VFPX

UPDATED RELEASE: VFP Grid ManyHeader2.1.1 (六月 20, 2008)

Sat, 05 Jul 2008 03:23:24 GMT

This project provides a custom container to replace the base header the VFP grid uses now. The goals of this project are:

Allow 2 or more levels of headers per column. These custom headers can also be merged with one another.
Provide a more intuitive operation and interface for the grid’s lock columns feature.
Address the flaw: a column can’t be moved after having been locked.
Resolve the problem: user can unlock columns by right clicking with their mouse.
Support Theme (new for ver 2.1 or later)

Note: Ver 2.1 only run in vfp9

2.1.1 update to 2008-07-05
Add12-1: Invoke on original headers events.
Event list: Click, RightClick, DblClick, MouseMove, MouseDown, MouseUp, MouseEnter, MouseLeave, MouseWheel, MiddleClick
Add12-2: Resolution of the ManyHeader original of main ManyHeader events.
Enent list: OnLock, OnDrag, OnClick, OnRightClick, OnDblClick, OnMouseMove, OnMouseDown, OnMouseUp, OnMouseEnter, OnMouseLeave, OnMouseWheel, OnMiddleClick
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thanks to JimRNelson

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New Post: Suggestions for new projects

vchigne — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:40:30 GMT

Hello guys.

First of all, congratulations on this excellent projects. They are fine examples of world class programming.

I'd like to propose a couple projects that fit very well on this effort and will be very helpful for all of us.

The fist one is a native way to look at multidimensional data (from a relational source), ie a data cube like datadynamics dynamicube.

You can find something about this here:

http://www.datadynamics.com/Products/DDA/Default.aspx#features
That would be a fine product specification sheet.

or this : http://www.radar-soft.com

The second one is something we need badly for making those scorecards that managers love to see. I'm talking about gauges. There are some of them:

http://www.dundas.com/Gallery/Gauge/NET/index.aspx?ImgGroup=Version+2.0

http://www.dundas.com/Gallery/Gauge/NET/index.aspx?ImgGroup=Dashboards

That would be a fine complement to foxcharts.

I hope this proposed projects seems of interest for you people.

Best regards

New Post: Use GDIPlusX outside of FoxPro?

binarybo — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 15:27:05 GMT

Hi AlanB,

GDIPlusX uses ARGB, just like .NET's System.Drawing namespace. The only CMYK support is the ImageAttributes.SetOutputChannel and a couple of other Image functional areas, the same as .NET. What gave you the impression that GDIPlusX supports CMYK drawing? We may need to correct some documentation.

Thanks,
BinaryBo

New Post: Property Editor Issues

SteveDingle — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 08:48:49 GMT

Heya,

Have recently installed new version of New Property/Method dialog and I am having 2 minor issues (i.e. not urgent):

1) Not sure what might be causing this but now when I use the "Reset To Default" right-click menu option I have to do it twice. Basically click menu item, menu re-draws itself and then I have to click it again to get it to reset

2) More a behaviour issue I suppose but when I "Edit Property/Method" make a change to a property or method, like rename, them move off the selected item I see the name changed in the dialog immediately, great. However if I go to another item, say I am renaming multiple items, without hitting the Apply for each one, I loose all my changes when exiting the dialog. IMHO, I should be prompted if I have not "applied" all changes or by default save all the changes.

Again, great work guys (and gals)!!!!

Toodles,
Steve Dingle

Updated Wiki: Home

craigsboyd — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 01:53:31 GMT

Welcome to VFPX

VFPX is a Visual FoxPro Community effort to create open source add-ons for Visual FoxPro 9.0. The code, classes, and libraries made available here are the result of a community-based effort to support and extend Visual FoxPro. Anyone can join-in, help and propose new VFPX projects for possible inclusion in the effort. VFPX members are fans of FoxPro and they give generously of their time, resources, and ideas to make VFPX possible. A debt of gratitude is owed to everyone that has participated or otherwise contributed to VFPX. Thank you.

Project List

Below is a list of projects that have been accepted as part of the VFPX initiative. You'll note that the projects are grouped based on stability and level of development. The links provide access to the listed project's home page or, in the case that no project home page has yet been provided, the project's release page. The latest release of each project is available from the project's home page or from the VFPX Current Releases page.

