>I feel like I could have just skipped #2...
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>1. Foxpro using @...SAY...GET in PRG text files.
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>2. Visual Foxpro using GUI in ??x files.
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>3. Visual Foxpro using classes written in PRG text files.

Hey Jay

You cannot code a form and get it looking as good as the visual tools as quickly.

The article http://advisor.com/doc/05240 tells of the dangers of making composites.

The article http://weblogs.foxite.com/andykramek/archive/2007/08/04/4508.aspx shows how it's more flexible to instantiate using factory objects.

I can't remember anyone suggesting a way to design visually, but use those objects as representations to be replaced with factory provided instances.