>Yes, I guess that a 3-4 day job, all manual, is too hard to countenance.

I don't think it is a 3-4 day job. I think it's more. And, as with all the other decisions about what's in the product, there are always trade-offs. I think having a bunch of walkthroughs to help people get started is a better choice than your suggestions, and if I had to make that choice, I'd pick the walkthroughs.

>I'm disturbed that documentation improvements didn't even make it into the list of enhancements. An indication of the real priority of such work, I suppose.

They were absolutely mentioned at the keynote. In fact, a video was shown of Esther Fan talking about the changes. I don't know why the UT reporters chose not to include in their report.

>While I'm still very pleased with what has been delivered in VFP8, this is disappointing. Documentation, and specifically its ease of use and accuracy, is IMPORTANT, especially for attracting and KEEPING new VFP developers!

Absolutely, which is why Ted and I spent a significant amount of time talking to some of the team about this last year, and we weren't the only ones.

>As regards other enhancements requested since V3 making it into V8, I hope that this at least shuts up those who like to repeat the refrain that if it isn't seen within 2 versions it ain't gonna get in.

FWIW, I started my session on queries and the Query Designer today by saying "Robert Green, who used to be the VFP Product Manager, once said 'If you've been asking for a feature for 3 versions, and we haven't done it, take a hint.' Robert's not on the Fox team any more." Then, I showed a lot of the incredible improvements in the QD/VD.

Tamar