>Hi Kevin,
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>I definitely agree with you here. I should have added this downside in my last thread. < g >
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>I did not like the concept of the extra layer innitially (lots of reasons) but its been very helpful during developement. If required, developers could create this extra layer only for business objects.
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>>Optimization is the main issue that is causing me to hesitate and think this one through carefully. User interface is the one area in which VFP is slow and I do *not* want to add any significant overhead.
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>>Regards,

There's also another reason, that's less obvious for you, English speaking guys. If I want my framework to be unilingual FRENCH, I can make my changes for the menus, etc at the I-level and my changes will be always preserved.

José