>Thanks for your reply. I understand that you cannot point to a single framework without knowing the possible requirements and system changes. However, can you review or point me to a good review of various frameworks? It's the technical stuff I want - I don't want a RAD. Just some good & tested basic routines, and a collection of ubiquitous controls.
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>I feel like I'm reinventing the wheel because many of the display classes and basic class changes I am working on have just *got* to be very common. Like today I'm going to spend all day writing this textbox that acts like a listbox but integrates to my search tool. With a hidden Bound column and all that jazz. If the user entry is not found in the correct table with the correct index, the search tool pops up. It's nothing new and I feel like I'm wasting my boss's money.
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>Thanks --Adam

Adam, for my $.02 US, I suggest you look at the shareware versions of some of the common frameworks. I know Visual MaxFrame has one, since I use their Professional (you pay money, but it does a lot more than the shareware) version. We've used it for a large group project, and it saved innumerable hours of discussing 'standard' practices - form colors, how to handle read-only users, etc. etc. etc.

I don't think it matters WHICH framework you choose to spend the time learning. In the long run you'll get farther because you can start your coding where the framework leaves off.