>What does forward-compatible mean?

Programs written in VFP6 will run in VFP7 without problems. FPW was not forward compatible with VFP, VFP5 was forward compatible with VFP6.


>If you work in such a conservative environment, what would convince the powers that be that it would be worth it to upgrade to VFP7 from 6?

I make that decision. It's not a matter of dollars as much as it is a matter of a significant change in paradigm going from VB6 to VB7. When I referred to changing to .NET I meant the University as a whole, not the small part I make decisions for.

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>>One more thing - here in a conservative environment (NT4 and Office97) I think .NET will be slow to catch on because of the percieved security issues and other unknowns. That makes the choices for new development either VFP or VB6. Since VB6 is not forward-compatible in the way VFP7 is, VFP has a distinct advantage.