The new Visual Studio 6.0 Service Pack 3 is now available from Visual Studio web page:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio

Specifically for Visual FoxPro developers, this service pack contains enhanced language features and bug fixes. Some of the improvements we made include:

Servers: The primary emphasis of Service Pack 3 is multithreaded server work. Three-tier applications use Visual FoxPro MTDLL servers in the middle tier. Ideally, you use these servers with IIS, ASPs, FoxISAPI, MTS, and MSMQ. You can also use the MTDLL server with dual and multi-processor machines if you have them available. You should review the "Language not Supported in MTDLL" section in the server additions file, VFPSP3.chm, to ensure your MTDLL servers do not include any of the affected language.

Session class: Creates a custom, user-defined object that manages its own data session.

Run-time compiler support: Ensures your existing applications work and function correctly as they did in Visual FoxPro 6.0. Rerun and recompile all your applications to make sure they behave properly.

ActiveX Controls: Several improvements were made to ActiveX control support to make it possible for the OleControl control to work with more types of ActiveX controls, such as the Microsoft® Hierarchical Flexgrid.