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This page lists Tamar's technical articles since June, 1998. Articles available online are linked. (Some require subscriptions to see
the entire article.)
Feature Articles ADVISOR
Answers Editorials On
this site
Print Forms as Users See Them,
FoxPro Advisor, July, 2007.
Update a Database by
Retrofitting Primary Keys, FoxPro Advisor, May, 2007.
Discover a New Use for
BindEvent(), FoxPro Advisor, June, 2006.
Enhancing the Effects
Listener, FoxPro Advisor, April, 2006.
Querying Hierarchical Data,
FoxPro Advisor, January, 2006.
Create Visual FoxPro Test Data
Easily, FoxPro Advisor, November, 2005.
Change Control Names Easily,
FoxPro Advisor, August, 2005.
Use BindEvent() for Invisible Logging in Visual FoxPro, FoxPro Advisor,
July, 2005.
Easier Date Entry, FoxPro Advisor, April 2005.
Enhance the Class Browser, FoxPro Advisor, January, 2005.
Do More with VFP's SQL Commands, FoxPro Advisor, August, 2004.
Here a Subquery, There a Subquery, FoxPro Advisor, July, 2004.
Take Advantage of Idle Cycles, FoxPro Advisor, December, 2003.
Build Queries Interactively, FoxPro Advisor, October, 2003.
Use SQL the VFP 8 Way, FoxPro Advisor, August, 2003.
Customize the Task Pane Manager, FoxPro Advisor, April, 2003.
Introducing the Task Pane Manager, FoxPro Advisor, February, 2003.
Office Server Quirks, Code, January/February, 2003.
Let Users Control Fonts, FoxPro Advisor, November, 2002.
Fire VFP Code for Office Events, FoxPro Advisor, October, 2002.
Build Your Own Builders, FoxPro Advisor, August, 2002.
Hooray for Arrays!, FoxPro Advisor, April 2002.
Work with the Registry, FoxPro Advisor, January, 2002.
Make Them Hear You!, FoxPro Advisor, November, 2001.
Have It Your
Way!, FoxPro Advisor, April, 2001.
Add QuickFill to Your Combos, FoxPro Advisor, September, 1998.
What's New in the Language?, FoxPro Advisor, July, 1998.
How Do You Organize a Book About Visual FoxPro? Using Visual FoxPro, Of
Course, FoxPro Advisor (web-only article), December, 1997 (with Ted
Roche).
Learning Visual FoxPro: The Top 10 List, FoxPro Advisor, December,
1997 (with Andy Neil, Ted Roche, and Mac Rubel).
Smart Toolbar Techniques, FoxPro Advisor, November, 1997.
Visual FoxPro 5.0, DataBased Advisor, January, 1997.
Smarter List and Combo Boxes, FoxPro Advisor, June 1996.
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Tamar has been the co-author of the ADVISOR Answers column since the second
issue of FoxPro Advisor. Over the years, she's answered hundreds of questions
from readers. Here's a partial list.
