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Category Archives: Foxpro
Table based definition of Parent-Child relationships in wwBusinessPro
The wwBusinessPro data access library supports table-based definitions of the Business Objects used in an application. This also allows you to define Parent-Child relationships between the records and tables in your app. You can download wwBusinessPro from the project hosted … Continue reading
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Visual FoxPro on Windows 8
Want to know if Visual FoxPro 9 will run on Windows 8? Well, find out below… I downloaded the Windows 8 Developer Preview the first evening that Microsoft made it available to the public. I had watched the BUILD keynote … Continue reading
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I Love Me Some Business Objects
Here is the beautiful stack of Business Object classes for my Line of Business CRUD app (see image below). The Job object (highlighted in the screenshot), in particular, is populated with tons of little worker methods to handle all the … Continue reading
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Creating a Parent Business Object with wwBusinessPro
When using a wwBusProParent, you set properties on the Parent that tell it about the Child class.Then, the Parent will create the Child class for you. You do not create the Child when writing your code, let the Parent do … Continue reading
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wwBusinessPro–Parent Child collections in a wwBusiness business object
Note: This post if part of a complete series on the West Wind wwBusiness library.Click here to see the full index Before we start digging into parent/child data access with wwBusinessPro, let’s have a review of the basics. Suppose … Continue reading
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FoxPro Report FRX Table Structure
Visual FoxPro 9 Report (FRX) Table Structure Here is a link to a table showing all the field names and details for Visual FoxPro 9 Report (FRX) files. This table also applies to Label (LBX) files. Click here: FoxPro-Report-FRX-Structure.html The … Continue reading
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Go To File – A quick Open File dialog for Visual Foxpro
Here’s a new tool I’ve written for Foxpro to add a cool feature for quickly opening a file by entering part of its filename. It’s a fast heads-down way to navigate files in your Project or the Current Directory. Just … Continue reading
FoxPro class to generate SCCText for all files in a Project
If you want to place your FoxPro source code files in a Source Code Repository of some sort, you usually need to generate text file versions of your table-based FoxPro files like SCX, VCX, and FRX. These text versions of … Continue reading
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Writing tests for Business Objects in FoxPro
I’ve blogged before about converting my FoxPro apps from application forms to the Business Object based programming approach (thereby moving away from forms based heavily on open tables, work areas, and relations). I used the West Wind wwBusiness classes to … Continue reading
Extracting Enum values from an assembly file using the Object Browser in FoxPro
Thanks to a helpful comment from Doug Hennig, I’ve learned how to use the Object Browser in Foxpro to extract Enum values from an assembly file right into a .h file inside of FoxPro. By an “assembly”, I mean a … Continue reading
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