OK, I am considering throwing in the towel. I have decided to give dotnet a try.

One thing that will really help you to get up and running quickly is to use a commercial application framework to build your first apps. I started out using Strataframe, which was good, but, to the best of my knowledge, only handles WinForms apps well and has some limited functionality for webforms.

A pricier way to go would be to look into DevExpress. Not only do they have and application framework to support all flavors of .NET apps, they have an awesome suite of controls and a reporting engine that puts VFP's report writer to shame.