>You should be pleased to know that today I ordered my copy of the VFP 7 upgrade. I'll tell you why: because I just learned that the VFP7 debugger includes a major improvement in its ability to reveal the inner workings of COM objects, like ActiveX controls. If there were not a single other improvement in VFP 7 over VFP 6, that feature by itself would have made me rush to get the upgrade a long time ago, had I known about it. Vlad G deserves the credit for having finally made this crystal clear in an offhand remark (message 649009).

The debugger shows the inter workings of COM/ActiveX object in the debugger through the new VFP 7.0 IntelliSense, looking at property values just as Vlad's message you refer to states. When I first read the start of your message where you say you just ordered VFP7, I thought you were joking. For someone who spent a great deal of time in the past giving negative feedback to Microsoft about marketing VFP, I'm surprised that it took you 9 months after the release of VFP 7.0 to decide to upgrade. Being vocal and protesting brings a small amount of attention, but it is VFP sales and upgrades that determine the amount of resources allocated to the Fox team and VFP marketing here at Microsoft. I hope you enjoy working with VFP 7.0, I'm sure you will find many more great new features as you start developing and reading the documentation.