Others have expressed different opinions on UT, Rob, but having just upgraded and experienced the problems Fox 6 caused with my grids, comboboxes and even crashing my laptop completely, requiring a Windows reinstall, not to say the incredibly clumsy (non) help system (well it would be helpful if you use all the Visual Studio, but when you are just using VFP it is a real pain) I would say that unless you are into ActiveX and COM in a big way, skip it. The only really useful extra I have found is the ability to choose how many rows are visible in dropdown lists. Other changes are incremental and you could just as well skip it - but microsoft seems to me to be moving further and further away from a great interface and programming language, with a powerful engine - so I have little confidence that version 7 will do much to improve programming for the smaller application developer.

>My company won't buy it and I can't afford it !
>I have been using FoxPro since version 2.6 and have always moved on to the latest version. What worries me is the fact that Fox 6 has been out for quite a while now and I haven't used it.
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>My questions are to all you people with Fox 6 :-
>1. Am I falling seriously behind in development techniques, syntax and functionality?.
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>2. Do you think it would be unwise of me to wait for Fox 7 and skip Fox 6.
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>3. Where's the cheapest place I can get a copy. (Full Package)

It's probably best to enrol in some full time study and get an academic version. You benefit from the study, and get discounts on software!

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>Please forgive my panic
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>Rob