Hi,
Thanks for your summary!

>1) If budget is not an issue, I would use Visual ProMatrix and all the add-ons they recommend: xCase, xCase2VPM, VisualRep and ProSysPlus libraries. The pricetag for REQUIRED training and licenses is a BIG one!
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VPM+VisualRep is at the top of my list. There is only one hesitation, should I get the Enterprise version? For my first project, my customer is running a Novell 6.5 and I don't think they are going to install MySql there, at least not in a near future. So, it look like my first project can't be a client-server application.

>2) If you want to learn a lot about VFP coding and how things work, I think Visual MaxFrame is the framework of choice. The author, Drew Speedie, was one of the top VFP gurus.
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This is the most interesting recommendation! Do you mean VMP gives the best/full source code? Since the author Drew Speedie is no more around to help, I really wonder how this framework is going to move on in the future. As I have mentioned in the beginning, I really concern about future of framework since I probably will stick to one for a long time. Anyway, from the Wiki's chart, it seems VMP is the greatest and VPME scores very poorly. What I mean by "scores" is the overall #Checks

>5) And lastly, if you want to learn a lot about Object Oriented design and implementation, I would use the MereMortals framework (which is the only one I have production experience with).
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I think MM only supports up to VFP8, right? I am using VFP9+Sp1 and if I am not wrong there will be Sp2 in the future (before VFP10).

>Hope this helps and check out Thread# 1091269 for lots of feedback about the various frameworks.
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>Good luck!
Yes, it helps, thanks again.