>I disagree. VB makes for an excellent front-end to SQL Server and is very capable of being used in large scale enterprise application development in either a client/server or (even better) web environment. VB COM is very powerful and should be considered for ANY database solution.

I know of o lot of VFP apps (commercial and and semi commercial verticals). I can name them. The only VB stuff I've seen are back-end viewers. The only (almost big offerings) I've seen rely on DLLs to do it. It just seems easier to whip through a VFP cursor using xbase than it does to to trudge through ADO using VB

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>It's all up to the developer on how well they design their application that determine's its success not the tool they use

Some developers write big integrated systems and some developers write smaller programs. There are big projects - there are little projects. I can see need for VB and component development. Have not seen the scale in VB that I've seen with xBase. I have seen never-ending VB projects. I have seen VFP replacements after a lot of budget had been thrown at attempts to do it in VB. I would wager that a lot of VFP projects will open, once the principals realize (ar finally admit) that the solution is just a bit much for VB.