>>>Can I get some opinions on a few of the frameworks that are on the market? I believe the two most popular are Visual Express and Visual ProMatrix. I have recently seen a few others as well. I am trying to select a strategic product to use in the development of multi-user software that will be marketed to private business and public organizations. I am looking for a much shorter development time, good performance from the end application, security, client/server support, and hopefully the framework will be easy to use, well documented, and have good technical support. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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>>>Thanks,
>>> Steve
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>>Steve,
>> Check out the demo app that is here on the UT, from F1 (formerly Neon Software).. Then head on ovet to WWW.Foxgang.com.. Their website is located therel.. Lost of technical support, and Yes.. Visual FoxExpress IS based on the Visual Codebook..
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>>I for one like it, and it does help reduce the learning curve of VFP..
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>>Thanx!
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>>Tony Miller
>>Vancouver, Wa
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>Steve,
>I have been using ProMatrix for the last one year and it has more than I could ever ask for. Its Active Data Dictionary is simply fantastic. One project I carried out needed five developers and would have lasted six months. I completed it with two developers in one month and have given my clients more features than they asked for. The Error reporting routine, Security, Audit trial, Field level help etc are tremendous. Try it out for 30 days. If you dont like it, return it.
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>Regards,
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>Abdul Ahad

Abdul,
Sounds like the same policy F1 has, I was just a little more impressed with VFE, since they took the Codebook stuff and improved it in so many ways... I alos liked the Visual FoxFire for Visual Foxexpress that was bundled with VFE.. Nice touch!!

Plus, their website is a little cooler looking that Promatrix's..

Thanx!

Tony MIller
Vancouver, Wa