> >
> > There is no such thing as macro substitution in C# or VB.Net.
> > VFP.Net is the only language that has that.
> > So I am afraid that you have to find other ways of achieving what you want.
> >
> > Boudewijn Lutge®ink
> > The difference between genius and stupidity is that genius has its limits
>
> Sir,
>
> Does the arrival of VFP.NET mean VFP programmers can escape learning C# or VB.NET ???
>
> kulwant


That's what we hope to. Etecnologia is making nice things for us. And in vfp.net compiler macrosubstitution is allready there like we are used to. And the new tablelayer will have unicode support and no 2gb barier, in fact it has 16 exabytes (6,000,000,000 GB).

But this is not all. We will be able to open a remote database (sql server,oracle,etc) like we do with vfp tables. We will be able to use them like this:
use mysqlservertabel fields x,y,z fetchsize 100 records.
then replace x with 1
tableupdate()
And also when browsing this table in the backend will fetch autoamtically the next block of records.
And this without having to build the updatable fields like in a remote view. Only thing that it is needed it is the connection handle and the remote table to have a unique field.
And yes, this is not all. You can alter table add column xxx c(3) and this will add the column into the remote database. You can index that cursor also.
If you want to be in touch with the news go and subscribe etecnologia's google group.
In this way you can participate in it's efforts to build a quality product. I will like all vfp developers, especialy those with experience in database to subscribe to this group and give feedback and ideas to etecnologia. Microsoft never answered to our needs like etecnologia does.


Camil Ghircoias
Vfp likes me.