VIS FOX 3.0 vs 5.0 vs 6.0

[CAE]

Hi folks,<br>
Just getting back into foxpro programming (took 8 yrs off)<br>
I have Visual Foxpro Professional 3.0 on the shelf unopened<br>
from a couple of years ago. Was hoping to get a little<br>
input from anyone who has experience in the upward migration from 3.0 thru 5.0 into 6.0. Just your general thoughts on upward compatibility of source code in particular. Thanks, Bob

 

[merc500sl]

You can open up your files from 3.0 to 5.0 (it converts the file automatically), but I am having some difficulty bringing a Report file back to 3.0... Make sure you do a back up of the old files.

 

[foxdev]

If you don't need to open that v3 box, don't. VFP 5 was a major leap forward in reliability and usability from VFP 3, though technically there weren't a lot of visible new features.<br>
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VFP 6 doesn't differ that much from VFP 5, at least at first glance. Better support for COM and a few more functions.