Steve,

I agree 100% with you but there comes a time when an error occurs and the guys in charge of the framework can't really help you because perhaps they never used the third party tools that you're using. So at that point it can become a game of "it's not my problem it's their problem" And the developer in the middle is stuck with the mess.

>That depends a lot on the quality of support from the tools publisher. I use xCase, xCasetoVpm and VREP. support is outstanding for all of them.
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>>I also experienced the same thing. But in my case I made it worst by also adding third party tools with a framework.