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Language Reference (Visual FoxPro)

You can use the Visual FoxPro interface to perform many database tasks and develop applications for cataloging, tracking, and processing information. Knowing more about the Visual FoxPro programming language enhances your ability to access the power of Visual FoxPro.

Like other programming languages, the Visual FoxPro programming language makes it possible for you to work with various types of data, such as numbers and character strings. You can store data of these various types in tables, arrays, variables, and other data containers. To manipulate data, you can perform operations, such as addition and concatenation. In addition to operators, Visual FoxPro provides a rich set of commands and functions, so you can protect, display, and manage your data.

This section contains information about programming language elements in Visual FoxPro.

In This Section

  • Reference (Visual FoxPro)
    Includes Visual FoxPro general, programming language, user interface, and error message reference topics.

  • Programming in Visual FoxPro
    Describes how understanding object-oriented programming techniques and the event-driven model can maximize your programming productivity and enable you to access the full power of Visual FoxPro.

  • Samples and Walkthroughs
    Contains Visual FoxPro code samples and step-by-step walkthroughs that you can use for experimenting with and learning Visual FoxPro features.