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Not Visual FoxBasic, but Visual Foxbasic for Application
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Visual FoxPro
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>>>>>>>>One solution may be to mimic the appearance and behaviour of Access in
>>>>>>>>VFP using Visual FoxBasic. Have a look at the earlier discussions
>>>>>>about
>>>>>>>>this feature for more information.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>/Paul
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>ROFLMAO!!!!!!!
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Craig
>>>>>>
>>>>>>I think rather than Visual FoxBasic (VFB), what you want for this
>>>>>>application is Visual FoxBasic for Applications (VFBA). VFBA is probably
>>>>>>best suited to mimic the "look and feel" of Access. I had a beta a while
>>>>>>back (build date 04/01/97) and it started choking on tables that had more
>>>>>>than 20,000 records, just like Access. It also seemed to have similar
>>>>>>performance traits as Access when more than 4 or 5 users attempted to
>>>>>>utilize the application at the same time. Unfortunately, Visual FoxBasic
>>>>>>for Applications has suffered from a curious lack of marketing from
>>>>>>Microsoft. I've started to suspect that this apparent snub might be due
>>>>>>to reports of a horrible new macro virus which can attach itself to your
>>>>>>database tables.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- Colin
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>Don't forget about VFB Script.
>>>>>
>>>>>Craig
>>>>
>>>>I've heard some rumors that VFB++ will be released 04/01/98...
>>>>
>>>>Nick
>>>
>>>Sorry, Nick, it's going to be VFB--, and will have LESS functionality than VFB.
>>>
>>>Barbara
>>
>>I think you are talking about VBF--
>>
>>Nick
>
>VBF?
>
>Barbara

Visual Fox Basic may have ++, but Visual Basic Fox - only minuses...

Nick
Nick Neklioudov
Universal Thread Consultant
3 times Microsoft MVP - Visual FoxPro

"I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work." - Thomas Edison
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