Resources

This page contains links to other websites as well as recommended books and magazines that contain information which may be of use for a DataFlex developer.
The selection is based on contents, _not_ products.
Please let us know if you have more suggestions about a resource that is not listed in here, or if you find a dead link.

DataFlex related
Data Access Worldwide
The official website of Data Access Corporation. They are the developers of DataFlex, Visual DataFlex and WebApp Server
Data Access Worldwide online knowledge base

An excellent resource to consult if you encounter problems within the DataFlex language.
Datrix messageboard

An independent messageboard where you can ask questions about DataFlex, Visual Basic, SQL Server, DataBase Drivers and general windows questions.
Flextools

Australasian distributors of DataFlex, but besides this they have a nice collection of Whitepapers and downloads.
Mertechdata

Developers of ORAFlex and SQLFlex. Direct Drivers for client server solutions with DataFlex and Oracle or Microsofts SQL Server. Check out their support menu for usefull tips when you use these drivers.
Pàgina de Flex

A brazilian open source site, note that all the articles are in portuguese, but that doesn't hurt much with source included does it?
Starzen Dataflexmall

Starzen is a wellknown third party developer that offers many add-on tools such as pluspak! and publishes the Visual DataFlex Developers Journal. Besides this they also host a FAQ database on their website and a messageboard for their products.
UK DataFlex Special Interest Group

The UK Sig is a usergroup for WebApp and DataFlex Developers. On their website you can read more about past and forthcoming events.
WebApp-Guidance

This is our sister site, especially meant for WebApp Developers.

Books:
Title:
Mastering Visual DataFlex
Authors: Michael Salzlechner, Stuart Booth and David Lisle, Publisher: Starzen Press.
Covers Visual DataFlex and windows programming. Topics: Object Oriented Programming, Deploying, Mouse, Drag and drop, Reports, external controls, Multimedia, bitmaps and cursors, writing a wizard, the DataFlex Database API, Resizing and locating, Floating menus and window styles and messages.


Title:
Discovering Visual DataFlex,
Author: T.M. Arnett, Publisher: Data Access Worldwide.
Basic programming in VDF6, Topics include: using the IDE, the database builder and the other tools in the product. They also walk you through some examples.



Windows OS related
Microsoft TechNet
Online version
Microsoft Software Developer Network

Online version
Windows API Guide

A site about programming the windows API for Visual Basic
DAW Whitepaper: DataFlex and Dlls
This document extends existing DataFlex documentation and provides basic information and suggestions on DLLs. The discussion is from the point of view of an experienced C/C++ and DataFlex programmer. DLL issues, however, cover a broad and advanced range, so this discussion is far from exhaustive
Programmers Heaven

This site has source code in many languages such as C/C++, VB, Delphi, Assembler, Java, Pascal and much more.
Sysinternals

The SysInternals Web site provides you advanced utilities, technical information and source code related to Windows 9x and Windows NT/2K internals.

Books:
Title:
Programming Windows
Author: Charles Petzold, Publisher: Microsoft Press.
Covers many topics in the windows environments. Topics include: the basics, dialog boxes, unicode, graphics, kernel, printer, dlls, multitasking, multithreading, MDI and programming the inter/intranet. Knowing a bit of C/C++ makes it much easier to read.



ActiveX components
ActiveX.com
Has activeX components in many different fields. They also have many free- and shareware solutions.
ComponentSource.com

Commercial components.


Hardware related
Tom's Hardware Guide
A site discussing motherboard, Graphic boards, CPU, Display, Digital Video, Storage and more hardware related topics.
StorageReview

Harddisk and storage related site discussing performance and other topics
AnandTech

Hardware analysis and news
2cpu.com

Dual processor motherboards
WinDrivers.com

A site that has a huge device driver collection, a dll archive, tips on improving and troubleshooting your system, tools and utilities.


Miscellaneous
Wotsit's format
This site contains file format information on hundreds of different file types and all sorts of other useful programming information; algorithms, source code, specifications, etc.
Opensource.org

Discusses general topics on the Open Source front.
The GNU project and Free Software Foundation
The official site from the GNU project, you can find many opensource programs from browsing in there. Most people only think about Linux, but there's much more. Besides that several Linux programs have ports to windows like for instance the Gimp or CVS.