Rick & Mike,
I have now found out off our technical support that, as you say, VFP 8.0 is not included in Visual Studio.NET 2002 - it was included in the build because it is the global corporate standard. It would appear that certain parties are trying to foist an upgrade on us by giving the impression that we have no choice. I now discover that if we have strong objections to VFP 8.0, then we are not required to upgrade (which I wasn't told at the start of the project - don't you love office politics!). However, from what I have gleaned off the web, it looks as if there shouldn't be too many problems - so we shall try out a few applications and see how it goes.
Thanks for your help.
Angela