>what VFP5.0 gives u is the option to create ActiveX servers
>this is a new term that means (in "old" terminology)
>that VFP can now act as an OLE server
>thus u can use VFP from anyother program , including C++ etc.

So another app can OLE to your app, or to VFP? Do you need all of VFP loaded on the client machine, or just the runtime?

>the .dll are *rea* in the sense the expose a set of functions callable from other programs
>it is not *real* in the sense that (AFAIK) u still need the VFP engine (which is VFP5.dll or something)

Thanks for clearing that up!

Scot.