>I feel that VFP6 was a dud from a 'new functionality' point of view and said so at the time.

VFP6 delivered the required stability that VFP5 lacked.

>VFP7 offers more, that's for sure. Developers clamoured for an Intellisense capability and we got one that (apparently) blows any other out of the water.

Permanent training wheels. I find it irritating. I would have prefered better Windows API support (ie. structures), replacement of bizarre and unstable VCX's and SCX's, two-way programming, better UI performance, stronger typing, native compiler.

I'm sure all my "wishes" will be poohed-poohed (as they have in the past), but I consider VFP7 another "non-event" and a continuation of the tradition of being "your Father's" xBase.

>Database events are doubtless the result of developer's wishes.

It's an illusion. The "events" still run on the Client. They could have been incorporated into the Client program for all it mattered.

I could go on ... but why bother. I see no innovation; only a belated implementation of a "few" of the features that most programmers using other tools/languages take for granted.

FoxPro is a language for "old" people. The theme seems to be, "nothing radical", otherwise you may scare these folks.