>Hiya Craig ---
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>That is exactly what I am stating.....logical (I have the word virtual on the brain) n-tier.
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>>I think what you are proposing is a logical n-tier design. It can be useful given the right circumstances.

Well... logical n-Tier is the best way to go, if you ever want to go to a physical n-tier... there are frameworks that already take this approach, all based on Flashes Codebook...

CodeBook 6.0
Mere Mortals 3.x and 4.x
Visual FoxExpress 5.x
Visual FoxExpress 6.x does to, and its design is already set up to physically seperate the layers if you want.

I would say, if you can't go physical n-Tier, logical is definatly the way to go. This will allow you to simplify your design... actually it is easier for me to understand OOP when I can seperate the Business Objects from the UI in my design and thinking.

BOb