Production Releases
Sedna	Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 "Sedna" Add-Ons
GDIPlusX	VFP 9.0 class libraries that wrap the 603 GDI+ Flat API functions of GDIPlus.dll
Property and Method Replacement	Replace the native VFP dialogs to create, edit, and maintain list of Properties and Methods
FFC	Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Foundation Classes
XSource	Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 SP2 XSource Projects
Alternate SCCText	New and improved version of source code control to text program

Release Candidates
ctl32_statusbar	Replacement for VFP _screen Status Bar, or can be used on a form
ctl32_scontainer	Scrollable containers on VFP forms

Beta Releases
DeskTop Alerts	Outlook style alerts are popup windows to message users
ThemedControls	OutlookNavBar and other controls to provide the Outlook look and feel in your VFP app
Tab Menu	Ribbon control generated from VFP menus
OOP Menu Project	Object-Oriented menus
FoxCharts	ActiveX-free charting leverages GDIPlusX

Alpha Releases
Code Analyst	Tool to help your recognize refactoring opportunities by spotting bad smells you select
ClassBrowserX	Standard VFP ClassBrowser with enhancements to the Export Code feature
JustBehave	Extend the behavior of any VFP baseclass or custom framework class without additional code
Table Designer X	Non-modal replacement for the VFP Table Designer
VFP Grid ManyHeader	Custom container to replace and extend VFP's header functionality

Planning Stage
VFP MSBuild Target	Integrate VFP builds into an automated process
VFP 9.0 Localization in French	Provides a French-localized IDE and tools
VFP 9.0 Localization in Russian	Provides a Russian-localized IDE and help
VFP 9.0 Localization in Portuguese	Provides a Portuguese-localized IDE and help

How to Propose a New Project

The project proposal process is fairly simple and designed to reduce administrative overhead for all involved. All you have to do us fill out a two page VFPX Project Proposal which provides the VFPX Administrators information needed to determine if the project fits into VFPX. Once you fill out the proposal, send the document to: projects AT vfpx.com.

The administrators will review the proposal and let you know if it will be included or not included. The review process time varies depending on how busy the administrators are when you submit the proposal. After all, they all have day jobs too, just like you. You can review the Project Manager Acceptance Outline to understand what happens once a project is accepted and Tips For Project Managers to gain some helpful tips in working with CodePlex.

Licensing

The projects presented here were donated to VFPX by contributors, developed by VFPX members, or included as part of Microsoft's efforts to share the source of certain VFP product components with the VFP Community. All of the projects here are governed by the Shared Source License for VFPX unless otherwise stated or noted in a project's source code/documentation.

How to Get Involved in VFPX

VFPX is a volunteer effort in need of project managers, designers, developers, documentation specialists, testers, sales people, marketing, and visionaries. Determine how you can help and get involved. Plainly put, this is a significant part of the future of Visual FoxPro. You can decide if you are going to sit by and watch, or get involved. The more people who participate in this effort, the less each of us has to work to make it a success. Help Get The Word Out!

If you want to get involved on one or more of the many projects included in VFPX, contact the project manager and let them know you are interested in helping out. The project manager knows resources required and roles needed on the project. You work with the project manager to determine the role you will play. The project manager will work with the VFPX administrators to get your CodePlex login added as a developer.

Latest News

VFPX Logos and Images

Frequently Asked Questions

Tips For Project Managers
How Do I Setup Source Code Control and Contribute Here?

Updated Wiki: Tips For Project Managers

binarybo — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:51:44 GMT

Tips For Project Managers

This page includes tips and guidelines for project managers.

This is a work in progress so feel free to add your own notes or comments that you believe will helpful to other project managers on VFPX

Update the Wiki page for your project: Important information to include would be

Your name and contact information
A brief description of your project
Instructions on how to join the project

Use 2 different projects: One for distribution and one for source control. If you distribute your source control project, any one who downloads your project for evaluation will get a prompt to log in to source control.
Prefix your checkins with the project name: Every checkin is listed under the Source Code tab. It is very helpful to show the project that the checkin applies to.
Prefix your work items with the project name: Even though you can filter work items by project. It is nice to see, at a glance, what project the work item belongs to.
Prefix your discussion threads with the project name: This allows discussions to be easily identified by project.

