>Does anyone know if we're ever going to get an SP3 for VFP9? This has been alluded to from time to time.


I doubt that SP3 will be released but I would expect more hotfixes (maybe available for direct download).


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>As I see it there are two major areas where "loose ends" could and should be tied up:
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>1. Dev and runtime updating:
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>- it's ridiculous that to correctly install VFP9 SP2 requires that VFP9 be completely uninstalled, then VFP9 RTM installed, then VFP9 SP2 applied. A proper SP3 update should be created, that can take any VFP9 installed version and update it to the latest available code


Not gonna happen and it's not such a big deal to reinstall VFP.


>- After installing SP2, you have to be knowledgeable enough to get and apply the latest hotfix from MS: http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~CurrentVersion~SoftwareEng



M$ is not going to do more than post links/references on their VFP web site. It's up to VFP community know to provide more detailed info elsewhere.


>- are there any special requirements to roll out SP2 and the latest hotfix to client workstations that have runtime only?


How is it different from SP1? You've to distribute new runtimes as before.


>- it would be nice if an SP3 installer could also incorporate the MS08-070 security update: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-070.mspx

>2. Bug fixes:
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>- there are some significant bugs remaining with SP2 e.g. http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~VFP9SP2BugList~VFP
>- there are some workarounds/fixes to some of the above e.g. http://fox.wikis.com/wc.dll?Wiki~SolutionsToVFP9SP2Bugs~VFP
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>but again, this is piecemeal and each developer has to go hunting for this information.
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>As time goes by, MS is slowly losing the VFP dev experience required to address these, if indeed it isn't lost already. The last hotfix is date June 3, 2008. Unhappily, with MS's recent announcement of layoffs, any VFP experience would be an easy target.
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>I think there's enough meat in the above to justify a final SP3. If it's going to happen at all, it should be sooner rather than later.



Keep dreaming. :)