For my own personal use, I was researching the same frameworks mentioned here. I was leaning towards Strataframe. However, I just finished the dotnet for vfp developers training by OakLeaf Enterprises and I was very impressed with the mm.net framework. The class itself is in vanilla dotnet (covers both vb.net and c#), but after showing how to create business objects the long way, Kevin then created business objects on the fly based on existing databases using a utility he wrote which is part of the mm.net framework. I was sold on it then and there. I've used other VFP frameworks before, but hadn't committed to a dotnet framework yet. What impressed me most about Kevin's is the separation of the tiers, the utilities to speed things up and ease the development time, and the ease of building on the framework for your own preferences. You might want to look at another opinion I found:

http://www.kellermansoftware.com/t-articlebusinessobjects.aspx

I took the online class and even if you don't go with that framework, I highly recommend the dotnet class. You also receive recordings of the class each night so you can go back over it later (and pause when necessary to take breaks or follow the process). Something great to have during a long plane ride! :o)


>Well now I'm really confused.... now that I've begun to research Visual Studio, I've been looking into framework options for .NET, and there are more choices than I originally thought. I've seen Mere Mortals around here for a while as an apparently popular VFP framework, and they seem to have gotten on the Visual Studio bandwagon pretty early with their MM .NET. Kevin has his own section here in the .NET area somehow, and none of the others do. I wonder how / why?
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>But recently I actually noticed the StrataFrame banner ad here on UT, and so I've been reading around to see what I can learn about it. It seemed impressive to me, and they seem to have a strong VFP background like Kevin too.
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>So, I need some help here... Can anybody give objective feedback to help me compare the two (or any other one that deserves consideration)?
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>Also, I noticed that DevExpress has a .NET frame out in beta ver 2. Has anybody looked into it? I don't really know much about them, but they seem to be some kind of player in this 3rd party market off tools.