| January, 2008 |
Upgrade to VFP 9 SP2? |
| January, 2008 |
Understand the Visual FoxPro
NODEFAULT and DODEFAULT() Commands |
| November, 2007 |
Changing All Forms in a Visual
FoxPro Application |
| November, 2007 |
Know When to use Visual FoxPro
Forms or Formsets |
| November, 2007 |
De-cluttering the Visual
FoxPro Toolbox |
| September, 2007 |
Adding Standard Comments |
| September, 2007 |
Getting into the Debugger |
| July, 2007 |
Find out where a Class is Used |
| July, 2007 |
Clean up a Project |
| May, 2007 |
Round to the Nearest
Anything |
| May, 2007 |
Save Table Structure
as Text |
| March, 2007 |
Understand Hidden
Variables |
| January, 2007 |
Handle Duplicates |
| January, 2007 |
Sedna, VFPX and VFPy |
| November, 2006 |
Open a Document in
Read-only Mode |
| November, 2006 |
Check Whether a Word
Object is Saved |
| November, 2006 |
Identify Outlook
Objects |
| November, 2006 |
Apply TOP n for
Subgroups in a Query |
| September, 2006 |
A Better New Property
Dialog |
| August, 2006 |
Using a Framework |
| July, 2006 |
Create Cross-Tab
Reports |
| June, 2006 |
Create Cascading
Combos and Lists |
| May, 2006 |
Specify Print Area in Excel |
| May, 2006 |
Access Cells in Use in
Excel |
| April, 2006 |
Take Advantage of
Tools and Classes |
| March, 2006 |
Format Reports Based
on Data |
| February, 2006 |
Import Microsoft
Access Data |
| January, 2006 |
Compare Logical Values |
| December, 2005 |
Match Multiple Items
in a Query |
| November, 2005 |
Create Clickable
E-Mail Addresses in Textboxes |
| September, 2005 |
Get a List of Objects in
Memory |
| August, 2005 |
Colors in the Property
Sheet |
| July, 2005 |
Ranking Data |
| June, 2005 |
Avoid Memo Field Bloat |
| May, 2005 |
Create Microsoft Access Databases from VFP |
| April, 2005 |
ASCAN() and queries |
| March, 2005 |
Add Captions to Grouped Controls |
| February, 2005 |
Measure query optimization |
| January, 2005 |
Restore original data values |
| December, 2004 |
LIST Replacement |
| November, 2004 |
Anchor Controls on Forms |
| October, 2004 |
Use Polygons on VFP 9 Forms |
| September, 2004 |
Make IntelliSense Available all the Time |
| August, 2004 |
Clean up Strings |
| June, 2004 |
Explore an Object's PEMs |
| May, 2004 |
Disable Items in a Combo Box |
| May, 2004 |
Position Items in a List Box |
| April, 2004 |
Access Word Form Data |
| March, 2004 |
Count Groups in a Report |
| February, 2004 |
Copy Data Between Tables |
| January, 2004 |
Get a Directory Listing |
| December, 2003 |
Append Memo Fields |
| November, 2003 |
Choose SYS(2015) for an Alias |
| October, 2003 |
Determine Whether a Report Printed |
| September, 2003 |
Compute Statistics from a Table |
| August, 2003 |
Dock Toolbars at Runtime |
| July, 2003 |
Check Automation Servers |
| June, 2003 |
Generate Combinations |
| May, 2003 |
Display Multi-line Captions and Tooltips |
| April, 2003 |
Display Pictures in a Grid |
| March, 2003 |
Use Code References to Search in a Project |
| February, 2003 |
Share Menus Across Versions |
| January, 2003 |
Dock IDE Windows |
| December, 2002 |
SEEK vs. SQL-Select |
| November, 2002 |
Delete a Hidden File |
| October, 2002 |
Compute an Exact Age |
| September, 2002 |
Expand an Edit Box |
| August, 2002 |
Shut Down Abandoned Applications |
| July, 2002 |
Check Spelling in VFP |
| June, 2002 |
Create Installation Materials |
| May, 2002 |
Change a Form's Class |
| April, 2002 |
Substitute Variables into Code |
| March, 2002 |
Return Arrays |
| February, 2002 |
Retrieve a File's Creation Date |
| January, 2002 |
Access Context Menus via the Keyboard |
| December, 2001 |
Dockable System Windows |
| November, 2001 |
Detect Windows Color Changes |
| October, 2001 |
Search Through a Project |
| September, 2001 |
Check DLL Functions |
| August, 2001 |
Use Custom Forms in Outlook |
| July, 2001 |
Work with Collections |
| June, 2001 |
Add Objects at Runtime |
