>>>>Does anyone know where I can purchase Visual FoxPro 8?
>>>>A Candadian source would be preferable.
>>>>
>>>>Thank you in advance.
>>>
>>>I suppose you could always get it here...
>>>http://www.microsoft.com/PRODUCTS/info/product.aspx?view=22&pcid=a49847af-7fad-4ac5-9660-855b18c663c1&type=ovr
>>
>>I spoke to them today since I was hoping to obtain a NFR.
>>Since 9 is current, 8 would only be available as a 'downgrade' which is fine with me.
>>The downgrades are fullfilled by 'World Wide Fullfillment' and in this case, only if you have or open a Volume Licensing Agreement that starts at a quantity of 5.
>>There was also no guarantee that media was available.
>>The rep. at Microsoft said to 'check to see if there were any available thru Programmers Paradise', etc.
>
>hmmmm....well I see the amazon has VFP 8, but I think its an upgrade...I don't know what you gotta have in order to upgrade...
>
>http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index=software&field-keywords=foxpro&field-browse=229534&search-type=ss&bq=1&store-name=software/ref=xs_ap_sai7_xgl65/103-0093552-5587035

I did not think of Amazon!
Thank you.

We have VFP 5 & 6 and I think the upgrade should work.
The reason is I think the VFP 9 upgrade will check for versions as old as 6 so VFP 8 should also go back to at least 6.