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Features by Edition

Feature Enterprise Edition Professional Edition
Foundation Classes and Application Wizard
Build applications quickly by using libraries of prebuilt, reusable classes to easily add commonly-used functionality such as data manipulation, navigation, querying, conflict resolution, reporting, and Web enabling.
Professional Edition Feature Enterprise Edition Feature
Powerful, integrated development environment
Increase your productivity with the powerful debugger, Coverage Profiler, and integration with the Microsoft Visual SourceSafe* version control system.
Professional Edition Feature Enterprise Edition Feature
Object-oriented programming
Create libraries of reusable code and controls. Manage class libraries with the Class Browser and Component Gallery.
Professional Edition Feature Enterprise Edition Feature
Client/server connectivity
Use remote views to easily manage SQL data with ODBC. Use the Upsizing Wizard to easily migrate FoxPro data to Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle databases.
Professional Edition Feature Enterprise Edition Feature
Active Documents support
Quickly migrate existing applications to the Web. Run Visual FoxPro-based forms and applications in a browser.
Professional Edition Feature Enterprise Edition Feature
Internet application creation
Use Visual FoxPro with Microsoft Internet Information Server (IIS)* to build high-performance, database-driven Web applications.
Professional Edition Feature Enterprise Edition Feature
Custom COM component creation
Build middle-tier business objects that can be easily used and reused by other applications, including Microsoft Office, Visual Studio, and IIS.
Professional Edition Feature Enterprise Edition Feature
Microsoft Transaction Server support
Scale up Visual FoxPro COM components to handle multiple users.
Professional Edition Feature Enterprise Edition Feature
More than 20 wizards
Automate common and complex tasks.
Professional Edition Feature Enterprise Edition Feature
Backward compatibility and automatic conversion
Run FoxPro version 2.x code in Visual FoxPro. Automatically convert versioná2.x screens and reports to Visual FoxPro 6.0 format.
Professional Edition Feature Enterprise Edition Feature
Microsoft Internet Information Server 4.0**
Develop Web-based solutions using a complete Web server for publishing and sharing information.
  Enterprise Edition Feature
Microsoft Transaction Server 2.0**
Achieve run-time scalability and component transaction integrity when developing sophisticated, multiuser business applications.
  Enterprise Edition Feature
Microsoft Message Queue Server**
Scale up to thousands of concurrent users by managing asynchronous communication between components and business applications.
  Enterprise Edition Feature
Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 Developer Edition
Develop and test enterprise database applications with a scalable, high-performance database management system for Windows NT- based systems.
  Enterprise Edition Feature
Microsoft SNA Server 4.0 Developer Edition
Integrate and test VSAM and AS/400 flat-file data and CICS or IMS transactions from host environments from your Windows NT-based solutions.
  Enterprise Edition Feature
Microsoft Visual SourceSafe 6.0
Use the Microsoft Visual SourceSafe version control system to collaborate, share, and secure source code with your team for Windows- and Web-based development.
  Enterprise Edition Feature
Professional Visual Database Tools
View tables, modify data, and create SQL queries within the develop- ment environment for any ODBC- or OLE DB-compliant database.
  Enterprise Edition Feature
Enterprise Visual Database Tools
View tables, modify data, and create SQL queries within the develop- ment environment for any ODBC- or OLE DB-compliant database. Visually design and modify schemas and objects for Microsoft SQL Server 6.5 and Oracle 7.3.3+ databases.
  Enterprise Edition Feature
Database access
High-speed database access for any database including Microsoft SQL Server 6.5, Oracle 7.3.3+, or any ODBC- or OLE DB-compliant database.
  Enterprise Edition Feature
Visual Component Manager
Find, track, catalog, and reuse application components with the Visual Component Manager.
  Enterprise Edition Feature

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