>>>I have an application developed in FoxPro. Over the next couple of weeks I need to add XML support to it. I am looking for opinions as to whether I should proceed with VFP7 and Westwind Connection or Proceed using the VFP8 beta until the production version is available for purchase outside an MSDN Subscription.
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>>>I guess it really boils down to the stability of the beta. I would welcome any opinions.
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>>Are you satisfied that you have sufficient info on VFP8's new XML features to let you do it that way (I didn't see much in the public beta Help).
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>>I also noted quite a few 'working to improve that' and 'fixed in current version' in messages here as related to CursorAdapter().
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>>good luck, whatever you choose
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>I guess you missed the fact that the cursor adaptor supports XML data and the three new XMLDOM wrapper classes, XMLAdapter, XMLTable, XMLField.
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>Also, you do realize the VFP 8.0 public beta was built in August or so. That means 5 months of bug fixes and enhancments.

No, I didn't miss those facts at all.
The beta (public, which I take it the originator is using) didn't have the documentation for the XML stuff, and DougH and some others often mentioned improvements in the CursorAdapter in later beta releases.

My point, in case you still don't see it, is that development in the absence of Help info for XML and with lots of CursorAdapter misses may be worth including in the consideration of which direction to take.


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