It's being done ...

>Now just come up with some sample code to use one and include it in the Help file... < bg >
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>>I don't know of any special resources for migrating from VFP 7 to VFP 8.
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>>A feature new to VFP 8 that may help is the DataEnvironment can now be classed. So I'm thinking that you can architect your current system ensuring that all cursors and data logic is in the DE and then, in 8, engineer a new DE with CursorAdpators using the same cursor names and swap it in at dev-time.
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>>Here's some info from the VFP 8 help file on CAs:
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>>Provides a class of extended cursors that offers support for handling a wide range of local or remote data sources as native Visual FoxPro Cursors. These data source types include the following:
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>>Native
>>Open Database Connectivity (ODBC)
>>ActiveX Data Object (ADO)
>>Extensible Markup Language (XML)
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