>I can find any new comparisons that show the pros and cons of using VB 6 over VFP 6 or vice versa. I love VFP for its integrated database and speed. My boss wants VB because that's the buzz word in the development arena. I work for a school district that wants to place mainpulate about 40 Mb of data per school server for a new project. A co-worker is having trouble with Access because it seems to choke with different issues.
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>Can anyone point me to a place that shows the pros and cons of each? I'd be happy just to get some of your own observations about either.

Search or Visual Basic. This topic comes up often. Also:
http://members.home.net/bmassi/my_visual_basic_tips.htm
http://www.lespinter.com/Articles/English/216.htm
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q168/5/49.asp
http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~SqlVsDbf

In my opinion the main reasons for using VFP over VB for data centric applications are:
- fastest database engine
- good OOP implementation with inheritance (think RAD and reuse)
- good data manipulation language
- cheap to deploy (no need for expensive SQL licences)
- can put off move to SQL Server longer than with Access