It is nice to have a skill set that will bring in a source of income. Call it an insurance policy. I know a guy who still does FoxPro DOS programming – support that is. That is all he does. He does not have a family or great financial needs so he can enjoy what he wants to do. He refused to learn VFP. Consider your resume when you apply for a job. More skills – greater chance of employment.



>So is it a learning thing? You know what they say, if it ain't broken, why fix it?
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>>Mike. I like/love VFP, but come on, need you ask? :)
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>>oh, I still do it when called to help.
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>>>Why didn't you just keep doing VFP?
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>>>>It a small utility program with one screen. It has navigation buttons and the usual "Search", "Delete" "Add" and "Edit" buttons. The application checks for orphan records in our DBF tables.
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>>>>I'm not very experience in .NET. About a year ago he gave me a choice of either Oracle/SQ Server or .NET (or just keep doing VFP). Needless to say I went with Oracle PL/SQL and everything that it implies.
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>>>>Isn't .Net for VFP Developers an old book? is it still relevant?
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>>>>Thanks everyone.
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>>>>>>Hello.
>>>>>>This is actually a serious question.
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>>>>>>I was just told that I will start converting some of my VFP screens to .NET starting next year, which to me is a big task.
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>>>>>>I need to convert a "simple" VFP application, that is in production, by July of 2007 and demo it.
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>>>>>>If there are any expert .NETers logged in, I ask you, where do I start?
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>>>>>>Any suggestion for a starting point will be helpful.
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>>>>>>TIA
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>>>>>Depends on the type of app, your current .Net expertise and your needs.
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>>>>>As a first (beginner type) book I would recommend .Net for VFP Developers by Kevin McNeish.