>>That may be, but there are still many more prebuilt controls, etc that already have explicit functionality such as textboxes, grids, etc. These don't exist in the .NET framework.
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>So, as an example, what sorts of prebuilt controls should be in the .NET Framework to consider it an actual application Framework?

- Application object with predefined PEMs.
- Application security
- Toolbars
- Data Entry forms. Specifically, in the VFP frameworks, when you create a data entry form, you get all the standard controls for previous, next, save, find, etc and the functionality for making them work.
- Prebuilt textboxes for dates, numbers, etc.

If the .NET framework did all this, Kevin McNeish would have no reason to port Mere Mortals to C#.