If you are modernizing a legacy Foxpro application, or are considering upgrading to the latest version of Foxpro, then these pages are sure to help you. They attempt to quantitatively answer:

"What's the difference between various versions of Visual FoxPro?

• VFP Version Code Page Concordance -- New code page support by version.
  
• VFP Version Command Line Switches Concordance -- VFPx.EXE startup switches.
  
• VFP Version Config FPW Concordance -- New Config.FPW functionality by version.
  
• VFP Version Foundation Classlib Concordance -- The .VCX files in the FFC\ directory.
  
• VFP Version x Bbase Piece Concordance -- The various .APP files that ship with VFP.
  
• VFP Version Base Class Concordance -- Evolution of base classes in VFP.
  
• VFP Version Command Concordance -- New commands added by version.
  
• VFP Version Event Concordance -- New events added by version.
  
• VFP Version Function Concordance -- New functions added by version.
  
• VFP Version Method Concordance -- New methods added by version.
  
• VFP Version Property Concordance -- New properties added by version.
  
• VFP Version Sys Var Concordance -- New system memory variables added by version.
  
• VFP Exe Sizes -- A comparison of the VFP.EXE sizes.
  
• VFP Supported OS -- What OS are supported.
  

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VFP Help on MSDN online


• What's NEW in VFP 7.0
• What's NEW in VFP 8.0
• What's NEW in VFP 9.0

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See also Hackers Guide Version Concordance, Errors Caused By Incorrect Runtime Files

Contributors: Steven Black

Category VFP Command Comparison, Category VFP Language - Key Words, Category VFP Versions, Category Checklists