>Your subject made me think you were tired of this topic. Maybe I misunderstood? Anyway, thats what forums are all about, right? Regards...

Never tired of this topic! :) There's a lot of good in frameworks.

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>>>Hi MikeY :)
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>>>I hope it was OK to make such a post?
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>>What do you mean MikeR? :) It's my opinion.
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>>> Scott's thread looked like he was examining quite a few frameworks, so it seemed only natural for a newbie like me to find out what he decided on - and how he was fairing...
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>>It's really difficult to pick a framework. My focus is on productivity for me and for the user. I've taken MaxFrame and made custom modifications that result in reduced construction time for me, and high usefulness for the user.
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>>If only VFE could build systems the way I am now. None of the other frameworks have anything like my approach, but VFE comes somewhat close.
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>>>Regards
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>>>>Mike
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>>>>The only framework I'll recommend to you is Visual Fox Express. All frameworks have a huge learning curve. I use Visual MaxFrame Professional. It provides both monolithic and n-tier approaches. That may be a good thing for backward compatibility, but not for a newbie. With VFE you'll be learning the right things.
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>>>>>Hi Scott,
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>>>>>As a VFP newbie, I too am looking into 3rd party frameworks. I read thru all your messages in this thread and wonder what decision you finally made? I must say I do like the affordability of VPM (standard version) at $50! Sounds like an inexpensive way to check out a framework, decide what works for you and what doesn't etc. Even if you do not end up staying with it, you'll probably have a better idea of what you do want in some other framework...
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>>>>>OTOH, I did download their most recent sample appls. Neither displayed properly on my dual display XP Pro system. I think they try to auto-size their screens, miscalculating the size of my screen (twice what it really is).
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>>>>>Thanks,
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>>>>>-Mike