Provides an overview of programming fundamentals necessary to work in Visual FoxPro, including data storage, data types, containers, operators, commands, and controlling program flow.

Introduces how to create and work with Visual FoxPro programs, which are text files containing instructions using the Visual FoxPro language.

Introduces how to call native functions as well as user-defined functions and procedures, provides an overview and aspects of user-defined functions and procedures, and how to create functions and procedures.

Discusses ways and how to pass data to parameters.

Discusses how you can create self-contained application components that respond to user actions and to the system and which can be easily maintained and reused.

Discusses how you can extend an application by taking advantage of external libraries such as Microsoft ActiveX controls or dynamic-link libraries (DLLs).

Describes how to create customized quit routines when users quit your application, Visual FoxPro, or Microsoft Windows.

Provides an overview of Visual FoxPro features, describes concepts and productivity tools for developing, programming, and managing high-performance database applications and components.

Explains concepts about how to develop Visual FoxPro applications, instructions for creating databases and the user interface, and other tasks needed to create Visual FoxPro applications.

Discusses the developer tools for application development within the Visual FoxPro application and the Visual FoxPro language.

Provides common scenarios and step-by-step guides on how to create different types of applications and components.