Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cmcl2!panix!alexis From: alexis@panix.UUCP (Alexis Rosen) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Re: foxpro compatibility??? Message-ID: <116@panix.UUCP> Date: 12 Oct 89 08:55:03 GMT References: Reply-To: alexis@panix.UUCP (Alexis Rosen) Organization: PANIX - Public Access Computer Systems of NY Lines: 44 In article emuleomo@yes.rutgers.edu (Emuleomo) writes: >In article , ms7u+@andrew.cmu.edu >(Michael C. Sanders) writes: >> [wants to know about dBase 3 compatability with FoxPro] >Foxbase+ 2.0 or 2.1 is *definitely* the way to go. It will run your dBASE >code WITHOUT you having to rewrite a *SINGLE* line of code. > [many more compliments to fox, nixes clipper, trashes dBase IV] > >Foxpro is still vapourware. I havent seen it yet. Also the suggested retail >($795) is too expensive for me. You can get Foxbase+ version 2.1 for about >$190 I beleive! Well, it's *NOT* vapourware. Late-late-betaware is more like it. I and about 1000 other people have it right now. While I haven't been playing with it as much as I'd like to, I must say that as of three weeks ago it was much more stable than many released products I've seen. The 'rumor' printed in InfoWorld that they have upped the max number of simultaneous files to 25 from ten is also true (actually, it's 26 when you count the help database...). I expect it to be released by the end of this month, and I expect it to be as close to perfect as code gets when it's released- I can't tell you how good it was to hear David Fulton tell an audience of 650 developers that the product wouldn't be realeased until "you tell us it's ready". As to how good it is, let's just say it takes all of the great features from the Mac product and succeeds in implementing them on a character-based machine. I really didn't think it was possible to do it right, but they have. In addition there are more enhancements than I can begin to describe. FoxPro should be 99%+ compatible with dBase III+. Your code may port without changing a single line. If not, I'd be astonished if it took longer than an afternoon to port it. Lastly, that price comparison is unfair in the extreme. Emuleomo quoted FoxPro list price against FoxBase street price. 'nuff said. Alexis Rosen cmcl2!panix!alexis [By the way, this is the first posting from my new public access site since we fixed all of our assorted problems. I'm still not sure whether mail from uunet to cmcl2 will make its way here but if in doubt route via ucbvax, rutgers, harvard, or philabs.]