>Tell me - were you a beta tester? Did you find bugs? Perhaps you could answer my original question?

Sorry, can't.

>How would you suggest I or anyone else become a Visual FoxPro 7.0 beta tester?

Well, there was a public beta, with the VS.NET BEta1 that you could have downloaded and started to report bugs with, or you could have submitted a requested to be a beta tester, just like lots of other people, I believe the link to teh form was on teh UT mainpage, and VFP product at one point or another.

>Seems a bit late to make such a suggestion

Nothing stopped you from doing this a couple of months ago, but consider it advice for the next version.

>but then I am sure you do not know how to address the original point or even comprehend it! I base this upon your response to me.

If thats what you wanna think...