>If I upgrade to vfp8, will I still be able to access my projects in vfp7? There is an add-in in vfp7 called Valhalla (project manager..available on Universal Thread) that I have enjoyed using and a version has not been written for 8 yet.

I'm using my VFP7 projects with VFP8 and it's fne, just don't touching the obvius (no autoincremental) and when is needed using SET ENGINEBEHAIVOR TO 70 (for compatibility with some SELECTS-SQL that use agregated clauses).