>>>>I feel like I could have just skipped #2...
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>>>>1. Foxpro using @...SAY...GET in PRG text files.
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>>>>2. Visual Foxpro using GUI in ??x files.
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>>>>3. Visual Foxpro using classes written in PRG text files.
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>>>But why would you want to write GUI code in PRG files? PRGs are great for "engines," but laying out forms graphically is so much easier than writing code for it, that I can't see any reason to do it in code, except for dynamic layouts, but even then, I'd use an SCX or a visual class.
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>>>Tamar
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>>Source control is one reason, but not good enough in my book. How do other (non-VFP) languages handle that? Is their visual stuff stored in text files?
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>Yes, but unlike VFP, in many cases it is bidirectional, as in C# (IIRC). That is to say, you can make changes in the visual designer, and the code gets updated; or you can make changes to the code - certain changes at least - and this gets reflected in the visual designer.

I think I like that.