If you want to share information with .NET apps, and those .NET apps are data driven (re: reading their format strings from an INI file, table, or XML config file) then it makes sense to be able to use those same format strings in your VFP applications


> OK, but I perceive a risk that the above is an incredibly narrow niche example ;-)

At this point in time, I would agree with you. :)

But if you're considering .NET interop (and that seems to be the VFP team's focus), then I believe this type of functionality is a critical component for communicating seamlessly between VFP and .NET.

Malcolm