>BTW: Is beta a public download?

Yes - I goofed yesterday when I posted that it was for MSDN subscribers only. It's not.

>>Guess you'll just have to buy VFP 8 when it comes out ... that'll make me really happy :-)
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>>>I didn't get you anything!
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>>>>Hi Terry,
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>>>>You raise good points. FYI, there are three new tools shipping with VFP 8 that will be primarily written in VFP - they are the Toolbox, Code References, and the Taskpane. These are premiere examples of what can be accomplished using VFP.
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>>>>There are also some pretty nice looking demos in the Solution samples that ship with the product.