>>I don't think there is any one place you can find this, but for years Microsoft has been saying that the development tools will merge. This doesn't mean one language, but common designers. ActiveX and COM will make this
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>I think it would be nice to see visual studio with a...
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>Form Designer
>Data Designer
>Report Designer...
>Data Designer...
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>etc, etc...
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>Also, it should all be OOP based. So, I can create a form with C++, then I can subclass that form, and add VFP code... (simmilar to ASP)
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>cmdButton.click()
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>#DEFINE LANGUAGE=FoxPro
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>blah blah blah
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>#DEFINE LANGUAGE=J
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>blah blah blah
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>********************
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>So, in the same project, you can define a control... code it with C++ or Java... Then, create a form... Drop your Java control on it. Open the control put some VFP or VB code into it. Then compile an .EXE that would not requre a run time since all components would compile down to a true .OBJ level.
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>Also, menus, reports, data... would all be objects...
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>Ah... I can dream can't I.
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>BOb

Visual Studio 6.0 has a data designer. The forms, reports, etc will be COM and ActiveX controls. Will we have the ability to subclass them? We won't know that until MS gives us the designers.