WPrince,
As to your your question on basic book I believe there is one at
I know Whil Hentzen published a basic book using VFP 3 and I'm pretty sure he updated it.
However, I can state from personal experience, that I've not found one place that has Full Explanations in simple language for someone going from 2.6 to VFP.
You have to keep after it. One day you'll have an AHA on properties and methods, then you'll get all confused about an application object, then you'll have your AHA on the application object, then its time to move onto COM and Automation....etc.
You also need to change how you get support. I've long quit even thinking about MS except in terms of looking in the KB for bugs. I've used peer support, first in Compuserve now on the UT all thru my VFP learning.
And just to let you know, I think the peer approach is a much, much better way to go. Because you not only get the answers to questions about why your getting a variable not found message, but because you're talking to other developers, not just supports people, you can get answers to questions on how to approach and solve business problems also.