>I have been tasked to develop a white paper on VS.Net (C# in particular) and am allowed to use VFP as a comparison. I need links and comments from those of you here who are active in .Net development.
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>In VFP most of us have developed a set of class libraries based on VFP's native class definitions. I'm sure that in .Net one would do the same but how does one go about it.

The same way as in VFP..subclassing. You create custom controls then use them in your application.

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>We know that VFP supports record locking for pessimistic development. How do other databases do this. I would suggest a table that would store the first user into a record that can indicate to a 2nd user accessing that same record that it is locked. If I remember correctly, databases like SQL-Server or Oracle do not perform individual record locking.

SQL Server does support record locking. There are several types of record locking in SQL Server.


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>How good is the .Net IDE? Any real obstacles when doing development, especially for forms, compared to VFP?

Let's discuss terminology. .NET is NOT an IDE nor is it a development tool. It is a set of libraries (framework) that you use to assemble an application. Visual Studio .NET is Microsoft's tool for using the .NET framework. You can get development tools from other vendors, including some free and shareware versions.

The VS.NET form designer is very much like the VB6 form designer.


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>Anyway, you begin to get the idea. It is not a full comparison of the languages but I do need to find out about the good, the bad and the ugly about .Net. I've always managed work-arounds to problems in VFP so I need to know if .Net is just as good.

"Just as good" depends on your needs and how you feel about learning a new development tool. The framework has over 2000 classes, so it can be daunting, but taking is slowly and methodically you can learn it.

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>Thanks,
>Steve