Ivan,

Thank you very much for your reply. I guess now I will need to download the trial version of StrataFrame and try it. As soon as I have a few days when I can concentrate on it without interruptions.

Again, thank you.

>Hey Dmitry, alright with you there?
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>I must tell you I've never tried the VFP form Wizard... I was completely spoiled by the CodeMine framework in VFP... :) (and still am)
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>But regarding the SF MaintenanceForm, it's not a wizard at all. It's a template created using the StrataFrame StandardForm as the base form.
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>So, yes, you can just choose to Add a New Item in your project, pick the StandardForm and drop whatever controls you may like.
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>You can do what I do... I have created my own MaintenanceForm template, based on the StandardForm, dropped my controls there, put the code where I needed, and now I use it whenever I want to add a new form in my project, so it is completely customized to my application needs and standards, even with the application LookAndFeel, which also comes as a component (DefaultApplicationTheme) in the framework that you can use and make all the UI look extremely consistent and professional.
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>Hope it helped.
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>Cheers.
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>Ivan
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>>Hi Ivan,
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>>If I may ask you a follow up question on your very helpful and detailed message.
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>>One of the steps you identified was:
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>>>4. Next I would create a MaintenanceForm (this is a StrataFrame template that already has their Gradient Form Header and a Maintenance Form Toolstrip on it).
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>>I presume that their MaintenanceForm is kind of like a form Wizard in VFP. I had burned myself at one time using VFP form wizard (too many dependencies, etc.) and don't like wizards any more. But even if StrataFrame MaintenanceForm is perfect, can I create my own WinForm from scratch, place all the controls (textboxes, labels, etc.) and then still use their objects?
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>>Thank you.