> > MS announce that there will be no VFP 10, and this time this is official :-(
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> Yes, but they also state that they will continue support for VFP until 2015 and will continue the development and release of the enhancements to keep VFP running under Vista at no charge, and release more tools to the community.
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> No real surprises here they have been saying this since before Ken Levy departed almost 18 months ago.
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> And before we start the "Sky is falling" chorus, just consider how many people are still using VFP 6.0 (never mind 7.0 or 8.0) - a version that was released 8 years ago and is no longer even supported. Now add in those who still use FP DOS, and FP 2.6W (products that died 12 years ago) and explain to me why this matters?
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> Just because Microsoft say they won't release a Version 10 doesn't mean any of the following:
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> that VFP is going to stop working,
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> that its data handling and integration capabilities have gone away,
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> that the reasons that you chose VFP as your development tool to begin with have changed,
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> that you can no longer create and distribute royalty free EXE data-based applications
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> that the capabilities and extensibility that make VFP the most powerful desktop database have changed
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> Just my $0.20c worth...
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> Regards
> Andy Kramek
> Microsoft MVP (Visual FoxPro)
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Tightline Computers Inc, Akron Ohio, USAAndy, you have a real point.
I still have VFP 5.0 apps running on a daily basis, and doing fine.
Am currently developing in VFP 8, but the company I work for is supposed to be getting 2ea copies of the full blown VFP 9 this week, not the upgrade. I expect any apps developed with it will still be viable well past the 2015 support cutoff.
I have been developing in Foxpro since version 2.0, and don't plan to jump ship yet.
Ten years from now, I'll take a look to see if dBase is still around and what it can do. Or, what if there is a PC version of DB, or.............
Time to worry about that in the future. Right now I have to learn the tricks of VFP 9.0
Pat