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A short report on what we have been doing in the last months. The things below will be included in the next build (2.3) that will be released in the coming week.

Compiler

We have added support for #pragma options and #pragma warnings. We have also added support for FoxPro Currency literals ($123.4567). We have also added support for the /cs (Case Sensitive) compiler option. And the compiler now also includes a string version of the compiled codeblocks, so you can see what the original source looked like in the debugger. And several other smaller issues were fixed as well.

Runtime

We have added prototypes for all FoxPro functions that we plan to support. They are not all implemented yet, but they are included in the help file already with a "-- todo--" comment (See also https://www.xsharp.info/runtimehelp/html/T_XSharp_VFP_Functions.htm). We have also added fixed several reported issues and added support for the FoxPro Currency type. Usuals can now also be of type "currency".

RDD system

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 Runtime	FoxPro Runtime	Compiler	Visual Studio
Q1	Sync with VO 2.8 SP4 Release of X# SQL Classes based on Ado.Net X# versions of all the Fab tools Make ReportPro for X# more VO compatible	SQL based cursors (ODBC but also OleDb, Ado.net) Implementation of several runtime functions	Most Foxpro commands, Local functions and methods, USING VAR	Additions to VO editors (class= lists, options pages etc). Debugger extensions Editor / intellisense improvements
Q2	Beta of X# VO compatible UI classes based on Windows Forms	FoxPro forms support More runtime functions DBC support, Data Environments, Cursor Adapters	Some new features from C# 8, such as exception filters, tuples and more Dialect support for X# scripting	Foxpro forms editor, VO form editor resources less code generation
Q3	Release of X# VO UI Classes & windows forms	Foxpro reports Embedded SQL on top of FoxPro tables	Embedded SQL and FoxPro tables	.Net Core support inside Visual Studio
Q4	ReportPro runtime based on Windows Forms Present at German Conference	What's left Present at SW Fox,	t.b.d.	Support for .editorconfig for all editor options VS VNext() ?

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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"}

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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 !

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