>This is weird. I've made a decision which may be short sighted in some ways. Monday I start a job in a VB shop. FoxPro seems like more than a tool to me ... I actually feel emotional giving it up for a while.
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>Of course I know VFP is still the hands down best database tool around. This won't be database programming, though. A couple things I'm pretty interested in: document imaging is the field I'll be starting in. The company also does some machine control programming. I always wanted to do that.
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>Besides getting out of consulting for a permanent job (my family needs stability right now), I'll be "expanding my toolkit", and hopefully my future. But I'm sure I'll miss the "FoxPro community" so much that I'll be back here some, even though I won't be using Fox professionally (much) for a while.
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>< snif > ... I'll miss you guys! (I know, I still can't have your Bud Light! :)
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>- Rich.

Wow... document imaging and machine control programming. If those aren't database programming apps, I don't know what are.

JMO, but it seems like the company you're working for may be short-sighted, not you...