>>>Since you’ve probably twitted me you probably won’t get this, but in any case I still don’t understand your reply. It doesn't make sense. I’m not trying to aggravate you or be argumentative, just to understand.
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>If you are, as you say, not recompiling, not doing any testing etc then you are not doing any development. So why is an upgrade discussing even relevant to you at all?
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We absolutely recompile and test -- frequently, in fact. But, the QA department at this company has a set regression-testing script for "emergency" recompiles and hot patches.... however, they do not feel comfortable running this somewhat-quick script if the development *software* has changed.

There's also a need to create new setup disks, etc., and get the new runtimes over. I realize this isn't a big deal, but they don't have the time right now (they've laid off half the programmers in the last year).

All of which gets to the issue from *my* point of view. Forget their pov for a second (even though I think it's legit). From *my* point of view, I need to keep using 7.0 because a client is paying me to keep using 7.0. I would upgrade in a minute if I could also keep 7.0 -- and my paycheck!

But I can't.



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>>>>>But, Robert, I also need to use VFP 7 for an existing client. <<
>>>Why?
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>>Because they provide an application to a production client base of a few dozen users. They are all swamped, having lost staff over the past year. They have no desire, now, to start recompiling and upgrading: no matter how many assurances you want to give them, they simply will not do so without a few weeks of regression testing. And, frankly, I don't blame them one bit. They have a responsibility to their clients to keep things up and running, they want to be known as a robust software, and their QA head has some very stringent guidelines about what goes out the door.
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>>As for your other point, the use of both products is possible, but, frankly, extremely time-consuming (reinstalls and uninstalls, etc.)
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>>Based on this, I will not be upgrading. This does not, in my book, make me an idiot. It is a business decision, and a valid one.