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>Bernard --
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>You are right, I did not realize that Aero is just a Windows theme. Clearly I haven't installed Vista or Windows 7 yet, otherwise I would have seen this. However, there are a lot of controls and control groups available for .NET that do not exist, at least natively, in VFP, such as the various treeview, accordion, busy indicator, transition, etc. controls, as well as rich "internal theming" options (i.e., theming not inherited from the OS settings.)
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>It is nice, however, how VFP controls do inherit Windows themes, because that will make VFP apps look like at least somewhat modern as far as the look is concerned.
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>Pertti
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>>Pertti
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>>>Compare VFP apps to the latest Windows 7 "Aero glass" apps (like Silverlight), and there is nowhere to hide the fact that this stuff is ancient. Since perception is so often reality, a lot of people will shy away from VFP apps sooner rather than later, regardless of how good the apps themselves might be.
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>>I think you are getting confused with the Windows 7 OS and a dev. language like Silverlight and VFP
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>>FYI VFP runs very well in Windows 7, and if Aero Glass is enabled, displays these effects as well, including "Aero Glass" windows and Windows 7 dialogs. This is a theme and has nothing to do with any programming language. If the glass theme is enabled then almost every app (vfp including) that has themes enabled will be able to show their forms with glass.
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>>Do you have any screen shot or a link to a Silverlight app for reference to see what exactly these glass effects are that VFP cannot do?
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>>Bernard