CASE STUDY
Grids and Forms -- A Data-Driven Approach
Use this example to build more dynamic applications.
DOWNLOAD (39,231 bytes) -- The clDynamic class, consisting of BuildGrid and BuildScreen. Plus, PrintRunSheet, to export data to an Excel spreadsheet.
About this Article:
As a developer for a dynamic manufacturing company, I try to make system maintenance as quick and painless as possible. We recently rewrote our manufacturing system (originally written in FoxPro for DOS) in Visual FoxPro. We needed to design the new system with the ability to easily adapt to our manufacturing processes, without requiring constant modifications to the forms and reports. Here's the result.
Chad Lemmer is a full time I.S. Programmer/Analyst at Wausau Coated Products in Wausau, Wisconsin. He specializes in Visual FoxPro application development. Chad also develops Visual FoxPro applications for the clients of his own consulting business. clemmer@dwave.net.
Keyword Tags: Administration, Application Design, Automation, Business Automation, Database, Database Development, Grids, Microsoft Visual FoxPro (VFP), Operations Management