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Silverswitch
Silverswitch
* Rapid Application Development development environment for Silverlight* Silverswitch.sln
* Migration of VFP applications* VFX – Silverlight Wizard
* Visual Extend for VFP re-developed in C#
Silverswitch
* Supported databases* VFP* SQL Server* MySQL, ADS, DB2, Oracle, …
Silverswitch
* Programming* C#* VFP at the server side with COM server
* Powerful method call even from client side
* VFP at the client side with GUINEU* Execution also on Mac OS and in the future
on other platforms
SilverswitchWhat does it contain?
* Template application Silverswitch.sln
* Start page
* Wizards* Update Project
* Builders* DataGrid, PickField, Form
* VFX – Silverlight Wizard* Included in VFX for VFP
Migration to Silverswitch
* VFP projects
* VFX projects
Requirements for theVFX – Silverlight Wizard
* Database* Primary keys for all tables
* Dataenvironment* Tables* Cursoradapters* No views* No programatical used tables
Requirements for theVFX – Silverlight Wizard
* All controls in the form* No instantiation of controls at runtime
* VFP projects* Base classes of controls are migrated
* VFX projects* VFX classes of controls are migrated
Requirements for the development
* Visual FoxPro 9
* VFX 13 and Silverswitch
* Visual Web Developer 2010 Express* Optional: SQL Server (Express)
* Silverlight 4 Tools
* WCF RIA Services 1 SP1
* Silverlight 4 Toolkit
Requirements at the customer‘s side
* Client* Silverlight 4 Plug-In (6 MB)
* Server* Windows Server* Internet Information Server* .Net Framework 4.0
Creation of aSilverswitch application
* Create new projectbased on template project“Silverswitch”
* Don’t execute, don’t build
* Run VFX – Silverlight Wizard
VFX – Silverlight Wizard
* What does this wizard do?
* Explanation
* VFP COM server is generated
* Administrator rights required!
VFX – Silverlight Wizard
* Select Silverswitch solution
VFX – Silverlight Wizard
* Data access
* Create ADO.NET Entity Data Model
* Create Domain Service
* Create and register VFP COM server
VFX – Silverlight Wizard
* Settings of the application object
* Add VFX forms to table Vfxfopen
VFX – Silverlight Wizard
* Select forms
* Forms marked as included into the project get migrated by default
* VFX*.scx forms do not get migrated
VFX – Silverlight Wizard
* Project names for forms
* Forms can be summarized to projects
* Optimization of project size and download size and time
VFX – Silverlight Wizard
* Select form properties
* Layout similar to VFP -> select all properties
* Hard-coded property values cannot be overwritten by styles
VFX – Silverlight Wizard
* Select reports
* Reports, marked as included into the project, get migrated by default
VFX – Silverlight Wizard
* Finish!
* Success messageorLog
* Test!
Features of theSilverswitch application
* Prepared frame for the application
* Splash screen
* Optional login dialog
* Toolbar with XAML icons
* Data-driven open dialog
* Internet application
* Intranet application
Features of theSilverswitch application
* User login
* Runtime localization
* User management
* User rights
* User groups
* MDI user interface
Features ofgenerated forms
* Autoedit
* New, edit, delete, save, undo
* Navigation
* Sort and incremental search in DataGrid
* Resizable, minimize, maximize
Features ofgenerated forms
* Treatment of update conflicts
* Filter dialog
What does theVFX – Silverlight Wizard do?* Add forms to the solution
* Entry in table Vfxfopen
* Migration of forms* MVP Model-View-Presenter
What does theVFX – Silverlight Wizard do?* Example
* Customer.xaml* Layout
* Customer.xaml.cs* Settings
* CustomerController.cs* Developer’s code
* CustomerControllerBase.cs* Generated code
What does theVFX – Silverlight Wizard do?* Generates VFP COM server
* Data access to VFP database using cursoradapters
VFX – Silverlight Wizard
* Video tutorial (in German) available at
* www.MSDN-Solve.de
* and on the memory sticks
VFPizza in the Cloud
* Inform!
* Create account
* Create SQL Server database
* Make project settings
* Publishing with Visual Studio wizard
* 2 virtual maschines recommended
* http://VFPizza.CloudApp.net
VFPizza in the Cloud
* Video tuorial (in German) available athttp://www.MSDN-Solve.de
* and on the memory sticks
Any questions?
Break
Venelina & Uwe
