Fred,

>How can I best go about setting up access to a local SQL database and a remote Web Service within the same project? Can business objects for both coexist in the same application and interact with one another?

Absolutely...the key is specifying which business objects access local data and which access web services. Rather than having an application-level switch (as described in the Dev Guide) you can a different switch, or business object setting that specifies whether the objects should access data locally or via web services. If they access local data, they should instantiate a local data access class. If they should access data via web services, they need to instantiate a web service data access class.

Best Regards,