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CS131 - Database Applications
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Prerequisite/s: CS130 - Database Theory and Operations
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Number of units: 4
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COURSE OUTLINE and REFERENCES: This course provides the tools needed in creating and managing high performance
32 bit database applications and components.
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I. Introduction
A. What is Visual FoxPro 6.0
B. How to program in Visual FoxPro
C. How to create a Database File
D. The Basic Data Types of Database
E. The Basic Data Types of FoxPro
F. What is an Expression?
G. What is Functions?
H. Different types of functions and its
example
 Machine/ Laboratory Exercises
Quiz #1
I. FoxPro Standard Commands
 Machine/ Laboratory Exercise
J. Basic Operators
 Arithmetic Operators
 Relational Operators
 Logical Operators
K. Program Control Flow
 The If - Else Conditional Statements
 The Case Conditional Statements
 The Scan Loop Statement
 The For Loop Statement
 The Do While Loop Statement
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Introduction to Visual FoxPro 6.0
Database Programming by Copernicus P.
Pepito
Visual FoxPro 7.0 Programming
Fundamentals by Danny S. Sosa
Any Visual FoxPro Programming books
VISUAL FOXPRO - AN INTRODUCTION
Introduction to Visual FoxPro
Defining Databases, Tables and Indexes
DATA BASE APPLICATION IN VISUAL
FOXPRO
Data Types (Database Engine)
Types of Database
Visual FoxPro Programming Standards
and Guidelines
Visual FoxPro Data and Field Types
Building Expressions
Functions
Useful FoxPro commands
Operators (Visual FoxPro)
1. Logical Operators
2. Arithmetic Operators
3. Relational Operators
Basic Programming Concepts
1. SCAN ... ENDSCAN Command
2. FOR ... ENDFOR Command
3. DO WHILE ... ENDDO Command
4. IF ... ENDIF Command
5. DO CASE ... ENDCASE Command
Comments
L. How to Use FoxPro Editor
M. Types of Comment
N. Sorting Vs. Indexing
Quiz #3
II. The VFP PROJECT and GRAPHICAL USER
INTERFACE
A. Starting a Project
B. Defining Database, Tables and Indexes
C. Designing a Form
D. Designing a Report
E. Creating a Menu
 Machine/ Laboratory Exercises
Quiz #4 and Quiz #5
III. DESIGNING QUERIES using SQL - commands
A. Four Basic Parts of SELECT command
 Machine/ Laboratory Exercises
Quiz #6
IV. BUILDING AN APPLICATION
A. Creating an executable file
V. CREATING CASE STUDY and PRESENTATION
TOTAL NO. OF HOURS
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Index Command
Sort Command
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Walkthrough: Creating Applications with
Visual FoxPro
Defining Databases, Tables and Indexes
Designing Forms
Creating Reports with Visual FoxPro
Menu System Creation
1. Menu System Design Guidelines
2. Creating Menus, Shortcut Menus,
Menu Items and Submenus
3. Grouping Menu Items
4. Saving A Menu as HTML
Writing SQL Queries: Let’s Start with the
Basics
Building Queries in Visual FoxPro
Creating Basic Queries
SELECT - SQL Command
VFP Tutorial - Build an Executable
BUILD EXE Command
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