>As to the whole middle-tier argument, VFP is carving a niche to be the premier middleware tool insofar as it's data management and string manipulation capabilities. Does that mean that's all it does? Nope. But it does give VFP developers one area where there is a clear advantage in using VFP *over* VB. This does not detract from VFP's traditional roles, it just adds an area where we can excel in the Visual Studio world.


don't forget that the improved string handeling had another major goal in mind... WEB DEVELOPMENT... after all, building web pages on the fly, that present data require...

1. a FAST db engine...

2. SUPER FAST string manipulation...

Put that together with the genhtml classes and VFP looks like a great tool for building interactive web sites!

BOb