Thanks for the good reply.

I would like to add to your comments.

Yes people are still doing lots of development using VB 6.0 and Visual FoxPro, etc. I am still doing lots of both. I don't think it's realistic to just begin rewriting applictions wholesale.

However, the future of development for the MSFT platform is pretty clear. MSFT is moving forward rapidly with .NET. Hell, I see commercials on TV about .NET. VFP developers need to be prepared for the future and now is the time to get ready.

I think VFP( and VB 6.0) developers need to invest in learning .NET now, while they still have work and whild time is on their side.

Instead of developing that web service in VFP why not do it in ASP.NET. The VB.NET language is not that different from VFP. Yes there is a learning curve for people but that's most of the fun isn't it ?

Is .NET mature ? Hell NO! For instance; we are doing .NET dev now and are using some 3rd party grid controls. These controls have problems but are sufficient for now. Will it get better ? Absolutely!

Visual FoxPro programmers now have the chance to be some of the best .NET programmers. Why not take that OOP experience and put it to work in this new and uncharted territory.

That's it for now

ROdman