>If there is something that you want to do that VFP can't handle, then you have no choice but to write a routine in VC++ or another language...I don't think you necessarily should write some code in VC++, only if it is something you need/desire to do (in my opinion). But, it is advantageous (sp?) to know you have the option...
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>What is Windows (DNA)?

Joe,

Here is excerpt from MSDNFlash, Volume 1, September 23, 1997. I get this via E-mail twice a month. Maybe someone out there can tell us more about it.

MICROSOFT ANNOUNCES WINDOWS DISTRIBUTED INTERNET APPLICATIONS
ARCHITECTURE
Microsoft announced the Windows Distributed interNet Applications Architecture (Windows DNA), a unified approach for building distributed, scalable, multi-tier applications that can be delivered over any network. Windows DNA is the first application architecture to integrate the Internet, client/server and PC models of computing for a new class of distributed computing solutions. For more information on Windows DNA visit http://www.microsoft.com/windowsdna/.