o.k., then at least that clears it up. the carrara sdk is free, and may be available to e-f, but some poser 7 items may not work in carrara 5. has anybody asked e-f if they have requested or received a copy of the carrara sdk? I assume that one can't just download it, but that there are certain requirements or terms of use associated with the latter. perhaps e-f needs some incentive to make it easier for developers (e.g. daz) to make their apps work better with poser 7, even if said apps compete with shade. if most of the poser content is sold by other parties than e-f, then there isn't much incentive for e-f to do this, unless they see sales of their poser apps dropping, and use of competing apps (e.g. D|S) increasing.