>>As newbie in VB programming, I would like to ask here if the DE is a better approach in data manipulation? In VFP, DE is far better than hardcoded. Any ideas would be appreciated.
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>It might be good for a start, but in my opinion it is lacking.

I have used the DE and the Hardcoded way and I see advantages to both. While hardcoding may be faster (I didn't notice any difference). The DE is MUCH MUCH easier to maintain than hardcoding your recordsets. Of course it depends on the amount of documentation you have and how large your project is.