Well, it's both old and not very good technology for working with data -- according to those who are more in the know than I am.

VFP9, otoh, is great at working with data: nothing has changed. <s>

Hank

>Funny you should say that, Hank ;-)
>
>>The big problem for me would be that 7.1, the latest version, appears to have been released in 2003. A lot of water has passed under the .Net bridge since that time. IOW, it's all old technology.
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>>Hank
>>
>>>>>Hi,
>>>>>
>>>>>has anyone ever heard of Duwamish 7.0? A developer is proposing writing a system for me using this "framework". I would appreciate it if anyone can share their experience/knowledge of it.
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>>>>I'd heard of it - but that's all. I thought it was more of a sample app than a framework per se. But I guess if it basically fits your requirements then maybe parts of it would be re-usable.
>>>>
>>>>See:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa288561(VS.71).aspx
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>>>Hi Viv,
>>>
>>>Thanks, yes, that is the impression I have and based on my past experience of MS sample apps I am wary of using it.