>I just received my Visual Studio 6.0 suite and am new to database programming. All the information is a bit overwhelming. Reading off the Visual Studio Library CD, I found out that VP can be used two different ways: front or back end. Front end method would utilize all the GUI features of VP while the back end method would concentrate on building a "sql standard data base" that could be hooked up to any GUI front end. Which end should I focus on first? Thanx. Joseph.

Actually, you can use VFP in more ways than described. It can be front, middle, backend or no data. Look for threads on the UT for learning VFP and check out some of the books.