I personally tried VPM and I have seen bit and pieces Visual MaxFrame. You should seriously take a look at Visual FoxExpress (www.f1tech.com). It is a very robust OOP framework and n-tier development tool. Its architecture is based on the codebook principles. It integrates well with stonefield data dictionary and It has a number of neat features that truly gives you a head start on your apps. They are currently working on some modules to link the framework with the West-Wind internet tools. As far as I am concern, it can't get better than that (They just missed the DevCon "propaganda", but as far as I am concern it is one of the best tools. I have deployed a number apps using VFE, and I love it).