Hi David,

I totally agree with this. I have three products used by a number of our clients - one is a VB6/SQL Server app, one is a .NET Windows Forms app (with the data access layer in C# and the UI in VB.NET) - and the other is a web portal app based on DotNetNuke (ASP.NET and VB.NET) that I've built some custom components for. One of our Windows apps uses Crystal Reports, the other, Active Reports.

When I perform demos for clients interesed in using our services, they see each of these apps in operation - having the ability to develop with multiple toolsets has been invaluable for us.

Al

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>In fact, I'd say that in MANY cases, having multiple tools in your toolkit will open you up to contracts where multiple tools are required. (VFP and SQL Server, VFP and .NET, VFP and ASP.NET Web development, VFP legacy code and COM+ dll's, VFP and HTML, VFP and XML, VFP and Terminal Services or Citrix, VFP and Crystal Reports, VFP9 and SQL Reporting Services, etc, etc...)
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>Don't ever stop learning unless you plan to retire soon. :-)