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14/08/2008 23:06:25
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Visual FoxPro and .NET
Title:
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Network:
Windows 2003 Server
Database:
MS SQL Server
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01336263
Message ID:
01339062
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Hey Christof,

RTL support is pretty commonly used (Hebrew, others) as well as are General fields. But 95% works for me :-)


>
>>Do you have any reasonably accurate timetable for "highly functional" (say, 95% VFP 9 function/command/screen/menu/report compatible) Guineu release?
>
>No, I don't try to. <s> The reason is that VFP has so much functions that only few developers actually still use such as:
>
>- offline views
>- SET SKIP TO
>- support for Macintosh code pages
>- DBCS support for asian character
>- right to left support
>- country specific collate sequences like CZECH
>- database events
>- @...GET
>- ColorSource property
>- Read compatibility mode for form sets
>- Control class
>- Control arrays
>- minus operator for strings
>- comma and semicolon operator in reports
>- COPY TO TYPE SYLK
>- general fields
>- ACCEPT
>- BROWSE PREFERENCE
>- SET MACKEY
>- _PLINENO
>- _VFP.Eval
>
>I could go on, but I think you get the idea. 95% of all capabilities is an awful lot more than supporting 95% of all commands, functions and classes to some degree. My current focus is on implementing everything you need to write mobile applications with features being implemented in order of demand.
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John Koziol, ex-MVP, ex-MS, ex-FoxTeam. Just call me "X"
"When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro" - Hunter Thompson (Gonzo) RIP 2/19/05
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