Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack

Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 2.0 is an updater for Microsoft’s programming platform, Visual FoxPro. In other words, it’s similar to a patch – the latest updates and fixes are applied onto an existing installation of the original product.

Even though it has been a while since Microsoft released its last service pack for Visual FoxPro, the product is compatible with most operating systems, including Windows 8. Developers all over the world rely on this development platform to build database solutions of various sizes. As such, it’s essential that the latest updates are installed for optimum functionality.

Microsoft has released a bunch of service packs over time for this product. If you’re curious as to why they’re releasing these updaters instead of bundling the fixes into the original software, the answer is simple. It’s smarter and a lot easier to install a few updates than deploying the whole pack (especially if you already installed the application).

Needless to say, the one pre-requisite is Visual FoxPro (optionally with SP1). The fixes and bugs that the updater contains are available on Microsoft’s website, in case you’re interested. Please note that you are required to uninstall CTP or Beta version of SP2 before deploying the stable patch.

In conclusion, Visual FoxPro 9.0 Service Pack 2.0 is a recommendable update if you’re a FoxPro developer. As a note, the latest hotfixes were released in 2009, so there’s no way of estimating if additional updates are likely to be released soon. This statement is reinforced by Microsoft itself, who declared that the odds of Visual FoxPro meeting a Service Pack 3 are low.