>During a discussion with a friend of mine who works wit VB.net, came the idea of VFP being part of the dot net framework without loosing most of it's user (developer) interface and some other "beloved" characteristcs.
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>He told me that next version of Delphi (version 8) will be dot net compliant BUT the Delphi developer will be (if he/she wants) able to develop her apps inside the Delphi environment (IDE) that he/she is very well used too.
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>Can this be done with VFP? What are the major changes for the ordinary (standard) VFP developer?
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>Any comments will be very appreciated, TIA.
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>Fernando
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>PS. Sorry if I couldn't be more specific (maybe that's the idea <s>)

Can VFP work inside .Net and still have a command box?
Would you like VFP without the DBF engine and quick access to
USE MyTable
BROWSE LAST
or
SET RELATION TO MyIndex INTO MyAlias to name two examples.
Why would the resulting hybrid be any different than VB .Net?
What would be the point?