At 12:19 2009-09-03, kam <[email protected]> wrote:
>We still have many clients on our old dos program. We recently
>figured out a way to configure Win7 to run it perfectly so it has at
>least another 5 years. We have one programmer who works almost
>exclusively on fpd 2.6a. For creating reports and statements it will
>run circles around VFP9. I'm not knocking
I still do set printer on style reporting.
>VFP9, it is what I work on and I have no interest in working on fpd.
>Just to say fpd is live and well and it works great for some people.
>Recently someone was talking about a 'heads down' data entry
>program. FPD was made for that.
That was me. There a controls that I have never used, because
they violate that. For example, I do not use dropdowns or comboboxes.
>Given 10 data entry people and tons of data and FPD is a good tool
>for the job.
VFP is fine, too. Just restrict yourself to fast controls.
[snip]
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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