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Q124347: FoxPro Advisor Magazine Articles April 1994

Article: Q124347
Product(s): Microsoft FoxPro
Version(s): 2.50x 2.60 2.60a | 2.00 2.50x 2.
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kb3rdparty
Last Modified: 21-AUG-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b, 2.6, 2.6a 
- Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.0, 2.5, 2.5a, 2.5b, 2.6, 2.6a 
- Microsoft FoxPro for Macintosh, versions 2.5b, 2.5c, 2.6a 
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NOTE: The "FoxPro Advisor" is published by Data Based Solutions, Inc.,
a publisher independent of Microsoft; we make no warranty or endorsement,
implied or otherwise, regarding the accuracy or reliability of information
published in the "FoxPro Advisor." Please contact Data Based Solutions if
you have questions or wish to order the "FoxPro Advisor."

SUMMARY
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Below is the table of contents of the April 1994 FoxPro Advisor, a magazine
published by Data Based Solutions, Inc., 4010 Morena Blvd., Suite 200, San
Diego, CA 92117. For more information, please call Data Based Solutions at
619-483-6400, or to place an order, please call them at 800-336-6060.

MORE INFORMATION
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Editor's View, page 6. Good-bye Dr. Dave, Hello FoxPro 2.6. By John L. Hawkins.

FoxPro 2.6, page 8. Introducing Microsoft FoxPro 26. By Jon Sigler. Catalog
Manager, AutoMigrate, dBASE IV, Table Wizard, Screen Wizard, Mail Merge Wizard,
language extensions, Professional Edition.

FoxPro Fundamentals, page 12. Getting Started with SQL. By Miriam Liskin.
Cursors, Multi-table Queries, RQBE, Select, Insert, Create Cursor,

Functional FoxPro, page 16. Identifying UNIQUE Indexes. By Malcolm C. Rubel.
Determine if an existing index is unique, UDF, sys(2021), TAGNO() FOR()
DESCEND(), UNIQUE().

Screen Builder, page 20. Build a Scrolling GET / READ Window. By Jim Booth.
Multiplatform Project, Generator Directives, #WCLAUSES, ~lcTitle, VARREAD(),
PgUp, PgDn, LASTKEY().

Menu Builder, page 26. GENMENUX: Extending FoxPro's Menu Builder. By Andrew Ross
MacNeill. Menu position, message, popup of table fields, place menu within
window, moving the menu, build menu libraries.

International FoxPro, page 32. Using Multi-Lingual FoxPro. By Leslie K. Koorhan.
Code pages, collating sequences, CONFIG.FP, ASCII, sort order, UPPER() LOWER(),
ANSI, codepage = auto, machine, SET NOCPTRANS TO, SET COLLATE TO, FoxFont,
FoxPrint.

Screen Design, page 36. Creating Dynamic Memo Field Windows. By Brian Thomas.
Window size bestfit, dimension, MEMLINES(), coordinates.

FoxPro Tip, page 38. Preventing Input Leading / Trailing Spaces. By Drew Speedie.
@ GET..VALID, PADR(), PADL(), LEN(), ALLTRIM().

Feedback, page 40. Digging even deeper into the .CDX index file structure. Letter
by Frank Wayne, re: previous article by Victor Font.

Q&A, page 50. FoxPro Solutions. By Steve Freides, and Tamar E. Granor. Data
comparison with =, ==, SET ANSI, SET EXACT, _CUROBJ and OBJECT clause,
#READCLAUSES, READ WHEN, ZAP, Ctrl+Z EOF mark.

Additional query words: FoxWin FoxDos FoxMac dba fpa

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Keywords          : kb3rdparty 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbAudDeveloper kbFoxproSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbFoxPro250bMac kbFoxPro260aMac kbFoxPro250cMac kbFoxPro200DOS kbFoxPro250DOS kbFoxPro250aDOS kbFoxPro250bDOS kbFoxPro260DOS kbFoxPro260aDOS kbFoxPro260 kbFoxPro250 kbFoxPro250a kbFoxPro250b kbFoxPro260a
Version           : 2.50x 2.60 2.60a | 2.00 2.50x 2.

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