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>>>>>>In the past this market was taken up by products like VFP, Paradox, Powerbuilder, FileMaker etc.
>>>>>>Since Microsoft does not believe that there is market for such a product anymore, are there any third party developers thinking on what will be a good replacement for VFP?
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>>>>>Check this out :)
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>>>>>http://www.pcsoft.fr/us/
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>>>>>local db engine, third party SQL engine, PC, Windows, Linux, Mobile, etc. I am interested in the mobile version for PDA development. I should add though that VFP9 is the dev tool of our choice for the foreseeable future :)
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>>>>Jos, in your search for pda development tools, did you encounter any product that's cheaper than 'windev mobile'?
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>>>I rarely use price as the influencing factor for development work. To me WinDev looks absolutely awesome. Read the PDF spec sheets and ask for a trial version. I think the price is reasonable for what is offered. I am waiting for them to do final documentation translation to English for the Mobile version and will then definitely buy it.
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>>I know your opinion about pricing and understand your logic. But 1000-2000 dollars for a development product is really a lot and justifies a search for cheaper products. Also, it may be the case that this (expensive) product offers more than is needed by someone. Haven't you searched for other pda-devtools?
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>Its not cheap but if it does the job then ... Try the trial version, ask for referrals, ask for clients in Holland. There is also a forum where you can ask questions.
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>iro other PDA tools - if the price is too high you can go .Net. But WinDev has the added benefit (imho) of its own local data engine combined with a high level language, like VFP. This feature and the way in which VFP can interact with the data is something I use all the time and WinDev supports that type of data handling. Its a platform that is clearly data oriented. It appeals to me.

Thanks for the advices.