>Does NE1 have a suggestion on what books are
>really helpful for learning Visual FoxPro from the
>beginning?

if u are not new to programmingand databsing
then the manuals (yes the manuals) are very good - at least IMHO

>Also I would appreciate tips (advice
>from the pros) on what is needed to have a
>complete application (in foxpro) which scrolls
>through and has the ability modify an excel table.

u can use OLE to run Excel from within VFP
or u can IMPORT (or APPEND FROM) the file into fox
and EXPORT it back to excel in the end

HTH

Arnon Gal-Oz