Why VPM?

Starter Application - a Big Head Start	When you begin a new VPM application, VPM creates a starter application for your in about one minute. We believe that it would take even an experienced Visual FoxPro developer at least two years to create the starter application that VPM creates for you in one minute. If saving two years of development time isn't enough reason for you to choose VPM, read on.
Documentation	Ever use a software product with bad documentation? Frustrating, isn't it? Inadequate documentation can make a good software product almost useless and what's most important, bad documentation wastes your valuable time. VPM documentation is rated "excellent" by our users. Some VPM users have told us it's the best documentation they have ever seen for any software product. VPM online and printed documentation will help you get over the learning curve in record time.
Testing & Debugging	How much time do you spend testing and debugging your VFP applications? Not enough we bet! There never seems to be enough time to test your code as thoroughly as you like. VPM drastically reduces the time you need to test and debug your applications. All the code VPM provides has been thoroughly tested by our staff and in thousands of VPM applications running all over the world. Because at least 80% or more of your application will consist of VPM code, VPM reduces the time required to test and debug your apps by at least 80%.
Organizes	The Visual FoxPro interface by itself doesn't give you a clue about how to create a VFP application. As you pull your hair out trying to figure out how a VFP app should be built, your time is wasted. Visual ProMatrix organizes VFP application development for you. VPM leads you through the development of VFP applications and puts the tools needed to create professional applications at your fingertips.
Manages	VPM manages and controls your VFP application development. VPM tracks all the pieces of each application you develop, and allows you to easily access all the objects that belong to an application. You don't waste your valuable time searching your computer for that form you worked on last week.
Automates	VPM is a VFP application wizard. VPM automates as much of your VFP application development as possible. Automation means less development time for you.
Tools & Features	VPM automatically adds the tools and features that professional VFP applications must have. You don't even have to think about it. Most developers never find the time to even design the tools and features that VPM provides automatically, let alone program them.
Form Classes & Builders	VPM provides predefined form classes for the kinds of forms that FoxPro developers need to create (for example, forms with toolbars, forms with pageframes, one-to-many forms, related pages forms, etc.) But that's not all! VPM also provides Builders that lead you through the creation of forms using the VPM form classes. You can create sophisticated, complex forms without writing one line of VFP code.
Testing Forms	With VPM you can run and test forms directly from the VFP Form Designer. You don't have to waste your valuable time rebuilding and running your complete application just to test a single form. This may seem like a minor time saver, but as you work on an application, the time waiting to rebuild adds up and becomes frustrating. VPM is the only RAD tool for VFP that provides this valuable feature.
Data Builder	The VPM Data Builder provides a complete, fully-active data dictionary for your applications that goes far beyond the Visual FoxPro DBC in helping you manage application data. The Data Builder lets you define database, table and field properties that are automatically used as you create application objects such as forms and controls. The Data Builder makes much of your application development "data-driven". That saves time, particularly when you need to make data-level changes. Changing data properties in the Data Builder automatically changes the application objects (such as forms) that use those properties.
Free Table Support	Sometimes you may need to use free tables in your VFP applications instead of tables in a DBC. Through the VPM Data Builder, you can set up table and field properties for free tables just like the properties VFP provides for tables in a DBC. If you need to use free tables, VPM provides the same time saving advantages for free tables that VFP provides for DBC tables. VPM is the only RAD tool for VFP that provides this valuable feature.
FoxPro 2.6 Table Support	Visual ProMatrix lets you create Visual FoxPro applications using FoxPro 2.6 tables but with all the database, table and field properties that VFP provides only for tables in a DBC. That means that you can create robust VFP applications that use the same data as your FoxPro DOS or Windows 2.6 applications . If you're a developer who has created many FoxPro DOS or Windows applications, you probably don't have time to convert all your DOS and Windows applications to VFP at once. VPM's FoxPro 2.6 Table Support comes to your rescue by letting you phase in new VFP applications that run along side your FoxPro DOS and Windows apps. You don't have to convert all your DOS and Windows apps at once. VPM is the only RAD tool for VFP that provides this valuable feature.
Field Validation	VPM provides predefined field validation methods. That means you don't have to write the code to validate most fields in your tables. You can simply select one of the validation methods that VPM provides for you. What's more, users of your applications can set up or modify field validation if you want them to.
Object Builder	VPM's unique Object Builder displays a picture of your application's menu to make access to all the pieces of your application easier and faster. You don't even need to remember file or object names to work on the pieces of your application. You've got to see the Object Builder in action to believe it! VPM is the only RAD tool for VFP that provides this valuable feature.
Product Builder	VPM's Product Builder leads you through the steps to package your application for distribution on CD-ROM or diskettes.
Two-Tier Class Hierarchy	VPM's unique two-tier class hierarchy lets you (1) make class changes at the VPM level that affect all your applications and (2) make class changes at the project level that only affect a specific application. VPM's two-tier class hierarchy is a tremendous time saver if you need to make class level changes for different applications. VPM is the only RAD tool for VFP that provides this valuable feature.
Customization	VPM is fully customizable. You can create your VFP applications your way with VPM. That saves time because it allows you to create all your VFP applications with VPM.