Hi Randy,

>Is anyone else using Dataclas/VFP? I have found a bunch of features that aren't documented in the included reference manual and was wondering if anyone else has any thoughts on taking advantage of these items, namely the logon screen an user level settings.

One of the primary things to keep in mind is that DataClas/VFP is the data object. While we provide a free framework with the product, you don't have to use it. You won't find much in the way of docs on the framework because it's really just there to show you how to build a DataClas/VFP app. Does it work? Absolutely! Could it be extended to be more robust? Sure, that's why we give you the source for free!

>and a few things bother me, like the hard coding of drive paths in the main.prg.

Again, the framework is provided free of charge for you to use if you want. The drive paths you mention are all relative paths to be used by the app.

LOCAL lcClass_Path
lcClass_Path = "Classlibs\"

That just makes it easier to do things like

SET CLASSLIB TO (lcc_ClassPath + "MyClasses1") ADDITIVE
SET CLASSLIB TO (lcc_ClassPath + "MyClasses2") ADDITIVE
SET CLASSLIB TO (lcc_ClassPath + "MyClasses3") ADDITIVE

and so on without having to worry about pathing if you decide to move your source code to another directory.

Hope this helps...

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