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VFP vs. Sybase, Oracle, Powerbuilder, etc
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Visual FoxPro
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00065741
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>>>Speed is the biggest issue I find in the user interface. There are others such as dockable resizable windows. Just try to make Office 97 style menus/toolbars in VFP--its impossible.
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>>Vfp6 may give us these, remember that vfp5 preceded Office97...
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>But the point remains that I cannot diverge too far from the look MS gave FoxPro. In C I could have as cutting edge looking of a program as I want. I could even (gasp...) have a unique look that no other MS app has :-)
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>So VFP is not superior for creating user interfaces. Its good, but not superior.
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>Peter

We had a MS representative at our User Group meeting last month, and he told us that MS don't want developes to create too *unique* interfaces, they all should go along with Windows interface... :)
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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