Hi Cheryl,

Pardon my ignorance, but which Kevin are you refering to?

>Have you tried to apply the VCX idea that Kevin came up with to store DE classes in a VCX?

The approach that I use for my framework is that I use a .PRG for my base Session, DE, and Cursor class definitions with methods / properties that cover the basic functionalities. These classes have hooks to methods in visual decorator classes (e.g. container, custom) which are used to augment or overide default behaviors. As such, I never need to subclass the my base data classes. However, my base data classes are fairly robust to begin with.

At first, I was kinda hoping that the Fox Team would eventually visualize the base data classes. It really doesn't matter anymore because it actually forced me to use an important design pattern that is extremely flexible and easy to use - and with no builders. I hate builders.

My next project will involve modifying them to support XML messaging and stateless processing - in other words, bitting the COM bullet. Iv'e got alot of homework to do to say the least.