Visual Foxpro 5 for Dummies

Just because Visual FoxPro 5 is one of the most sophisticated database tools available doesn't mean that you have to be a computer scientist to use it yourself: You just have to read a book written by someone who is a computer scientist, Jim Keogh.

In Visual FoxPro 5 For Dummies, Keogh makes designing and building your own database solutions not only understandable but also fun and interesting. Even if you've never programmed or worked with a database program before, you'll waste no time getting up to speed thanks to this comprehensive reference. Turn to Visual FoxPro 5 For Dummies to find out how to

Create database tables, queries, reports, and forms Use ActiveX Controls to make your Visual FoxPro database accessible over the Internet or your organization's internal intranet Take advantage of relational capabilities that enable you to gather together important data from multiple sources Build queries that make performing even the most complex searches as easy as a clicking a button Share data over a network and control what people can see and what they can change Generate professional looking, customized reports quickly and easily

Plus, with Visual FoxPro 5 For Dummies, you get a free, tear-out Cheat Sheet that you can keep handy for quick answers to essential Visual FoxPro questions.

I bought Using Visual Fox Pro (QUE) and found it fairly hard to get around

So I then bought VFP dummies, VFP programming basics (OSBORNE) and THERE IS NO COMPARISON the latter book is clear and holds ones hand and takes the reader through the basic concepts in a clear logical fashion,,,, highly recommended

On the other hand DO NOT WASTE YOUR MONEY ON VFP for dummies. THIS BOOK doesn't deliver anything of merit.. I Guess I am the dummy for buying it !!!!


The worst dummies book yet   March 1, 2000
4 out of 4 found this review helpful

I've purchased "Dummies" books before to get a quick synopsis of a topic. But this one by far, is a terrible buy. I knew nothing about FoxPro before and regardless of what I learned from the book, the author did a terrible job. Most learning books have you build a project or something, but there was nothing like that here. You would think the author was going somewhere with a project, and then he'd just start a new paragraph with something else. Plus, many figured did NOT match the text. The author was also guilty of many "but, we'll cover that later" or "but we covered that in chapter X". This was a poor, poor buy. IDG books are usually good, this wasn't.