Hi Vince:
>If I start a vfp7 system, can I pull codeMine into the app for further development?
Not quite sure what you mean by this. Do you mean if you start a VFP7 app now, can you use Codemine later? If this is what you mean, then I would recommend not doing it this way. If you are going to use a framework (any framework), then you really should think of using the framework from the outset.
>Also, what about tapping the resources of MS .NET rather than codeMine?
Well, when you said framework in a VFP forum, one would assume you mean VFP frameworks. The .Net framework is best implemented via a .Net language like Vb.net or C# (or any other language that uses the CLR). As VFP is not a .Net language, the best that VFP can do at the moment is provide and consume Web services. This is not really the same thing as developing a VFP app with a VFP framework.
Best
-=Gary