>Thomas
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>FWIW I used to be a *very* keen VFP fanatic and participated in, ah, certain beta programmes for a product you might possibly guess at but I could not possibly comment... and I was one of many that missed that damned View Requery() Memory Leak problem that bedevilled some of us in 1995-1996.
Experience taught many of us to stay away from view macro engines, regardless of the product it's attached to. Does anybody really use that stuff?

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>Lesson for me: Beta programmes and participants do their best, but software is a very human endeavour and bugs sneak in. The above was a HUUUUGE bug and it lasted for over a year.
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>Re the issue: I ask myself what my customers would say if *I* did this- i.e. released a new version followed by an immediate hotpatch. They would grumble and try to screw something out of me for free... but underneath they'd be pleased that I'm prepared to take a dose of "humble pie" so they are not subjected to a bug I already know about.
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>Regards
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>JR