Hi Francois ---

Aye, there's the rub. If VFP was a piece of crap and didn't do the things it does so well, most of us wouldn't be running around beating our chests about it......

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>The real pb is : what kind of product rivals VFP in database productivity...
>I have a slight reluctance to use DELPHI (currently on my desktop however).
>I'd prefer to go the open way. I welcome any experience on new java-based data-effective rad tools .