>Yeah, I'm mainly concerned with the code behind the forms. I'm just debating on whether the upgrade to 7.0 would be benificial. Thanks for the help.
FWIW, I recommend upgrading. The debugger has been enhanced to allow settings breakpoints in the code editor window (right-click Toggle Breakpoint). This is fairly helpful.
However, two of the biggest enhancements I use are:
1. XML support
You now have the ability to use internal XML functions so endcode/decode data into XML streams. There are 3rd party tools that do this for VFP 6; however, because the code is written in C++, it is significantly faster than these solutions. Going to XML is an order of magnitude faster. Coming back is slightly faster (because it still has to access XMLDOM parser and that appears to be the bottleneck with very large XML streams).
2. Better COM support
The ability to access and manipulate COM/ActiveX controls has been enhanced. Interface implementation was introduced. And even though it has been beat to death, Intellisense when working with COM objects is a blessing. It may be somewhat of a PITA other times (or so I've heard), but when dealing with something like the Word or MS Project object model, I wouldn't give it up.
Just my $0.02.
Larry Miller
MCSD
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