I've used xCase for 10 years or so. One of the things I really like is being able to get directly to the meta data since it's stored in DBFs. I often use them directly to make wholesale changes or to query the model.

If you can program TCL, you have the ability to customize a lot of xCase's functionality.

Gary



>For database design work, what is your preference & why - to use xCase, or Visio, or some other tool? Or, to work directly with SQL Server Mgmt Studio, setting up a test databse from which to eventually generate the actual database?
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>Thanks,
>Randy