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Technical Articles
.NET Development
Integrating .NET Winforms with
Visual FoxPro
Whether you are moving an entire
application from Visual FoxPro to .Net or just adding new features
to an existing VFP app, you may need to provide interop between the
.Net and VFP apps. You may also need to create ActiveX controls for
your VFP app. This paper talks about how to use the Interop Forms
Toolkit to provide this .NET/VFP integration.
Continuous Integration for .NET Development
Continuous Integration is a method
where source code is continually built and tested, resulting in
better quality applications in less time. While Visual Studio Team
System gives you the tools you need to do continuous integration,
the cost is prohibitive to most shops. This whitepaper discusses
free tools that allow you to integrate continuous integration into
your .NET development.
Using Windows Communication Foundation
with Visual FoxPro
WCF is a .Net 3.0 technology that incorporates
the best of Web Services, COM+, MSMQ, WSE Extensions and more, all
based on loosely coupled SOA architecture. VFP support for web
services is severely limited. COM-enabled WCF can solve these
problems, plus give you many more advantages.
Visual FoxPro Development
Integrating .NET Winforms with
Visual FoxPro
Whether you are moving an entire
application from Visual FoxPro to .Net or just adding new features
to an existing VFP app, you may need to provide interop between the
.Net and VFP apps. You may also need to create ActiveX controls for
your VFP app. This paper talks about how to use the Interop Forms
Toolkit to provide this .NET/VFP integration.
Using Windows Communication Foundation
with Visual FoxPro
WCF is a .Net 3.0 technology that incorporates
the best of Web Services, COM+, MSMQ, WSE Extensions and more, all
based on loosely coupled SOA architecture. VFP support for web
services is severely limited. COM-enabled WCF can solve these
problems, plus give you many more advantages.
Using Windows Component Services (COM+)
with Visual FoxPro
This is an updated article to my
original COM+ articles published in 2001 in FoxTalk and now posted
on the MSDN web site. More and better example code is provided along
with better details on how to use Queued Components, Loosely Coupled
Events and even how to "trick" Compensating Resource Managers into
using VFP data.
Original FoxTalk COM+ Articles
These articles were originally published in FoxTalk in 2001 and are
now available on the MSDN website.
Part 1 - Introduction to COM, MTS, and COM+
Part 2 - Client distribution, security, and error handling
Part 3 - Distributed Transaction Coordinator and using
transactions
Using
Crystal Reports with Visual FoxPro
An introduction to creating
reports with the Crystal Reports 8.5 designer.
Integrating Crystal Reports with Visual FoxPro
An intermediate guide to integrating the
Crystal Reports RDC into Visual FoxPro.
Using the Windows Event Log with
Visual FoxPro
This article shows you how to use the Windows
Event Log using Win32 API calls.
Introduction to Object Oriented
Programming
Get a basic understanding of Object Oriented Programming (OOP) and
how it works in Visual FoxPro.
Visual FoxPro Coding Standards
These are the coding standards I've used for several
years. You can use these as they are or as a starting place for your
own.
Crystal Reports Development
All Crystal Reports documents refer to Crystal Reports versions 8.5, 9, 10, and XI R2. The original release of XI did not include any COM automation capabilities. Beginning with versions after XI R2, SAP removed all COM automation capabilities.For more detailed information about integrating Crystal Reports, see my book CrysDev: A Developer's Guide to Integrating Crystal Reports from Hentzenwerke Press.
Designing Reports with Crystal Reports
The basics to get you started using Crystal Reports.
Using
Crystal Reports with Visual FoxPro
An introduction to creating
reports with the Crystal Reports 8.5 designer.
Integrating Crystal Reports with Visual FoxPro
An intermediate guide to integrating the
Crystal Reports RDC into Visual FoxPro.
.NET Development
Visual FoxPro Development
Crystal Reports Development
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