Hi Bob.

>I assumed you are saying that SDT provides a reporting capability that is more flexible than xCase?

Yes, because you get source code, so you can easily change any of the reports yourself.

>Also --- my assumption from the web site, is that I keep on going my design work in xCase and import into SDT. But [just guessing] it seems that SDT has additional information that I add in SDT, so i'm assuming there is some sort of intelligent merge, so that if I change a field definition in xCase and I've also added info in SDT, the import takes care of this?

Yes. There isn't really an import as such -- you do the design in xCase, then have it create the database and tables. You then point SDT to the database and let it do its thing (meta data discovery). When you change a field definition in xCase, you just need to do one thing in SDT: click on the Validate button so it re-reads the table's structure and updates its meta data.

>I'm also trying to decide on a Framework to buy but having difficulty in that. If I go ahead and get SDT now [this week], I assume I can get moving with my table design and then link the framework to SDT. The sort list for the Frameworks right now is VPM, VMP, and VPE

Yes, that's correct. Any of those frameworks will work just fine with SDT.

Doug