Microsoft® Visual FoxPro® 7.0 Professional Edition

Overview

Build high performance desktop, client/server, and Web database applications with the Microsoft® Visual FoxPro® 7.0 database development system. Employ its powerful data engine to manage large volumes of data, its object-oriented programming to reuse components across applications, and its built-in XML support to quickly manipulate data.

Benefits

Visual FoxPro 7.0 provides the tools and powerful data engine developers need to manage large volumes of data - whether they are organizing tables of information, running queries, or building full-featured database applications for end users.
Visual FoxPro 7.0 helps developers achieve maximum productivity through a powerful development environment and easy to use visual design tools.
Visual FoxPro 7.0 gives developers the flexibility to build all types of database applications and to build and consume COM+ components and Web Services.
Integrated XML support allows you to build interoperable applications and components through the ability to represent Visual FoxPro data as XML and to import XML data into Visual FoxPro tables.

What's New
Active Accessibility® Support		Make applications accessible to third-party tools, such as screen readers, voice recognition devices, and automated test harnesses.
OLE DB Provider		Make Visual FoxPro data easily accessible to non-Visual FoxPro-based clients.
Integrated XML Support		Build interoperable applications and components through the ability to represent Visual FoxPro data as XML and to import XML data into Visual FoxPro tables.
Database Events		Control user actions with code that executes when databases are opened, closed, or modified.
Web Services		Subscribe and create publishable SOAP-based Web services.
IntelliSense® Language Assistance		Reduce coding time by obtaining powerful, extensible language assistance as you type.
Document View		View and quickly navigate to procedures, functions, and methods in source code.
Dockable IDE Windows		Dock common tools such as Command, Data Session and Debug windows.
Deployment Tools		Create setups for your custom applications using a special version of the popular InstallShield® Express developed exclusively for Visual FoxPro.
Improved Features
Code Editor		Reduce coding time with support for bookmarks and shortcuts, find capabilities, and case conversion.
Visual and Non-Visual Inheritance		Reduce development time by creating class libraries of reusable code, forms, and controls.
Support for COM+ Services		Create components for highly scalable nTier distributed-transaction applications using Windows 2000 COM+ Services.
Integration with Internet Information Services		Build high-performance, database-driven Web applications using Visual FoxPro and Internet Information Services in Windows NT 4.0 or Microsoft Windows 2000.
Microsoft SQL Server™ 2000 Desktop Engine (MSDE)		Build desktop and shared solutions that are compatible with SQL Server 2000 and migrate directly to SQL Server 2000 without changing code.

Requirements

Standard Requirements
Computer/Processor		PC with Pentium-class processor
Memory		64 MB of RAM; 128 MB or higher recommended
Hard Disk		115 MB of available hard-disk space for typical installation; 200 MB maximum, 50 MB of additional hard-disk space for Microsoft Visual FoxPro 7.0 Windows Component Update. Additional hard-disk space required for a typical install of the following options: 44 MB for Microsoft SQL Server 2000 Desktop Engine; 60 MB for MSDN Library, 1.8 GB maximum. Actual requirements will vary based on your system configuration and the features you choose to install.
Drive		CD-ROM drive
Display		Super VGA or higher resolution monitor recommended
Operating System		Microsoft Windows 98 or later, Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 6 or later, or Windows 2000 with Service Pack 1 or later.
Peripherals		Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device