Hello Alex,

Good points, to me ALL applications I write are Data Based Apps.

Bob

>>...What should the comparison be??
>>Really a tough call, but I think it should be how productive an experienced programmer can be using the tool of their choice.
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>Bob,
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>That is the key question, along with the right tool for the right job. I wouldn't choose VFP to write a video game. But I certainly would consider it for any data-based job.
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>I am currently developing a big data-based app. The front-end is VFP 9.0, the back end is SQL Server 2000. requirements also need it to work in disconnected-mode on laptops in the field to collect information.
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>Sure I could've chosen to write a .Net WinApp using SQL Server Express or MSDE as the local repository (or even MS Access which works well with .Net too), yet I chose VFP+DBF for the local portion.
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>The question was that VFP is perfectly suited for the job. .Net requires experience and external components to work together. Of course my having much more experience with VFP than .Net WinForms had a lot to do with it but I would ask, if you make a competition between two competent developers with the same time (years) of experience in VFP and .NET respectively, which one would produce this app faster and cheaper?
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>I vote for VFP hands down.