>I inherited a version 5.0 of stonefield database toolkit.
>It contained a class in the SDT.VCX called "SdtUtility".
>When I upgraded to version 6.0d, I find that the SDT.VCX no longer containes a class called "SdtUtility".
>
>Was this class omitted from version 6.x.x or did my predecessors create this for their own devious purposes.
>
>TIA

The SDTUtility class was part of SDT until version 6.0. For performance reasons, it was removed from SDT 6.0 in favor of using "FoxTools" functions. However, if you're using SDT 6.x and you still need something from SDTUtility, you can use the class browser to view the SDTUtility class in the SDT.VCX class library from SDT 5.x and save it as SDTUtility.PRG. Then include SDTUtility.PRG in your app and you'll have access to its methods as before. This is an effective way to provide backward compatibility for apps that rely on methods in the old SDTUtility class, even after you upgrade to SDT 6.0.