> The problem with a lot of the early books was that they were written when .NET was still in beta ... things inevitably changed before .NET was released in early 2002 and consequently a lot of code samples in those books just flat out did not work.


Nothing is more frustrating than that -- which is why I always wait! Didn't even use VFP until 5.0. You can always identify the pioneers -- they're the ones with arrows in their backs!