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22/04/2016 06:28:19
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Other
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP1
OS:
Windows XP SP2
Database:
Visual FoxPro
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Thread ID:
01635157
Message ID:
01635213
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There's some trueness in what you write. It strikes me that it took MS so long to present the PREVIEW of the Desktop App Converter only recently: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=51691

>Another M$ gimmick that will be replaced with greater thing they will research in no time.
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>>In 2015 Microsoft introduced the phrase 'Windows Desktop Apps' for PC-applications. This month they demonstrated the preview of the ‘Desktop App Converter’. The claim is that legacy apps can run without much adaptations inside a 'container'. Moreover, extensions can be built with the legacy platform, but also with newer platforms.
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>>I interpret this as the claim that, in time and gradually, we can build new modules and/or replace existing modules with another tool/language. Eventually the application might be totally VFP-free. However, esp. one question pops up:
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>>Modules (.app) in VFP are aware of the open tables/cursors, the public/private variables and the various SETtings. Will we be able to build a module with such a new tool/language that is also aware of open tables/cursors and variables??
Groet,
Peter de Valença

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