>Hi Kevin,
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>Have not yet - I have a deadline for the "planning/reco" phase and amongst other work, no time to "play around" with it. Question: what other software do I need to work on the demos - do I have to have Visual Studio (and then if so, is there a freeware/trial version of that). I know I could dig about on MSFT but thought a lot quicker to ask!
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>Albert
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>>Hi, Albert,
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>>Just a question, and apologies if you answered this elsewhere...
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>>Have you downloaded any recent version of .NET....have you tried to create any really simple demo forms/apps?

I'm sure you realize this - the sooner you get your hands dirty, the better.

I believe there are trial versions of Visual Studio - it's been a while since I've looked at links, but I believe trial versions exist.