>I had hoped to have finished with this, but ...
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>There seem to be lots of "experts" & people who have been around a long time, who keep telling me that it's wonderful here & I'm mistaken. As always - those that are part of the problem, denying there is a problem.
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>It would be interesting to hear the views of anyone else who has been here for around as long as I have, i.e. not long. Am I wrong in feeling that the place is very cliquey, not so welcoming to newcomers & intolerant of views that do not match those of the "inner sanctum".

Len,

There is no inner sanctum here (unless it's the one I'm in <g>). This is a global forum used by dedicated craftsmen (of which you are one). And I know if I have a problem or question, and you can help, you will make your best effort to answer it. After you hang here for a while, you'll know the people that can help. Mike is good for these type of questions, Ed or George are good at this and Nadya has a sense of these kinds of topics. and so on.

What I do, is I just read through the threads, there are so many clever people here, and I am either courious or desperate, and I just pop in the thread and "By the way, what or how about this. And (if I ask the question well), they'll give a response. Sometimes they beat me for not reading my help screen or not fully researching it, but they always share! They're professionals, like you, and have to market their wares everyday.

I just glad to be alive and making a living writing VFP applications with the confidence that (should I get in a bind) someone on the thread will help me out.

What kind of projects are you working on?