In MS Speak, VFP 8.0 was already "launched" - Sept 30, 2002. When it'll be available for retail sale is a whole different date. That will be dependent on beta testing, marketing and manufacturing. Ken Levy has suggested "early next year".

Rick

>I am now working for a project .
>I need to buy a copy of VFP.
>shall I wait for the VFP 8 to buy or use VFP 7 and
>after VFP 8 launch then upgrade the project ?
>will it launch soon ?