>Can I get some opinions on a few of the frameworks that are on the market? I believe the two most popular are Visual Express and Visual ProMatrix. I have recently seen a few others as well. I am trying to select a strategic product to use in the development of multi-user software that will be marketed to private business and public organizations. I am looking for a much shorter development time, good performance from the end application, security, client/server support, and hopefully the framework will be easy to use, well documented, and have good technical support. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
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>Thanks,
> Steve

Hi Steve,

There are alot of good frameworks out there to choose from, and most of them have what your looking for. Many developers will tell you the the differences basically amount to your own personal preferences (atleast thats what I was told). I went with Codebook for Mere Mortals.

My reasons were that the Developers Guide documentation is absolutely fantastic and is helping me past the initial VFP learning curve tremendously. Also, I liked the fact that is was an extension of the original Codebook standards. Plus too the product is constantly upgraded and expanded, your initial investment includes several updates for the first year that you own it. And the technical support available for this framework is a nice way to go I think. See http://www.oakleafsd.com... or wait and I'm sure Kevin McNeish will add to my response in a day or so ;)