Resources

Wiki Markup Guide

Sample links:

Wiki markup:
[url:Discussions|../Thread/List.aspx]
[url:Issue Tracker|../WorkItem/AdvancedList.aspx]
[url:Source Code|../SourceControl/ListDownloadableCommits.aspx]

Discussions
Issue Tracker
Source Code

Updated Wiki: Tips For Project Managers

binarybo — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:51:27 GMT

Tips For Project Managers

Update the Wiki page for your project: Important information to include would be

Your name and contact information
A brief description of your project
Instructions on how to join the project

Use 2 different projects: One for distribution and one for source control. If you distribute your source control project, any one who downloads your project for evaluation will get a prompt to log in to source control.
Prefix your checkins with the project name: Every checkin is listed under the Source Code tab. It is very helpful to show the project that the checkin applies to.
Prefix your work items with the project name: Even though you can filter work items by project. It is nice to see, at a glance, what project the work item belongs to.
Prefix your discussion threads with the project name: This allows discussions to be easily identified by project.

Resources

Wiki Markup Guide

Sample links:

Wiki markup:
[url:Discussions|../Thread/List.aspx]
[url:Issue Tracker|../WorkItem/AdvancedList.aspx]
[url:Source Code|../SourceControl/ListDownloadableCommits.aspx]

Discussions
Issue Tracker
Source Code

Updated Wiki: Tips For Project Managers

binarybo — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:50:47 GMT

Tips For Project Managers

Update the Wiki page for your project: Important information to include would be

Your name and contact information
A brief description of your project
Instructions on how to join the project

Use 2 different projects: One for distribution and one for source control. If you distribute your source control project, any one who downloads your project for evaluation will get a prompt to log in to source control.
Prefix your checkins with the project name: Every checkin is listed under the Source Code tab. It is very helpful to show the project that the checkin applies to.
Prefix your work items with the project name: Even though you can filter work items by project. It is nice to see, at a glance, what project the work item belongs to.
Prefix your discussion threads with the project name: This allows discussions to be easily identified by project.

Resources

Wiki Markup Guide

Sample links:

Wiki markup:
[url:Discussions|../Thread/List.aspx]
[url:Issue Tracker|../WorkItem/AdvancedList.aspx]
[url:Source Code|../SourceControl/ListDownloadableCommits.aspx]

Discussions
Issue Tracker
Source Code

Updated Wiki: Home

craigsboyd — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:50:11 GMT

Welcome to VFPX

Project List

Production Releases
Sedna	Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 "Sedna" Add-Ons
GDIPlusX	VFP 9.0 class libraries that wrap the 603 GDI+ Flat API functions of GDIPlus.dll
Property and Method Replacement	Replace the native VFP dialogs to create, edit, and maintain list of Properties and Methods
FFC	Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Foundation Classes
XSource	Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 SP2 XSource Projects
Alternate SCCText	New and improved version of source code control to text program

Release Candidates
ctl32_statusbar	Replacement for VFP _screen Status Bar, or can be used on a form
ctl32_scontainer	Scrollable containers on VFP forms

Beta Releases
DeskTop Alerts	Outlook style alerts are popup windows to message users
ThemedControls	OutlookNavBar and other controls to provide the Outlook look and feel in your VFP app
Tab Menu	Ribbon control generated from VFP menus
OOP Menu Project	Object-Oriented menus
FoxCharts	ActiveX-free charting leverages GDIPlusX

Alpha Releases
Code Analyst	Tool to help your recognize refactoring opportunities by spotting bad smells you select
ClassBrowserX	Standard VFP ClassBrowser with enhancements to the Export Code feature
JustBehave	Extend the behavior of any VFP baseclass or custom framework class without additional code
Table Designer X	Non-modal replacement for the VFP Table Designer
VFP Grid ManyHeader	Custom container to replace and extend VFP's header functionality

Planning Stage
VFP MSBuild Target	Integrate VFP builds into an automated process
VFP 9.0 Localization in French	Provides a French-localized IDE and tools
VFP 9.0 Localization in Russian	Provides a Russian-localized IDE and help
VFP 9.0 Localization in Portuguese	Provides a Portuguese-localized IDE and help

How to Propose a New Project

Licensing

How to Get Involved in VFPX

Frequently Asked Questions

Tips For Project Managers
How Do I Setup Source Code Control and Contribute Here?

