2007-07-11 19:36:56 · 3 answers · asked by Luis D 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Programming & Design
Given the VFP is a database with a language tacked onto it and Visual Basic is a general purpose language, I'd say that Visual Basic is "better" for development.
This is espeically true with .NET where VB has all the database access that VFP does without all the baggage that comes from the miserable xBase language.
2007-07-12 02:03:52 · answer #1 · answered by Joan S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better for what?
Visual Basic can be used to create database applications, and Visual Fox can be used to create non-database applications. But if you are creating a database application then I would say that V.Fox is better for that purpose. And if you are creating something that is not a database program then you would probably be happier using Visual Basic.
You might want to be sure that you know what a database is. What its for and what things it makes happen easily. Why its different than doing something as a text file or as a spreadsheet or as XML. Some applications (word processors, games, phone books, music playing programs, etc) can be better for being written in a database program but it depends on what you have in mind for it.
Gandalf Parker
2007-07-12 14:19:29 · answer #2 · answered by Gandalf Parker 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Better in what aspect?
VFP is a database, technically NOT a language. The language is actually xBase, as VFP is a relative of original dBase III. However, it's since grown quite a bit into its own product, and despite Microsoft heavily pushing Access, VFP is such a good program it simply refuse to die.
As for VB, well, it's a general purpose language that can do a lot of things on Windows.
Not sure how you'd compare the two. It's like comparing SUV to a sedan. Better in what?
2007-07-11 20:06:53 · answer #3 · answered by Kasey C 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