> - About 90% of vfp commands and functions done.
> I hope they get into 99% soon...
>
They are working on it. A new update is expected within 2 weeks.

> > - New IDE based on SharpDevelop, with code folding and IntelliSense similar to VS
> I don't mind buying Visual Studio if it works better there...
>
It is not prepared for VS. SD is working with managed code whereas VS is following more a COM model. Hence their choice for SD.

> Can you request eTechnologia to include old CLIPPER'S code block {|p1, p2, etc.| commands here}
> I know it will loved by VFP.NET developers. I actually missed it in VFP
>
It is there already. So your wish is granted.

LOCAL oCodeBlock, bInfo(1)

DIMENSION aInfo(3)
aInfo(1) = 1
aInfo(2) = 2
aInfo(3) = 3

oCodeBlock = { ;
             |exVal as double| RETURN exVAl^3 
             }

bInfo = AApply(aInfo, oCodeBlock)

? bInfo(1) && 1
? Binfo(2) && 8
? bInfo(3) && 27


FUNCTION AApply
LPARAMETERS aInfo, oDelegate
FOR i = 1 TO ALEN(aInfo)
	aInfo(m.i) = oDelegate(aInfo(m.i))
ENDFOR
RETURN aInfo

> > - a new type for local variable TLOCAL.
>
> Nice
>
Nice? well, it can speed up your code like a 100 times! That is more than nice in my book.

> > - Function overload.
>
> I hope this will not make my existing methods/functions become problematic especially
> when VFP developers have used PCOUNT() and the default .F. value for an unused parameter
>
No problem, you can still use the existing code.
Function overload OTOH makes for an easier and more transparent way of coding.
Then there is the "XXX() ..." parameter, creating an (zero based) array on the fly in the called function that can be read with alen().

> > - Visually design controls like in vfp (In "Visual" Studio this is rather UnVisualStudio)
> > - You can design Visually a Form and then create a derived class from the Form.
>
> This is where VFP beats Visual Studio

Absolutely

> > - The ability to treat any remote table like vfp cursors.
>
> Nice

Indeed, and it blows the other tools (in VS) out of the water if it comes to datahandling

> > use mysqlservertabel fields x,y,z fetchsize 100 records.
> > then replace x with 1
> > tableupdate()
>
> Nice
>
Just as it should have been to start with. Something MS overlooked.

> > YOUR VFP FORMS AS WEBCONTROLS
> > Would it not be nice AND useful if you simply could drag your forms on a ASPX page and run that page.
> > With that you would have to write the business logic only once and have it running on the desktop and on webpages.
> > This would be developers’ heaven, wouldn’t it.
>
> Nice

Nice, and a huge time saver, but remember, this is not fully implemented yet.

Boudewijn Lutge®ink
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