>>>I was wondering if anyone had a chance to see the new Silverswitch product at SouthwestFox? If you saw it, can you please post up your thoughts on it here?
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>>I wasn't at the conference.
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>>There is a manual at http://files.visualextend.de/Silverswitch/SilverswitchDeveloperManual.pdf
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>>Looks like it's targeted at converting VFP apps that were developed using the Visual FoxExtend (VFX) framework, to Silverlight. So,
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>>- your app must be a VFX app
>>- the target is Silverlight, whose future is in question
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>Maybe they aren't being completely forthcoming but I heard some pretty high level Microsoft guys say at an MS event in Milwaukee, to about 500 .NET developers, that there are no plans to drop Silverlight. This was this past March or April. From some of the chattering online you would think it's a done deal. One of the reasons I am skeptical about that is Silverlight and HTML5 are completely different. One is a product / development tool and the other is a web language standard (soon to be).

I remember hearing some "high ups" at MS saying they weren't going to kill VFP too. I think they thought we were "high."

I posted on the UT that I had deduced that MS had brought several top fox people to Redmond for the purpose of helping convert the unwashed to dot net and MS folks got really ticked. I seem to recall being accused of having a mole in MS! lol Can I help it if my cop skills are good!