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Ted Roche, Senior Consultant |
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VFP: The Next Generation |
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Controls: These are not your dad’s
SAYs & GETs |
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Ground rules, sound check, time check |
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In this session, we will: |
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Define the basic concepts and terminology
associated with controls (10 minutes) |
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Explore how controls work in the new VFP
environment (30 minutes) |
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Discuss how to create custom controls and why
you should (20 minutes) |
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Hold a Q&A session ‘til we drop |
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OOP |
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Control |
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Property |
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Events |
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Methods |
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Classes |
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Create an app and throw it away |
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Subclass all controls into your toolbar |
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Don’t create the MOA class hierarchies |
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VFP Controls are more powerful than their
predecessors |
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Spend some time familiarizing yourself with the
control’s properties, events and methods |
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Build your own complex custom controls |
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#1: FoxHelp.Hlp |
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Read The Fine Manuals |
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Read The Fantastic sample code |
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Related sessions: |
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Form Designer – Builders |
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Grids – OOP |
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VFP Classes |
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Notes