>I used to think that about VFP.. :-)
>
>Seriously, VFP 3.x and 5.x left me very frustrated whenever I tried
>to get grids or multicolumn list boxes to work the way I wanted them to work.
>I needed grids with subclassable columns and headers, and list boxes
>that had properties which were named something akin to what they actually did.
>
>Alan (of KSoft) and I used to work together. I know he has good intentions
>for dBase 2000. I hope he can pull it off. Maybe he can scare Microsoft into
>putting more resources into VFP.
>
>
>>I have no desire to go near Win Visual dBASE.... :-)
>>
>>
>>>
>>>The Linux port has me very interested as well.
>>>
>>>I haven't used Visual dBase very much, but from what I've seen of it, I think
>>>they have a more complete set of base classes then does VFP.
>>>Whether or not it ends up easier to use or not I can't say yet.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>>Hi Martin ---
>>>>
>>>>My second post on this. Digging through the website, I notice that a high-priority goal is to create a dBASE for Linux. This has me greatly interested as it may be a way to port VFP/FP skills to the Linux environment.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>Press release and details are at www.dbase2000.com

Grids are a PITA, IMO. I Only use them to show static data and to let users select a particular record they want to work on. Although it sounds that what you were trying is doable.

On the other hand, maybe they will get MS to buy them out! (Read: Ka-ching!)