Vladimir,

<1. Does CM provide an utility for creating new project hierarchy with subclassing core classes into project's subclasses?>

Yes, there is a "Create New Application" menu item that will create a new project for you, with empty subclasses of all the common components, using the language you select. This essentially will give you a skeleton application with a default menu and system toolbar that you can customize and subclass as you like.

<2. How easy is an SDT integration?>

That is quite easy. SDT is written very well, and works fine with Codemine.

<3. How does CM uses VFP 6 specific features like Assign/Access methods, IOW, is it independent from VFP version or not?>

We don't use Access/Assign methods at all, so you can use VFP5 or 6. The problem with access/assign methods (aside from not being supported in VFP5) is that they slow down the creation of an object that has them defined - even if they are not used. So if all your forms and controls use access/assign methods, your whole application will run slower. On a fast CPU the slow down might not be a problem, but we try to keep things a fast as possible for those who dont always have the fastest hardware to run on.

Other VFP6 features that we do use are bracketed so they are not executed when running on VFP5.

<4. What types of builders are included?>

We don't currently have custom builders. In most cases, setting up controls and forms is so simple that no builders are necessary. Grids are the one place where I think a custom builder would be nice, to help set up each column the way you want. Probably the next major release will have a few builders for grids and other complex controls.

<5. Does CM provide an builder for Datamanager class?>

The data manager does not need a builder, because there are only a few properties to control its default behaviors. The main use of the data manager is to provide a common place for you to code the business rules for a given set of cursors. Your forms will typically just be "dumb" interfaces, with no business logic in them at all. Only rules that affect the visual appearance of the interface are coded into the form. All the business and data rules are added to the Data Manager, which can then be attached to any form. The forms then inherit all the rules from the attached data manager object.

<6. Does CM provide SDI interface? or I should make my own?>

Yes, you can use an SDI interface, or the standard multi document interface style. Its just a matter of setting a few properties in the application object and forms.

< 7. Where I can see the whole class hierarchy (if possible) without buying it.
also, would be interested to see full list of features provided by CM>

I'll send you an email with some class hierarchy diagrams taken from the user manual. The website (www.codemine.com) should give you a good idea of the list of major features.

Hope that helps,
-Dave