My only thought is that it could be a lot easier and, by doing so, MS could show they're trying to help developers use both products together, taking advantage of their separate strengths. My opinion is that it would be nice, but, you're right - it's not critical...
>I think the idea of the taskpane (and the interaction of similar stuff in the visual studio IDE ) shows that the direction is toward using the web as a resource.
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>The assumption ( correct or incorrect ) in registering XP or office on install, for example, is the user is on-line.
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>That assumption is probably even more justified in a developer product.
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>While any further examples, documentation or whatever bundled with the product would be welcome ( though I think better tutorials on using SQL server as a back end would be more on point ) I think just a section in the taskpane linking to resources would do the trick. Besides, most of the really cool stuff I've learned how to do in Fox ( or much of anything else ) have been things I've learned while looking up something else < s >
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>I don't think anyone who really needed interop or was interested in using VFP as a middle tier for an asp .net app would have much trouble finding the resources. If they found that too challenging they would probably find actually doing it pretty challenging too. < g >