>I downloaded service pack 3, installed it and then when I tried to build an app i got a "missing or damaged _base.vct" message and thus no build.....
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>any suggestions?
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>i did a reinstall of foxpro, visualstudio 6 and then the whole service pack 3 thing again, with the same results....

Any chance your project file is pointing to a missing or incorrect directory path for the _Base.Vcx or other classlibs? Maybe try deleting all entries in your project and let it re-build from scratch...

HTH

Rob