>I maintain an order system for a plastics company written in Foxpro 2.0. I am currently researching possibilities for upgrading the application to a Windows environment. I would appreciate any advice or opinions with regards to Visual Foxpro as well as Access97, Visual Basic, or Delphi. We currently have 22 tables in the system the largest of which is about 35,000 records. There are about 15 users using Netware Client32. SQL server or something similiar may be considered in the future. We don't have WindowsNT just Windows95. The users find the application very slow so I'm looking for speed as well as something which doesn't have a large learning curve. I am familiar with Access and Powerbuilder. Thanks for any input.

We have the same concern before when it comes to upgrading our apps into windows based. First, I explored VB, and I found out that it is not objected-oriented (although a high-profile language), therefore IMHO, it can not compete with other tools like PB and Delphi when it comes to state-of-the-art application development. I tried PB, and this time a little convincing but the price is high. Delphi, some says its the fastest executable file could produce but a bit short when it comes to Knowledge Base support worldwide, besides its Borland!!! This time VFP, well very convincing despite the negative reports about it. Why?
1. True OOP development tool like PB, DELPHI.
2. Fastest Local Database engine because of Rushmore Technology.
3. C/S capable.
4. Gains Knowledge Base support worldwide.
5. Data-Centric Development Tool

It took us almost 6 months to decide, but at this time we do not regret choosing VFP as our Premier Development Tool.