Developing International Applications

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To move into the world market, you must design your Visual FoxPro applications so they are as effective internationally as domestically. This section describes how to use the international features of Visual FoxPro to produce applications for selected locales.

In This Section

  • Preparation of an International Application
    Preparing an international application usually involves three steps: creating data, writing code, and designing a user interface.
  • Design of the Interface
    Because text tends to increase when you localize an application, it is important to be careful when designing the user interface components.
  • Entering International Data
    An important aspect of developing international applications is understanding how to enter data into your application.
  • 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.
  • Design Considerations
    Discusses how the design decisions you make will impact how you create your application.
  • Application Architecture
    Describes how Visual FoxPro application architecture varies with the type of application you decide to create.
  • Security Considerations
    Shows how you should be aware of security requirements from a business perspective and the implications that a chosen security model can have on performance, scalability, and deployment.
  • Planning for Team Development Projects
    Discusses how using source control software, such as Microsoft Visual SourceSafe, to manage the files in a project makes it possible to create complex applications quickly by combining the skills of a team of developers.