Application
Design from the Ground Up
Planning
development strategy| Building an efficient database model
| Designing a sound user interface | Structuring the application
| Using the application wizard
Class
Library Design
Planning a class library | Communicating between classes
| Using polymorphism to simplify class usage | Making classes
truly generic
Advanced
Buffering Techniques
Using
buffers to safeguard data | Dealing with multi-user conflicts
| Handling validation rules & triggers
Introduction
to ActiveX
Exploiting
ActiveX components in your application | Using
the Treeview, Listbox & Common Dialog controls
Integrating
with Other Applications
Using
the Treeview, Listbox & Common Dialog controls | Using
OLE Automation to communicate between applications | Integrating
VFP & Office 97 | Introduction to Web publishing | Using
the Internet Explorer control
Client/Server
Issues
Introduction to ODBC | Connecting to a remote database
| Optimizing
remote views for improved performance | Prototyping with
local views | Upsizing data to back-end servers | Using
offline views
Other
Topics
Implementing drag-& -drop | Working with clipboard
text | Interfacing with the Windows help system | Using
the Windows API