Ease of integration with .NET in VFP 7 and VFP 8

[ontsjc]

Hello Experts,

I have partnered with an individual for a project who is adept at asp.net. Currently I run VFP 7. He is pussing for me to upgrade to VFP 8 because he says it will integrate more fully with asp.net.

I have very limited experience with web applications, but the basic division of labor for this project will be that I will program the back end business logic, and he will do the front end html and asp.net programming.

Is there a significant advantage to upgrading for this type of application? If I simply compile my code into a mult-threaded dll, can't he access the methods and properties just as easliy from a VFP 7 dll as a VFP 8 dll? And finally are there any significant programming advantages between VFP 7 and VFP 8?

Thanks for your input!

 

[craigber]

It really depends on what you need to do, but Web Services may be a better solution. And, there were changes to that in VFP8.

Craig Berntson
MCSD, Visual FoxPro MVP,

http://www.craigberntson.com

Author, CrysDev: A Developer's Guide to Integrating Crystal Reports"

 

[ontsjc]

Actually it is a pretty straight forward application. It's a basic shopping cart for the wine industry. Users can buy their wine then calculate shipping costs based on zip code information. I don't think that a web service would be required.

So VFP 7 COM objects can be consummed readily by asp.net?

 

[craigsboyd]

Take a look here, there may be some information you can use to make a decision:

http://www.gotdotnet.com/team/vfp/

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[craigber]

See

http://www.west-wind.com/presentations/VFPDOTNETiNTEROP/VFPDOTNETINTEROP.HTM

Craig Berntson
MCSD, Visual FoxPro MVP,

http://www.craigberntson.com

Author, CrysDev: A Developer's Guide to Integrating Crystal Reports"