To me it looks like you have absolutely no experience whatsoever in programming VFP, you are only talking about theory. In theory everything is perfect, but we live in the real world, which is completely different. In the real world, a mixture of VCX, SCX and PRG is the best, without any doubt. In theory you may write faster programs in PRG, but so what? You must program in days to save a few seconds, which to most normal people is plain stupid.

>Thanks to all who replied. This is the friend of
>the guy who started this thread speaking. :)
>
>The question was not put properly or at least only
>half of it was put forth. The first half - already
>stated is the difference in speed execution. The other
>half - is the speed in development.
>
>If you think only PRG against VCX, then PRG is the
>easy loser.
>
>But picture this:
>
>You design your application in terms of classes.
>Specifically, you put the design details ( like what
>are the class names, and the members of each class )
>in text files or dbf.
>
>Next, you 'feed' this design into a CODE GENERATOR.
>The code generator then generates the following:
>1- the dbf files
>2- the nonvisual classes defined in prgs
>3- the visual classes again defined in prgs
>4- the instantiation of these nonvisual and visual classes
>
>And what do you do? Just the real meat of your application -
>the logic of the business and all. The heck with the routine
>form layout and design and all.
>
>The problem is if you design with VCX, you have to do it
>by hand one class after another! The problem also with our
>visual class designer ( or at least as far as we know it )
>is that it provides only one way traffic : you can convert
>your vcx to prg, but no prg to vcx!
>
>Thanks again to everyone who will take the time to read through
>this and give their thoughts - they will help us a lot!