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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.

I, too, have studied frameworks. Maxframe is a good Framework. Drew Speedy's philosophy is that Foxpro was never meant to be used in a completely object-oriented development environment. (The menu system and reports are two examples.) His contention is that the developer should use objects where appropriate and procedural programming when necessary.

Codebook pushes object-oriented programming by wrapping everthing in objects, including the menu system. I like this approach because it makes it easier to integrate things, but it does make the learning curve steeper. I grew up with Codebook, and I'm glad I did because now my applications are COM ready. I have been separating my application logic from my interface because I use codebook. This makes developing n-tier applications a snap. I feel the technology is moving more towards objects and away from the procedural approach. For this reason I prefer Codebook.