| According to www.dictionary.com, a collection is: “A group of objects or works to be seen, studied, or kept together.” This definition directly applies to the things a computer is used for on a daily basis. File folders are organized by the collection of files that they contain. Excel Workbooks are used to categorize worksheets related to a particular financial situation. Visual FoxPro projects hold all of the items related to a specific application. Visual FoxPro has many native collections in the underlying object model. A page frame, for example, is a collection of pages. A grid is a collection of rows and columns. A project is a collection of files. This list can go on and on. However, collections do not apply to just Visual FoxPro. Understanding how collections work is an integral part of designing and working with just about any object based programming language. Attendees will: Study the anatomy of a collection. Learn how to use collections as well as how to write ones from scratch. Be able to recognize collections both in programming environments and business functions. Design and implement better solutions to everyday business needs.
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