Updated Wiki: Tab Menu

craigsboyd — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:44:52 GMT

Tab Menu

Seeks to provide an Office 2007 style menu interface using the standard VFP menu designer plus extensions for VFP projects.

Project Manager: Goran Zidar(g.zidar AT gmail DOT COM)

The latest release 1.0.5 has been made available on the 20/03/2008. This release provides the functionality to change the look of the UI and comes with examples including two different themes. The Blue theme and a Black theme; see the screenshots below for and idea of what I am talking about.

This version also allows you to create a menu that behaves like the traditional menus that we are familiar with as shown in the screenshot below:

Updated Wiki: ThemedControls

craigsboyd — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:44:32 GMT

ThemedControls

A suite of controls created to improve the UI of your Visual FoxPro applications.

Project Manager: Emerson Santon Reed emerson_reed@hotmail.com

OutlookNavBar, formerly known as the Outlook2003Bar, is a very cool component included in this suite. It resembles the Outlook panel interface, making it perfect for grouping similar items in an application's UI. You’ll find working with the OutlookNavBar similar to working with a pageframe. It’s incredibly easy to use, and I think you'll agree that the results are amazing.

ExplorerBar, a bar with group panels just like Windows XP.

ToolBox, a toolbar (similar to the new VFP ToolBox), with expand/collapse panels capability.

Another cool control in this suite is the ZoomNavBar. The current button is "zoomed" when the mouse passes over it and you can add a "menu" to be displayed when button is clicked.

Here you can see a sample video showing some ThemedControls features.
ThemedControls video

You can download the source code and samples here:
http://www.codeplex.com/VFPX/Release/ProjectReleases.aspx?ReleaseId=7003

Updated Wiki: DeskTop Alerts

craigsboyd — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:44:14 GMT

Desktop Alerts

Outlook-style Desktop Alerts for VFP applications.

The Desktop Alerts project, managed by Kevin Ragsdale, provides VFP developers with a reliable mechanism to add Outlook-style Desktop Alerts to VFP applications.

If you are interested in helping Kevin on this project, please contact him at kevin (AT) pc-interactive.com.

Updated Wiki: ctl32_scontainer

craigsboyd — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:43:58 GMT

ctl32_scontainer

A scrollable container class for Visual FoxPro 9.

Project Manager: Carlos Alloatti calloatti@gmail.com

The ctl32_scontainer project provides a scrollable container for:

Paning large images
Creating Explorer, Taskpane and other modern GUI interfaces
Anywhere a general purpose container needs to scroll due to form or screen size

Info, pictures and documentation available here: http://www.ctl32.com.ar/ctl32_scontainer.asp

Updated Wiki: ctl32_statusbar

craigsboyd — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:43:33 GMT

ctl32_statusbar

A status bar class for Visual Foxpro 9.

Project Manager: Carlos Alloatti calloatti@gmail.com

This class provides a Status Bar control that can be used to replace the native VFP9 Status Bar.

You can use this statusbar to its full potential, using the progressbar, the panels, setting icons, captions, etc.

Or you can just drop it into your project and do nothing more than instantiate it at the start of your program, and let it just be a nicer replacement for the native toolbar, without touching the rest of your code at all.

You can also drop the class in your main top level form, and enjoy a status bar in your top level form.

All messages shown by the menu options and the StatusBarText property of controls will show in the ctl32_statusbar.

Info, pictures and documentation available here: http://www.ctl32.com.ar/ctl32_statusbar.asp

Updated Wiki: Alternate SCCText

craigsboyd — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:43:18 GMT

Alternate SCCText

Improved source code control to text program for use with Visual FoxPro's IDE.

