>> (1) How much money is needed to complete the job (meaning a person can compile their VFP code
>> and produce an EXE for distribution),


In the alternative, if someone would like to come and help me get my house ready to sell, and if they have a summer house or a rental house and would be willing to let me and my family (wife and son) live there, paying for food, electricity, car payment, etc., then you can have me until the project is totally completed for just that expense.

I don't want to get rich with Visual FreePro. I just want to be able to get by while working on it. I desire to use the skills God gave me to help people have better lives (developers have better tools, which makes better products for their users, which makes them more productive, so this one seed of low-level assistance branches out so far).

If it doesn't work out, it doesn't work out. I'm content to continue on. My family and I have talked about it many times. They agree I have skills in these areas and that I should use them, so we're in agreement that I will continue even if I am the only one. :-)