VFP/VPM Bootcamp Realtime Online Course

VFP/VPM Bootcamp RealTime Online Course
Curriculum | Pricing/Enrollment | Software Discounts | Repeat Attendance

Online Training: The Gain Without The Pain

Warning: the reason to take this course is that you want to be drilled in the VPM fundamentals. If you don't want to build form-after-form, lookup-after-lookup, until you can meet strict time-criteria, take some other course where you can sit and listen. If you want to continue developing with the manual open so you can look up each step, you don't want this course: you will be drilled until you can construct every basic VPM component without reference to the manual. And if you can do that but can't make the time standards, you will be drilled until you do. And the entire class will be drilled along with you, even if they have already met the standards. If you want to be able to say you took a course, but don't want to be held accountable, this course is not for you.

VFP and VPM together are an unbeatable combination. You know that or you wouldn't have made the move to work with them. But then you realize that to unleash the power of these tools is going to mean a learning process. How can you shorten this process?

One Week, 5 Days, 4Hours/Day. Over the course of 1 business weeks of 5 days, you attend class for 4hours a day, starting from the very basics of VFP, and continuing through to distributing and updating a VPM application.

Learn from the MVP's: all ProSysPlus VPM classes are taught by ProMatrix MVP's. Learn from the people who have been there, and done that.

Don't just sit there: do something! You will actually perform the development tasks you are learning during these online classes. These are not lectures!

Ask questions! You will be hooked up with live audio, as you watch the instructor's desktop. Because the size of the classes is limited to 9 students, you will have every opportunity you want to ask questions.

Time to digest! Learning occurs best when we have time to digest what we have learned. The online learning format, in which you Because you take the learning process 4hours a day, you have time to digest the material, and even explore what you have learned, before you go on to the next topic.

Hands-On Exercises: every class is punctuated with hands-on exercises. You are guided by exclusive ProSysPlus Hands-On Guides, that take you through each exercise step-by-step. First you watch the instruction demonstrate the actions; then you follow the Hands-On Guide to accomplish the same result. At any time you can ask questions, during or after the exercise.

New:
xCase2VPM
and
xCase2VPM Jumpstart

New:
Advanced Training
Support Plans

New:
Repeat Attendance
(see bottom of page)

New:
Advanced VFP/VPM

Here's the 5 day schedule in brief.

Day
1	The VFP Integrated Development Environment (IDE)	Explore all the resources VFP puts at your disposal. Learn how to configure your machine for optimal power and efficiency. You configure your development machine during class, and under guidance explore the power of the VFP IDE. Covered elements include the Project Manager, the Designers, the Debugger, the Session viewer.
1	Data	Data types (what to use when); DBCs, Tables, Views, Queries, SQL; tools for working with data. You work with each of these, learning their strengths, weaknesses, and seeing the effects of different settings you can exploit in your applications.
2	Objects	Objects; Classes; Properties, Events & Methods; tools to work with objects. You create objects, subclass them, and analyze them in the VFP development tools and functions.
2	Menus and Reports	The menubuilder; Genmenu; GenmenuX; the Report Builder. You learn the tricks of menu building and then work on building reports that utilize the hidden power of the VFP Report Builder.
3	Forms and Applications	The Form Object; methods of instantiating forms; the Form Designer; using Builders. Builder Resources. You explore the old and the new re: form commands and object PEM's, learning the power of both approaches. You learn how to use builders that can streamline the design process.
3	The VPM Development Environment	The Menu Builder; Object Builder; Report Builder; Security Builder; the Data Builder; the Form & Control Builders; enhancing the VPM Development Environment. During class you configure your VPM development environment to expose the power of VFP and VPM working together. You learn the strengths, and how to work with the complexities, of the VPM IDE.
4	Building The Course VPM Application	Configuring Setup Objects; choosing directories; building data. During class you configure VPM so that all new projects have the functionality you desire. Then you begin the creation of an application, with step-by-step instruction from the instructor.
4	VPM Forms and Security	The types of VPM Forms; hidden functionality, and how that should influence application design. What type of form should be use for what purposes. During class you design at least two forms, and test their functionality. Then you set security for your application.
5	Distributing Your Application	Creating help and integrating it with VPM; creating the distribution file(s). During class you integrate an instructor-supplied html helpfile with The Course application. Then you prepare the application for distribution, and make the distribution file(s).
5	Updating The VPM Application	Learning about the Update Builder. Then you make changes to, and update, the VPM Application.

Pricing, Schedule, Enrollment

Pricing	Pricing is $995 per individual. Enrollment is through the ProMatrix web site. Group discounts equivalent to the ProMatrix Reseller pricing are available.
Location	Location is at your computer, hooked to the internet. Using cutting-edge technolgy, you will have better-than-phone live audio, and brower-based (no firewall problems) live video.
Schedule	This course will be scheduled every two months, or sooner as classes fill up. The next class will be May 21-25 1-5PM Florida Time.
Enrollment	Enroll through the ProMatrix Training Web Site.
Your Site	ProSysPlus will do a course on site, with prices subject to negotiation.
Computers	This is a hands-on course. See recommendations for computers for more details.
Prerequisite	You must have VPME/P/S, the latest version, installed, running on VFP6 with Visual Studio Service Pack 4 installed.

ProSysPlus Software Discount

Class participants may purchase xCase2VPM, the tool you need to bring your VPM development to the next level, at a 20% discount within 30 days of taking the VFP/VPM Bootcamp.

Repeat Attendance

Time Attending	Price	Conditions
First Time	Full Price	None
Second Time	1/2 Price	Don't step on the punch lines for the jokes. <s>
Third Time	Free	Be prepared to tutor/teach parts of the course; continue to laugh at the jokes. <g>