Cindy,

I tried to book myself into a crossover VB course over here (VB for VFPers) but they have discontinued due to lack of interest??

I've always been a multi-tool developer but hadn't done much with VB until a client came along with a request to convert a VFP app into Excel/VBA (the VFP app used Excel spreadsheets anyway) - I also added the option of switching the backend between VFP and SQL by changing the connection string in a certain cell (two other cells held the two different strings).

I've also recently embarked on web development using ASP/VB/SQL where VB ActiveX DLL deals with the data acquisition from SQL. I now have a large set of VB ActiveX DLLs that my VFP apps use (login screen, email, licensing, encryption, aboutbox, etc) - VFP just uses CreateObject to create them and my VB apps (all quite small - still learning) also use the same DLLs.

I have also written a set of DLLs in VB that could have been done in VFP but I expect to sell the use of them to my Client's parent company when they get round to rewriting their system (I'm doing the UK rewrite, parent is in USA).

I hope you find as much use for multi-language development as I have (it certainly impresses potential clients). The work gets far easier once you've established a set of controls that can be used by any OO language.

If you need any help from somebody who has recently been through it, I'd be happy to assist wherever I can.