This new and improved version of the source code control to text program was developed years ago by ProLib and released for all Visual FoxPro developers to have a better source code control experience. Jürgen Wondzinski, aka "wOOdy", is the project manager for this project.

There are several improvements made to the original SCCText.prg included in Visual FoxPro:

1) Consistent and case insensitive sorting of methods, objects, and properties
2) Corrects several bugs in the original version shipped from Microsoft
3) Optimizations
4) German and French localizations

This routine has been in the Fox Community for many years now and is accepted as the "better standard" by Fox developers around the world.

Latest Release of Alternate SCCText

Updated Wiki: XSource

craigsboyd — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:42:52 GMT

XSource

Microsoft's Visual FoxPro XSource is made up of the source in the XSource.zip of the XSource folder in the Visual FoxPro \Tools directory.

XSource contains the source files for various Visual FoxPro components. The license governing XSource can be found in the XSource_EULA.txt included with all of the XSource releases

All Projects
The All Projects release contains all of the projects listed further down on this page. If you want to get all of the projects rather than having to download them individually, this is the release you want.
Latest Release of XSource (All Projects)

For the purposes of maintaining XSource, VFPX splits it into 21 main projects. Some of the projects may contain a collection of smaller projects, such as Builders and Wizards.

Add Label
Located in the Visual FoxPro Tools\Addlabel folder, Addlabel.app makes it possible for you to add custom label sizes to the new label dialog box in the label designer by adding new sizes to the Windows Registry.
Latest Release of Add Label

Beautify
Makes it possible for you to specify capitalization and indentation styles for program code appearing in an editing window. When a program file is open in the editing window, selecting the Beautify command from the Tools menu opens the Beautify Options dialog box.
Latest Release of Beautify

Builders
Builders are tools that aid in setting properties of controls on a form. Unlike wizards, builders are reentrant, so you can reopen a builder on a particular control repeatedly. Visual FoxPro includes a number of generic builders for many of the common form controls including grids, list boxes, combo boxes, check boxes, command groups, and option groups.

Application Builder - Displays a tabbed dialog box to simplify creating and modifying forms, complex controls, and other optional elements of effective and satisfying applications.
AutoFormat Builder - Allows you to apply a set of styles to selected controls of the same type.
Combo Box Builder - Makes it easy for you to set properties for a Combo Box control.
Command Group Builder - Makes it easy for you to set properties for a Command Group control.
CursorAdapter Builder - Makes it easy for you to build CursorAdapter objects more quickly.
DataEnvironment Builder - Makes it easy for you to build DataEnvironment objects that use the capabilities of CursorAdapter objects.
Edit Box Builder - Makes it easy for you to set properties for an Edit Box control.
Form Builder - Makes it easy for you to add fields as new controls to a form.
Grid Builder - Makes it possible for you to set properties for a Grid control.
List Box Builder - Makes it easy for you to set properties for a List Box control.
Option Group Builder - Makes it easy for you to set properties for an Option Group control.
Referential Integrity Builder - Helps you to ensure referential integrity by setting up triggers to control how records are inserted, updated, or deleted in related tables.
Text Box Builder - Makes it easy for you to set properties for a Text Box control.
XML Web Service Builder - Makes it possible for you to bind an XML Web service to a control on a Visual FoxPro form or to an object, such as a cursor adapter in the form's data environment, without writing code.

Latest Release of Builders

Class Browser
The Class Browser displays classes in class libraries or forms and type library information in a type library (.tlb), object library (.olb), or executable (.exe) file. You can use the Class Browser to view, use, and manage classes and their user-defined members.
Latest Release of Class Browser

Code References Tool
The Code References project provides a way for you to search for occurrences of a code reference in a project, specific folder or subfolder. You can filter your search by file type.
Latest Release of Code References Tool

Coverage Profiler
The Visual FoxPro Coverage Profiler is provided in two parts, a Coverage engine object you can use or customize and a multiple window application you can use to analyze programs and projects. The Coverage Profiler application (Coverage.app) provides several ways to view the data provided by the Coverage engine. Coverage.app is a subclass of the Coverage engine class. You can automate coverage or modify the user interface to suit your needs, run Coverage.app in unattended mode and not display the application window, or use engine features without using the interface.
Latest Release of Coverage Profiler

