David,

>For example, I was recently trying to find a way to derive just the file name or extension from a full path/name. Try pretending you don't know zilch about JUSTFNAME, JUSTEXT, etc. and then search the CD for a means of doing what these functions do. Let me know if you find them in finite time using the keywords that would normally come into your brain for doing same. I'm pretty experienced in the world of computer parlance and was striking out finding this functionality until I searched the UT message database for 'file extension'.

OK, I see what you're talking about. I guess the best answer, other than searching the MSDN and UT for key words and phrases, is to read through the entire Language reference at least once, making notes on commands you didn't know about.

That should take you just a few days -- something that most VFP programmers have had to do at one time or another.