Hi Pertti:

Our last update enables several new ways to do Web Programming with VFP compiled to .NET

- WebServices (either XML or Json based)
- Ajax with foxpro data
- Data binding to VFP Data. By the way the VFP Way it is a lot easier than the .NET Way. Here an AJAXed GridView with VFP Data based in the northwind.dbc.
- Easy interaction between Web Pages and VFP Code using just JavaScript and Json.

Check the details at http://etecnologia.net/Products/VFPCompiler/NewsLetter-March-2008.html

>John:
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>Others have already suggested West Wind tools here, and I wanted to add that of all of the other tools I have looked at (cursory looks as they may have been), West Wind gets my vote because it works with standard VFP code and classes AND provides a full Microsoft .NET design surface for your UI. This combination is next to impossible for anyone else to beat -- you get the best of both worlds, if you are looking for compatibility that works out of the box.
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>However, there are also eTecnologia's VFP efforts happening on .NET. While their web efforts are still very much under development, there is a lot of promise there and it probably behooves you to at least keep an eye on what is coming from there. Their Windows .NET apps are already happening -- I have created and compiled and successfully deployed .NET windows apps using pure VFP code.
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>Having said that, I think you may still want to start getting into .NET and/or any of the other modern platforms (Java comes to mind), but using a hybrid such as West Wind or eTecnologia can be a great help in breaking some of the conceptual barriers a VFP programmer might have moving to .NET...
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>At the very far edge of the spectrum, a few of my regular VFP applications now run as DaaS (desktop as a service / hosted service). What you get here is an unmodified VFP app running EXACTLY the same as it runs on a workstation, except that you run it through a browser and the program runs on a server somewhere in the world. This has been quite a revelation for me, as I now move with the rest of the industry towards "cloud computing" without having to rewrite a single line of code or re-train one single current user of my apps.
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>Cheers,
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>Pertti
>>Greetings folks. Please forgive me if this question has been asked / answered ad nauseam - I haven't had much time to keep up with all the postings lately, having to support a day job, and all.
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>>I am looking for the easiest way, with the smallest learning curve of rewriting a desktop app I have to be browser based, and hosted on the web.
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>>If it weren't for the xBase language, I wouldn't ever have become involved with programming, so please don't suggest java, C#, etc - LOL!
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>>Many thanks for the help!