Converter
Converts files created in FoxPro 2.6 and earlier versions of Visual FoxPro to the current Visual FoxPro format. This is necessary when you want to use these files with later versions of Visual FoxPro.
Latest Release of Converter

Data Explorer (NOTE: Sedna's version is later)
The Data Explorer Task Pane is used to open data connections and to log on to servers and explore their databases. You can right-click on nodes to perform various actions against the data elements represented by those nodes. You can drag nodes from Data Explorer and drop them onto Visual FoxPro designers and editors. This creates new data controls on forms or code that is preconfigured to reference the item dropped.
Latest Release of Data Explorer

Environment Manager
The Environment Manager is a tool you can use to manage and organize environment settings for reusable development needs such as at a specific client or project level. For example, you might have multiple projects for a specific client that all use the same form template (e.g., one with the client's logo) and environment settings (e.g., data paths). The Environment Manager lets you create environment sets which are packages of settings you can apply at any time. These settings include SET commands, Form and Formset templates, and Field class mappings.
Latest Release of Environment Manager

Intellisense Manager
The IntelliSense Manager makes it possible for you to perform IntelliSense management tasks.
Latest Release of Intellisense Manager

MemberData Editor
The MemberData Editor application allows developers to edit MemberData. The MemberData Editor presents an easy to use front-end so that you can view and edit MemberData associated with your classes.
Latest Release of MemberData Editor

Object Browser
The Object Browser displays the classes, properties, methods, events, and constants available for COM object libraries. You can use it to find and use objects you create, as well as objects from other applications.
Latest Release of Object Browser

Reporting Apps
The default implementation of Visual FoxPro 9's Report Applications. Including the report output engine, the preview container, and the default Report Builder application, complete with a framework of Report Designer event handlers.
Latest Release of Reporting Apps

Task List Manager
Makes it possible for you to keep track of tasks.
Latest Release of Task List Manager

Task Pane Manager
The Task Pane Manager displays links to useful information and dialog boxes for performing essential tasks. Individual panes can contain static or dynamic information, gather content from the Internet, expose wizards to accomplish routine tasks, display Help, and present samples. Users can create customized panes that can be shared with other users.
Latest Release of Task Pane Manager

Toolbox
The Toolbox displays items used in the creation of applications, the items are displayed in toolsets (collections of tools) by category. The toolsets can be common resources such as native Visual FoxPro classes that can be placed onto a workspace. Additionally, the Toolbox supports items that are builders or wizards, ActiveX controls or classes, COM+ controls or classes, and text scraps. Furthermore, the Toolbox can hold file-based resources such as tables, images, reports, labels, and forms.
Latest Release of Toolbox

VFPClean
When uninstalling and reinstalling Visual FoxPro, the VFPClean.app tool can be used to make sure all core Xbase and other files are set appropriately.
Latest Release of VFPClean

Webservice
The Webservice application, which is run when the developer picks Web Service from the Wizards sub menu in the Visual FoxPro IDE, checks to ensure that MSSOAP.SoapClient30 is registered on the machine and that IIS is installed. It also handles Intellisense subscriptions through the use of the wsreg class in the FFC _ws3utils.vcx library and full web service publications through the wspub class in the FFC _ws3utils.vcx library.
Latest Release of Webservice

Wizards
A collection of Wizard applications and productivity enhancement tools including the following:

Anchor Editor
DataEnvironment Builder
Application Wizard
Form Wizard
Documenting Wizard
Graph Wizard
Import Wizard
Marl Merge Wizard
Pivot Table Wizard
Query Wizard
Report Wizard
Table Wizard
SQL Server Upsizing Wizard (NOTE: Sedna's version is later)
Web Publishing Wizard

Latest Release of Wizards

Updated Wiki: FFC

craigsboyd — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:42:36 GMT

Foxpro Foundation Classes (FFC)

Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Foundation Classes

The Visual FoxPro visual class (.vcx) libraries located in the Visual FoxPro ...\FFC directory. They contain a variety of foundation classes for enhancing Visual FoxPro applications with little or no programming. You can freely distribute the foundation classes with your applications. The license governing the FFC source is contained in release (see FFC_EULA.txt).

