Johan Will you post a confirmation when you Will show a demo at the next aToutFox conference here? Or should I monitor aToutFrance? Regards Koen
Op wo 20 mrt. 2019 om 14:16 schreef Johan Nel <johan....@xsinet.co.za> > Hi Kurt, > > Sorry for not responding earlier. But here goes. I am a X# user. Yes > be careful of them using the interview as cheap "consultation"... > > On 2019/03/20 07:45, Kurt at VR-FX wrote: > > So as some of you may already know, I had a first interview for a > > programmer job at UCLA. The second interview is coming up. > > They did not bring up things like Lianja, XoJo, or X# the open source > > X-base language. > > There was also some recent discussion on X# which looked like a > > potentially great option. But, I heard that via the last posting - the > > FoxPro version of the code wasn't really ready yet! > > FoxPro experts are already working behind the scene in a project I > initiated after identifying Fox developers I believe is suitable to > demystify the VFP IDE repo and reproduce it in a X# readable text > format. From this format we busy to recreate it with a VFPTransporter, > similar to the VOTransporter that was created to move Visual Objects > code to X#, into a Visual Studio solution and XIDE repo. We think it > might be possible to convert the Fox Screen designer straight into a > WinForm, Menu to MenuStrip, etc. Fox command translations will be a > combination of the X# DevTeam adding support for these unrecognized > commands in X#, #commands in a (VFP.xh) for the X# pre-proccessor to > translate, or hard code Translaters in the Transporter for difficult > pieces of VFP code. We quite excited, VFP users assisting and I, as part > of this community initiative joint venture between VFP and X#, probably > a first in the XBase world. We hope to have something ready that can be > demonstrated at the French Fox conference atoutfox in May and progress > at Fox conferences later in the year. If we achieve the goal, you > obviously need to learn the .NET way of doing stuff and get an > understanding of the X# syntax to open up the world of .NET consumption, > it is huge. Any code written in a .NET language you can use as if > written in X#. Have a class in a c#/VB.NET assembly, no sweat just add > a reference and use it. Want to add new features to this class just > create a new class inheriting from the c# class. Done, use it in your code. > > Watch this space! > > Johan Nel > Friend of X# (FOX) member. > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cacuu1svqeocvxmqmqx8hxyh352c8wz2juvr_nkg8kkh00xk...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
