>>Nice series of posts. But, for sure, made for those with a strong or at least decent command of compilers (à la C/C++) or at least Pascal or Delphi. Not my case anymore.

You can use VFP Compiler with zero knowledge of C++ compilation: but you *must* have the C++ dependencies for your desired VC++ version. This used to be a big issue if people didn't install the C++ runtimes and gave up when VFP Compiler threw the errors described in his help documentation. I made that mistake myself once upon a time (blush.) Chen's latest version won't install at all unless it can find installed VC++ files and VFP files, which prevents a lot of the old problems trying to install or use the product without the dependencies.

For experimentation, I'd recommend installing just MS's VC7 runtimes (not a whole IDE) that work very well IME and don't bring a full NET install or VC++ development environment like some of the newer VC. If you prefer a more recent version of C++, you can install it later and select it at compilation time.