Adding Help to Your Custom Application

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Help files are a valuable source of information for users of your application. With Microsoft® Visual FoxPro®, you can choose to create WinHelp, HTML Help or .DBF-style Help.

In This Section

  • Creating Graphical Help
    Graphical Help can be WinHelp for a Microsoft® Windows® look and feel or HTML Help for a Web look and feel.
  • Creating .DBF-Style Help
    .DBF-style Help is character-based and gives you the flexibility to move your Help file to other platforms. This style of Help is easy to create, because it is based on a Visual FoxPro table.
  • Using Visual FoxPro
    Visual FoxPro programming features are designed to improve developer productivity, including Access and Assign methods, support for more graphic file formats, and language to simplify programming tasks.
  • Developing Visual FoxPro Applications
    This section includes conceptual information about how to develop Visual FoxPro applications, instructions for creating databases and the user interface, and other tasks needed to create Visual FoxPro applications.
  • Programming in Visual FoxPro
    Visual FoxPro is a powerful interactive data management tool, but you also can access the full power of Visual FoxPro by creating applications. Understanding object-oriented programming techniques and the event-driven model can maximize your programming productivity.
  • Working with Data
    Find out how to create effective applications with indexes, tables, and databases based on your data requirements.
  • Creating the Interface
    Using Visual FoxPro forms, classes, controls, menus, and toolbars, you can build interfaces that help users gain access to the full potential of your programs.