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Visual Extend 8.0Rapid Application Developmentwith VFX 8.0

Venelina Jordanova, Uwe Habermann

Venelina@mnet.bg, Uwe@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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VFX - Application Wizard

Create new Projects1. 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!

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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