Choosing VFP Or VB

Hello, R.!
You wrote on Sat, 13 Sep 2003 09:54:12 +0530:

RKS> Hi,

RKS> I want to develop a small but widely used database application like
RKS> financial accounting software. My application will contain number of
RKS> classes and database. We have team of 5 experienced programmers. Now
RKS> the major problem is which platform should I choose ( Visual Basic
RKS> With Access /MSSQl Or Visual FoxPro ). I like visual FoxPro but I
RKS> feeling everybody says VB is more powerful then VFP. I have little
RKS> experience about VFP and I like VFP. Please give me your opinion in
RKS> detail about VFP versus VB/Access-MSSQL.

I am not going to discuss the differences between VFP and VB, but here's a
good article about the difference between the various Microsoft databases.

Choose the right Microsoft database for your development needs
http://techrepublic.com.com/5100-6329-5056993.html
--
Eric den Doop
www.foxite.com - The Home Of The Visual FoxPro Experts - Powered By VFP8

Hi Cindy,

We have very powerfull team in sense of analysis & Design level. We are
currently working on DOS platform. Our softwares are very popular and widely
used in our area ( over 2500 customer base). We guess our customer ( of
future version of our packages ) will aquire atleast Windows XP based
system. We will also work in latest version of languages. Currently we
don't require MS-SQL type large server/client database. But surly we will
design our database & application in that way so we could convert our
application in MS-SQL like database tools.

I think i want to share someone's practical experiance on both platform.

So if you can share please reply soon.

"Cindy Winegarden" <cindy.winegarden@mvps.org> wrote in message
news:3f64765c@tnews.web.dev-archive.com...
> Hi RK,
>
> You haven't said whether you mean VB "classic" or VB.NET. I would never
> begin new development in an old version of a development tool that isn't
> nicely forward-compatible, so that rules out VB "classic."
>
> If you use MS SQL Server, are your customers ready for the upkeep on an
SQL
> database and for the license costs if they purchase full versions of SQL
> Server (as opposed to MSDE)?
>
> You have 5 experienced programmers. What do they have experience in? The
> development tool they have experience in is a better choice than a
> "spectacular" development tool that they don't know and can't be
productive
> in.
>
> You "have a feeling everybody says VB is more powerful than VFP." Do you
> choose development tools by "everybody says" or by what's best for you?
>
> What types of equipment and OSs will your clients be likely to have? Will
> your app be able to run nicely in an older environment? How will you
deploy
> your application? Newer operating systems may have the .NET runtime
already,
> but if you choose VB.NET then the .NET runtime will need to be part of
your
> setup.
>
> I hope this gives you some food for thought.
>
> --
> Cindy Winegarden MCSD, Microsoft Visual FoxPro MVP
> cindy.winegarden@mvps.org, www.cindywinegarden.com
>
> "R. K. Softwares" <info@rksoftwares.com> wrote in message
> news:3f62c831@tnews.web.dev-archive.com...
> > I want to develop a small but widely used database application like
> > financial accounting software. My application will contain number of
> classes
> > and database. We have team of 5 experienced programmers. Now the major
> > problem is which platform should I choose ( Visual Basic With Access
> /MSSQl
> > Or Visual FoxPro ). I like visual FoxPro but I feeling everybody says VB
> is
> > more powerful then VFP. I have little experience about VFP and I like
VFP.
> > Please give me your opinion in detail about VFP versus VB/Access-MSSQL.
>
>