>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?

These might be of some help:
http://www.pinpub.com/FT/FTmag.nsf/0/F8DC8468D4B98B63852568D9007162B5
http://www.visualmaxframe.com/FoxTalk/12conway7.htm
http://www.pinpub.com/FT/FTmag.nsf/0/7B676595E80EF4FE852568CF007554F7
http://www.levelextreme.com/Magazine/July2001/Page22.asp
http://www.pinpub.com/FT/FTmag.nsf/0/B013734DF2F67A89852568CF0077455E