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Reduce DECLARE-DLL Overhead in Visual FoxPro

Is it poor coding practice to use DECLARE commands to call Windows API functions?

By Mike Lewis, contributing editor

ADVISOR TIPS

Avoid Unexpected Visual FoxPro Behavior in FOR/EACH Loops

Use FOXOBJECT to avoid problems with collections.

By Mike Lewis, contributing editor

ADVISOR ANSWERS

Limit CPU Usage in Microsoft Visual FoxPro

Get a solution to this common problem that's built right into Windows.

By Christof Wollenhaupt, contributing editor

ADVISOR TIPS

A Simpler Way to Read Visual FoxPro Table Headers

FILETOSTR() is easier to use than low-level file functions, but is it efficient?

By Art Bergquist

ADVISOR TIPS

Avoid MIN() and MAX() SQL Code Problems in Visual FoxPro

How to use these two Vsual FoxPro functions in SQL SELECT statements.

By Mike Lewis, contributing editor

ADVISOR TIPS

Programmatically Control Your Visual FoxPro Project Version

Here's how to make sure the build number is always up to date.

By Rick Schummer

ADVISOR TIPS

Give Feedback to Visual FoxPro Users During Drag-and-Drop

How to set the mouse pointer to indicate no-drop zones.

By Mike Lewis, contributing editor

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

Create a Natural Language Query Form in Microsoft Visual FoxPro

Integrate Microsoft English Query with your Visual FoxPro applications.

By Mike Lewis

VISUAL FOXPRO ADVISOR TIPS

Avoid an Outlook Properties Trap When Working from Visual FoxPro

Here's how to check for the SenderName property.

By Mike Lewis, contributing editor

VISUAL FOXPRO ADVISOR TIPS

Maintain Transparency in GIF Images in Visual FoxPro

VFP has supported transparency in GIFs since version 6 -- but only for the Image control. Here's how to get around that.

By Mike Lewis, contributing editor

VISUAL FOXPRO ADVISOR ANSWERS

Quality Complaints

For better or worse, paying attention to the details (or not) sends an important signal to your users.

By Christof Wollenhaupt, contributing editor

VISUAL FOXPRO ADVISOR ANSWERS

Upgrade to VFP 9 SP2?

Find out if the problems with SP2 should prevent you from upgrading.

By Tamar E. Granor, technical editor

VISUAL FOXPRO ADVISOR TIPS

Avoid Mailmerge Errors in Visual FoxPro

When using Word Automation to do a mailmerge, you'll get an OLE Idispatch error. Here's how to avoid that error.

By Mike Lewis, contributing editor

VISUAL FOXPRO ADVISOR ANSWERS

Handling Multiple Attributes in Visual FoxPro

Here's a design that will streamline the maintenance of your application.

By Pamela Thalacker, contributing editor

VISUAL FOXPRO ADVISOR TIPS

Restore Visual FoxPro System Windows at Startup

If you tend to rearrange system windows during development, here's a way to easily restore their default size, position, and dock status.

By Mike Lewis, contributing editor

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Is it poor coding practice to use DECLARE commands to call Windows API functions?

By Mike Lewis, contributing editor

ADVISOR TIPS

Use FOXOBJECT to avoid problems with collections.

By Mike Lewis, contributing editor

ADVISOR ANSWERS

Get a solution to this common problem that's built right into Windows.

By Christof Wollenhaupt, contributing editor

ADVISOR TIPS

FILETOSTR() is easier to use than low-level file functions, but is it efficient?

By Art Bergquist

ADVISOR TIPS

How to use these two Vsual FoxPro functions in SQL SELECT statements.

By Mike Lewis, contributing editor

ADVISOR TIPS

Here's how to make sure the build number is always up to date.

By Rick Schummer

ADVISOR TIPS

How to set the mouse pointer to indicate no-drop zones.

By Mike Lewis, contributing editor

APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT

Integrate Microsoft English Query with your Visual FoxPro applications.

By Mike Lewis

VISUAL FOXPRO ADVISOR TIPS

Here's how to check for the SenderName property.

By Mike Lewis, contributing editor

VISUAL FOXPRO ADVISOR TIPS

VFP has supported transparency in GIFs since version 6 -- but only for the Image control. Here's how to get around that.

By Mike Lewis, contributing editor

VISUAL FOXPRO ADVISOR ANSWERS

For better or worse, paying attention to the details (or not) sends an important signal to your users.

By Christof Wollenhaupt, contributing editor

VISUAL FOXPRO ADVISOR ANSWERS

Find out if the problems with SP2 should prevent you from upgrading.

By Tamar E. Granor, technical editor

VISUAL FOXPRO ADVISOR TIPS

When using Word Automation to do a mailmerge, you'll get an OLE Idispatch error. Here's how to avoid that error.

By Mike Lewis, contributing editor

VISUAL FOXPRO ADVISOR ANSWERS

Here's a design that will streamline the maintenance of your application.

By Pamela Thalacker, contributing editor

VISUAL FOXPRO ADVISOR TIPS

If you tend to rearrange system windows during development, here's a way to easily restore their default size, position, and dock status.

By Mike Lewis, contributing editor

VISUAL FOXPRO ADVISOR ANSWERS

Use these handy keywords inside class code to control what code gets executed.

By Tamar E. Granor, technical editor

USER INTERFACE DESIGN

Use this cool message box to alert your users of important events.

By Mike Lewis

ADVISOR ANSWERS

Learn about the ins and outs of encryption for the purpose of protecting your custom software licenses.

By Christof Wollenhaupt, contributing editor

ADVISOR ANSWERS

If you spend a lot of time working in the Toolbox, you might find that, after a while, it becomes cluttered with categories and classes. Here's how to use filters so the Toolbox only offers a subset of the categories (and you can easily switch between filters).

By Tamar E. Granor, technical editor

ADVISOR ANSWERS

Get a solution to this common problem that's built right into Windows.

By Christof Wollenhaupt, contributing editor

ADVISOR ANSWERS

When you need to have several forms appear together, is it better to use individual forms or a formset?

By Tamar E. Granor, technical editor

ADVISOR ANSWERS

If you want to add an icon to multiple forms, can you do it all at once or do you have to modify each form individually?

By Tamar E. Granor, technical editor

ADVISOR ANSWERS

Suppose you need to read from and write to multi-sheet Excel tables but, for security reasons or because not all of your users have Microsoft Office, you can't use Office automation. Here are your options.

By Pamela Thalacker, contributing editor

ADVISOR TIPS

If you're like many developers, you probably log into an application many, many times a day when testing. Here's a shortcut.

By Catherine Prentice

ADVISOR TIPS

VFP’s BETWEEN() function is useful for checking to see if a date lies within a given range, but it doesn't handle empty dates very well.

Martin Griffin

ADVISOR TIPS