>>>>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. >>>> >What new VFP5 book are you all talking about? > Visual FoxPro 5.0 for Windows Developing an Application Framework by Nelson King M&T Books ISBN 1-55851-560-7 892 PAGES WITH 3.5" DISKETTE (diskette includes 100 pgs of docs, four standard app modules for modification, and a "complete application development class hierarchy.") Introduction Section 1: Starting An Application Framework Chapter 1: Organizing an Application and its Framework Chapter 2: Understanding OOP, Part I Section 2: Data Management for Applications Chapter 3: Data Management Fundamentals Chapter 4: Creating Data Management Elements Chapter 5: Using Database Elements Chapter 6: SQL and the Query and View Designers Chapter 7: Output and the Report Designer Section 3: Good Old-Fashioned Programming Chapter 8: The Programming Environment Chapter 9: Programming Basics Chapter 10: Procedural Programming Section 4: Object-Oriented Programming Chapter 11: Understanding OOP, Part II: Classes Chapter 12: Events and Methods Chapter 13: Debugging Section 5: Planning An Application Chapter 14: Application Analysis Chapter 15: Designing An Application Section 6: Building An Application Framework Chapter 16: Working on the Framework Chapter 17: Developing the User Interface Chapter 18: Mastering Forms Chapter 19: Mastering the Database Chapter 20: Advanced SQL and Views Section 7: Completing An Application Framework Chapter 21: Testing and Documentation Chapter 22: Standard Components and Modules Chapter 23: Delivering the Application