Cecil,
>Do you feel comfortable enough in this language and how long, if so, did it take you to feel at ease in it?<PMFJI ...
I think I felt pretty comfortable with .NET and C# after maybe a few months. I've been at it for more than 3 years now, going on 4.
Coming from a VFP background, let me give you one good tip in getting started with C# ... just like you (hopefully) did in VFP, sub-class all your controls right off the bat and work with the sub-classed controls instead of the native base classes (you know, like the TextBox, ComboBox, etc.).
~~Bonnie