Hi Bill I afraid you may have missed my situation. I write applications, not do work in VFP. It is those application that are being hit by idiots that listen to M$ "use net" talk. And I can no longer fight it. As for DLL, yes indeed as I mentioned I have already done that. C# feeding a vfp dll. It works, well know I know some pitfalls. And as I mentioned my next online rental may well use that. Other programs may not though because I want to sell them. And your #4, there is no reason not to use those skills elsewhere. We wont lose our expertise just by using another language. I do expect to support and upgrade my airport program for some time in VFP. Its too big to just do again. So I will be VFP programming for a while. But I do have a need now to learn new so c# is that new. Mainly because I have VS2005 anyway. Allen
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bill Arnold Hi Allen, After writing last night, I jotted down a few more points: Point # 3: as the universe of available VFP talent pool shrinks, businesses that are running FPD/FPW/VFP applications still need coverage, so what happens? (a) work gets harder to find, but ... (b) the price goes up Point # 4: experienced programmers, regardless of language skills, have developed skills that are relatively unique and very desirable in a world still only entering the computer/digital age. A FoxPro programmer is still a programmer, not a stagecoach driver or coal mine. From a high level standpoint, who really cares what particular languages a programmer uses when other things matter even more: Point # 5: how many 'other language' developers need DLL's that VFP can create? Are we lacking in ideas? No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG. Version: 7.5.524 / Virus Database: 269.23.2/1387 - Release Date: 19/04/2008 11:31 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://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.
