rschummer / builders

Tools that aid in setting properties of controls on a form (XSource)

Builders

Builders are tools that aid in setting properties of controls on a form. Unlike wizards, builders are reentrant, so you can reopen a builder on a particular control repeatedly. Visual FoxPro includes a number of generic builders for many of the common form controls including grids, list boxes, combo boxes, check boxes, command groups, and option groups.

Builder.APP: v2.1 (September 8, 2020 update)

• One “ALL” builder with no other registered builders no longer automatically runs.
• The pick list dialog for the builders is now resizable with anchoring.
• Form is larger to display more builders and more descriptive names.
• Description shows more text and is no longer has textbox like attributes.
• The type of builder is now displayed on the form so you can tell if it is a “natural” builder or “ALL” builder.
• The builders are now sorted so the “natural” builders show up before the “ALL” builders in the list, then alphabetically.
• Segoe UI font to look more modern.
• Version of Builder.APP is now displayed.
• Name of the registration table with the pathed location.
• VFPX-powered image.

Builders:

• Application Builder: Displays a tabbed dialog box to simplify creating and modifying forms, complex controls, and other optional elements of effective and satisfying applications.

• AutoFormat Builder: Allows you to apply a set of styles to selected controls of the same type.

• Combo Box Builder: Makes it easy for you to set properties for a Combo Box control.

• Command Group Builder: Makes it easy for you to set properties for a Command Group control.

• Edit Box Builder: Makes it easy for you to set properties for an Edit Box control.

• Form Builder: Makes it easy for you to add fields as new controls to a form.

• Grid Builder: Makes it possible for you to set properties for a Grid control.

• List Box Builder: Makes it easy for you to set properties for a List Box control.

• Option Group Builder: Makes it easy for you to set properties for an Option Group control.

• Referential Integrity Builder: Helps you to ensure referential integrity by setting up triggers to control how records are inserted, updated, or deleted in related tables.

• Text Box Builder: Makes it easy for you to set properties for a Text Box control.

• XML Web Service Builder: Makes it possible for you to bind an XML Web service to a control on a Visual FoxPro form or to an object, such as a CursorAdapter in the form's data environment, without writing code.

Note: although they're builders, the CursorAdapter and DataEnvironment Builders are actually found in the Wizards project.

Builders is part of XSource, the source files for various Visual FoxPro components. The license governing XSource can be found in the XSource_EULA.txt included with all of the XSource releases.