from literary sources, the authors clearly enjoy sharing their considerable expertise: they include plenty of tips for getting the most out of objects and components in FoxPro, with notable material on debugging and Web development.

Visual FoxPro 6 is designed to be the easiest tool to use in Microsoft's Visual Studio for creating database applications. Hacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro 6.0 shows that this product has considerable power too. This title will surely be useful to anyone who develops with today's FoxPro. --Richard Dragan

Topics covered: Visual FoxPro 6 overview and history, data containers, XBase and SQL, field types, Web publishing, FoxISAPI, Active Documents, wizards and builders, debugging tips and performance tips, FoxPro controls, objects, ActiveX controls and automation, Visual FoxPro reference.

Product Description
An irreverent look at how Visual FoxPro really works, this book gives users the inside scoop on every command, function, property, event, and method of “Tahoe.”


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Product Details

• Paperback: 990 pages
• Publisher: Hentzenwerke Publishing (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965509362
• ISBN-13: 978-0965509367
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.5 x 2.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #665,206 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For beginners and experts..., January 5, 2000

By	Guy Pardoe (New Hampshire) - See all my reviews

This book is probably the best reference book for VFP that is (or ever has been) available.

It can be very helpful for beginners, who are trying to figure out why this or that is not working as intended; but be warned, it is not a 'How To' book. And it can be very helpful for long-time FoxPro developers who need to be continually reviewing and reminding themselves of the intricacies and various uses of the langauge.

If you're a serious developer, this book is great for honing your skills by reading a couple of topics each morning or night for the rest of your life (it's a big book).

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Hacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro 6.0, October 24, 2004

By	Henry (Charleston, IL USA) - See all my reviews

I am new to Visual Foxpro after many years of using Foxpro for DOS 2.0 and I thought that this book would help me learn Visual Foxpro.

The authors state in the beginning of the book that if you are looking to learn Visual Foxpro from a beginners level then this book isn't for you. The authors state that the book is an intermediate level book.

The book is mainly a glorified help menu like what you would find if you clicked on the help tab at the top of a program. The book didn't help me in trying to learn Visual Foxpro. I needed a book that would explain the concepts of Object-Oriented-Programming and this book didn't do it for me.

If you already know Visual Foxpro then perhaps the information in this book might come in handy, otherwise don't waste your money.

I wish that I had known this before I spent my money on a used copy of this book. Hopefully my review will keep someone else from making the same mistake.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The New Testament for VFP Programmers, April 23, 2001

By	Garrett Fitzgerald "datadweeb" (Brewer, ME USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is the book that every VFP programmer needs to have on their shelf, and on their machine. Many people use the .CHM file that is included with the book as their primary help reference, in place of the one that ships with VFP.

This book documents all of the functions, commands, and PEMs of Visual FoxPro, including the ones that are no longer documented by Microsoft. It tells you how they work, how they're supposed to work, and what they're good for. When there's a bug, or something that looks like a bug but is actually the correct behavior, it is pointed out with cute icons in the margin.

Tamar and Ted also spend a good deal of time explaning the history of Fox, and how Visual Foxpro differs from earlier versions. They also cover how to create builders and wizard templates.

Without The Hacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro 3.0, I would never have gotten as far as I have. Buy this book, and learn more than you thought possible. :-)