Builders

Builders are tools that aid in setting properties of controls on a form. Unlike wizards, builders are reentrant, so you can reopen a builder on a particular control repeatedly.

Visual FoxPro includes a number of generic builders for many of the common form controls including grids, list boxes, combo boxes, check boxes, command groups, and option groups.

Visual FoxPro offers a wide selection of builders. For details, consult the list below.

In This Section

• How to: Use Builders
  Provides instructions for creating controls and using the builders.

• Application Builder
  Displays a tabbed dialog box to simplify creating and modifying forms, complex controls, and other optional elements of effective and satisfying applications.

• AutoFormat Builder
  Allows you to apply a set of styles to selected controls of the same type.

• Combo Box Builder
  Makes it easy for you to set properties for a Combo Box control.

• Command Group Builder
  Makes it easy for you to set properties for a Command Group control.

• CursorAdapter Builder
  Makes it easy for you to build CursorAdapter objects more quickly.

• DataEnvironment Builder
  Makes it easy for you to build DataEnvironment objects that use the capabilities of CursorAdapter objects.

• Edit Box Builder
  Makes it easy for you to set properties for an Edit Box control.

• Form Builder
  Makes it easy for you to add fields as new controls to a form.

• Grid Builder
  Makes it possible for you to set properties for a Grid control.

• List Box Builder
  Makes it easy for you to set properties for a List Box control.

• Option Group Builder
  Makes it easy for you to set properties for an Option Group control.

• Referential Integrity Builder
  Helps you to ensure referential integrity by setting up triggers to control how records are inserted, updated, or deleted in related tables.

• Text Box Builder
  Makes it easy for you to set properties for a Text Box control.

• XML Web Service Builder
  Makes it possible for you to bind an XML Web service to a control on a Visual FoxPro form or to an object, such as a cursor adapter in the form's data environment, without writing code.

Related Sections

• User Interface Reference (Visual FoxPro)
  Explains the options that appear on various dialog boxes, windows, and other user interfaces. These types of topics generally appear when you press F1 in a dialog box or window.

• Creating Applications with the Application Framework
  Explains how to create applications with the Application Framework using the Application Wizard and the Application Builder.

• Developing Visual FoxPro Applications
  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
  Describes how understanding object-oriented programming techniques and the event-driven model can maximize your programming productivity and enable you to access the full power of Visual FoxPro.