>I know of two or three efforts by third parties to write a VFP equivalent in .NET. All failed.
That's true. But I was wondering if tools like west wind and the other one (the ones that convert fox to the web) could be used in GitHub's Electron? In case you don't know what Electron is all abouit - it's way to use HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Chrome as the tools to create desktop apps. It uses NodeJS too. I mean a normal Desktop that has access to the file system and all the other things that Desktop programs can do. So far everything I've tried has worked that includes web frameworks such as react and ember - all were converted to desktop apps. I'm taking 'exe's. It's looks very cool so far - it's cross platform. When I say cross platform I mean Apple, Windows, and Linux - but I also watched a video where Electron was used as the bases of a mobile app.
I have always been jealous of CSS. CSS allows the programmer to design UI's that I have always wanted on my screens. And practical pizzazz always pays off.
Anyway, I've just started looking at Electron and I don't the negative yet! I know the GitHub people put out a very good editor - Atom. - using Electron.
Here's a short you tube video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ojX5yz35v4MThis is a little off topic but it seemed to me that we are all trying to get our old VFP programs to live a longer life and Electron might be one other solution.
Johnf
