Menu
Home
People
Places
Arts
History
Plants & Animals
Science
Life & Culture
Technology
Reference.org
Visual FoxPro
open-in-new
<p>Visual FoxPro is a <a href="/facts/Programming_language/cWTYbgWa">programming language</a> that was developed by <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>. It is a <a href="/facts/Database-centric_architecture/jApmmBGv">data-centric</a> and <a href="/facts/Procedural_programming/7r5xz7kx">procedural</a> programming language with <a href="/facts/Object-oriented_programming/TxNMEcao">object-oriented programming</a> (OOP) features. </p><p>It was derived from <a href="/facts/FoxPro/1KBHyeug">FoxPro</a> (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". <a href="/facts/FoxPro_2/1KBHyeug">FoxPro 2.6</a> worked on <a href="/facts/Mac_OS/EkobAhow">Mac OS</a>, <a href="/facts/DOS/6nkoK02J">DOS</a>, <a href="/facts/Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a>, and <a href="/facts/Unix/0pNL2seI">Unix</a>. </p><p>Visual FoxPro 3.0, the first "Visual" version, reduced platform support to only Mac and Windows, and later versions 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 were Windows-only. The current version of Visual FoxPro is <a href="/facts/Component_Object_Model/2DtIAufW">COM</a>-based and Microsoft has stated that they do not intend to create a <a href="/facts/Microsoft_.NET/Hh5tWDIw">Microsoft .NET</a> version. </p><p>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. </p>