>I began using DE in code & finally realized I was
>being
>redundant because VFP was doing it. I decided to
>'relax'
>and let VFP go for it -- so far so good. I am
>trying to
>stay as visual as I possibly can & VFP DE is just
>a part of
>it.
Tom,

I enjoy both worlds - I design my DEs visually
using VFP and than generate the code for it
(using the DE Extractor) - i then just instantiate
the DE in my forms (which are based on subclasses
of the VFP form) during the load event, (this is exactly
what VFP does)

Arnon