VFP Book suggestions?

[AppStaff]

I have been developing in MS Access for over 10 years and now find myself in an environment using an application designed in visual fox pro 6.0.

Can anyone suggest some books or reference links that will get me up to speed on the basics and beyond?

Specific topics of interest...
Interface with MS Access (ODBC)
Queries
Function references
Command window
Designing a database application in vfp 6.0

Sorry, best i can do. Hard for me to say what i need to know really

Thanks for any responses!

 

[JRB-Bldr]

You might want to look at the references listed in...
thread184-451636

Good Luck,
JRB-Bldr

 

[chouna]

Link to QUE

Using Visual Foxpro 6

A very good on-line reference (actually the book itself).

 

[AppStaff]

Thank you both! These links look like a great place to start.

 

[Mike Lewis]

AppStaff,

You might also like to take a look at my VFP book reviews, at

http://www.ml-consult.demon.co.uk/MLCBooks.htm

Mike

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My sites:
Visual FoxPro (www.ml-consult.demon.co.uk)
Crystal Reports (www.ml-crystal.com)

 

[MarciaAkins]

The best book that I have ever seen for beginners is Fundamentals: Building Visual Studio Applications on a Visual FoxPro 6.0 Foundation at

http://www.hentzenwerke.com/catalog/fund6.htm.

Although it was written for version 6, the concepts still apply.



Marcia G. Akins

http://www.TightlineComputers.com

 

[mkrausnick]

If you can find them, the Microsoft Press books
Visual Foxpro 6 Language Reference and
Visual Foxpro 6 Programmer's Guide
will give you good no-frills information. The Language Ref was invaluable to me in my transition from Clipper to VFP6. I just wanted the bottom-line 411, not all the fluff some of the other books have. No offense to authors who may be reading this - I just have a short attention span so I need to get the answer fast before I forget the question.


Mike Krausnick
Dublin, California

 

[TamarGranor]

FWIW, those MS Press books are part of the Help file.

Tamar

 

[mkrausnick]

That's true - but if you don't know what you're looking for, or to discover new things you didn't know, there's no substitute for being able to thumb through a real book.

Mike Krausnick
Dublin, California

 

[Mike Lewis]

Mike,

there's no substitute for being able to thumb through a real book.

I'm with you there.

Mike


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Mike Lewis (Edinburgh, Scotland)

My sites:
Visual FoxPro (www.ml-consult.demon.co.uk)
Crystal Reports (www.ml-crystal.com)