Though we don't tend to go down the MS product certification path, we do however try to follow best practices to the book.

From what I gathered at a recent MS developer vista presentation, product certification is mainly around UAC.

I have had to go back to MS a couple of times since I started process of coding for Vista (specifically the account control security issues) and they have been very helpful.

Maybe we should consider getting the logo afterall after we have done all this work!

Regards

>We submitted our VFP application for SQL Server 2005 testing last year because we had a coupon for a free test and wanted to see just how much work we had to do. We were pleasantly surprised (if not shocked) to pass and be accepted into the FrontRunner program, getting listed in a couple of MS ads.
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>This certainly encourages me to try something similar with the Vista logo test available now. If there are specific actions that will improve our chances, we'd love to know about them.
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>I do have a case open with Partner Services about the winqual.com site you need to sign up for testing on. We purchased our Intellicode certificate from Thawte, a subsidiary of VeriSign, but only companies which bought their Intellicode directly from VeriSign can sign up successfully through the web site.
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>Anybody have recent certification stories of VFP apps to share? We have a .NET rewrite in the oven and could use our freebie on that if VFP 9.0 apps are doomed from the start.
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>Randy Hersom
>Habilitation Software Inc.