>>I'm not an independent and the time I spend doing so ("rolling my own" utilities) in many cases has led me to a more thorough knowledge of the product. I mean you know me, Mark. I'm always interested in what's going on "under the hood".:-)
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>Yeah, I rolled my own under a much simpler FP 2.6 and had a smaller learning curve with SQL DML when VFP DBC came out. Most of that came from designing Oracle databases. So when I moved to VFP in our personal side business, I just did an evaluation of time/benefit/cost and got SDT. I could not justify the hours compared to the SDT cost. I can't even imaging how much time Doug has put into SDT then and now to upgrade it to 7.

Well, I'm sure that Doug designed the whole thing from the start with maintenance in mind.< s >

>I am really looking forward to moving to VFP 7 when it becomes available publicly where I can start using the DBC events [and other cool features]. I have been playing with the beta and am getting really anxious to be able to start using the new stuff in live situations.

Quit it! I haven't had (or better yet, taken) the time to play much with it. Oh, I've poked around with it, but really haven't "sunk my teeth" into it. It shouldn't be too much longer before it RTMs.