>>Aw c'mon Craig - if you KNOW something, say so!. . . saying you don't want to start one of those VFP is dead threads sounds like you know about the eventual disposition of VFP and that it is slated to "die" (possibly in that it will become something else).
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>>You give the appearance of being a very patient person when it comes to MS and also of being one who trust MS implicitly. Not that there's anything wrong with that, but some of us operate on the basis that we gotta tell them what we need so they have a chance to deliver it. Trusting that they can read our minds just ain't in our mindsets. Leaving it for "them" to deliver a spiffy product that suits their needs and wishes alone is insufficient - their needs and wishes could be very different than "ours".
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>>While I'm comfortable that VFP has many years ahead of it yet (even if MS were to fold it tomorrow), I'm not at all comfortable with this declared "policy" that 'all development products are to be merged". I personally feel that's a DREAM WORLD not based in reality. I can't tell you how often good ol IBM tried similar "dreams" in the mainframe world over the years, each time never realizing its goal. OS/2 in PCs is only thier latest attempt. Things like this sound so good, and look so good on paper, but have real problems when trying to actually move along the path. We would all be far better off is MS would just give up on this screwy idea and get back to writing full, complete, comprehensive, working well-documented products.
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>>Cheers,
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>>Jim N
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>OK..at the risk of starting things...and I just want to point out that I'm leaving for Orlando in a couple of hours and won't have access to the UT until after DevCon...so I won't be able to respond, but here it goes....
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>SQL Server 7.0 will run on Win95 and NT...so there is lots of scalability there. Supposedly Access being redesigned as a front-end to SQL Server. Microsoft is also toying with the idea of shipping SQL Server with Office. If Access becomes a front-end (Jet is going away), then this is a high possibility. So, my question is, other than OOP, what does VFP have going for it?
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I was wondering what SQL Server 7.0 would do to the traditional desktop databases as well. I am also wondering what ADO will mean for VFP. Since VFP 6.0 will support ADO, does this mean that straight VFP coding for data access should be changed to ADO references in VFP (or perhaps another language)? I really like VFP for what it gives in terms of data access, OOP, etc. today in comparison to other products like VB. I'm hopeful that feedback from everyone attending DevCon will shed some light.


>As for folding things together...it is already happening. ActiveX and COM are the way it will happen. It won't be overnight, but we are already seeing things moving that way. Forms will just be an object that gets instantiated. It won't matter the language you use...just as it doesn't matter for COM and ActiveX. Reports and menus will be the same.