AFAIK there is this option in all foxpro versions. The only inconvenience I see that in VFP6 if there is already an order, say, DESC, then to change it to ASCE (note, not ASC !) you need two lines:
set order to
set order to ... ASCE

>Hi there,
>As far as I can see there is a disadvantage in VFP as opposing to FPW.
>In FPW you could issue SET ORDER TO customer ASC, order DESC etc., but in VFP you can issue only one SET ORDER only, i.e SET ORDER TO customer.
>Why is that? Is there any way around it?
>Thanks in advance
>Jonathan