Sams - Visual FoxPro to Visual Basic .NET

• Visual FoxPro to Visual Basic .NET
• Table of Contents
• Copyright
• About the Author
• Acknowledgments
• We Want to Hear from You!
• Introduction
  • About This Book
  • Who Should Read This Book
  • How This Book Is Organized
  • What's Not Included
  • An Offer You Can't Refuse
• Chapter 1. Differences Between Visual FoxPro and Visual Basic .NET
  • A Whole New World
  • The Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
  • The Visual Basic .NET Solution Explorer
  • Command Syntax
  • Flow of Control
  • Variables, Enums, Arrays, Collections, and Fields
  • Functions and Subroutines (Procedures)
  • Classes, Namespaces, Properties, and Forms
  • Events
  • Compiler Directives
  • Data
  • Data Binding
  • Error Handling and Debugging
  • Summary
• Chapter 2. Building Simple Applications in Visual FoxPro and Visual Basic .NET
  • Building a Simple Application in Visual FoxPro
  • Building a Simple Application in Visual Basic .NET
  • Summary
• Chapter 3. Building a Visual FoxPro Application for SQL Server
  • Why Three-Tier?
  • Creating the SQL Database and Loading Your Tables
  • Writing the Sample Application
  • The Form Template
  • A Search Form Template
  • The Data Tier
  • What's Next?
• Chapter 4. A Visual Basic .NET Framework
  • Starting the New Windows Application Project
  • Adding a Windows Controls Library
  • Building Your First Inheritable Form
  • Programming with Class
  • Click Event Code for the Form's Buttons
  • Summary
• Chapter 5. Adding Internet Access
  • ASP and Database Development
  • Internet Access in Visual FoxPro 7
  • The StandardForm Class Template
  • Writing Web Connection Functions
  • Introducing the Server
  • Modifying the Data Tier to Add Internet Data Access
  • Building XML Web Services with Visual FoxPro 8
  • XML Web Services in Visual Basic .NET
  • Adding References to the Web Service to Your Client
  • Summary
• Chapter 6. Data Access
  • Data Access in Visual FoxPro Before Visual FoxPro 8
  • Database Containers
  • New Features in Visual FoxPro 8
  • Data Access in Visual Basic .NET
  • Summary
• Chapter 7. XML
  • The Structure of XML
  • Representation of Complex Structures
  • Hierarchical XML
  • The Document Object Model
  • Commands to Move Data Between a Table and XML
  • How FoxPro Implements XML
  • Importing XML into Visual Basic .NET
  • Reading XML into a Visual Basic .NET Dataset
  • Using XML and Data Islands to Reduce Server Load
  • Related Technologies: XPATH and XSLT
  • Extensible Style Sheet Transformations (XSLT)
  • Summary
• Chapter 8. Screen Design
  • The Base Control Classes
  • Creating the Startup Screen for Your Application
  • Creating Menus
  • Subclassing Controls
  • Data Binding
  • Innovative Screen Design
  • Tools
  • Summary
• Chapter 9. Searching and Filtering in Visual FoxPro and Visual Basic .NET
  • Record Filtering in FoxPro
  • Record Filtering in Visual Basic .NET
  • A Generic Record Lookup Grid with Column Sorting in Visual FoxPro
  • Returning a Value from a Visual Basic .NET Form
  • Using the DefaultDataView for Filtering and Sorting
  • A Generic Record Lookup Form in Visual Basic .NET
  • Minimalist Filtering in Visual FoxPro and Visual Basic .NET
  • Search Forms with Additional Fields
  • Building Self-Populating Controls
  • Cleaning Up Mistakes in Legacy Data to Improve Searching
  • Getting Filtered Data Across the Web
  • Summary
• Chapter 10. Reporting
  • Reporting in Visual FoxPro
  • Crystal Reports in Visual FoxPro
  • Reporting in Visual Studio .NET
  • Summary
• Index
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