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So, how was FoxTeach?
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Visual FoxPro
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>>Ken,
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>>While we're talking runtime size - what are the chances of getting a much "leaner, meaner" runtime library at some point. In partiuclar - I would like to see one that eliminated all the "old" stuff (@says, gets, etc) . Support for 2.x in VFP libraries has to be taking up a chunk. Maybe even split it up into a coup[le libraries, and that way those who need the old stuff could still distribute it.
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>>Ken Matson
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>Something that will be considered, but very unlikely. For one, backward compatibility is an issue. As for the old commands like FoxBase+ stuff, remember that the FoxBase runtime was 300K, so reducing a 3.3M file to 3.0M and break backward compatiblity doesn't help many people and possibly hinders others.

So Ken, what's wrong with the idea of splitting it into more dlls? Sounds like a good idea.
John Harvey
Shelbynet.com

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