>>>
>>>HOWEVER, it was better organized (my opinion) than the VFP documentation.
>>>
>>>I felt somewhat misled by the title, expecting to read a lot more about
>>"framework", the benefits thereof, and recommendations for making one's
>>own. There was extremely LITTLE in this regard.
>>>It comes with a diskette, but there was so little in the book that I never
>>even bothered with the diskette. Maybe everything that I feel was missing
>>is in there, but if it is there ought to be some clear mention of its
>>content in the book. There was almost nil on that!
>>>
>>>All in all, I think it would be helpful for a genuine novice, but I think
>>I am a tiny bit beyond that and I found it not enlightening at all.
>>>
>>
>>
>>Thanks...that's exactly what I thought someone would say....sounds like it
>>is typical of his past writings.
>>
>We've got to be careful here not to just toss it out. We need a book like
>this to point novices to, whether they be brand new to VFP or legacy gurus
>just coming off spaghetti code into VFP. THey won't need a more advanced
>book and they sure need to know all of the background that you must work
>around to get into a really usable framework.
>
>I'm not saying this book is great. I haven't read it. I'm sure not going
>to say it's advanced. But, where are all of the other books on frameworks.
>You have to start somewhere.
>
>When you get right down to it, I haven't liked all of any FoxPro book I've
>ever purchased, and I've purchased a lot of them. I'm always looking for
>at least one or two more major topics that weren't addressed that I thought
>should have been addressed. Or, if there's a chapter in any book on using
>the Windows API with FoxPro, I would think that most people would say they
>weren't satisfied with what they saw because they just didn't go far enough.
>
>Bottom line, at least we have another VFP5 book that someone can use.
>
>==Carl

Carl,

What new VFP5 book are you all talking about?

--Holly Clawson