>I'm sure this was covered somewhere, so I apologize for answering a question that's been asked...
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>Are there any known issues with using the VFP9 beta on a machine that has VFP8?
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>I'd like to be able to bang on V9 on the same laptop I use for my V8 production work, but only if there aren't any risks in doing so.

I have both the VFP 9.0 beta and VFP 8.0 on my machine, and I think about every beta site does as well. You should not have any side by side issues, especially if you install VFP 9.0 into a separate directory from VFP 8.0.