FWIW, Pete Kane was off base only because he missed the point of my query which was not about re-writing or creating a new product.

What I do not want to do is re-write 150,000+ lines of biz object code in order to make a 17 year old FPW2.6 application look modern. It's all about "how to get more life out of existing code."

There was a time, before VFP6, when it looked like a re-write was necessary and VFP was low on the totem pole. But VFP6 made it possible to continue on with the same old UI while focusing on the biz object. I'm pretty sure I can spiff up the UI while retaining most of the BLL and that's what I'm aiming to do.