Chuck (via Ed (copying JohnK's idea)),

I agree with Ed's statement but offer a word (or few) of caution. . . VFP is *VERY* siginficantly different from FP 2.6. I've had it since 3.0 (the first) and while admittedly I have been doing other work since then, so have not given it my full attention, the *LEARNING CURVE* is ***STEEP***. This is amplified because of the quality of the documentation.
Be ready to read FAQs till the cows come home, use MS KnowledgeBase and the one here on UT extensively, and give yourself TIME to get up to speed.

This can be countered (to the boss) by telling that *any* *NEW* language will have such overhead, and you have some head-start with VFP becuase at least 99% of the "old commands" are supported. Some of those old commands have enhancements too, most of which are very very useful.

Good luck,

Jim N

>>We received VFP 6.0 and I am former FPW 2.6 (intermediate level). I requested to my supervisor to send me to appdev training (in Chicago) and the following is her reply to me:
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>>--quote--
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>>Before I can make a decision about training, I need to know that you've researched VFP and are sure this is the way we need to go in order to develop the systems we'll need.
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>>Will we be able to take data from the files and create Web documents?
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>>Can we have multiple users doing entry and/or look ups in the system at one time?
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>>How easily is it to convert data to Excel spreadsheets?
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>>Can users us other reporting tools to create their own reports form the files (other than programming the reports for them?) (tools such as Crystal Reports).
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>>I'd like to know the advantages of VFP over other products.
>>
>>--unquote--
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>>I made a mistake few months ago to switch to Access 97. I created one
>>application with Access 97 and I wished I did not thought of doing that. Now, I want to advance myself to VFP and be with it.
>>
>>For those who did went to appdev, how was it and do they give out
>>"workbook" or "textbook" to do samples (I need that).
>>
>>Feed me with words.
>>
>>Thank you.
>>
>>Chuck
>
>You can answer strong 'Yes' on all questions. If you need additional VFP info for your boss, then go to MS VFoxpro page and print out it from there.