>I got an advertisement in the mail today from MS about VFP 6.0. The ad says 6.0 comes with a framework and class libraries. What are some early opinions of the included framework? Is it easy to learn/use? I'm still using 5.0 and am considering the 6.0 pro upgrade.

Yes! get it! It is worth all the bug fixes and other enhancements...not just the framework. Jim already addressed you specific framework questions.