Visual Extend 8.0 Rapid Application Development with VFX 8.0

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Visual Extend 8.0Rapid Application
Developmentwith VFX 8.0
Venelina Jordanova, Uwe Habermann Venelina_at_mnet.bg
, Uwe_at_habermann-leu.de
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Who is talking?

• Venelina Jordanova
• Working with FoxPro since 10 years
• MCP
• Software Development Team Leader
• J.E.I.-Varna

• Dipl.-Inform. Uwe Habermann
• Working with FoxPro since 10 years
• MCP für VFP
• Freelancer since 1986
• Consultant of ProLib, ISYS and other companies
• Visual Extend Product Manager

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Visual Extend 8.0What is this?

• Rapid Application Development Framework for VFP 8
• VFX 8.0 comes with
• Template application
• Task Pane
• Many Builders and Wizards

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Lets create a Sample Application
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VFX - Application Wizard

• Create new Projects
• Enter the folder and database
• Enter texts for the about dialog
• Make settings for the application object
• Enter project information
• Compile all files
• Lets go!

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The generated VFX application

• Splash-Screen
• Login dialog
• Menu and Toolbar
• XP style open dialog
• User management
• User rights
• and much more features...

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What to do now?

• Create a database
• Using the VFP database designer
• Or using xCase
• Or using SDT

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VFX Form Wizard

• Create forms based on one of the VFX form
  classes
• cDataFormPage
• cTreeViewForm
• cTableForm
• cOneToMany
• cTreeViewOneToMany
• cAskViewArg
• cWizard
• Based on own form classes

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VFX cDataFormPage Builder

• Reentrant Builder
• Controls on pages of a pageframe
• Search grid includes many features ?
• Setting of form properties
• Usage of own classes for controls
• Corresponding to the DBC settings
• Corresponding to the VFX project properties
• Example Customers

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The Form at runtime

• Autoedit
• Incrementel search in the grid
• Multi-Column-Sort
• Search dialog (setting a filter)
• Saving settings per user
• Size and Position of the form on the desktop
• Column width, column order and sort order of
  grids
• Search criteria

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VFX cTableForm Builder

• Reentrant Builder
• Controls and search grid side by side
• Setting of form properties
• Printing, PDF-Export, sending e-mails
• Example Products

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Printing, PDF Export, E-Mail

• Printing in all form possible without creating
  any report
• E-Mail creation via
• Postscript printer driver
• Ghostscript
• MAPI

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VFX - cOneToMany Builder

• cOneToMany
• Edit and search of parent data similar to
  cDataFormPage
• Edit child data in a grid
• Support of multiple children
• Example Orders.scx

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Pickfields

• Select a customer for an order
• VFX CPickField Builder
• Select a product for an order detail
• VFX CPickAlterTextbox Builder

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Linked-Child-Forms

• Call a Child Form
• Support of multiple Children
• Hierarchical linking possible
• Properties for control
• lCloseChildformOnExit
• lAutoSyncChildform
• Example Customers - Orders

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VFX cTreeviewForm Builder

• Reentrant Builder
• Treeview controls for hierarchical display of
  data
• Pageframe for editing data
• Setting of form properties
• Example Category

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Forms based on Views

• Views can be used in all VFX forms classes
• thisform.lWorkOnView.T.
• Enter View Parameters
• CAskViewArg
• CAskViewArgPgf
• Example Supplier

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VFX - Product Activation

• Integrated Product Activation
• For up to 32 rights or modules
• Define activation rules
• The developer can decide about the activation
  rules
• Create Activation Key
• Create activation keys for customers
• Support of time limited keys

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VFX Product Update

• Update customers application via the Internet
• Automatic download and installation at the
  customer

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Links

• Download and Information about VFX
• www.visualextend.com
• More information about VFX
• www.my-vfx.de
• Free Support for VFX in English and German
• News//news.dfpug.de

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Thank you very much andHave fun with VFX!

• Venelina Jordanova Uwe Habermann