Uwe Habermann

Uwe@VandU.euVenelina Jordanova

Venelina@VandU.euMigration of a VFP application into a Silverswitch solution

Silverswitch

SilverswitchRapid Application Development development environment for SilverlightSilverswitch.slnMigration of VFP applicationsVFX Silverlight WizardVisual Extend for VFP re-developed in C#

SilverswitchSupported databasesVFPSQL ServerMySQL, ADS, DB2, Oracle,

SilverswitchProgrammingC#VFP at the server side with COM serverPowerful method call even from client sideVFP at the client side with GUINEUExecution also on Mac OS and in the future on other platforms

SilverswitchWhat does it contain?Template application Silverswitch.slnStart pageWizardsUpdate ProjectBuildersDataGrid, PickField, FormVFX Silverlight WizardIncluded in VFX for VFP

Migration to SilverswitchVFP projectsVFX projects

Requirements for theVFX Silverlight WizardDatabasePrimary keys for all tablesDataenvironmentTablesCursoradaptersNo viewsNo programatical used tables

Requirements for theVFX Silverlight WizardAll controls in the formNo instantiation of controls at runtimeVFP projectsBase classes of controls are migratedVFX projectsVFX classes of controls are migrated

Requirements for the developmentVisual FoxPro 9VFX 13 and SilverswitchVisual Web Developer 2010 ExpressOptional: SQL Server (Express)Silverlight 4 ToolsWCF RIA Services 1 SP1Silverlight 4 Toolkit

Requirements at the customers sideClientSilverlight 4 Plug-In (6 MB)ServerWindows ServerInternet Information Server.Net Framework 4.0

Creation of aSilverswitch applicationCreate new project based on template project SilverswitchDont execute, dont buildRun VFX Silverlight Wizard

VFX Silverlight WizardWhat does this wizard do?ExplanationVFP COM server is generatedAdministrator rights required!

VFX Silverlight WizardSelect Silverswitch solution

VFX Silverlight WizardData accessCreate ADO.NET Entity Data ModelCreate Domain ServiceCreate and register VFP COM server

VFX Silverlight WizardSettings of the application objectAdd VFX forms to table Vfxfopen

VFX Silverlight WizardSelect formsForms marked as included into the project get migrated by defaultVFX*.scx forms do not get migrated

VFX Silverlight WizardProject names for formsForms can be summarized to projectsOptimization of project size and download size and time

VFX Silverlight WizardSelect form propertiesLayout similar to VFP -> select all propertiesHard-coded property values cannot be overwritten by styles

VFX Silverlight WizardSelect reportsReports, marked as included into the project, get migrated by default

VFX Silverlight WizardFinish!Success message or Log

Test!

Features of theSilverswitch applicationPrepared frame for the applicationSplash screenOptional login dialogToolbar with XAML iconsData-driven open dialogInternet applicationIntranet application

Features of theSilverswitch applicationUser loginRuntime localizationUser managementUser rightsUser groupsMDI user interface

Features ofgenerated formsAutoeditNew, edit, delete, save, undoNavigationSort and incremental search in DataGridResizable, minimize, maximize

Features ofgenerated formsTreatment of update conflictsFilter dialog

What does theVFX Silverlight Wizard do?Add forms to the solutionEntry in table VfxfopenMigration of formsMVP Model-View-Presenter

What does theVFX Silverlight Wizard do?ExampleCustomer.xamlLayoutCustomer.xaml.csSettingsCustomerController.csDevelopers codeCustomerControllerBase.csGenerated code

What does theVFX Silverlight Wizard do?Generates VFP COM serverData access to VFP database using cursoradapters

VFX Silverlight WizardVideo tutorial (in German) available atwww.MSDN-Solve.deand on the memory sticks

VFPizza in the CloudInform!Create accountCreate SQL Server databaseMake project settingsPublishing with Visual Studio wizard2 virtual maschines recommendedhttp://VFPizza.CloudApp.net

VFPizza in the CloudVideo tuorial (in German) available at http://www.MSDN-Solve.deand on the memory sticks

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