Hi, gang...

We have a large VFP app that we ported to SQL Server this year...so basically we have a thick VFP client where we moved all the DB logic to stored procs in SQL Server 2000.

(Before I continue, I want to stop here and thank many people for all the help they've given me in going from VFP to SQL Server - there are too many names to mention, but I would like to at least thank a few who have been particularly helpful...Sergey, Larry Miller, Steve Gibson, Vlad, JVP, Craig, etc. All of you guys are the best...the price of admission for the UT is a drop in the bucket compared to what I've gained from it.)

Next year we plan to port that VFP app to the Web, most likely with .NET. I've bought about 4 .NET books and have waded through all sorts of sample code for ASP.NET. Basically, I'm trying to 'figure out' how to take the general functionality of our interface and make the same thing happen in a Browser with ASP.NET. There are some things I've figured out how to do (like using the DataGrid control and other controls)...but some of the mechanics I'm still lost on.

For example...we have a form that can potentially show hundreds of thousands of accounting deductions in a grid. We pop up a filter window and let the user select from a variety of filter options. The software builds the filter string, executes the filter (as a SQL SELECT statement), and displays the result set in a grid. The user can report on the result set, can go edit/modify/resolve deductions, etc.

In ASP.NET, I know how to do this...but only if I put the filter options and the grid on the same 'page'. I don't quite (yet) get the mechanics of how to collect filter criteria in one window (page) and then display the result set in another.

I'm not so much asking for an answer on that specific question (though if anyone has a simple answer, that would certainly help)...I'm asking a more general one. For someone who is looking to port a pretty UI-rich desktop app to the Web, who understands the syntax and general usage of .NET but not necessarily how to apply it to moderate-complex UI requirements...is there any source of information, user group, books, web sites, etc. where I can 'soak up' some additional awareness?

Thanks,
Kevin