I tried WinDev years ago and thought it looked pretty good waaay back then. Do you have any idea how large their user base is now? That was the one thing I was concerned with before.

>Hi All,
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>Below are some more things that I find very useful in WinDev and which remind me of recurring issues or problems or wishes the VFP community have had for VFP over the years.
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>1) Built in setup packager with 3 modes including patch updates and web delivery.
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>2) COMPILE() function which allows you to dynamically create a complete function in your application during execution which can then be called by any other procedure or function during application processing.
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>3) TRACE window - great debugging tool and similar idea to outputting to the main window from the VFP Command window.
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>4) Memo fields and memo field indexing for searching
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>5) Automatic updating of variables name changes and function name changes project wide. When you change a variable or function name WinDev automatically fixes that in the entire application for you.
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>6) Compile to EXE or as a Windows service or Linux daemon.
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>7) Built in window and control animations, transparency, etc. Cool visual effects can be applied to windows and their controls by simply clicking them on/off in the window/control definition.
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>8) Support for themes and ease of switching themes. Multiple themes are supported for example you can switch your app to look like a Mac OSX app by just applying the relevant theme to the project in the project definition.
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>9) Real opening splash screens. Animated (or not) splash screens that display while your app loads in the background.
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>10) Source Code Management built in.
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>As I remember other VFP issues/wishes I will try and make a list of them as how WinDev handles them.
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>HTH