Designers make it possible for you to design the windows, dialog boxes, and components in your application visually.
In This Section
- Class Designer
- Allows you to create and modify classes visually.
- Connection Designer
- Allows you to create and modify named connections. Because connections are stored as part of a database, you only can use the Connection designer if you have a database open.
- Data Environment Designer
- Allows you to create and modify the data environment of forms, form sets, and reports visually.
- Database Designer (Visual FoxPro)
- Displays and allows you to create and modify tables, views, and relationships that are contained in a database.
- Form Designer
- Allows you to create and modify forms and form sets visually. A form set consists of one or more forms that can be manipulated as a unit.
- Label Designer
- Allows you to create and modify labels. When the Label designer window is active, Microsoft Visual FoxPro displays the Report menu and the Report Controls toolbar.
- Menu and Shortcut Designers
- Allows you to create menus, menu items, submenus of menu items, lines that separate groups of related menu items, and so on.
- Query and View Designers
- Allows you to create and modify queries and views. When the Query or View designer is active, Microsoft Visual FoxPro displays the Query menu and the Query toolbar or View designer toolbar.
- Report Designer
- Allows you to create and modify reports. When the Report designer window is active, Microsoft Visual FoxPro displays the Report menu and the Report Controls toolbar.
- Table Designer (Visual FoxPro)
- Allows you to create and modify database tables, free tables, fields, and indexes.