Exactly. We have some talented HTML/Java guys in our shop and I am amazed at the work they can do ... equals/exceeds just about anything I can do in VFP with the additional bennie of using the browser metaphore, a standard for virtually any contemporary PC user.

>And your point is well taken. We haven't developed any new proprietary front-ends in over a year. Everyone wants their apps intranet or internet or both. The low maintenance alone is a great reason (Overworked System Administrator: "You want me to install this 20MB exe plus libraries on how many machines?!?"). And if you can dictate IE as the browser, there isn't a whole lot presentation wise you can do in VB or VFP that you can't do in the browser.
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>I guess Jim will get to yell at me too! %^}
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>>Nice points. I guess my main point is that there is a dwindling compelling need for proprietary front-ends such as those in VB and VFP. Scary, but true. Now I'll probably have Jim N. yelling at me ;-D