...VFP, however, is MUCH faster dealing with cursors (data) than with an object's properties, so the functionalists (me included) will say that the business object's duties do not include actually handling the data, but just bringing the appropriate cursors on board and navigating, or deleting or creating new records. Besides, tier segregation is achieved anyway because the form doesn't have to know where the data came from. ...

This definitely makes sense to me. I am glad I asked for opinions before I went nuts linking every control source to bizobj property. Of course, I will continue to do more reading and studying before I finalize at least a trial methodolgy.

Kevin