>Developers and architects are often the best people to decide what is best to use and why, but I will offer you some suggestions to consider. If your data is in SQL Server, then using VFP 7.0 for the smart client (desktop) and/or the middle tier is very useful and powerful, properly the way to go. If you need to add web/internet access to the application, then adding ASP.NET to the application is a good solution. VFP 7.0 + ASP.NET + SQLServer is a great solution for many modern and future applications.
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>I will add for your planning purposes this additional information. The next version of VFP (Toledo, Visual FoxPro 8.0) will have new and improved features and functionality for both SQL Server integration with VFP as well as new .NET related features including ADO.NET with VFP interop. VFP 8.0 will be even better at integrating with SQL Server and ASP.NET/ADO.NET than VFP 7.0 while being backward compatible with VFP 7.0. More information and details will be announced and be taught in sessions at the upcoming DevCon conference Sept 29th-Oct 2nd in Florida.

Ken - thank you for taking the time to read this thread. What you have just said increases the confidence that people have in VFP including myself. Please continute to review this thread and offer your point of view so that many of us can benefit from the thread as a whole.

Thanks again:)