Re: ADO future

Hi,

Is Win32 in the process of being deprecated by MS ?

Who told this ? When ? Why ? If so, why there are new api's are added in the
latest OS ?

Why there are no Dot Net applications from Microsoft ? Like office
applications or any other applications from them

and Why Visual C++ still supports unmanaged code

and Why there is no clear cut statement from Microsoft that, they are
deprecating.

I am not here to assume certain things and move forward with my
technological decisions.

I dont see anything new or great about .NET, which I cant do with WinAPI,
Maybe, for new developers it might sound great,
but it looks like a step backwards for me in terms of speed, overhead and
deployment. Libraries, they are for newbies, I can create my own.
and there is no source code given for their libraries.

Yes, my desktop application is a bit extensive and I CANNOT compromise on
speed, even very minute thing matters to me.

Venu

"Sylvain Lafontaine" <sylvain aei ca (fill the blanks, no spam please)>
wrote in message news:OyPNXivTIHA.1208@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Well, Win32 itself is in the process of beeing deprecated by MS; so even
without the question about ADO, the future of your product already looks a
little dimmmer and saying things like « I don't want to use ADO.NET or Dot
Net framework to develop my applications. » without giving the reason(s)
why
you don't want or can't use the .NET Framework will get you nowhere
excerpt
near an iceberg.

I don't know what kind of applications you plan to develop but if I were
you, I would be careful not to make a remake of the Titanic.

--
Sylvain Lafontaine, ing.
MVP - Technologies Virtual-PC
E-mail: sylvain aei ca (fill the blanks, no spam please)


"Venu" <venuc@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:%23VBWxyrTIHA.5360@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,

I plan to develop applications using Native Win 32, for which I am using
ADO as my database drivers.

I wonder, whether ADO for Win32 will long last and future updates will
be
made by Microsoft. At the same time, I dont want to use ADO.NET or Dot
Net
framework to develop my applications.

So, My question is, Is it a good idea to stick with ADO and Win32 and
hoping for feature updates for ADO technology in future ? If no, what
would be the likely time period this technology will last or supported
by
Microsoft ?

Thanks


Venu





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