That is crystal clear now, Ken. Thanks for that.

Do keep in mind, though, that sales are affected by the existence of a SP - they increase because .0 holdouts then come aboard.

Jim


>>> There is no doubt that new functionality was introduced in VFP6 SP3. In addition to what JVP listed, I think run-time compiling came in that one too. There may have been more. <<
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>While this was the case, it is not standard policy and nobody should expect something like that to ever occur again in a service pack. Bug fixes only, no new features.
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>>> Surely they could spend a little time "weighing" some of these for inclusion in a SP or two. <<
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>As I stated in a few other messages on this thread already, if there ever is a service pack released for VFP (which none is announced at this time), there will not be any new features added, it will just be a small patch.