Recommendations for VFP 8 books

[billyng]

I did a pretty project with VFP 5 before. Lately, I have just accepted a project that requires VFP 8 to write. Would anybody please recommned me any books to let me up to speed, thanks!

Billy Ng

 

[Mike Lewis]

Billy,

If you know how to use VFP 5.0, I wouldn't have thought you'd need to buy a book to upgrade you to 8.0. Just read the What's New section in the Help.

That said, there are a lot of new features, and many of them were introduced in 6.0 and 7.0, so maybe a more recent general text would be useful.

I've posted some reviews of recent VFP books on my web site, at

http://www.ml-consult.demon.co.uk/MLCBooks.htm.

Any of my "Top three recommendations" would be a good choice for you.

Mike


Mike Lewis
Edinburgh, Scotland

My Visual Foxpro web site:

http://www.ml-consult.demon.co.uk

My Crystal Reports web site:

http://www.ml-crystal.com

 

[billyng]

Thanks for your recommendations, Mike! I have placed the orders in amazon.com. It's been a while and I almost forgot everything already. I have not touched VFP for so many years since I started to write Java. I really want to pick up the advanced features and new APIs. The ActiveX stuff seems pretty cool to me too.

Thanks again!

Billy Ng

 

[Mike Lewis]

Billy,

Glad you found something. Keep in mind that these forums are also excellent places to get quick answers to VFP questions.

Mike


Mike Lewis
Edinburgh, Scotland

My Visual Foxpro web site:

http://www.ml-consult.demon.co.uk

My Crystal Reports web site:

http://www.ml-crystal.com