Visual FoxPro includes several samples, which focus on Automation Servers. An Automation server is a COM component application that exposes functionality that can be used and reused by other applications through Automation. In addition, you can create one or more classes to handle enterprise-wide business rules. A client application that uses the business rule object would pass input parameters in a method call, and the Automation server might then do a great deal of work, retrieving or storing data from various sources and performing complex calculations, before returning the answer.

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FoxISAPI Automation Server Samples: Describes the Visual FoxPro ISAPI extension that makes it possible for you to access Visual FoxPro custom Automation servers from any ISAPI supported Web server, such as Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) version 5.0 or later and Microsoft Personal Web Server.

COM+ Samples: Describes samples for using Queued Components, COM+ Events, and Compensation Resource Managers.

Related Sections

Using Visual FoxPro: Provides an overview of Visual FoxPro features, describes concepts and productivity tools for developing, programming, and managing high-performance database applications and components.

Developing Visual FoxPro Applications: Explains concepts about how to develop Visual FoxPro applications, instructions for creating databases and the user interface, and other tasks needed to create Visual FoxPro applications.

Programming in Visual FoxPro: Describes how understanding object-oriented programming techniques and the event-driven model can maximize your programming productivity and enable you to access the full power of Visual FoxPro.

Samples and Walkthroughs: Contains Visual FoxPro code samples and step-by-step walkthroughs that you can use for experimenting with and learning Visual FoxPro features.

Sample Class Libraries: Contains sample class libraries that provide encapsulated functionality you can add to your applications.

Foundation Class Samples: Contains samples that illustrate use of the Visual FoxPro Foundation classes.