This Handbook aims to cover all the features required to implement client-server database applications using Visual FoxPro as the front end. It is designed as a reference text for experienced programmers and should be used in conjunction with the FoxPro programmers' manual. An experienced programmer with access to a client-server database should a few days to work through the handbook and discover the implementation tricks and traps of client-server development.

This book was originally written for Visual FoxPro 6.0 and has been updated and tested fully with Visual FoxPro 7.0. New techniques such as accessing ADO recordsets from FoxPro and storing data as XML files is not covered and you should investigate these if you are using VFP 7.0 and need to interface with other application architectures. This second edition of the Handbook does not cover aspects specific to server-side database issues. All sections are relevant whatever back end database you are using. Please note that we advise you to load up enough test data to stress test your application during the development phase as the performance aspects of client-server are very different from native FoxPro databases.