Lets you create new files using designers and wizards.
Visual FoxPro provides a range of designers to help you create classes, connections, databases, forms, labels, menus, queries, local and remote views, reports, and tables. You may also use a Visual FoxPro wizard to create many of these files, including a variety of reports, forms, and queries. New program or text files are created simply by typing them in the Editing window. The following table shows you the file types and how each can be created.
CTRL+N
The New dialog box appears when you select New from the File menu.
File Type
The following table lists the file types and the features available for creating them, depending on whether you click New File or Wizards.
File Type | Created With |
Project | Project Manager |
Database | Database Designer |
Table | Table Designer, Table Wizard |
Query | Query Designer, Cross-Tab Wizard, Query Wizard, Local View Wizard, Remote View Wizard, PivotTable Wizard |
Connection* | Connection Designer |
View* | View Designer, Local View Wizard |
Remote View* | Remote View Wizard |
Form | Form Designer, Form Wizard, One-to-Many Form Wizard |
Report | Report Designer, Report Wizard, One-to-Many Report Wizard |
Label | Label Designer, Label Wizard |
Program | Editing Window |
Class | Class Designer |
Text File | Editing Window |
Menu | Menu Designer |
* You must have a database open to enable this option.
New File
Displays a dialog box, designer, or editing window so you can create the selected file type.
Wizard
Opens a wizard that creates the selected file type. If there is a group of wizards to choose from, Visual FoxPro will prompt you to select the wizard you want.
For more information, see "Using Designers" and "Using Wizards" in Chapter 1, Getting Started in the User's Guide.