>Ever need to say soemthing and can't think of the right words? See title ^ . What I'm trying to say is there a good or accepted 'norm' way of creating an interface for applications in VFP or any data-centric application for that matter?* (Data is the main reason for choosing VFP right?)
>* Notwithstanding customer requests
>
>For example the following questions:
>To Add, Delete, Cancel records -
> Do you use a Records menu? Put commands in the Edit menu?
> Do you always use buttons on your forms for this and/or menu?
> What about a Navigation toolbar?
>To Open a form
> Do you use Open from the File menu?
> Make a Screens Menu?
> Make a form where user picks a form?
>
>I could go on but I'll try to remain brief here. I'm not looking to be the same as everyone else or advocate such an idea but again, for lack of better words, I'm looking for a consistant, logical user interface for my applications. Is there a VFP consortium? lol
>
>Thanks
>John

I follow Windows standards as closely as possible. I have:

File > Open that displays a dialog box to choose the form to open.
All data manipulation (Add/Delete/Previous/Next, etc) are on the form and on the Data menu (the word record doesn't mean anything to the typical user). Windows guidelines say everything should be accessable via mouse and menu. I am redesigning my framework and will move the buttons from the form to a toolbar.