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Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
SWFox Presentation!
Working with Remote Data the "VFP Way": Upsizing to SQL Server Without Redesigning Your Application!
AFUG is pleased to announce that Steve Ellenoff, president of SJE Consulting will be making our January presentation.
Ask any developer who has migrated a FoxPro application to SQL Server and almost every one of them will tell you that you need to rethink the way your application works: No more Browse windows, no more record navigation buttons, no more XBASE style mentality. In other words, not only do you need to re-code your application for the actual data handling, you also need to re-design the way it works! That's funny?! I don't remember my customers asking me to redesign screens and functionality just because they wanted to take advantage of the many benefits of using a robust remote database such as SQL Server!
So are we stuck to take this advice without negative consequences? The answer is a resounding NO! While it's true that "redesigning" our XBASE styled FoxPro applications while upsizing to SQL Server is a recommended best practice, there are several ways we can minimize the need to change the way our Fox applications look and behave. Furthermore, we can do so with minimal negative side effects. This session will cover a variety of strategies and tips which will allow you to upsize your applications to any remote data back-end, such as MS SQL Server, MySQL, and many others, with minimal impact on the look and feel of your applications. We'll also cover a number of "how to do that" tips for upsizing the application when migrating from FoxPro local data that I have not seen discussed elsewhere.
You will learn:
- Why redesign is a recommended approach and how we can work around it without penalty
- How to implement Record Navigation Buttons (First, Last, Next, Prior) for any remote back-end
- How to implement SET RELATION style logic using Remote Back-Ends
- How to implement FoxPro's "Deleted Record" concept on Remote Back-Ends
- Several other tips to help make upsizing to remote data easy without requiring a redesign of our applications
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