>You are correct, at some point in the future there may not be a VFP, so what? I have to make business plans for myself, I make those plans for a period of 2 - 3 years at a time. Right now, VFP is fine for the next 2 - 3 years. Next year it is time to read the writing on the wall again. > >If you really want to here what Microsoft is saying is the direction of things to come, it is component development. That means using more than one tool to build and application. This does not indicate that VFP is dead, but it does indicate that building monolithic applications with a single development tool is dying. > >So we start learning new tools, stop comparing them to our precious VFP, and get on with it. Use the best tool for the task at hand. > Jim, I've said repeatedly that I don't know what is going to happen to VFP. I am not privvy to that information. All I did was object when someone said that because Microsoft said there would be a VFP7 that we can take that as gospel. I hope there is a VFP7 but I don't accept Microsoft's word as proof. Gary J. Sibio Mr. Travel, Inc. >>> Please Mr. Gates, can we have our computers back? <<<