Hacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro 6.0
The recent edition ofHacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro  6.0updates this guide with documentation on the latest version,  including an extremely comprehensive reference to virtually every  aspect of the FoxPro tool and language. For any working FoxPro  developer, this massive book can provide a truly in-depth resource.The most obvious feature of this book is its larger-than-average  format (it measures 11 by 8.5 inches). FoxPro developers will turn  again and again to the 800 pages of reference material provided here  because of its completeness. In addition to every language statement,  the authors cover built-in controls, including properties and  events. Each topic is described along with sample usage and short code  excerpts.Other sections of the book provide a lively guide to  many essential topics specifically applicable to FoxPro, from a good  tour of its history (as a product with its roots in XBase  compatibility) to its present-day incarnation (with objects and Web  capabilities). Peppered with dozens of quotes from literary sources,  the authors clearly enjoy sharing their considerable expertise: they  include plenty of tips for getting the most out of objects and  components in FoxPro, with notable material on debugging and Web  development.Visual FoxPro 6 is designed to be the easiest tool to  use in Microsoft's Visual Studio for creating database  applications.Hacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro 6.0shows that  this product has considerable power too. This title will surely be  useful to anyone who develops with today's FoxPro.--Richard  DraganTopics covered: Visual FoxPro 6 overview and  history, data containers, XBase and SQL, field types, Web publishing,  FoxISAPI, Active Documents, wizards and builders, debugging tips and  performance tips, FoxPro controls, objects, ActiveX controls and  automation, Visual FoxPro reference.