1. Chapter One Introduction to Visual FoxPro
Visual FoxPro--Ch1 By CHANG YU
Chapter One Introduction to Visual FoxPro
Background
Advantages
User interface
Exit Visual FoxPro

2. Knowledge about Visual FoxPro
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Knowledge about Visual FoxPro
Visual FoxPro is a product of Microsoft. It come from the FoxBase Which design by Foxholding Co. FoxPro is database management system. It can manipulate and query the data in the database.
Advantage:
Provide the object-oriented programming syntax.
Rushmore
Visual Tools
Support multimedia database

3. Visual FoxPro--Ch1 By CHANG YU
Execute Visual FoxPro
User interface :
Menu bar : using the mouse to choice the function.
Tool bar: function picture.
Command Window: the place where we can write down the command.
Display window: display the final result.
Status bar: explain the status.

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Menu bar
Command Window
Tool bar
Main screen
Status bar

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Exit Visual FoxPro
Press the button :
<File> --> <Exit>
Type the quit in command window.
System control button --> <Exit>
Double click the “Fox ‘s head”.
Alt + F4 X

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Command window
Call the command window:
<window> --> <command window>
press the buttons
Non case-sensitive
Dir *.dbf = dir *.dbf
Repeat
Abbreviate
Breaking command over lines with “ ;”.
Auto checking the command
Font
Ctrl F2 +

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Help
Help command: display the message about using method.
Press the button: F1

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File Extension
*.dbc database file
*.dbf table file
*.fpt memo file
*.frx report file
*.prg, .spr, .mpr program file
*.qpr query file
*.scx, *.sct form file

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Homework
What is the advantage of Visual FoxPro?
How many parts of the main screen?
How to call back the command window?
How to exit from the Visual FoxPro?
What will be display in status bar, if we input the command “use student” ?