>I am about to start a new system manufacturing system in vfp7. There will be only about 10 users, security is not an issue however the system is extensive. I am an experiecned developer for whom code is not a problem. Should I investigate a framework such as Visual ProMatrix?

Vince,

There are some comments about frameworks at http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~FrameworkFeatureChart (follow all the links).