I just read a review of VB 6.0 on the Microsoft site. The first three bullets sounded awfully familiar.... now where have I heard of these?

- Integrated Visual Database Tools. Visual Basic 6.0 provides a complete set of tools for integrating databases with any application. Database features include design tools for creating and modifying Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle 7.3.3 or above, and AS/400 databases.

- Data Environment Designer. Visually create reusable recordset command objects with drag-and-drop functionality. Bind to multiple data sources for data aggregation and manipulation.
Drag-and-drop creation of data-bound forms and reports. Using the new

- Data Environment designer, developers can quickly drag-and-drop custom data-bound controls to create forms; they can create reports with the new Data Report Designer. Creation of custom data hierarchies is as easy as filling out a dialog box and dragging the command to the form.

The address of the page is

www.microsoft.com/vbasic/featurepeek/default.htm

Marty