>>>>Things that I miss from VFP:
>>>>- command window: during debugging, testing and development this is so useful to understand what is going on
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>>>Visual Studio *does* have a command window that you can use during debugging, it's called the "Immediate" window. From the menu, go to Debug | Windows and you should see it listed there.
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>>Have you found it useful for anything in particular.
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>Of course ... you can type (almost) anything in it, just like you can with VFP. Haven't you tried it?

I think when I started with the orginal VS.NET, I tried, got frustrated and quit.