FoxPro

A dBase II compatible database system for DOS initially shipped as FoxBASE in 1984 and was then one of the first of the xBase products onto the market. Initially wildly popular with dBase developers but remained and English/Dutch language phenomenon since much like the later OnCMD there was no support for international character sets until after Microsoft had taken over product development almost a decade later, which meant that when competitor Clipper shipped in 1985 it basically ate up the international market and a good chunk of the local one.

A version of FoxPro for OS/2 had been developed and shown by the company but was never released even though it appears it was complete as it coincided with the Microsoft takeover of Fox Software.

Text & programmers editors with FoxPro support

• Boxer - FoxPro syntax highlighting support built in - Commercial - DOS and OS/2 versions discontinued, Win32 version still sold.

Versions

DOS

• 1984: FoxBase Version 1.0
• 1985: Multi-User FoxBase
• 1986: FoxBase+ - Shipped in 1985, adds dBase III compatibility.
• 1989: FoxPro Version 1.0
• 1990: FoxPro 1.01, 1.02 and 1.03
• 1991: FoxPro Version 2.0 - Introduced FOXDOC, portions rewritten from scratch and much faster
• 1992: FoxPro 2.5
• 1994: FoxPro 2.6

Macintosh

• 1987: FoxBASE+/Mac
• 1993: FoxPro 2.6 for Macintosh
• 1995: Visual FoxPro 3.0 for Macintosh

UNIX

• 1987: FoxBASE+ fox SCO Xenix
• 1993: FoxPro 2.6 for Unix

Windows

• 1993: FoxPro 2.5
• 1993: FoxPro 2.5a, FoxPro 2.5b
• 1994: FoxPro 2.6, FoxPro 2.6a
• 1995: Visual FoxPro 3.0
• 1996: Visual FoxPro 5.0
• 1998: Visual FoxPro 6.0
• 2001: Visual FoxPro 7 - FOXDOC removed.
• 2003: Visual FoxPro 8.0
• 2004: Visual FoxPro 9
• 2005: VFP9 Service Pack 1

Links

• FoxPro history site
• Visual FoxPro Wiki

Authors

• Dave Fulton
• Bill Ferguson
• Fox Research (Original publisher)
• Fox Software
• Microsoft