Hi Pete,

>Hello Steve,
>I'm honored by your response. I'm familiar with all the things you've done (I still have a GIBSON LIGHT PEN) and am awed by the things you've done.
>

Unfortunately (for you, anyway), I'm not that Steve Gibson. :)

>
>The situation here is that we have a lot of programs, not too many prjects, written in FPD and FPW. They contain a lot of USE ? commands because of the way they work here. We also do an awful lot of our work from the command window. The client requests come fast and furious so the work is done on the fly. We're a direct mail outfit, so there's not much call for apps, since we create a mailing and move on. Continuously different requirements even from same clients.
>
>We also do a lot of NPRINT's and use PCONSOLE because of third party apps we have to run, which is why we can't use the MS client.
>
>This seems to stem from the combination of VFP7, Win2K, NetWare and PC. Change any one of them and it all works.

Since you aren't really developing apps, then it sounds like it should be no problem to stay away from VFP7. So, the real issue is the $$$ that were laid out to buy VFP7.