On Dec 17, 2007, at 10:41 AM, Grigore Dolghin wrote:
>> IMO the entire converting VCX to text is a huge imperfect work-around
>> to a problem which should never have started.
>
> Right again.
>
> One single vcx is bad design, period, no matter if that guy is the
> boss or
> not.
I think that the primary source of the bad design is the choice of
keeping this information in binary format in the first place. We all
know that VFP is great with DBFs, so why not keep everything in a
DBF? Well, here's the perfect answer: because it makes collaborative
development much, much harder. We wouldn't be having this problem if
the same classes had been stored in a PRG, since merging text files
is relatively straightforward. But in VFP, if you want to use visual
design tools, you are forced to use binary files to store your work.
Imagine if VFP offered the option of storing in either VCX or PRG,
and could work with either one: can anyone think of a reason to
prefer a VCX?
-- Ed Leafe
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