Transcript Slideshow Keynote VFP9 and Sedna at DevCon2005

Microsoft
Visual FoxPro Roadmap
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Sedna
June 2005
Agenda
State of the Visual FoxPro union
Microsoft Platform overview
Visual FoxPro Roadmap overview
Sedna overview
Visual FoxPro 9.0 demos
VFP 9.0 with VS 2005 interop demos
Sedna early preview demos
Visual FoxPro resources
Summary
State of the VFP Union
5600+ participated in April 2005 VFP Survey online
51% have used VFP over 10 years
33% are now using VFP 9.0
80% small company, 68% mid-size, 27% enterprise
71% maintaining apps, 69% new apps, 25% web apps
89% DBFs, 55% SQL Server, 22% MSDE
75% integrate Office with VFP apps
11% apps 1000+ users, 43% 100+, 30% under 25
26% VS.NET, 21% XML WS, 25% ASP/ASP.NET, 35% COM
20% VB6, 13% VB.NET, 12% C#, 10% Java, 8% C++
31% plan to use VS.NET within next 2 years
98% plan to using VFP within next 12 months
Visual FoxPro 9.0 Overview
Data Handling and Interoperability
.NET interop – XML and XML Web Services
SQL Server interop – types and language
Extensible Developer Productivity
Reports, forms, controls, IntelliSense, IDE
Property sheet customization
Flexibility for All Types of Solutions
Smart client to Tablet PC applications
VFP 9.0 Reporting System Goals
Protect existing FRX investments
Open architecture
Better reuse story
Design-time improvements
Access to report objects at runtime
More flexibility with Report Chaining
New output types (e.g., XML, HTML)
Report processing events
Service Pack 1 for Visual FoxPro 9.0
VFP 9.0 is very stable today
Scheduled near end of 2005
Sedna = Extensibility and Interoperability
.NET (Framework, Visual Studio 2005, more)
SQL Server 2005 (including Express version)
Longhorn (next Windows operating system)
Office 12 (next version of Microsoft Office)
Add extensibility using extensibility
New C++ based DLLs
New and improved Xbase components
.NET wrapper classes for use within VFP
Limited core product updates
Sedna product details during development
.NET Vision
Users
Any device,
Any place,
Any time
Roles/Experiences
Get the right info
To the right user
At the right time
Customer
Operations
Sales
Supply
Engineering
XML Web Services
Scheduling
Authentication
Notification
Integrate and
orchestrate business
applications and
processes
Back Office
Heterogeneous application
and server infrastructure
ERP & Billing
Customer
Plant
Service
Operations
Leverage existing development skills
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Integration with Visual Studio
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Multiple languages: T-SQL, VB.NET, C#…
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Works great with Visual FoxPro 9.0!
Share data across any platform
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Native support for XML, Web services
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Interoperability with any platform, application
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Supports 64-bit Windows operating system
Extensibility
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Native XML data type, user defined data types
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New distributed application framework: Server Broker
SQL Server 2005 Express
Free light version of SQL Server 2005
Replaces MSDE with more features
XCopy
No throttling
Easier to install
Silent mode install option
Downloadable scripts to create databases
Add-on Express Manager
Breaks the 2GB barrier with new 4GB limit
Works great with Visual FoxPro 9.0!
A Look Ahead to Avalon
Unified approach to UI,
documents, and media
Integration as part of
development and
experience
Integrated, vector-based
composition engine
Utilizing the power of the PC
throughout the graphics
stack
Ease of deployment
Allowing administrators to
deploy and manage
applications securely
.NET Roadmap
Developer Perspective
Sedna
VFP + .NET
1st half 2007
Yukon = SQL Server 2005
Whidbey = Visual Studio 2005
WinFX = Avalon + Indigo
Native to Longhorn
Add-on for WinXP
Visual FoxPro Roadmap
With the recent release of Visual FoxPro 9.0, the Visual
FoxPro team at Microsoft is now working on a new
project, code-named Sedna, that takes advantage of
enhancements in Visual FoxPro 9.0. The primary goal
of Sedna is to expand on the ability of Visual FoxProbased solutions to better integrate with other Microsoft
products and technologies.
Features in Sedna will target Visual FoxPro interoperability with application
components created by using Visual Studio 2005, the .NET Framework 2.0,
and SQL Server 2005. Sedna will also help improve the ability for Visual
FoxPro 9.0 solutions to be successfully deployed on the upcoming new
Windows operating system Microsoft ® Windows ® Code Name "Longhorn."
Sedna is currently scheduled to be released in the first half of 2007 and will
require Visual FoxPro 9.0.
As indicated in prior public statements, Microsoft does not plan to merge Visual FoxPro into
Visual Studio .NET, nor are there plans to create a new Visual FoxPro .NET programming
language. Visual FoxPro will remain stand-alone Win32 based, and will run on 64-bit Windows in
32-bit compatibility mode. For deploying Visual FoxPro solutions that use components based on
Microsoft .NET, Sedna will provide improvements for those components using COM and .NET
interoperability.
To help developers who currently use or plan to program on the .NET platform, members of the Visual FoxPro team are also working on data programming
for the Microsoft .NET platform.
For more information about Visual FoxPro, including answers to Visual FoxPro FAQ, go to the Visual FoxPro Developer Center Web site at http://msdn.com/vfoxpro.
Sedna – Features for VS / SQL
All features early ideas, subject to change
.NET
Leverage .NET Framework 2.0 via interop
Provide generic .NET interop services via VFP
COM wrapper classes that handle Intellisense
and interop servicing.
Extended interop support for useful .NET
classes including Web Services, XML, etc…
SQL Server 2005
Revise Upsizing Wizard – SQL 2005 only
Data Explorer improvements for SQL 2005
SQL Reporting Services integrated with VFP
reporting (RDL)
Sedna – Features for Platform
All features early ideas, subject to change
Longhorn / WinFX
Better Longhorn experience (as required)
Output to Avalon XAML
Indigo interop
Windows/Longhorn shell integration
Developer Experience
Office 12 XML and interop (Xbase)
Misc Xbase – IntelliSense Scripts, XML Docs,
RSS TaskPane, reporting components, etc…
Visual FoxPro 9.0
Visual FoxPro 9.0 with
Visual Studio 2005
Sedna (early preview)
Visual FoxPro Resources
VFP web site on msdn.com
http://msdn.com/vfoxpro
News, whitepapers, and samples
.NET resources for VFP developers
VFP team member blogs
Product support
Community resources
More MSDN Developer Centers
http://msdn.com
Channel 9 on MSDN
http://channel9.msdn.com
Additional VFP Resources
Book: New in Nine: VFP’s Latest Hits
Book: .NET for VFP Developers (online free)
UniversalThread.com (new Sedna section)
FoxPro Advisor Magazine
FoxTalk 2.0
CoDe Focus for VFP 9.0
VFP 9.0 retail prices same as VFP 8.0
MSDN Subscriptions
Summary
Upgrade to Visual FoxPro 9.0
VFP 9.0 works great with VS 2005
VFP 9.0 works better with SQL Server
VS 2005 + SQL 2005 launch: Nov 7th 2005
VFP 9.0 case studies to market VFP
Chat about VFP 9.0 online with others
Work with the VFP team on Sedna
Have fun here at DevCon!!!