Even though FoxPro has long been overshadowed by more glamorous products, it's still one of the best tools on the market for getting things done. With new enhancements coming in version 9.0, it's not likely to go the way of the dodo anytime soon.
by David T. Anderson
November 16, 2004
he FoxPro team at Microsoft is readying a new version for release at the end of 2004. This may come as a surprise to some; it's not uncommon to hear the uninformed say, "FoxPro? Is that still around?" But within the FoxPro community, there is a lot of excitement surrounding this next release. Performance enhancements will include a faster local data engine, support for more data types, greater ANSI compliance in its SQL implementation, an extensively enhanced report writer, and a number of smaller productivity and functionality enhancements.
Today, applications are still being written and deployed in Visual FoxPro, but there has been a marked decline in further adoption and deployment among U.S. companies. This is due primarily to the fact that Microsoft has marginalized the product in comparison with its flagship .NET languages, such as C# and VB.NET. This lack of marketing support is a hot-button issue among the VFP community.
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he FoxPro team at Microsoft is readying a new version for release at the end of 2004. This may come as a surprise to some; it's not uncommon to hear the uninformed say, "FoxPro? Is that still around?" But within the FoxPro community, there is a lot of excitement surrounding this next release. Performance enhancements will include a faster local data engine, support for more data types, greater ANSI compliance in its SQL implementation, an extensively enhanced report writer, and a number of smaller productivity and functionality enhancements. 
