>>Let me have your opinions (open the flood gates! (s)).
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>>I am wondering that with the release of VFP 5.0 any 'real' VFP programmer will have a need to use VB for ANYTHING? VB used is a great coding platform & has good connection to APIs, etc. But with the release of VFP 5 does VFP have at least that much power if not more?
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>>Bottom line is should I cast away my VB shingle & totally concentrate on VFP?
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>>Thanks
>>Tom
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>Well, even VFP 3 is better than VB. But (don't ask me why) M$ has always bet higher in VB. In such a way that lots of clients demand that the software should be developed in VB. So, I'll have to stick with both.
>As soon as I put my hands on VFP5, I'll develop all the apps in VFP5, using VB just for 16 bit development and as a condition...

VB was theirs to start with. since most anything on the market could beat it, they bought their competition, took the good parts and dumped the rest...