>OK.. here we go, we got into a good discussion this morning. foxpro (me) against vb accessing access and dbf files.. whats the faster enviroment.. anybody got any facts they have learned from comparasions...??

Look at the articles in the Universal Thread knowledgebase there are at least two that compare VFP to VB/Access. Also do a search on "Visual Basic" you will see many many discussions on the merits of both.

A point to keep in mind is that you need to use the right tool for the job. Using any of these tools in an inappropriate way will slow down down development time.

Strengths in Visual Studio:
Visual C++: fast native code, tons of control. OOP
Visual Basic: does a little bit of everything. Lots of built in wizard etc to help new users get started. Big user base means lots of resources/money to build slick programming environment. Partial OOP implementation
Visual Foxpro: fastest data access. OOP


Some things that make VFP faster at database development that VB
- language is built around data manipulation, if you need a command/function it is probably already there
- controls/forms are inherently designed to work with data. In VB you must use "data controls"
- VFP has a better OOP implementation and supports inheritance which allows you to build a better application framework and thus build applications faster