>If one wants to be more OOP oriented and disciplined, should one endeavor to find methods of the classes in the framework that are being used rather than use a function or statement from the language?

Calling a method on an object seems confusing compared to a function call as in VFP or VB6, but when I'm working in .NET, I leave old habits behind. Trying to do things the old way in a new language may help in the short run, but may become an obstacle in long run.

Charlie