>I'm thoroughly enjoying my reaquintance with Foxpro - I started with dbaseII on a CPM card in an Apple 2e - last major project was a large multi-user on Foxbase and some small stuff on Foxpro 2 - then job turned me in another direction.
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>Now I've got time to jump back in with VFP6 - I'm glad I've got the underpinnings of previous experience with structured 'base' code.
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>I'd like suggestions on how best to get up to speed on the object oriented front - looking more for publications or resources - or methods of study.
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>And, for the first time in my database life, I don't have a project with a deadline that's driving me forward. That means I can explore as I go along - trying to get a wide view - rather than having to tunnel through to just get at the specific needs of the project at hand.
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>Thanks in advance for any comments and suggestions.

Hi Steve,

Let me agree with Josh's suggestion about Whil's book, and add that the four most often used and highly dog-eared books in my VFP collection are (not in any particular order)
Programming Visual FoxPro 3.0, by Whil Hentzen
Hacker's Guide to Visual FoxPro 3.0, by Tamar Granor and Ted Roche
Visual FoxPro 3 Unleashed (Second Edition), by Bazian, Booth, Long and Norman
Visual FoxPro 5 Developer's Guide, by Microsoft

Although the first three titles came out when version 3.0 was current, the information can be easily applied with versions 5.0 and 6.0 as well. Also, there are some good sections about design concepts, OOP, and other general topics which I found very helpful when I was getting started with object oriented design and programming.

I'm sure the new set of books on VFP 6 that Whil Hentzen is publishing will be very worthwhile as well, although I have not seen them as yet.

HTH,
Rick