>>> Seems to me this might be a good place to start - any advice is welcome.
>Kevin's advice is good if you want to start with .NET.
>Have you learned SQL Sever?
>If not, that might be a good place to start also, since you can use it with VFP.

YeahI know a little SQL Server stuff. I've written VFP apps for a long time that connect to SQL Server, Oracle, and MySQL databases so I've played around with these some - but certainly not an expert (yet :) )