>It looks more and more like I need to add .NET to my list of programming tools. For those of you who have already done this or are in the process, what would you do differently and what is your advice for someone who is just starting?

Terry;

1. Get a book and start on Winforms or ASP.NET.

2. Ask what books are good to get your feet wet. There are thousands of books on the market about Dot NET.

3. Choose a language. I started with VB.NET because it is a 4GL as is VFP.

4. Then I created a form that can do the basics – View, Edit, Add and Delete.

5. Used data objects on the form.

6. Went to external data classes, which is much cleaner!

7. Realized VB.NET let me do things that were not good.

8. Went to C# and created the same form.

9. Realized C# will not let you create problems like VB.NET will allow!

10. Read the Help file and use Google.com

11. When all else fails use the UT!

12. A real head start would be to use the MM Framework. You would save time and effort while creating applications and learn as you go. Doing this on your own is a lonely and time-consuming path!

13. Use XP Professional for web development.

14. Just create something! :)

Tom