Hi Evan..

Good analysis here.
Except for one point, you can connect to SQL via OLE-DB in VFP. You do it through the ADO interface...

>>I would just like to know the advantages VFP has over VB.
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>Take a look in the faq section for an article called "foxpro vs access". It also compares VB, VC++.
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>Some advantages of VFP over VB
>- built in database engine
>- the fastest built in database engine
>- more OOP than VB
>- highly productive UI creation because of inheritance
>- inexpensively deploy large and fast file server based applications
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>Some advantages of VB over VFP
>- VB plays better with ActiveX controls since developers test with VB more often
>- VB has intellisense
>- VB6 can use OLE-DB to connect to SQL Server, VFP6 can't
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>By no means a complete list.