Thanks Ken, these are very very good news. :-)

Franz

>>Hi I have been reading the threads about a possible VFP8 download any news on this?
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>>One of my developers has been doing some .NET - > VFP stuff and he says he needs the VFP8 OleDb driver (from the notes his problem should be fixed.)
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>The VFP OLEDB provider update beta will be available on or before Monday 11/4. Stay tuned for a posting here and on http://foxcentral.net when it is live online for download.
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>In addition, I have some good news for everyone. Based on the demand for the VFP 8.0 beta and also the importance of making the beta available to MSDN Subscription customers well, I was able to have the entire VFP 8.0 beta be made available on the Microsoft MSDN web site as a world wide free public beta for anyone (not just VFP developers) to download and use until we release VFP 8.0 the first quarter of next year.
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>The updated VFP OLE DB provider will be slightly updated over the version included in the VFP 8.0 beta, so downloading both will be recommended. The VFP 8.0 beta will be available online early next week for anyone in the world to freely download and use. When it is available live, a news item will be posted at http://foxcentral.net with a link.
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>I hope everyone agrees this is great for VFP 8.0. This is the first time any version of FoxPro has been made a public beta for anyone to freely obtain.