Transcript Visual Extend 8.0 - dFPUG

Visual Extend 8.0
Rapid Application Development
with VFX 8.0
Venelina Jordanova, Uwe Habermann
[email protected], [email protected]
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Who is talking?
 Venelina Jordanova
 Dipl.-Inform. Uwe
Habermann
 Working with FoxPro  Working with FoxPro
since 10 years
since 10 years
 MCP
 MCP für VFP
 Software
 Freelancer since 1986
Development Team  Consultant of ProLib,
Leader
ISYS and other
 J.E.I.-Varna
companies
 Visual Extend Product
Manager
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Visual Extend 8.0
What 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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Let´s create a Sample
Application
Venelina´s
Fantastic
P izzas
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VFX - Application Wizard
 Create new Projects
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Enter the folder and database
Enter texts for the about dialog
Make settings for the application object
Enter project information
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:
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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
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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 and
Have fun with VFX!
Venelina Jordanova & Uwe Habermann
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