FoxPro

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This paper attempts to analyze the main features of the spreadsheet, FoxPro, from the perspective of its usability by a business manager. It primarily compares it to its Microsoft contemporary, Excel, discussing such features as user interface, date integration with other programs, and the overall flexibility of FoxPro's programming environment.

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"On the surface, to some FoxPro might seem to be an exciting product. Perhaps in some cases it is. After all, it does allow one to customize their work by creating new objects in other words, by inheriting the actions of existing objects workers can create new designs custom tailored to one's particular needs. Although this may sound complicated on the surface (and for some, it is), in the right hands FoxPro can allow a company to create "custom" data-handling tools with which to improve the productivity of the business. Additionally, like other database programs and programming applications, one can use simplified wizards to produce forms, tables, as well as reports while still being able (should one have a capable programmer) to create a "starter program" from scratch (Fiebus, 1998)."

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