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Visual FoxPro (Discontinued)

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13 Reviews and Ratings

What is Visual FoxPro (Discontinued)?

FoxPro is a programming language and DBMS formerly supported by Microsoft, now at its End of Life.

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What users are saying about Visual FoxPro (Discontinued).
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Visual FoxPro Programmers

JP BhattView profile
CEO (Chief Executive Officer) in Information Technology at Apptread (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

  • Structured language easy access to database.
  • Access to VFP programmers.
  • 3rd party plugins and wizards available that help in application development.

Cons

  • Moving to iOS and Android is not possible.
  • Support from Microsoft.

Return on Investment

  • We were able to provide VFP services to several customers.
  • It’s a technology that is still being used by many Fortune 1000 and 500 companies hence we see a good ROI.

Usability

FoxPro, Long in the tooth but still Foxy

Incentivized
Peter HeinickeView profile
Business Partner in Corporate at Sage (1-10 employees employees)

Pros

  • It is very fast to access data in SQL, Access, and other ODBC languages.
  • It has a lot of great code examples available on the web for free.
  • It has a lot of wizards to aid in application development, both from Microsoft and from third parties.
  • It is a structured language, so supportable code is fairly easy to create.
  • There are still a lot of FoxPro experts available to call on if needed.

Cons

  • Microsoft stopped selling this and stopped supporting it in 2014. It still works on Windows 10, but if you have a problem, you are on your own.
  • The look and feel of screens and displayed text is getting a little dated.
  • It's really designed for desktop/server environments rather than the cloud.

Return on Investment

  • Positive impact is that the value of FoxPro applications has continued to increase over the years, so we are in high demand for our services.
  • Negative impact is that sometimes you have difficult to support scenarios where you might have to spend many hours to just keep something functional.
  • A negative impact is that this language is taught in very few places, either in schools, or private learning centers.

Alternatives Considered

Microsoft Access

Other Software Used

SAP Crystal, Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Visual Studio Team System, Microsoft Office 2016, Sage 300 ERP, Sage CRM, Sage 50 Accounting, HubSpot, HubSpot CRM, HubSpot Sales

Old technology but still alive!

Incentivized
Verified User
Engineer in Engineering (11-50 employees employees)

Pros

  • Treat data from files
  • Reporting

Cons

  • error handling
  • User interface

Return on Investment

  • We are using FoxPro because that is the only way to add custom plugins in the software we use to manage our stock.
  • So, FoxPro is suitable for this need.
  • We are developing software in c# .NET, compared to this, FoxPro is clearly out-dated.

Alternatives Considered

borland c++ builder, c# .net, c++ and Visual Studio

Other Software Used

Trend Micro Worry-Free Business Security, Visual Studio IDE, Malwarebytes, CodeTwo Email Signatures

Usability