X# development Roadmap 2020
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- Created: January 29 2020
In the last years we have presented you with a development roadmap at the beginning of the year. And that is a tradition that we'd like to keep.
Below is an overview of what we are planning to do in 2020. Of course we will also continuously keep fixing bugs and keep adding small enhancements as we like.
Finally the obvious disclaimer: these are our plans. They are not set in stone. We will adjust these plans whenever we see fit.
VO & Vulcan | FoxPro | Compiler | Visual Studio | |
Q1 | Sync with VO 2.8 SP4 | SQL based cursors (ODBC but also OleDb, Ado.net) | Most Foxpro commands, | Additions to VO editors (class= lists, options pages etc). |
Q2 | Beta of X# VO compatible UI classes based on Windows Forms | FoxPro forms support | Some new features from C# 8, such as exception filters, tuples and more | Foxpro forms editor, |
Q3 | Release of X# VO UI Classes & windows forms | Foxpro reports | Embedded SQL and FoxPro tables | .Net Core support inside Visual Studio |
Q4 | ReportPro runtime based on Windows Forms | What's left | t.b.d. | Support for .editorconfig for all editor options |
XSharp Bandol 2.2a
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- Created: December 30 2019
Today we have released a new installer for XSharp Bandol 2.2a to our FOX subscribers.
The most important change in this build is that we have fixed the error message that was shown inside Visual Studio after installing X# 2.2 and loading a solution without X# projects (why would you want to do that <g>)
The complete readme with the description of the changes can be found here
{rsfiles path="fox/Compiler/XSharpSetup22aFox.zip"}
XSharp Bandol 2.2 Public Installer
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- Created: December 16 2019
We have just released the public installer for XSharp Bandol 2.20 (our Christmas gift for 2019)
The complete readme with the description of the changes can be found here.
This is the same build as the subscribers build, with the exception that subscribers get a slightly faster compiler, a .Net core version of the compiler and debug versions of the runtime assemblies to aid in tracking errors (not that we have any <g>).
You can download the installer from here (you have to login first):
{rsfiles path="installers/XSharpSetup22Public.zip"}
The development team wishes you all a very happy Chrismas !
XSharp Bandol 2.20
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- Created: December 14 2019
We have just released a new installer for XSharp Bandol 2.20 to our FOX subscribers.
This build fixes a few issues found in Bandol 2.1. It also adds support for the FoxPro Cursor.Field syntax.
The complete readme with the description of the changes can be found here
{rsfiles path="fox/Compiler/XSharpSetup22Fox.zip"}
A public "Christmas" build will follow shortly.
Debugging Tips
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- Created: December 08 2019
We have received some questions about missing features in the Debugger.
In VO you had the ability to open windows in the debugger to see the list of open workareas, settings or privates. In X# we don't have these options yet. However the Visual Studio debugger is very powerfull and with the help of some clever watch settings you can see almost everything (until we have written a dedicated window for this).
Open workareas
To see the open workareas of an application, add a watch with the following contents(note that this is CaSe SenSiTiVe):
XSharp.RuntimeState.Workareas
I did this in the transported Explorer example just after opening the files and then the result is this:
You can see that there are 2 aliases opened. If you expand that then you'll see their names and workarea numbers.
The Current workarea is of type DBFNTX and has an alias Orders
World class enterprise system in X#
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- Created: December 01 2019
Azyra Systems report that their large scale Enterprise System used by 100+ logistics businesses in 12 countries is now built with X# as the principal language and Microsoft Sql Server as the database.
Jimmy Cahill, Joint CEO of Azyra, told us
“We are delighted with the unrivalled coding efficiency, compilation speed and runtime performance. X# not only allowed us to modernise our tried and tested code and business logic but put us at the forefront of everything IT.”
“We freely mix X# and C# giving our development team access to everything they need to race ahead of our competition. For example, we’ve moved the GUI to WPF and our designers are busy adding charts and dashboards everywhere for visual appeal and to give our clients immediate insights to their business.”
“The X# Team have done a magnificent professional job of building on and completing the work done by generations of the xBase community. They have set the scene for the xBase syntax to be recognised as a much more efficient and elegant language than C# - and by far the best language for teaching object orientated development.”
XSharp Bandol 2.10
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- Created: November 25 2019
We have just released a new installer for XSharp Bandol 2.10 to our FOX subscribers.
This build fixes a few issues found in Bandol 2.08. It also adds support for parameters by reference to untyped methods and functions.
The complete readme with the description of the changes can be found here
{rsfiles path="fox/Compiler/XSharpSetup210aFox.zip"}
Black Friday sale !
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- Created: November 23 2019
Just like last year we have a special Black Friday sale for FOX subscriptions If you order your FOX subscription this week (until Nov 30) and use the discount code "BLACKFRIDAY2019" you will get a 35% discount on your subscription. |  |
Videos from the Post Conference workshop at SW Fox
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- Created: November 01 2019
We have uploaded videos from the Post Conference workshop at SW Fox.
We would like to thank Tore Bleken for his help with editing the videos.
Part 1: https://youtu.be/ca_ZvoVYXYE
Part 2: https://youtu.be/HSlkkw2wViM
Part 3: https://youtu.be/mOLHQzKCfWA
We hope you will enjoy the videos.
The powerpoint that was used during this session is also available as well as Roberts example.
The examples from Fabrice are part of the other downloads that we made available earlier.
