Visual FoxPro

Visual FoxPro
Developer(s)Microsoft
Final release
v9.0 SP2[1] / October 16, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-10-16)[2]
Operating systemWindows 2000, Windows XP, and Windows Server 2003[3]
PlatformIA-32[4]
Available inIDE: English, German, Spanish
Runtime: Above plus French, Chinese, Russian, Czech, Korean
TypeIntegrated development environment, programming language
LicenseCommercial proprietary software
Websitemsdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro

Visual FoxPro is a programming language that was developed by Microsoft. It is a data-centric and procedural programming language with object-oriented programming (OOP) features.

It was derived from FoxPro (which was itself descended from FoxBASE) which was developed by Fox Software beginning in 1984. Fox Technologies merged with Microsoft in 1992, after which the software acquired further features and the prefix "Visual".[5] FoxPro 2.6 worked on Mac OS, DOS, Windows, and Unix.

Visual FoxPro 3.0, the first "Visual" version, reduced platform support to only Mac[6] and Windows, and later versions 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 were Windows-only. The current version of Visual FoxPro is COM-based and Microsoft has stated that they do not intend to create a Microsoft .NET version.

Version 9.0, released in December 2004 and updated in October 2007 with the SP2 patch, was the final version of the product. Support ended in January 2010 and extended support in January 2015.[7]

  1. ^ "Visual FoxPro 9.0 Updates". Visual FoxPro Developer Center. Microsoft. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  2. ^ "Download Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 2.0". Download Center. Microsoft. October 16, 2007. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  3. ^ "System Requirements". Visual FoxPro Developer Center. Microsoft. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  4. ^ "Frequently Asked Questions". Visual FoxPro Developer Center. Microsoft. Retrieved 7 June 2013.
  5. ^ Pollack, Andrew (25 March 1992). "Microsoft to Try New Market By Acquiring Fox Software". The New York Times. p. D1.
  6. ^ Microsoft Visual FoxPro 3.0 for Power Macintosh Now Available, July 25, 1996, news.microsoft.com
  7. ^ "Microsoft Visual FoxPro 9.0". learn.microsoft.com.