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> > I'm talking about vfp.net compiler by etecnologia. Whitch is 64 bits compiler like any other .net language. So it will be able to access all the data sources other .net languages can do.
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> > Camil Ghircoias
> > Vfp likes me.
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> Well then I am eager to see that. When is that "will", do you have an idea on release date?
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> Cetin Basoz
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> .Net has got better.Think about moving - check my blog:
> Blog (main)
> Blog (mirror)

They said about the end of this year will be the first commercial version of vfp.net compiler. If that date will be respected we don't know. I don't know if the final product will be named vfp.net or they will choose another name.

Now you can design winforms and the scx designers where brought in early beta stage in may. The compiler can compile scx and vcx but the scx/vcx designers are at the begining. The winforms designers are functional. And almost 90% of commands and functions are ready.

The difference between a form and a form class it is gone, as you can visually sublcass a form.
Also you can design visually controls like a button class (something in visual studio you can't) and then reuse it in other Controls and Forms.
When designing winforms you are able to switch between the designer and the generated code tab. This will be available also for scx designers and we will be able to save to scx forms back in that format. There is also code folding available there like in VS.

You can use the whole .net framework like in c# and vb.net. There are new commands and functions like "using" for opening .net classes. Also new variable types like TLOCAL (strong typing variable, when declared you know the type and cannot be changed) which can increase dramatically the speed of compiled code.
You can also now declare arrays like this :
oINfo = {1,2,3,4,5} instead of clasic dimension...
They have build a runtime compiler component which will allow to use macrosubstitution (please smile :) like in vfp.

There are a lot of other features you can find them on etecnologia's site, I will not post them here. And check the google group also (there is a direct link form etec. site), you may find other features they intend to do discussed there.

I beleive in this product and in it's future as it can put together vfp power and .net world. And as myself have over 20 applications build in over 10 years with thousands of code there it will be a natural choice to move my code to their product than to get old reprogramming everything in some other language I have to learn.

Camil Ghircoias
Vfp likes me.