Hi Jeff,

VB is not that bad, but it just cannot do what VFP can , and it also does not have what VFP has!

If you are developing a new database app in a short time frame, I will wish you good luck.

Regards,
juan

>>The fact is that I switched to VB a coupla years back, and now I am back to VFP!
>>
>>>>I asked a local company why they don't list FoxPro in their ad anymore and here is their response:
>>>>
>>>>"About 90% of our work is Access. Foxpro continues to lose market share down from 40% when Microsoft purchased it to about 7% today. We patch Foxpro apps but we really get calls for conversion from FoxPro DOS."
>>>
>>>I disagree with your basic premise. There has been no decline in the use of VFP, but in fact evidence to suggest an increase in use.
>>>
>>>- more major Foxpro events per year
>>>- an increase in the traffic of the UniversalThread
>>>- increase in the size of the MS Foxteam
>>>- increase in the number of major Foxpro sites
>>>- VFP was chosen ahead of VI and J++ as one of the 3 core languages in the MCSD
>>>
>>>Anyone else have other facts?
>
>Hi Juan,
>
>I'm learning VB myself with the Murach's VB 6.0 book. I'm looking forward to developing some database apps with it to see how they stack up!
>
>-JT