>>>With all the discussion about WinDev here lately, how does this compare to the program from Alaska-Software for die hard VFP developers?
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>>>Just curious about this, as both of these products are fairly pricy and I don't personally know of anyone using Alaska-Software.
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>>Mel,
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>>I am not going to get into a product A vs. B discussion, not least of which because I dont know Alaska Software's product and have no hand-on experience with it. However, I am willing to answer any specific questions about WinDev/WebDev (as best as I am able) as a way to give back to the VFP community.
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>Jos,

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>First of all, thank you for your kind offer.
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>We have been considering Windev for a while as a solution to migrate a 20th century VFP6 solution into the 21st. This application integrates TextControl to manage clinical reports. Unfortunately, for our tests, the text processor control is not available in Windev Express.
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>Do you have any experience regarding its use, how does it integrate with your database, or how does it allow arbitrary fields?


Antonio,

Not sure what you mean by the TextControl but WinDev has all and more text type controls as VFP i.e. everything from simple static captions to RTF & HTML controls and even a Word Processing control in the later versions which allows having word processing controls inside your app without need for MS Office (there is also a Spreadsheet control for example). I have not tried these myself due to not having a need but I have not heard any problems with them.

In terms of storing the data - WinDev's own HyperFile database has memo fields much like VFP. They can contain any type of data and also the HyperFile database has a full text search on any field or combination of fields. We use this and it works very well and very fast even on multi-million record database. Then there is also the option to, of course, read/write to/from disk based files i.e. using fLoadText() (like FileToStr()) and fRead()/FWrite) and so forth. Memo fields are fine I think and the HyperFile database manages the files and compression aspects very well.

If you want to AnyDesk into a laptop running the full version to have a look around then I can arrange that on my laptop. You can email me or direct message.

Here is the list of controls for Desktop apps (WinDev) - https://help.windev.com/en-US/?1013081&name=window_controls

Here are the edit controls - https://help.windev.com/en-US/?1013145&name=the_edit_control

Here is the Word Processing control - https://help.windev.com/en-US/?1410087020&name=the_word_processing_control

Here are the features of the Word Processing control - https://help.windev.com/en-US/?1410087024

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