>Fox 2.x is not VFP. IMO (and if you ask anyone else who made the jump) they're two total different animals. Sure, to some extend VFP is upwards compatible with FP 2.x
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Of course Fox 2.x is not VFP. However, I think it is fair to say the capabilities of Fox 2.x are a subset of VFP....

>If VB goes fully OOP (in the way VFP did) this means a great step forward. I will probably require a total rewrite of the product. To me it's NOT VB anymore, even if it's upwards compatible with VB x. I'm not sure what would happen to the derived (script) languages like VBA.
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VFP apparently did not require a total re-write... Why would VB??? I have not direct knowledge of what is/is not required. It is interesting how many folks out there supposedly have this direct knowledge...

>And if this new version of VB adds a local database engine in the VFP manner, I'll bet you see a product that looks very much like VFP and indeed give developers reasons to make the step to VB. Until that time I'll sit and wait....
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You have a local engine... it's called MSDE....

>Who is? I sure don't feel any sand on my head.. < G >

Well, what you feel and what is reality are often very different......