>>At least they let you program in vfp. One of the main reasons why government agencies aren't usually good employers is their refusal to keep their tools, and therefore their employees, up to date. I worked for NOAA in the early '90s. Those crusty old oceanographers are probably still using FORTRAN.
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>Well, OFFICIALLY we're a VB shop....never mind the fact that 99% of what we do is massive record crunching, but we've got lots and LOTS of FPD and FPW and some VFP. I'm in the process of getting approval to move all of the FPW apps into VFP and TEACH VFP here. 'Course the fact that everyone is wanting to upgrade their machines to something that FPW won't run on helps.....and the fact that we can put it in VFP in 1/5 the time it would take to put it into VB. And personally, I *liked* FORTRAN (grin)

What won't FPW run on?