> In FOX 2.6 (Dos and WIndows) I have a routine that rebuilts the cdxs based > on information I store in system tables in case the cdx is damaged etc. > This worked very well. When VFP came out it did not take long to realize > that the same routines would not work anymore, either on tables or cdx > files because of the info needed or stored in the DBC. This was going to be > big job. That is why I bought Stonefield Database Toolkit. For $249 it was > LOTS CHEAPER THAN MY TIME!!! After I saw all the code required to do that > simple reindex job I realized: WAS I EVER SMART! Well, I've got it kind of working already, and the trick is quite neat (though it still has to get some options I've planned, and to be thoroughly tested). My job in the office is to create the environment for my programmers, so I have to play Stonefield for them. Besides, most of the things (of the kind) are already written... so I'll just try to play smart some more :) > VFP is getting too complicated to write everything ourselves. Sometimes we > need to invest a little in our environment (frameworks, etc) When I've finally heard what the hell is a framework, it dawned on me that I've already created one for FPD2.6, and have already ported some interesting parts of it... and I've been thinking kind of OOP before, so the port is not such a hard thing to do. Another thing, which is off the subject here, is the money issue - on this side of the (rusty) iron curtain, $250 is not comparable to price of a few working hours - it amounts to some days here, maybe weeks. So, the time wasted vs money ratio looks quite different here. Well, everyone can calculate on the subject for himself, right?