Hello Mark,

>Thanks to all of you.
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>This thread is going a long way to helping me out of my dilemma.
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>I think I must clarify that I am not necessarily looking for the most powerful framework, so far they have all seemed fine products.
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>Since I am fresh to object oriented programming (6 months VFP) whatever framework I choose must be capable of getting me off and running quickly so I can continue to earn my living with little interruption.


You would ba able to do that with CodeMine. Go to their site and ask them to ship you the tutor part in the manual. That way you will see how to build an application and realize that it can be done without you mastering OOP.


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>Having studied this thread and the literature regarding all the available options I am getting the idea that the more OOP the framework is the steeper will be my learning curve. Am I right in this assumption?
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>It is this assumption as well as the flexibility factor that is making me lean more towards Maxframe.
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>Can those of you who remember the jump to OOP advise me of the framework with the gentlest learning curve in my situation.