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- Message-ID: <1992Nov17.182235.1@camins.camosun.bc.ca>
- Summary: Access uses Basic for programming language
- Keywords: Access FoxPro Windows
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- Date: Wed, 18 Nov 1992 02:22:35 GMT
-
- >>>>
- >>>>>And how does Access relate to FoxPro for Windows, which I had assumed was
- >>>>>going to be MS's database for Windows?
- >>>>
- >>>>These are two separate products.
- >
- > FoxPro and Access are sophisticated products in their own right. Each is
- > targeted at somewhat different markets. They share some common capabilities
- > as well as some things which are unique to each.
-
- The big difference ? Foxpro's programming language is XBase (DBase
- clone) while Access's programming language is akin to WordBasic and
- Visual Basic.
-
- I imagine it will probably be difficult to port programs from one
- platform to the other, altho both will be able to use the other's
- database files, so it isn't really necessary.
-
- Jeff Johnson; .sig agnostic
-