Latest Release of FFC

Updated Wiki: Property and Method Replacement

craigsboyd — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:42:22 GMT

New and Edit Property/Method Replacement Dialog Project

Replacement for the native VFP dialogs used to create, edit, and maintain list of properties and methods.

One thing many VFP developers have always wanted to do was replace the New Property, New Method, and Edit Property/Method dialogs. This project provides that capability.

The benefits of the New Property/Method replacement dialog, which was written by Doug Hennig, are:

It automatically updates the _MemberData property (adding that property if necessary) so the case entered for the new member is used (even for access and assign methods if they're created as well) and the member is displayed on the Favorites tab if that option is turned on in the dialog.
It's non-modal. That means you can keep it open, add some properties or methods, switch to other things, come back, and add some more members.
How many times have you accidentally selected the wrong dialog, entered the name and description, only to realize your mistake and have to close the dialog and start all over? With the replacement dialog, you can switch between Method and Property without closing the dialog.
It's dockable: try tab-docking it with Properties window.
It's resizable and persists its size and position to your resource (FOXUSER) file.
It has an Add & Close button to perform both tasks with one click.
The default value for a property is automatically set to a value based on the data type of the property if you use Hungarian names. For example, lTest would be logical, so the default value is .F. For nTest, the default is 0.
For logical properties (those with a default value of .T. or .F.), turning on the Use Toggle Editor option installs a property editor that allows you to double-click the property in the Properties window to toggle its value.
It hides rather than disables non-applicable controls. Since this one dialog is used for both New Property and New Method for both the Class and Form Designers, some options may not be applicable for a given instance.
It disallows invalid names when you enter them rather than when you click on Add or Add & Close.
The Add buttons are only enabled if a name is entered.

The benefits of the Edit Property/Method replacement dialog, which was written by Marcia Akins, are:

It automatically selects the chosen member when you right-click a member in the Properties window and choose Edit Property/Method from the shortcut menu.
While it's easy to add a member to the Favorites tab of the Properties window (right-click and choose Add to Favorites), there isn't an easy way to remove it from Favorites. The replacement dialog has a Favorites button, making it easy to add or remove a member from Favorites.
If you delete a member that has associated member data, the member data is automatically removed for that member.
It automatically updates the member data when you rename a member so it respects the case of the member's name.
Like the New Property/Method dialog, it's non-modal, dockable, resizable and persistent, and allows changing a property to a method and vice versa.
Selecting the description of a member and pressing Ctrl+C to copy it causes the Apply button to become enabled in the native dialog, requiring you to either choose Apply or Cancel to close the dialog (pressing Esc brings up a "save changes" dialog). The replacement dialog does not have this behavior.
The New button launches the replacement New Property/Method dialog.
The Zoom window (right-click on the Properties window for a property and choose Zoom) is resizable.

Latest Release of Property and Method Replacement

Updated Wiki: OOP Menu Project

craigsboyd — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:41:59 GMT

OOP Menu Project

Provides Object-Oriented menus for use in Visual Foxpro 9.0 development.

Updated Wiki: FoxCharts

craigsboyd — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 00:41:39 GMT

FoxCharts

A subclass of the ImageCanvas class from GdiPlusX that allows VFP developers to directly draw charts and graphs.

Project Manager is Cesar, who can be reached at: vfpimaging {-at-} hotmail {dot-here} com

Goals of FoxCharts:

Create good looking and modern charts in pure VFP code
NO ActiveX components
Easy to setup
Easy to customize
Easy to save to disk or print
Open Source
Benefit from all the GdiPlusX drawing capabilities, allowing users to modify the charts the way they like
Save as EMF, resulting in perfect charts when printed in VFP reports

Prerequisites:

Visual FoxPro 9 and the GdiPlusX library from VFPX

Currently available:

Single Bars, Multiple Bars, Stacked Bars, Shapes or points, Lines, Area, Pie and Donut charts, in various color variations, using gradients, custom colors, transparent, basic and random colors.
Titles, subtitles and legends
Scales, Both Axis
Drawing texts inside shapes

Latest Release of FoxCharts