This Paperback Book item from John Wiley & Sons Inc (Computers) was reviewed on 25-Oct-2008.
Search ISBN:076458023X offer from Abebooks or used books from Alibris. Building Visual Foxpro 5 Applications Reference Book. Classifications : General Databases Computers & Internet Subjects Books General AAS Databases Computers & Internet Subjects Books Visual FoxPro Applications Microsoft Computers & Internet Subjects Books Databases Micro . Click the following link to view the cover of Building Visual Foxpro 5 Applications. Related topics: General. Databases. Subjects. Books. General AAS. Databases. Subjects. Books. Visual FoxPro. Applications. requestid: 7f4f6b66-6c4c-4030-8b2c-49f38e5dd38f
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1) Paperback Book Building Visual Foxpro 5 Applications by John Wiley & Sons Inc (Computers). This is the worst book on programming that I have bought. Mr.Barrie Sosinsky didn´t write the book in a proper way where the readers can learn the magic power of Visual Foxpro.¤ 2) Paperback Book Building Visual Foxpro 5 Applications by John Wiley & Sons Inc (Computers). I have tried to use this an introduction to VFP 5.0 on three occassions. This last time I HURLED it across the room at the wall! This is no exaggeration. The cover implies it will take the reader through a tutorial of how to build a VFP 5 program. However, you start the ´project´ on about page 45 and Barrie then leaves the subject open and moves through to at least page 140 without ever mentioning the ´project´ again. On page 67 he states ´Right click the database designer´...... there IS no database designer on screen nor in the menus and he has not mentioned it up until now! On page 75 he states ´If you don´t see the relationship type you want, go back into the tables involved and re-define the index(es)´. At no point does he suggest how to change them or what to change them to. There are 3 types of indexes giving arange of 9 possibilities with no assistance from Barrie at all. Thanks Barrie for wasting my time and money! (You might guess that I do not like this book!!!!)¤ 3) Paperback Book Building Visual Foxpro 5 Applications by John Wiley & Sons Inc (Computers). Sometimes too many details, sometimes not enough, but overall a good balance. And the methodology of walking all the way through one project works.¤ 4) Paperback Book Building Visual Foxpro 5 Applications by John Wiley & Sons Inc (Computers). This is approximately an intermediate book with quite a bit of elementary material on database development that is not specific to FoxPro. I like that it gives the reader a broad overview of the development process, but it does not give enough detail to "construct a marketable database" as the back cover touts. As an application programer moving from FoxPro 2.x to VFP, I had many questions that went unanswered. However, I found a number of the missing answers in the VFP 5.0 documentation. I also liked that the book used the framework application included with VFP 5.0 for illustration, instead of an entirely different framework. Because the book´s guidelines are consistent with Microsoft´s approach, the VFP 5.0 wizards are far more useable. On the other hand, this book´s discussion of VFP´s OOP implementation is way too choppy and shallow to allow someone new to VFP to really use OOP effectively.¤ 5) Paperback Book Building Visual Foxpro 5 Applications by John Wiley & Sons Inc (Computers). I bought the book because it was advertised as being intermediate to advanced level. I do not understand this since it is more like an end-user book. It certainly is not for one wanting to develope software that produces printed reports which was the reason I thought I wanted it. END¤ 6) Paperback Book Building Visual Foxpro 5 Applications by John Wiley & Sons Inc (Computers). Whether you´re new to FoxPro or just new to the latest version of this powerful database application, with Building Visual FoxPro 5 Applications you´ll be programming databases more efficiently and effectively than ever before. Here database expert Barrie Sosinsky takes you through the whole process of constructing a complete database using the new features in version 5 of Visual FoxPro. Step-by-step tutorials demonstrate everything you need to know to build a marketable databse -- from understanding relational database design to creating database schema. Building Visual FoxPro 5 Applications even shows you how to successfully market and manage your FoxPro database once you´ve created it. Plus, you get a valuable bonus CD-ROM containing software and resources such as MailMan, a FoxPro mail generation and tracking system; PinterFoxPro Letter, a journal for professional programmers; and a demo version of xCase, a database design tool from Resolution, Inc.¤ Page Updated: Robert N. Goolsby, 22-Nov-2008, 076458023X9780764580239, 3X0-8 
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