>What I wish MSFT would do is combine the best of VB and VFP, and have that be their RAD toolbench for the next millenium.

I'm not sure, but I think a running joke here on the UT is calling such a system "Visual Fox Basic". Such a concept would be great, since both have their good points. Bigest problem lies in the database engine behind the system; I'd much rather use VFP than JET, even for smaller databases.