>In my work I have to deal with a lot of different topologies and architectures. I am constantly amazed at how undersold VFP is as a damn good single and 2-tier application environment. I know JVP will shoot me for this, but I don't buy this "Fox as middleware" crap that a lot of people are talking about. If it's supposed to evolve into middleware, how come it doesn't work and play well with MTS?
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As Jim said, this problem is going away. You can look for a fix in an upcoming service pack. The reason it was there in the first place is that the VFP team only had enough time to half-way implement it before they had to ship.