>Hello!
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>I've got a little Issue i need some advise on...
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>We have an existing fpw26 app that we need to re-write. me and the team want to go to VFP to get OOP and hold on to some code and our SQL.
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>the corperate execs have dictated that 'we will use one tool' and that tool is VB.
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>our contention is that VFP is better suited to our needs and have the same technology (OLE, 32-bit...) as VB. Our final point is that VFP and VB are both MS developer products that share common components and will eventually become part of the developer studio.
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>doe anyone have anthing to add?

Here is a message I recently pulled off of one of the newsgroups. I have not yet had a chance to look at it, so I can't comment, except to say that VFP is a much better data development tool than VB. Who were the "higher-ups" that dictated VB and what was their basis for choosing it? Also, if it helps, ask them if they know about PowerBuilder & Delphi...at DevCon in October, Microsoft said that they consider these products to be VFP's competitors. Also, one other point of interest, VFP was recently moved from the Internet & Developer Tools division at Microsoft to the Desktop & Database group. This is the group that is responsible for NT, Win95, & BackOffice, which includes SQL Server. From what I have found out, this was to enhance the integration of VFP & SQL Server.

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To All:

The Visual Foxpro vs Visual Basic Seminar notes are now available for
download. This seminar, conducted Nov 26th at Microsoft in Walthamm MA, was
a side by side comparison of these two products. It demonstrated them as
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