Agreed, and they're probably not going to upgrade it if it competes with .NET in any way...
>Well....nobody was banging down MS's door to make VFP oop either...
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>If you want to build n-tier apps, the ability to raise and consume events is necessary. The lack of event support puts VFP in the B-flight in the pantheon of OO languages.
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>>According to Ken, it's just that no one is interested in this for .vfp....
>>>Cool...
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>>>Another useful feature would be to define and respond to events - just like those in VB. Also, the ability to have a withevents operator so that event handlers automatically become part of a class definition.
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>>>Again, a day late and a dollar short on these items.
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>>>>Yes, absolutely...
>>>>>Can you step through the code w/ Maurice's solution?
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>>>>>>>>For example, COM Debugging. Technically, it can be done. Would it come at >>the expense of other things - and thus put the product in the red? That is >>likely the reason why that feature never made it into the product.
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>>>>>>This one (COM debugging) I do disagree with somewhat since it's been done already by a single developer - Maurice de Bejir - and it's available freely. So, it probably wouldn't take much from MS in the way of investment. It's not being done because MS and Ken have no interest in promoting this area of vfp because it would be one less reason to buy vs.net...