Hi Scott,

I am a long time user of Visual ProMatrix, and a ProMatrix Life MVP. I looked at several frameworks at one time, and owned a copy of MaxFrame. Drew's code was very good, but the version at that time, was too rudimentary for me.

I am also a user of xCase, which is a great data design tool. I wouldn’t consider creating a data model without it.

VREP is a report engine which uses the VFP engine, similar to FoxFire, but IMO, more powerful. It natively reads the ProMatrix data dictionary, as well as the Data Dictionary aspects of the DBC in its native or extended formats.

As for being flexible, if you are going to use a framework for the obvious advantages such as speed of development, reliability of the code base, etc., you have to expect to give up some flexibility. If absolute flexibility is essential, write your own framework. Of course, that could entail a year of development time, which for many of us, can be better spent developing applications.

All that being true, VPM is as flexible as it needs to be. The ProSysPlus libraries (www.prosysplus.com) entails major enhancements VPM, and a separate product, xCaseToVpm, imports the xCase meta data into the VPM data dictionary.

You said that you have the demo, try it out. Visit the public news groups, and chat with us. We welcome visitors.

If you have any specific questions about VPM, fell free to ask. I don’t get over here to often, but read all the news group messages every day.


>Hi Doron,
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>Yes, I have the Visual ProMatrix demo which I've just reviewed quickly. I'll take a closer look over the next 6 to 7 weeks.
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>I've never heard of VisualRep? I can assume that this is your product? How does it compare with FoxFire? Also, does it replace VFP's report manager or enhance it? I'm using VFP 9 SP1.
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>I've been interested in xCase for a LONG time. We will probably use that product for this project as the database is going to be fairly large and a bit complex. I see that you indicate that there is a special version to enhance Visual ProMatrix. Good deal!
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>Thanks for your considerable input and valuable information. I appreciate it!