>About Data/Entry retrieval applications, I used to think too that DOS does the job. Let me interject this: this might seem true when looking on the paper functional requirements, but they do not always tell it all: In VFP, users can open ad lib multiple instances of the same program or others.

Marc,
allow me to take Lucien's hat for a min.
but u don't need VFP for that u can still run DOS under windows
and get multiple forms open at once
at On Time we use Win95 with VFP but there hebrew modules
that are still on FP dos (hebrew support will only be introduced in VFP5) and do just that

Arnon