Scott,

your reason #1 is fallacious and documented right in the VB 6.0 Programmer's Guide as such. It goes to some length to explain that only in rare cases will the speed of a compiled program be faster than a p-code program.

regards,

Jim N

>Jim,
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>I've also reached a similar quandry. I've been developing in FP/VFP for about 8 years. It's my strongest skill. Yet, I'm forcing myself into VB. Here's some reasons why:
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>1. Native code compile since VB 5.0. VFP code is interpreted which may result in slower execution. The word from Microsoft Consulting is that VFP will always be interpreted.
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>2. Our user group was told by Microsoft Consulting that we should migrate our front-ends to lightweight interfaces, like HTML/ASP. They said that we should use VFP for strictly building COM components. SQL Server or MSDE should be our database. Microsoft says so, so I do it. Monkey-see, monkey-do.
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>3. Rumoured loss of support for VFP. I was told by the IT depart of the 3rd largest telecomm company, that they were told by Microsoft that VFP support would be dropped in 2-3 years. This telecomm was hiring VB/VFP people to convert their VFP apps to VB. It's just hearsay, but sounds real to me. In any case, we've all been hearing rumours of VFP being dropped, but when's the last time anyone heard that VB would be dropped? <g>
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>Well, these are some of my reasons for switching. I'm doing a few VFP apps now, but I've already told my customers that this will be the last year that I support VFP. After 2K, I'm only doing VB. I'm already migrating some apps from VFP to a Browser/VB/SQLServer model.
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>PS. I'd sure like to hear other people's arguments or comments on this topic, too.
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>Cheers,
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>Scott
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>>We are about to take a major VFP application to SQL7 and are undecided on the front end. Some in our shop say that VB, as a front end, has a more robust set of tools/controls for handling large data sets in SQL7, since Redmond designed it that way. On the other hand, the shop has a much stronger skill set in VFP. We would be interested in all arguments for either.