>>>>>>Yupp, I always recommend to check the current capabilities of the package Rick offers.
>>>>>>Up next is a tossup of buying from other (relatively) small vendor or look in Dotnet...
>>>>>
>>>>> or look in Dotnet...
>>>>>
>>>>>They're built into .NET.
>>>>>This is probably a newbie question but can .NET code be easily run from VFP?
>>>>
>>>>Define easy.
>>>>Check this years VirtualFoxFest. Rick Strahl had a great session about it. It's available to the VFP comunity.
>>>>https://virtualfoxfest.com/Sessions.aspx
>>>
>>>Easy = I can understand it
>>>Thank you, Lutz - I'll take a look
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>>Hi Bill,
>>You can compile solutions in Dotnet as COM-compatible.
>>I am certain you can understand it and find relevant project options.
>>(Facepalms and forehead typing irrelevant)
>>For easier *development* I'd look into Rick's Dotnet bridge if using Dotnet dlls often.
>>Rick prefers slower Exe COM for his Web tools, marshalling cost should be ok in most apps
>>"Chunky, not Chatty" is mantra for layered code and just view Dotnet as added layer.
>>
>>my 0.22€
>>thomas
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>Thomas. Thank you. I code a lot of .NET but haven't had the need to set a project up as COM yet.

Better than going to C or C++ in vfp
and
the need to offer hooks from unmanaged code into Dotnet.

COM was the first really workable cross -
(CORBA was a monster, old Java C bindings a pest)
integration into Dotnet without COM not easy (write a Roslyn offspring?)
GraalVM promises more freedom/capabilities, but I have only read blurbs, no hands on.

my 0.02€
thomas