In reply to Mark MacMullen.

Mark,

You don't need to be an expert in .NET. It's simple to build a simple task with very little .NET programming. As you might expect, the more complex the task, the more .NET development you'll have to do, but you can learn that in increments as your needs dictate. And it's a valuable skill outside of the SAS world as well.

If you have any experience at all with app development (in Java, C or C++, or even SAS/AF) you will find that those skills transfer over to the .NET world. Different syntax, but the concepts are the same. It's an object-oriented development framework, and the Microsoft Visual Studio tools are very good.