| May, 2001 |
Add Custom Properties in Outlook |
| April, 2001 |
Duplicate VFP Wizards |
| March, 2001 |
Prevent Movement in a List |
| February, 2001 |
Put Files on the Desktop |
| January, 2001 |
Manage
Grid Actions |
| December, 2000 |
Rearrange Memo Field Text |
| November, 2000 |
Application Version Information |
| October, 2000 |
Return Values from Forms |
| September, 2000 |
Use System Menu Items |
| August, 2000 |
Using the Internet Transfer Control |
| July, 2000 |
Access Word Bookmarks through Automation |
| June, 2000 |
Simulate New Sort Orders |
| May, 2000 |
Handle Long File Names |
| April, 2000 |
Resolve the Y2K Issue with File Dates |
| March, 2000 |
Create Excel Files |
| February, 2000 |
Disable OptionGroups |
| January, 2000 |
Maximum Table Size |
| December, 1999 |
Look for an Index by Key |
| November, 1999 |
Multiple Detail Band Reports |
| October, 1999 |
Finding the Most Recent Files |
| September, 1999 |
Determining Open Tables and Databases |
| August, 1999 |
Default CENTURY and ROLLOVER |
| July, 1999 |
Windows Colors
and Fonts |
| June, 1999 |
Properties as Private Variables |
| May, 1999 |
Run the Most Recent Code
(Update) |
| April, 1999 |
Updating Combos and Lists |
| March, 1999 |
UDFs in Queries |
| February, 1999 |
Exploring Database Contents |
| January, 1999 |
Changing Text Case |
| December, 1998 |
Counting Records Efficiently |
| November, 1998 |
Phonetic Searching |
| October, 1998 |
SET TALK Mystery Solved |
| September, 1998 |
SYS(3055) |
| September, 1998 |
UNIONed queries |
| August, 1998 |
Setting View Properties |
| July, 1998 |
Splash Screens |
| July, 1998 |
Interaction of Report Previews with the Main Visual FoxPro Window |
| June, 1998 |
Sharing Tables Between VFP and Foxpro 2.x |
| June, 1998 |
Controlling the Status Bar |
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Tamar has written the vast majority of the Editor's View columns that appear
in FoxPro Advisor. Here's a partial list.
September, 2005
(online) |
Rest in Peace, Drew and
Brent Speedie |
| August, 2004 |
New in Visual FoxPro 9 |
| May, 2004 |
Communication Counts |
| August, 2003 |
Another DevCon Down, More
to Go! |
| June, 2003 |
What is an
"Upgrade," According to Microsoft? |
| April, 2003 |
Change the Way You Do VFP
Development |
| December, 2002 |
Presenting Visual FoxPro 8 |
| October, 2002 |
Why Use a Framework? |
| August, 2002 |
FoxPro:
Today and Tomorrow |
| March, 2002 |
Control
Amid Chaos |
| January, 2002 |
The Needs
of the One Are the Needs of the Many |
| September, 2001 |
The
Computer as a Tool |
| July, 2001 |
Why
Upgrade? |
| May, 2001 |
Not in the
.NET |
| March, 2001 |
New Thoughts
for a New Millennium |
| January, 2001 |
XP: A New
Way to Manage Development |
| August, 2000 |
More Tools
to Make VFP Life Easier |
| July, 2000 |
Tools Make
it Easier |
| April, 2000 |
Escape DLL
Hell |
| March, 2000 |
Certification
Update |
| February, 2000 |
Seduced by
Technology |
| January, 2000 |
How (Not) to Prepare for Y2K |
| December, 1999 |
Designing for Users |
| November, 1999 |
What Makes
an Application Great? |
| October, 1999 |
Microsoft
Jump Starts VFP Certification |
| September, 1999 |
Visual FoxPro DevCon and Culture |
| August, 1999 |
The Truth
about Leap Day, 2000 |
| July, 1999 |
COM + VFP =
HOT! |
| June, 1999 |
Come to
Visual FoxPro DevCon |
| April, 1999 |
FoxPro and
Y2K |
| March, 1999 |
Now What? |
| February, 1999 |
Lose Your
Assumptions |
| January, 1999 |
A Little Bit
of COM |
| December, 1998 |
What is
Component Development? |
| November, 1998 |
No Computer is an Island |
| October, 1998 |
World Wide
FoxPro |
| September, 1998 |
Legacy
Applications and Year 2000 |
| August, 1998 |
They Said They'd Be Back--and They Were |
| July, 1998 |
Nuisances of Computer Life |
| June, 1998 |
Welcome, VFP 6.0 |
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