| Dockable forms and toolbars are becoming the norm in modern Windows desktop applications. VFP has supported dockable toolbars since VFP 3.0 and has long supported dockable forms as part of its IDE. VFP 9.0 now allows developers to create dockable forms in addition to toolbars. End-users and developers can take advantage of dockable forms and toolbars to easily customize an applications interface to suit their individual preferences. This session will look at dockable forms and toolbars from two angles. First, we’ll cover the mechanics of docking windows, tips for working with dockable windows in the Visual FoxPro IDE and programmatically manipulating the dockable windows (and some that aren’t) in the VFP IDE to customize the development environment. Second, we’ll look at practical uses for dockable forms in desktop applications, the differences between dockable forms and toolbars and we’ll cover the pertinent properties, events, methods, commands and functions that relate to docking. Users will leave this session with a better understanding of how to take advantage of VFP’s dockable windows in the development environment and how to take advantage of dockable windows to enrich the user experience in their applications.
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