How to...in Servoy for Visual Foxpro developers

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Installation/configuration

• 1. Install Servoy on Windows
• 2. Retrieve demo solutions
• 33. Deploy Servoy in IBM's Smart Cloud
  

Projects/Solutions

• 3. Create a new project/solution
• 4. Open an existing project/solution
• 35. Deploy a solution using the Servoy Application Server
  

Forms

• 5. Create a form (without data)
• 6. Run a form
• 10. Create a data-entry form (grid style)
• 11. Create a data-entry form (field style)
• 28. Create and use tab panel forms
• 30. Use form inheritance
• 37. Return a value from a modal dialogue/popup form
  

Data

• 7. Inspect the sample data connections
• 8. Create a new PostgreSQL database/connection
• 9. Add a table to an existing database
• 25. Creating a relation
• 32. Create an MS SQL Server database connection
• 34. Create a MySQL database connection
• 36. Use VFP data in Servoy
  

Controls

• 12. Add controls to a form
• 13. Add a label to a form
• 14. Add a textbox to a form
• 15. Add an edit box to a form
• 16. Add a command button to a form
• 17. Add a checkbox to a form
• 18. Add an image to a form
• 23. Add a combo box to a form
• 24. Add a radio button to a form
• 26. Add a portal (VFP: grid) to a form
• 27. Add a tab panel to a form
  

Valuelist

• 19. Valuelist introduction
• 20. Valuelist with custom values
• 21. Table-based valuelist
• 22. Use a general table for all value list items
  

Reports

• 29. Create a simple report
  

Styles

• 31. Use styles
  

Solution Model

• 38. Client Design Mode