Question on “Added support for the FoxPro runtime DLL.”

[xinjie]

Hi, Development Team

I was looking through the version history of the documentation today and noticed that the Compiler section for 2.0.2.0 (Bandol RC 2) has the following description: “Added support for the FoxPro runtime DLL.”

Can anyone explain in detail what it means? In other words, how do I use the FoxPro runtime DLL in X# and what are its limitations?

[robert]

Xinjie,

This is probably not what you expected / hoped.
Our compiler handles our own runtime DLLs a bit different from DLLs developed by others. For example:
- When compiling for a dialect we make sure that you're including certain DLLs, for example because the compiler depends on functions in that DLL.
- When compiling the functions in the runtime DLL it uses a predefined namespace for the functions class
- When there is a function in your code with the same name as a function in the runtime DLLs then your functions automatically are chosen. We are assuming you want to change the built-in behavior of our runtime

Robert

[xinjie]

Hi, Robert

Am I to understand that if I add a reference to the VFP runtime in my project, then I can utilize some functions that are defined in the VFP runtime and not in the X# runtime?

[robert]

Xinjie,

The runtime DLL that this entry in Whats New is talking about is XSharp.VFP.DLL

Robert

[xinjie]

Hi, Robert

Thanks for the clarification. I understand now.