>> Yes VFP is a potential solution but from some manager's POV it has a limited shelf life.

That is something else that has me worried. There are not many VFP programmers in this area and the fact that MS is marketing .NET like crazy makes me wonder if the battle to keep the app in VFP is worth it. You are correct in that I'm going to have to make changes regardless and I'm not totally against using/learning C# but if all things are equal......

Lawrence