Visual FoxPro 6.0 Programming Fundamentals and Applications

Author: Zhang Jianzhuang
Publisher:
Publish Date: 2004-08-01
Features:
Characteristics of this book:
1. Comprehensive content, closely integrating fundamental knowledge with practical applications, emphasizing operational skills;
2. Adopts a teaching method that combines explanation with hands-on practice, featuring rich program examples for easy learning and quick mastery;
3. Each chapter ends with corresponding exercises covering fill-in-the-blank questions, multiple-choice questions, and hands-on practice, with answers provided at the end of the book for convenience in teaching and self-study.
This book is a standardized vocational college textbook specifically developed to implement the spirit of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Information Industry's "Notice on Determining the Training Work for Skilled Shortage in Computer Application and Software Technology in Vocational Colleges" and the "Guiding Plan for Cultivating Skilled Shortage in Computer Application and Software Technology in Vocational Colleges."
Content of the book:
This book consists of 10 chapters and 2 appendices:
Chapter 1 introduces the basics of databases and the development environment of the Visual FoxPro system;
Chapter 2 explains data types, constants, variables, expressions, functions, and data operations;
Chapter 3 covers the concepts of databases, their creation and usage, basic table operations, the establishment of table indexes, relationships between tables, and data integrity;
Chapter 4 explains SQL's query and operation functions, as well as the use of the query designer;
Chapter 5 discusses the basic concepts, characteristics, and functions of views, as well as how to create views using SQL commands and the view designer;
Chapter 6 covers the three common programming structures in structured programming, commonly used statements in programming, and concepts and design methods related to multi-module programs;
Chapter 7 explains the basic concepts of objects and classes, demonstrating the creation of forms, the use of the form designer, and form controls through examples;
Chapter 8 explains the methods and steps for creating menus using the menu generator through examples;
Chapter 9 focuses on the use of the report designer to explain how to create reports;
Chapter 10, through examples, explains how to develop a complete database application using Visual FoxPro.
The appendices provide an overview of database operation commands and commonly used functions.