Walter,

>> I assume you still work with the product are you? A few years ago, I
>> tried to plug holes with VFP into navision, but as I could not get the
>> ODBC driver (for the native Navision database) to work, I was not so
>> succesfull.

Yes, for my sins I have to work with Navision as well as the million + 1 things that also have to be dealt with ;-)

>> Are you working with the SQL server version or do you use an ODBC
>> connection to the native Navision database? And can you give examples of
>> what kind of holes you plugged ?

We always try to work exclusivly with the MS SQL client not just for ease of data access from internal/external sources but for the complete toolset ie. DTS, OLAP and Reporting Services. We deploy a standard set of VFP components, which includes interfaces for handling MS Message Queue, XML and Web Services. XML is a good example of VFP simplifying a task, although version 4 of Navision introduces native XML handling. String handling ... the list goes on.

BTW. Our email is currently offline, so I will send you the ppt no later than tommorrow.

Regards
Neil