>The VFP docs have considerable volume, but they still lack *MUCH* information.
>And the KnowledgeBase is a poor substitute.

I don't agree. The documentation for the various developer products
are what I would consider adequate. The VFP docs do provide a lot of
useful info. Same goes for VB. It's there it's just not necessarily
easy to find - online books and searching can remedy that problem.

I think you're expecting too much from documentation. For a product
as complex as VFP you cannot expect to print a manual that covers
every little nook and cranny of a product. That's what specialized
3rd party books and magazines are for.

VFP is no different than any other tools from MS or otherwise. Just
take a look at the Delphi docs for an example. There's tons there
but you also will not find the down to the wire information that
you only gain by experience and participating in online forums.

SourceSafe however is on a whole other level than this <s>. The online
docs that come with it require its own dictionary to decipher the
terminology that is used to describe what should be a simple process.

And FWIW, I'm not affiliated with MS...

+++ Rick ---