>I was reading an article in a FoxTalk magazine, and the author kept referring to "Business Objects" in their VFP app or framework, without ever defining that term. It seems that it was merely an instance of one of their classes. It that all?

Hi Matt. Check out this overview of 3-tier which defines the business tier and business objects.
http://www.hentzenwerke.com/samplechapters/zsamplechapters.htm
in particular chapter 9 here
http://www.hentzenwerke.com/samplechapters/scaoopvfp_3_9.zip