The best just keeps getting better! Visual FoxPro 7.0 provides
even faster and more powerful features for building great database applications.
With Visual FoxPro 7.0 you can more rapidly design and create great
applications whether they are desktop, client/server, nTier, or web. Here are
some of the many great new features:
Development Environment
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IntelliSense – powerful, extensible
language assistance as you type
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Document View – view and
quickly navigate to procedures, functions and methods in your source
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Dockable IDE Windows – dock common
tools such as Command Window, Data Session, and Debug windows
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Editor – new bookmarks and
shortcuts support, Find capabilities, case conversion, and document navigation
Data Enhancements
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Database Events – add event
code to common database operations such as opening a table or modifying a view
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OLE DB Provider – gives
external clients access to your Visual FoxPro data
Server Improvements
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COM+ Services – new support
for creating Visual FoxPro COM components that function with many popular COM+
Services
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Implement Interfaces – inherit
interfaces from other COM components
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Event Handling – ability to
bind Visual FoxPro code to external client events such as those with an ADO
Recordset
Language Enhancements
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XML – extensive support for converting between
cursors and XML
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Text Merge – improved
functionality for working with various types of text in your source
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Array – improved handling of
arrays
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Data – lots of great
improvements for working with data
Other New Features
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Web Services – publish and
subscribe to web services anywhere on the Internet
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Object Browser – view and
simplify working with COM object libraries
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Task List Manager – manages shortcuts
to locations in code as well as ToDo tasks
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IntelliSense Manager –
provides ability to customize Visual FoxPro’s powerful IntelliSense support
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Active Accessibility – make your
applications accessible to 3rd party tools such as screen readers,
voice recognition devices and automated test harnesses