Wow you do know a lot of nice acronyms :)
Are you not also a MS affilated janitor? VFP is a M$ product also.

I have never thought of myself as a janitor before but that is OK. I have always thought of myself as a servant. I serve solutions to others. We are all servants in this world.


>>JavaScript??? Are you sure you do not mean Java? There is a big difference between JavaScrip and Java. If you still mean JavaScript, then I can very easily find one thing that you cant do with JavaScript: build an EXE :)
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>I am new to it - I can do some things - the MSXMLMessaging object has really enchanced "simple" javascripting (ECMA?). The project allowed for HTML and JavaScript and VFP (ISAPI server). The sample "runtime" is Java, JavaScript, JSP, Apache. I had to reverse recognoitor a lot of java code and classes the runtime to do it.
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>Regarding the GUI and JavaScript. With VFP we have tansparent "Top Level" forms. With JavaScript the methods and events at the control level are almost on a par with VFP. My first foray was with CGI and everything (by design or my lack of skill) was page level. If the current page had an issue with a control's value - the whole page was re-written. Now a control can be cleared - modified - without a refresh.
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>But what I really like is the opportunity DHTML (albeit mostly non-W3C-compliant) offers to really do some really cutting edge stuff. I could lock myself up for a couple of months just trying to figure it out. It is exciting (at least to me!).
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>I would love to be able to blend DHTML strategies with my VFP projects. Like maybe I could just fill a VFP form with some kind of IE palette - toss the IE UI controls and DHTML the "viewable" stuff.
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>DOM, XML Messaging, DHTML and simple JavaScript and a browser for the UI and an XML file for the database. That's all you need - you don't need VFP or NET. All the DT apps could be script. Transact XML through XML Messaging (SEND GET) with a server when needed. XPoint the DOM to locate data or data sets.
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>It's so simple - just wordpad script - but so attractive - so appealing - maybe IT babes will call me Daddy when they learn I dig DHTML - who knows!
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>The issue is: Are we professionals or are we allowing ourselves to be cast as "software janitors". That is the issue.