>>And how many forms, er, screens < g > were written in FPW that could've been handled by a call to MsgBox(). That one alone made it worth it to always load foxtools.
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>Where were you when I first started writing FPW?! I didn't learn about MsgBox in FoxTools until I was switching from FPW to VFP! (sigh)
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Hi Rich,

I was right were I am today (in terms of employers). While forums existed (such as Compuserve's), there was no where near the accessibility that you have to-day, with places like the UT.

How'd I find out about it? I went through one of the samples that came with FPW in trying to figure out how it managed to create a directory. In the sample, it made several references to Foxtools functions. After fruitless trying to find what I thought was FPW code for the functions, I stumbled (almost literally) on foxtools. I then managed to find some documentation, and...