>>Interesting thoughts. So I think the QT designer using the xbase command set (lib) might work - if I follow what you did in the past. I know that xbase can open - but what about locking, updating, sharing and pasting SQL, etc.....????
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>>John
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>Textual xBase has the stuff to connect to DBs and ODBC. It would seem that beyond the connection, some of the issues you mentioned would be, at least from my limited experience, handled by the DB engine.
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>I know that VFP on a Windows box can connect to MySQL (on Linux) through it's ODBC using standard SQL connect syntax. I was never able to get an ADO connection (on the Windows box) to retrieve MySQL through the ODBC.
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>What is QT designer?

QT by Trolltech is a C++ IDE that builds crossplatform apps. Win, *NIX and Mac. Expensive for commercial use but 'free' as in beer for open source works.

http://www.trolltech.com/