It is a combination of both. The VFP objects acts as a wrapper around the ADO objects. The new version - DataClas COM is more of a direct interface to ADO.

HTH..

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>>Hi John..
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>>Your objects act as the interface to your add, delete, and insert operations. Ideally, you are using stored procs for everything. Your stored procs can then trap for errors and in turn, pass these errors back via the ADO Command Object.
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>>For more information on the proper way to architect and construct an n-tier application: consult: http://www.takenote.com/dc2000.htm. Even if you don't use dataclas, the help docs are a good resource for architecture ideas.
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>>Best,
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>John,
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>I went and had a quick look at the Takenote solution. Is Takenote using an ADO object to pass the data back and forth, or are they really binding data to VFP object properties and sending that back and forth?