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There are always many good things about applications that gain momentum and
popularity, but I would like feedback on the problems you have encountered
with Fox Pro and Fox Pro's Developer's version.  I am comparing DBMS's for
departmental use and would find information about the limitations/drawbacks
of this database system very useful.

Please feel free to send email directly to me, or by posting replies to
this message.  Please be as specific as possible.

Thank you!

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John C. Littlefield III          512/ 444-0854

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limitations/drawbacks

Quote:>of this database system very useful.

The documentation from Microsoft is lame.  There are no third party books
out there (and I've looked pretty hard), presumably because it is a
fairly recent port.  I see a few Mac-specific posts in this newsgroup,
with no replies, which tells me that a lot of newbies are fumbling around
in the dark on the Mac side for lack of anyone having learned it well
enough to teach it.

As far as the development environment itself, it looks just fine from the
surface, which is where I've pretty much been stuck since I started using
it.  You can quickly cobble together a simple database, but in my case I
ended up butting my head against the wall when I found out that a lot of
what I needed to do required custom coding.  I still consider myself a
newbie, but I have puzzled through enough to get my job done.

It's fast, and when Apple gets its sh!t together and releases OpenDoc,
then Microsoft will be able to put out a client-server architecture,
which right now is the only speed advantage that 4D has over FP.

The reason you see so few Mac-specific posts is because there are so few
Mac-specific issues.  Cross-platform compatability is pretty good.  I use    
the Mac, Windows, and DOS versions every day.  I wouldn't hesitate to buy  
a FoxPro for Windows book if you want to learn Fox.  Heck, even a FoxPro    
2.0 for DOS book will teach you most of what you need to know, and the
rest you can get from the reference manual.

Quote:>It's fast, and when Apple gets its sh!t together and releases OpenDoc,
>then Microsoft will be able to put out a client-server architecture,
>which right now is the only speed advantage that 4D has over FP.

Don't hold your breath for Microsoft to support OpenDoc.  They have their
own competing (and inferior) "standard" called OLE2.  I'm not sure either
one has much to do with a client-server database architecture, however.

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Steve Kanefsky