>Hi all,
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>I don't have much experience with apps for the web. I'd like to write an app that will fuction similar to MSN Messenger. Can anyone with more experience with web apps tell me if this is possible with VFP?

I suppose you could do it in VFP. You have access to all of Windows INternet functions...

>Obviously, I'll need two apps, one for the server, one for the client and the West Wind package will be useful.

Yup. Actually, wwIPStuff might be your best friend here.

>I would like to have an icon in the taskbar. Can VFP create and manipulate a taskbar icon?

If what you're talking about is the System tray, yes you can, but its not easy. Placing an app in the tray requires that app to support callbacks, and VFP does not do that. But I believe that there is at least class here in the files section that works around the limitation.