Is VFP3.0 version faster than 5.0 screen draw speed and file access?
Was 3.0 a solid version, or should I only consider 5.0? Once again the
application does not require complex screens,code or file i/o.

Does anybody have any experience comparing VisFoxPro to VBasic or
Delphi? Do any of them create an actual .EXE, or are they all
interpreted i.e. how do their run speeds compare?

I have looked at Visual Basic, and VFP 5.0, but it is difficult to do
and indepth analysis without alot of experience! I would appreciate
some opinions, based on experience. The alternative is me speeding
most of my time investigating, versus coding.

Bottom line is I am looking for a solid development platform, with
reasonably fast program/screen  execution and quick/solid db access.
VFP 3.0, 5.0, delphi or VBasic?

I look forward to your replies.

Thanks,

There was a simulare question with a comparsion between Delphi and VB the
other day on this News group. Did you read it? I have a copy if you want to
take a look at what was said in there. (Dated 981026)

Hope it helped. Feel free to mail me with any questions.

//Jen
Systems engineer

Thanks for your opinion - I will look at  Clarion. I did alot of
searching before posting, so I did see the VB6 vs Delphi (on 961026).
The problem, and reason I posted, is according to alot of the posts
nothing seemed to work! VB5 lost focus problems, VB6 buggy, Delphi 4
buggy - I realize no software is perfect, but is was hard to judge as
most comments were negative - while this is good if you are
developing, it is hard to make a decision based on only the negatives.
Therefore,  I was looking for the positive side comments to balance
out the other posts.

I thank you for your opinion.

Paul S.

VFP5 has faster file access than VFP3, given sufficient RAM (32+ MB).
However, early releases of VFP5 had a bug that caused very slow
execution of certain multi-table queries; that bug was fixed in
VFP5.0a.  

: Is VFP3.0 version faster than 5.0 screen draw speed and file access?

No, it's the other way around; 5.0 is generally faster, though it has
a slightly bigger RAM requirement so if your RAM is marginal 3.0 may
seem faster.

The one reason you might need VFP3 is if you need to support 16 bit
Windows; none of the current versions of any of these products will do
that.

: Was 3.0 a solid version, or should I only consider 5.0? Once again the
: application does not require complex screens,code or file i/o.

5.0 was much more solid than 3.0 in my opinion.  Both are fairly solid
at runtime, but 5.0 is a lot less likely to bomb during design time.

: Does anybody have any experience comparing VisFoxPro to VBasic or
: Delphi? Do any of them create an actual .EXE, or are they all
: interpreted i.e. how do their run speeds compare?

Delphi generally produces the fastest executables of the three from my
experience; VFP has the fastest data access (particularly SQL
queries); VB tends to be faster at non-data-intensive applications
than VFP, but not as fast as Delphi.

These generalities may or may not hold true depending on your specific
circumstances.  Lots of things affect speed and stability, and choice
of development tool is not usually the most critical issue.  In my
experience, it's the overall design that makes or breaks most apps.

: I have looked at Visual Basic, and VFP 5.0, but it is difficult to do
: and indepth analysis without alot of experience! I would appreciate
: some opinions, based on experience. The alternative is me speeding
: most of my time investigating, versus coding.
:
: Bottom line is I am looking for a solid development platform, with
: reasonably fast program/screen  execution and quick/solid db access.
: VFP 3.0, 5.0, Delphi or VBasic?

Given that you presumably are developing on and for a Windows
platform, any of these three tools should work.  VFP5 is my preferred
choice for most Windows desktop database development, although the
other tools have their strengths as well.

Joe

VFP is very good to develop desktop database systems. It has a very
integrated environment and is highly productive. However, we really
don't know what Microsoft is planning to do with VFP in a long term...

VB is a very good and easy environment, but it lacks a real OO
language and approach. Its performance is very good and the learning
curve is not so hard. It has a large base of developers and is highly
supported by Microsoft.

Eugenio Reis
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