>>Is it your boss who tries to save a few bucks by not letting you upgrade to VFP9?
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>When I was working with VFP9 in 2005-2006, I didn't work with the reports, was mostly creating classes, etc.
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>On my last VFP related job I worked with VFP8. I heard that they recently made a move to VFP9, but I'm not there anymore.
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>I was not able to find VFP related job in NY.
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>I'm working with .NET/C# now with some little occasional projects in VFP. I installed VFP9 at home recently.

I see. It's always a question of circumstances and priorities, of course. I have seen so many cases where a cheap boss tries to save money by using cheap, inefficient tools, because he does not realize how fast the job would have been done with better tools. But I am not saying that's the case with you.