We are starting the beta test for the X# SQL RDD next week.
If you are interested in participating in this beta, please email robert@xsharp.eu.
This will be a relatively short beta cycle.
There will be a special forum dedicated to the beta on this website.

What we expect of beta testers:

• That you have time to test;
• That you understand that beta software may have problems;
• That you provide us with feedback (both positive and negative) about your experiences.

The first version of the SQL RDD will come with database providers for Oracle, Microsoft SQL and MySql and also for ODBC and OleDb.
Contact us if you need another provider. Setting up a new provider is not too complicated, but we may need some help from you.

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Today we have released an installer (for our FOX subscribers) for XSharp Cahors 2.19, which contains some fixes for problems reported with X# 2.18, and some new features.

The most prominent new language feature is the new support for tuples. You can read about the tuple syntax here.
Tuples are a value type that allow you to return more than one value from a function / method.
Unlike Tuple<T1,T2>, this is a value type, not a reference type.

The "What's New" document, describing all changes, can be found here:

There will be NO public build 2.19.
 

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First of all, we want to wish everybody the best for this new year.

Then, we would like to inform you about our progress:
We are busy finalizing build 2.19 of X#. This build will fix some issues that were reported and adds some new features.
There are new features in the compiler, VS integration and runtime.
One of the things that we have added, is support for some FoxPro embedded SQL statements, such as CREATE CURSOR, CREATE TABLE, ALTER TABLE and INSERT.
Other embedded SQL commands will follow in a next build.
We expect to release 2.19 to our beta testers in week 3. Then, when things go as planned, we should be able to release build 2.19 in week 4.
The preliminary what's new document for this release can be found here

During our presentation in Memmingen, we have also announced some other changes.
Let's summarize these here with some expected release dates

Feature	Scheduled release	Note
X# SQL RDD	Beta: Early February Release: End of March	This will be a separate product.
XGUI Classes	Beta: End of February Release: May	This will be a separate product.
X# 3.0 includes VS Project system support for .Net Next	April-May	For everybody. Designing Windows Forms for .Net 5 and later inside Visual Studio will be difficult, because of changes that Microsoft made to the Windows Forms Designer We will also make some breaking changes to the X# runtime in this build.

We are also planning another X# summit 2024. We have reserved accommodation in the HYPERION Hotel in München (Munich) on October 17-18. More information about this will follow in a few weeks.

Finally, we will move this website to another hosting provider later this month. We hope that this will not cause too many hickups. The website itself will not change, only the location where it is hosted.

 

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After several years of keeping our prices stable, we are now forced to raise some of our prices starting January 1, 2024 to keep up with inflation.

The price of a new FOX subscription remains EUR 999 but the renewal discount will be reduced from 30% to 25%.

The prices for the various third-party products, such as ReportPro, SEUIXP and Xs2Ado, will remain the same for now.

The price of ADS licenses will be increased with approximately 5%.

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Today we have released an installer (for our FOX subscribers) for XSharp Cahors 2.18.0.4 which contains some fixes for problems reported with X# 2.17, and some new features.

The what's new document describing all the changes can be found here:

A new public build will be released later this week.
 

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