Hi Joe,

I have to wonder here just how much UI do you want a framework to really do. One of the nice things about many frameworks including MM is they let you use the UI controls and things that are best suited to your own budget and application style. MM has wrapped many of the existing user controls out there to let you use them with MM data binding, security, Language support, etc. You are not blocked from using other controls either just because OakLeaf has not wrapped them yet. I have some non MM wrapped controls in my applications but still hook into what some MM support.

MM also does have lots of support for Windows Forms, Web Forms, WPF stuff as well as WCF. Yes, I am prejudice as I use MM for everything now and am very happy with the level of support for what I need to do. I am sure Strataframe and others are also good, but don't discount MM.
Tim

>I have been looking at switching to .net from vfp. I have toyed with mm.net at bit but have not purchased it. I am the only developer at a medium size company and build in house apps. While mm.net looks great for the backend, it has nothing for the ui. I want to use WPF to make mainly UI's that look like winforms type apps for business but will use some WPF features for enhancements that aren't possible in winforms. We are actually on a spending freeze now but I want to use this time to check frameworks out. Are there any frameworks that handle both the backend and UI? Should I use mm.net and get a UI framework? Keep in mind the cost too. mm.net is something like $600-700 and then a UI framework for $???? and then Expression Blend on top of that all for something like$300-400. All makes me wish vfp was going to live.