I agree with others... VFP7 is the way to go. It's a MUCH better development environment than VFP5.

The beginner's book you should get is the "Fundamentals" by Whil Hentzen at www.hentzenwerke.com. Hacker's Guide is a reference and will not really teach you how to develop VFP apps.

>Hi all!
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>I am switching to VFP 5 from FPW26 and I have read somewhere that the Hacker's Guide To Visual Foxpro is a must read.
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>I want to know, since there is no Hacker's Guide to VFP5, should I read the Hacker's Guide to VFP3 or the Hacker's Guide to VFP6?
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>Or should I wait for the vfp7 version?
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>TIA