Oh , and I forgot to add.... don't be put off by the word "Basic" as B4a includes full oops compatibility with classes, polymorphism etc etc... and DOESN'T include a goto statement!
Dave -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Dave Crozier Sent: 07 May 2013 07:56 To: ProFox Email List Subject: RE: VFP To Android Basic for Android is EXCELLENT. There are hundreds of add on libraries for camera, ocr, test speak/recognition etc etc, the author is open to all suggestions and the support system (frorums etc) are almost as good as here. I converted our stock take application which had originally been written to run on PDA's in less than 2 days and that was including the learning curve. I was suitably impressed and wouldn't even consider going to use the java dev system directly. You can easily wrap any java library into a B4Android library if you know a little java and I have done this with a few libraries now I am more at ease with java. The cost for the standard B4Android is free to try out on an unlimited basis with the only restriction being that you can't use external libraries. You can get a feel for the language using this and then the dev system is about 70 dollars for a license and only a small amount more for a 3 year unlimited upgrade license. Good value and recommended. Being android, the support of SQLite database is built in to the language so SQL access is simple, as is access via ODBC from B4Android to external databases. Dave -----Original Message----- From: ProFox [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Frank Cazabon Sent: 04 May 2013 13:13 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: VFP To Android Jack, Not a vfp to android converter, but I've heard good things about basic 4 android. www.basic4ppc.com/ Jack Skelley <[email protected]> wrote: >Good Afternoon All: >Not sure if this should have been a [NF] listing...oh well... >I have been asked to write an app for an Android tablet that was >originally written in VFP 6 and is currently running on VFP 9 on the >Windows platform. Not knowing anything about Android I started to do >some reading. I guess I am gaining but have a long way to go. >One of things I read is that Android apps can be written in C# (plus >other languages). Is there a convertor that will take a VFP form and >make an app for an Android tablet? I'm not trying to reinvent the app >only take something that is working great in VFP 9 and make it work in >a tablet with similar functionality. >I was wondering if any one in the group has ever done this before? >Thanks for any help! >Best regards, > >Jack Skelley > >Jack Skelley >Senior Director, Programming/Computer Operations New Jersey Devils >(973)757-6164 >[email protected] > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
