>Hi Alex
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>Long time no speak! Hope you are well?
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>>I decided three years years ago that I was not going to continue with .NET after taking a stab at it, but I am not stupid enough not to think that MS will get it right eventually (they say it's usually in version 3).
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>.NET is great in V2 so I imagine V3 will be brilliant <s>.
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>>The StrataFrame approach seems interesting. From your description their approach is an application generator with source code, so you understand it better. Is that correct?
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>No, that is incorrect. StrataFrame is a framework, not unlike Codemine. It has many gadgets and gizmos that hook into VS2005 but, you have form classes, control classes, business objects, a data layer etc.,
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>It is very data-centric in its approach. You drop a control on a form, you select the binding field and you are done. It is very RAD and for a new framework, it is rich and maturing nicely. It also has a very easy learning curve (as does Codemine) and the support is excellent.
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>If you are interested in StrataFrame, I would be happy to give you more information and or/assistance with it, should you get a copy in the future.

Thank you for the offer. I will take advantage of it when the time comes.

For the moment VFP + Codemine suit me fine. Right now I am trying to fully understand a spin-off of our main product for which VFP + Codemine + wwBusiness (Rick Strahl's business object class) will be perfect: intense data-munging, easy deployment, and can take advantage of some code I already have. On the other hand, I am mentally stuck since this is the first project that I do with business objects and I am sort of lost. I may write one version to throw away. When completed this will be an important new product for us, so I will be wedded to VFP for a long time. It is a desktop app that may access remote data in some cases. That is another reason why wwBusiness is a good fit.

Glad you feel empowered with two tools. Not many can say that, you know.

Alex