Visual
FoxPro®
by Microsoft dates back to the late 1980's and was developed similar
to other "Xbase" languages like dBase®
and Clipper®.
Unlike it's predecessors, however, FoxPro continued to develop and
became a standard for development of database systems. 20
years later, Visual FoxPro has many loyal users and developers
world-wide.
Visual FoxPro has the following
benefits:
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It has a
database using .dbf tables integrated into the product. No
additional costs are involved in purchasing external database
licenses
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If the provided tables do not meet
your needs, however, it easily integrates with SQL and other
back-end data.
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Using
"Rushmore" technology it does not suffer degradation of
performance as the number of records and tables increase.
Individual tables can handle up to 1 billion records and
not slow down significantly
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Developing and
maintaining a Visual FoxPro application is fast. The
hardest part of developing in
Visual FoxPro is deciding what you
want to do.
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 Visual
Studio
by Microsoft is
the latest programming environment.. It can be used to
develop desktop applications as well as web sites, web
applications, and web services for most platforms supported
by Microsoft. It is the next logical step in
programming languages. For Visual FoxPro or other
"Legacy" applications, conversions are straightforward.
Converting now will save you money.
Visual Studio has the
following benefits:
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It has an improved Development
Environment speeding up the development process.
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You can select any data structure of
your choice.
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Many classes and routines have
already been developed and can easily be integrated into your
application.
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Applications can be developed for
your network or the internet.
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