Thanks so much, Ken, I found this letter full of wanted answers. Just passed its link and many excerpts to people who might be interested in what's in there.

Regards,

Fernando

>The August 2004 letter includes news and details about the component refresh download for Visual FoxPro 9.0 beta, a few FoxPro community related news items, and a new FAQ (frequently asked questions) for commonly asked Visual FoxPro related questions. Also included is detailed information and resource reference links on Visual Studio and .NET resources based on requests and questions asked by Visual FoxPro developers who are evaluating, learning, and adoption .NET programming to add to their FoxPro skills. We are still on track to release Visual FoxPro 9.0 before the end of this year.
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>http://msdn.com/vfoxpro/letters