Ed,

I don't know how you interpret what I have said? Criticism? I am not frequently critical and it's not my pattern.

Saying things in proper perspective is more fulfilling than keeping it to myself. I did it without malice in mind. What if the book authored by Marcia not to the likings of the one who bought it whom she advised?
To me, I may be felt bad and cheated. But if Marcia is not the author of the book, well for her.

You mentioned again an MVP status...ohhh...it's a never ending issue. I have high regard and respect to MVPs when it comes to technical matters, but with Ethics, to some it's another issue to me.

It's easy to pinpoint good leaders, it's the way they handle criticisms ( destructive or constructive ).

>>>You should do yourself a favor and check out www.Hentzenwerke.com. There are several excellent references that will really make your life a whole lot easier. For beginning with VFP, I would first suggest WHil Hentzen's "The Fundamentals" and as a supplement to the Help File "The Hacker's Guide" (Granor/Roche). For several working examples, once you have some knowledge of the VFP basics, try "1001 Things You Wanted To Know About Visual FoxPro" (Akins/Kramek/Schummer). This, BTW, also has about 10 pages with classes, and working forms in chapter 6 on Data Entry Grids.
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>>In the context of what we call "ethical approach" with our profession, IMHO, directly mentioning your product (even without malicious intent) when giving advice is not good for you. I haven't seen any author here do that, no not one, even Rick Strahl (if they do, it is done indirectly). Better of letting others do it for you - effective and it returns positive result. Haven't seen your book anyway.
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>>Just my .0000000000002 cents opinion.
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>You're extremely overpriced and overrating yourself. Marcia's one of the most ethical individuals in our online community providing real assistance to people on a regular basis for the VFP community; she deserves the MVP award she received last year, and writes well, and makes sure she knows what she's talking about; I rarely see her open her mouth and insert her foot up to the knee.
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>I take it that I'm also unethical, since I often refer to my CLSHEAP and API_APPRUN classes. So's Doug Hennig for talking about SDT and SFReport. Jim Booth for telling people he's written useful books and articles.
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>Before making public specilation about other people's integrity, and questioning the value of their offerings, I suggest you closely examine yourself, and at least have a clue about the value of the offering before jumping in without undeserved and unneeded uniformed opinion.
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>>Cheers!