>Hello all,
>I've been doing business apps with Foxpro since Fox-DOS, usually as a side tool, sometimes as a main tool. My learning pace dropped off around when Visual was released, tho I currently use v 6.0 and take (limited) advantage of the product's object orientation. At this time Fox is my main development tool.
>Knowing that I'm significantly behind current developments, I'm wondering what others would recommend as the most cost-effective thing to do in the short run to move closer to state of the art (as an independent, conference time and travel = money). I see a few things out there at the moment:
>--devcon conference
>--great lakes conference
>--books (Heinkenwerke(?))
>--training videos
>
>Any input appreciated, folks.
>Howie Brown

Look into a good VFP framework. Learn how to use it and it will be the foundation of your toolset. It will save you months of your time and provide you with professional results. Learning OOP is something you can do as you study the framework. An investment in this one item will be the best way to jump start yourself into the world of OOP.

As others what framework they use and why. For a few hundred dollars you will have a framework which will provide what you want. If you were to attempt to create your own framework it might take about a year before you had a useful tool. I think it is better to allow a software company to develop yuor framework, provide updates and bug fixes and you have a Internet forum to ask question and obtqain advice.

Learning how to use VFP is a lot of fun. there are many good books on the subject.

Tom