>You went into more detail on some reasoning, a better description of the story. I think that in order for some people here who are questioning the reasonings, decisions, limitations, etc. discussed in this thread, they will simply hae to learn and use .NET to understand this topic better.

Ken,

please don't patronize us in this way, by implying that we do not understand that which we are discussing. I have written applications in .NET (and a large number of other languages), I have briefly studied MSIL, and I have studied compiler theory in detail (and, in fact, written a couple), so I do believe I know quite well what I am talking about.

What I think you do not understand, is the huge investment that many of us have made in VFP, and how important it is for us that this investment is respected by Microsoft.

I don't care if you continue to upgrade VFP, or provide an upgrade wizard to VB.NET once the necessary mechanisms (like local cursor engine) exist in .NET or whatever, as long as you give us a viable path forward for our applications. (And please don't tell us to do a complete rewrite.)

Eyvind.