Thank you Ken.
I/we appreciate all you and yur team do.


>What we have discussed the topic of a VFP.NET language since 1999. If order to create a VFP .NET language, you would lose the VFP data-centric commands and functions since .NET languages are built around ADO.NET and other .NET Framework classes, you would lose the native database engine since that is not part of .NET and something like MSDE (soon SQL Server 2005 Express) is used instead if not SQL Server, and you would also lose the VFP IDE in place of the VS IDE shell. So you lose the VFP database, the data language stuff, and the IDE. What do you have left from VFP to put into .NET? Some language commands that look a lot like VB already. We have decided that what customers want and need is VFP like feature added to the Visual Studio shell, .NET languages, and .NET Framework.
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>For more information on this, check out the VFP FAQ page at http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/productinfo/faq/default.aspx for some additional information on this topic:
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>Q: Is Visual FoxPro part of Visual Studio .NET?
>A: No. Visual FoxPro 9.0 is a stand-alone database development tool which is compatible and evolutionary from previous versions of Visual FoxPro. Visual FoxPro 9.0 does not use or install the Windows .NET Framework. Visual FoxPro 9.0 is compatible with Visual Studio .NET 2003 in the area of XML Web services, XML support, VFP OLE DB provider, and more. Visual FoxPro 9.0 and Visual Studio .NET 2003 are complimentary tools that work great together, such as Visual FoxPro 9.0 plus ASP.NET for adding WebForm front ends and mobile device front ends to Visual FoxPro applications.
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>Q: What is Microsoft's position on Visual FoxPro related to Visual Studio and .NET?
>A: We do not have plans to merge Visual FoxPro into Visual Studio and .NET, and there are no plans to create any sort of new Visual FoxPro .NET language. Instead, we are working on adding many of the great features found in Visual FoxPro into upcoming versions of Visual Studio, just like we've added great Visual Studio features into Visual FoxPro. If you want to do .NET programming, you should a .NET language with Visual Studio.