>Why do you need only one tool Jess? Isn't that tantamount to you asserting that you only are capable in using one tool? I have a whole bag full of tools; some of which I'm good at and most of which I am so-so at using. I think the fear I percieve in your messages is eminating from your concerns that the one tool you know well is potentially being diminished. My response would be that the same brain that you store VFP commands in is able to also store VB.NET commands in. NBD really...

Doug,

Bingo! I'm hearing alot of noise from people in the community - both here and where I am - and all the arguments eventually fall into one overall category: Fear; fear of not having contracts, fear of having to learn something new, fear of taking a cut in the hourly for awhile, etc. I felt somewhat the same at first (though in a much more restrained and intellectual way) and decided to expand my tools rather than whine and complain about how it should be. I really enjoy (know) Foxpro and would love for it to always be able to do it all for a really long time, but I'm not willing to bet the mortgage and a certain four-year-old girl's future on it.

Renoir