Patrick;

I echo what Craig has stated. Even if you had a team of experienced Java programmers it would take longer to create an application compared to using VFP 8 and then you would not be guaranteed of the results.

VFP 8 with a commercial framework will provide a much more robust data centric application, which will take a fraction of the time to develop. Upgrades and additions will also be easier than developing in Java.

It will take much less time to learn how to use a commercial framework and to deliver a completed VFP 8 application than if you use Java as your solution.

While you and your group are developing the application the company, which supplied your commercial framework, will be able to address bugs and additional features. They will also have an Internet Forum to allow you to post questions. This frees your team to concentrate on creating what your client or company requires. If you develop your own framework you get to resolve bug issues, new features as well as solve problems using it. You are on your own.

Tom

>My manager wants us to rewrite an old Fox 2.6 application using either Java or VFP8. Another programmer has written some Javascript to quiry data and move data sets across the network. We do not want the new application to be browser based.
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>I'm not very familiar with Java development. Isn't it primarily designed for browser-based applications rather than stand-alone applications? Seems to me it would take considerable more time to develop in Java and would run slower on the client machine.
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>Patrick