What database does TMG use? Thanks.

I believe they use Visual Foxpro.

Thanks - I see that Microsoft has announced its EndOfLife as of 1/12/2010, a year from now. I wonder what direction TMG will go from there.

While I have no official knowledge of their future plans I would expect them to go with whatever is the top of the line industrial strength relational database that Microsoft is offering at that time.

It was mentioned that TMG is working on Version 8 so maybe they have already chosen their path and it will be the first post Foxpro version... but this is only a guess on my part.

Version 8 looks like a 1994 version of Foxpro's interface ( Same icons, etc..) FoxPro can create much better applications than TMG v8 shows. What's going on?

Regards,

Three years ago, I was researching the various Windows-based genealogy applications, and my evaluation included identifying what the underlying database was. A previous poster identified the db. as FoxPro, which had been end-of-life'd at the time of my query. So, I went with a different application, which I'm happy with. Thanks.

FoxPro is still a good relational DB, but the interface could be improved significantly (the program interface is still in the 1990's). The program (v8) cannot import current versions of popular genealogy file formats (ie, those in the past two years).

What app did you end up using?

Regards,

After narrowing my choices down to a few contenders, I went with RootsMagic. My favorite feature is the ability to run RM on a thumb drive. And, I've learned quite a bit from their free webinars.

FYI, some time ago Microsoft extended support for VFP through 2015, but no updates are planned.

FYI, I purchased FTM2012 and cannot get it to reliably function in XP. Based on the hundreds of messages in their board section, I would say I am not alone. I got my data out of it and into TMG's latest version. So far, it seems to have completed the process fairly well. I am not as happy with the interface as FTM2012 but it certainly works MUCH MUCH better.