>I've never quite understood this mindset. Yes, .NET can't mung data the same way VFP can on the client side, but, are you suggesting that the VFP cursor engine be completely rewritten for the CLR? Or are you suggesting that the existing cursor engine work with the CLR?

I agree with you position, but don't make a port of the VFP cursor engine to the CLR sound impossible. There were ports to MAC and Unix that supported the cursor engine.