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View, edit databases in VFP
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18/03/2000 12:11:55
 
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Visual FoxPro
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Databases,Tables, Views, Indexing and SQL syntax
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Francisko,

>How can I open or view Databases VFP6 in any computer without install Visual Foxpro. Thanks advance

From VFP Help, Developer's Guide, Chapter 30:

Making Visual FoxPro Data Available to Other Programs

One way for an enterprise-wide application to take advantage of Visual FoxPro is to use the Visual FoxPro database engine for storing and managing data. This provides high-performance storage and query capability to other programs.

Programs can connect to Visual FoxPro data using the Visual FoxPro ODBC driver. This driver exposes the Visual FoxPro database engine to standard SQL commands.

For example, an application might use Microsoft Excel as a calculation tool for complex data analysis. If the data to be manipulated is highly fluid, it might make sense not to store it in a worksheet, but in a database. The worksheet could then be written to use the Visual FoxPro ODBC driver to connect to the database, extract the relevant information, and display it in a worksheet for further processing.

Another example might be a kiosk application, such as an information stand at an airport or convention center. You could create the information display using a multimedia authoring program. But if some of the data in the application changed often, it would be cumbersome to change pages in the presentation. Instead, the presentation program could connect to a Visual FoxPro database using the ODBC driver, and then extract data at run time.

For more information, see Visual FoxPro ODBC Driver Help (Drvvfp.hlp) installed in the …\Vfp98\Distrib\Src\System directory. It's also available from the ODBC program group if you installed ODBC during Visual FoxPro Setup.
David Stevenson, MCSD, 2-time VFP MVP / St. Petersburg, FL USA / david@topstrategies.com
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