INFO: Possible Uses for Offline Views in Visual FoxPro
Article ID: 156013
Article Last Modified on 10/15/2003
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 5.0 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition
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SUMMARY
Offline views in Visual FoxPro allow you to work with a selected amount of
data while it is disconnected from the server. Then you can reconnect to
the server and update the data.
MORE INFORMATION
With offline views, you can work with data offline, meaning the data is no
longer connected to the server. This allows you to take your work on the
road or to save a connection to the server by working with the data
locally.
You can also take your data to another site with offline views. Once you
have created an offline view (using the CREATEOFFLINE function), you can
copy the necessary files to a disk or to a laptop and be on your way.
If you do not want to tie up a connection to the server, you can create an
offline view and do the work locally, somewhat simulating a peer-to-peer
network. Once you have finished the work, you can use the offline view's
ONLINE clause and update the data on the server.
REFERENCES
For additional information, please see the following article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
155528 HOWTO: Set Up an Offline View in Visual FoxPro 5.0
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