John,

>Very well. How then do you explain the volumes of books and articles that have been on the market with respect to VB and n-tier development? There is much more work published on doing N-Tier development in other tools than in VFP.

Very simple again: MS does not earn a penny when a VFP application is distributed. With VB the chance is that eventually they need SQL-server ($$$$) for their applications.

As always, the point is not a good tool, but always martketing and the money !!!!

Walter,