>>>>Hi Matt: Coming from a Clipper (dos) back ground, I understand why you must have
>>>>a base class for your forms, custom class for you app (library) and maybe a toolbar. But... are you saying that I should and can have a base class for my objects? Like command buttons,grids,etc...?
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>Actually, let me be a bit stronger and clear in this: I consider it bad programming practice under most circumstances not to use one's own bas class library, and do not accept in in my own programming environment.
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>One loses so much flexibility when using the VFP base classes that one may as well be using Visual Basic (did I say that? :)
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>The only exception to this rule that I use is a small .scx that is available in the public domain that manages current projects - by using the base classes, it does not have to be wrapped up in an .app.
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>Incidentally, I was a Clipper programmer in its heyday, too.

thanks David for answering...how can I get this *.scx public domain software?
By the way... it seems that a lot of Visual foxPro programmers where once clipper programmers just like all of us Music Majors had to go into computers to make money. thanks again...