Michael,

It depends how much you were familiar with CodeMine to begin with. If you were comfortable then I guess that the newest version won't mean huge changes.

I know that time could be a problem here but what about using both. Work with VFP and continue being productive while learning .Net.

I'll have to evaluate that possibility too.


>Denis:
>I find myself in the same situation. Yesterday, and today I've been reviewing the small apps that I had written in Codemine 7, and I was rusty!
>I too need to decide whether to use VFP, which would mean Codemine, or .Net. My thought was that if I have to learn a new framework, then I might as well stay with .Net.
>
>thanks
>mike
>
>>>I'm sort of worried. The day before yesterday I asked what the status of the Codemine Beta was, and sent a message to SoftClassics. I've not received an answer in either place. Is there still anyone actively using this product, and is it viable?
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>>It's probably normal that you don't receive answers as fast as you used to from Dave. If he's investing a lot of his time on a new version it's understandable.
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>>For the part about using it. I'm sad to say that I have not been able to use it lately. The reason is that I have been working on an app for a while. To start with, the app. was made by somebody else and was'nt built with a framework. So when I'm finished with it I'll probably look again at CodeMine and evaluate what would be the best thing to do.
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>>Big decisions will have to be taken.
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>>Will I transport that app to .Net
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>>Will I still improve it without CodeMine.
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>>Will I transport it to the newest version of CodeMine.
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>>Right now there are many reasons why CodeMine would make sense. Unless .Net changes a lot I don't see a need to use it. This should'nt be interpreted as .Net not being good enough. It's just that VFP to me is still the best tool for what I have to do. To me it's not a matter of evaluating the evolution of the market. So until there's a major reason I'll stick with the fox.
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>>So short term analysis tends toward the Fox. I'll watch closely at what's going on with CodeMine. I just hope that I won't be too rusty getting back to it if I decide to go that way <g>
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>>But even if I'm rusty I know that there are experienced developers here on the UT that use it.
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>>But as the last word I'd say that deciding to use a tool depends on what you do for a living. What kind of apps you build...