>>I use StrataFrame, and have read a bit about Ideablade. As a StrataFrame user, of course I'm biased, I love it.
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>Hi Ivan -
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>I'm evaluating Strataframe now. Do you find that you can customize and extend the framework as we do in our VFP frameworks by creating your own 'subclasses' ( I realize they are not really done that way in .net ) and not have your modifications over-written if a new version comes out? For example, if you wanted to add some methods to the business object or the maintenance form, could you protect your enhancements from an 'upgrade' of the framework. ( I get the impression that since you pick the objects you add as you create a project you can choose your own versions if you have made mods, but I don't really understand how 'inheritance' works in the .net world yet )
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>Have you tried using any Infragistics stuff or other 3rd party tools with it?
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>I really like what I have understood so far - the business object idea is of course very familiar to me as a Visual FoxExpress user - and I like the way they objectify data.
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>What do you think of the Database Deployment toolkit?
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>I'd certainly be interested in anything you had to say about Strataframe.
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>TIA

Hi Charles,
I strongly suggest that you should also evaluate Devforce too (and yes as of now I'm a Devforce evangelist and thus biased). All your questions get answer beyond your expectations there.
Cetin