>SNIP
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>>I'm not saying that VFP will use all the available tools...but as time goes on, it will be able to take advantage of many of them. Some may be through the use of Wizards (like Visual Modeler) rather than directly.
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>Craig,
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>You (apparently) are very comfortable with this situation which, to summarize it for you, is as follows:
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>Rumour and innuendo will state that all tools of VS will ULTIMATELY have "common" facilities (not ONLY the ones named so far in this thread, but also OOP Report facility, OOP menu facility, etc), yet you also make the statement above.
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>Can you PLEASE pick a 'best guess' strategy and then STICK WITH IT???? I'm afraid that I *was* trusting you and your assertions that we would one day, and sooner than later, see all those "common facilites", and now you write this! Your credibility with me just went right out the window.
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>We need some honesty and forthrightness on the issue of VFP's REAL future. So far it's best future, in my eyes, is quite dismal (now that I haave seen the degree of integration into VS 6 and further comments as in this thread).
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>Jim N

VFP will be able to use the common VS tools....but some may not be used natively. Some will be used through wizards. As I've said all along..the tools will be available to VFP.