Visual DataFlex

Visual Dataflex Applications are Windows based applications. This page is a collection of articles related to developing Windows applications in VDF.

For those of you who are new to Visual DataFlex, take a look at the Visual DataFlex quickstart guide

Basics

These articles related to the basic concepts of VDF programming:

• Using DataDictionaries
• Lookup List
• Data Entry Object
• Rounding Numbers

How To

Articles with step by step guides on how to add functionality to your program:

• Using On_key for undefined keys
• Passing the workspace as a parameter
• Adding Workspace Parameters using the cIniFile class
• Adding SMTP Email to your application using an ActiveX control
• Run only one instance of your application
• Converting from DOS to Windows
• Using COM Objects (reuse existing functionality)
• Customize prompt lookup behavior in a dbgrid
• Print the content of an embedded IE html control
• Return data from every object in a dbView
• Print to a file using reports

Advanced

• Add icons with subset of images to CodeJock CommandBars

External links

• http://www.visualdataflex.com
• http://www.visualdataflex.ru (Russian)
• http://www.dataaccess.com
• http://www.dataaccess.nl
• WASP Newsgroup search engine
• StarZen Technologies Addon Tools, Books, Magazines, Consulting