Visual Extend 8.0 Rapid Application Development with VFX 8.0 Venelina Jordanova, Uwe Habermann

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

Visual Extend 8.0 What 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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VFX - Application Wizard  Create new Projects 1. Enter the folder and database 2. Enter texts for the about dialog 3. Make settings for the application object 4. Enter project information 5. Compile all files Let´s go!

The generated VFX application Splash-Screen Login dialog Menu and Toolbar XP style open dialog User management User rights and much more features...

What to do now?  Create a database Using the VFP database designer Or using xCase Or using SDT

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

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

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

VFX – cTableForm Builder  Reentrant Builder Controls and search grid side by side Setting of form properties  Printing, PDF-Export, sending s  Example: Products

Printing, PDF Export,  Printing in all form possible without creating any report  creation via Postscript printer driver Ghostscript MAPI

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

Pickfields  Select a customer for an order VFX – CPickField Builder  Select a product for an order detail VFX – CPickAlterTextbox Builder

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

VFX – cTreeviewForm Builder  Reentrant Builder Treeview controls for hierarchical display of data Pageframe for editing data Setting of form properties  Example: Category

Forms based on Views  Views can be used in all VFX forms classes thisform.lWorkOnView=.T.  Enter View Parameters CAskViewArg CAskViewArgPgf  Example: Supplier

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

VFX – Product Update  Update customers application via the Internet  Automatic download and installation at the customer

Links  Download and Information about VFX:  More information about VFX:  Free Support for VFX in English and German: News://news.dfpug.de

Thank you very much and Have fun with VFX! Venelina Jordanova & Uwe Habermann