>>>VFP has decreased my development time, hence the cost of the application has gone down.
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>Not always. There are alot of productivity enhancments with VB - particularly in the area of COM. Many folks get bogged down in OOP. If you are an advanced/expert level developer - then yes - OOP will most likely cut down the time. However, for many folks - it adds time.
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>Don't get me wrong here.. I am big believer in OOP and hope VB gets it soon. But, there is still a lot that can be done today with tools like VM which work fine with VB.
I agree. There are places where VB is better suited. As for VM, it was designed from day one as a VB tool. That's different than having a tool (ActiveX controls for example) that are supposed to work in multiple products.
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer