Chapter 9. Searching and Filtering in Visual FoxPro and Visual Basic .NET

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Record Filtering in FoxPro

• Record Filtering in Visual Basic .NET

• A Generic Record Lookup Grid with Column Sorting in Visual FoxPro

• Returning a Value from a Visual Basic .NET Form

• Using the DefaultDataView for Filtering and Sorting

• A Generic Record Lookup Form in Visual Basic .NET

• Minimalist Filtering in Visual FoxPro and Visual Basic .NET

• Search Forms with Additional Fields

• Building Self-Populating Controls

• Cleaning Up Mistakes in Legacy Data to Improve Searching

• Getting Filtered Data Across the Web

What can you understand about a few hundred thousand records? Not much. The difference between data and information is understanding, and searching and filtering the data can provide that understanding.