Tom,
I'd think any framework worth it's salt would require a learning curve and reading the manual from cover to cover - both of which take time. After you have played with it and created a couple of forms/reports you will then find there really is a timesavings. You have to convince your company that the time spent on the curve and reading/experimenting will be well worth it in the long run. Good Luck.

-Gil

>This was supposed to save my time, I am spending a whole lot of time trying to figure it out.
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>Never having coded object before this is probably not what I need to use VPM 6 standard.
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>I have a very simple app i want in a framework I run three programs that we are handcoding variables into every quarter.
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>Prog 1 Import the data files into a new table that has more fields.
> I simply hard code the names of the files in and hardcode the file out.
> I want the new way to ASK me which files and allow me to select them.
> Then use those selections to bring them in to the new table.
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>Prog 2 Costing - Go through the new table and evaluate the costs and spit the table back out with the fields filled in. again hardcoded and it works.
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>Prog 3 Sum up the table by month and spit out a report. Tada done - again hardcoded.
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>I want the frameworked program to ask the user using standard gui to go here and get this and then go to work.
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>Somehow I cant seem to even get one form to work, let alone find a file in a drive, unless I am missing a copy form type somewhere.
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>Of course learning object oriented would help but the company is not going to wait for that.
>sigh - tools are great, education and training is even better.