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>>I've gotten to where I really enjoy working in the VS2008 IDE. There are some advantages over VFP. There are two disadvantages though that are pet peeves of mine.
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>>1) Writing a constructor for every case of parameters that may be passed - no more multiple conditionally passed parameters in an init
>>2) Putting a breakpoint when a value changes not in a specific location
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>For (1), C# 4.0 may offer some relief (Named and Optional Arguments)

I remember being disenchanted as soon as I found out I couldn't visually subclass, but that didn't last long. I guess that is something you get used to. I'm not surprised that it is a 'limitation' often complained about by VFPers moving to or trying .net though :o) It is a limitation when compared to VFP. It's just not one that causes me major stress :o) #2 above has though.

I've seen the named and optional arguments in c# 4.0, and it may offer some relief. However, there are rules that must be taken into consideration:

http://codebetter.com/blogs/matthew.podwysocki/archive/2008/10/28/named-and-optional-arguments-in-c-4-0.aspx

Also, for those of us who have worked on major rewrites already, it's a little late in the game. Still welcome though. :o)