>>Thanks for the reply Dragan. I have another question maybe you can
>help me with. I used to be able to access help (for foxpro) but it
>just wouldn't work one day. I get an error message about
>insufficient
>stack space. I didn't change anything on my pc so I don't understand
>why all of a sudden I got this error. Do you have any ideas on how
>to get help back? Thanks again. I will let you know how I make out
>with the memory problems after I try a few things.
>
>When opening a help file, Fox relies on two things: saved settings
>and the validity of the help table.
>
>As for the settings, check your resource file - it may be corrupt;
>you may look for any record with HELPPOS in it - simply delete it
>and pack. You'd probably have to
>
>set resource off
>use (set("reso"),1) excl
>browse && here you look for HELP*, just use CTRL+F and find it
>pack
>use
>set resource on
>help
>
>If this doesn't work, then it's the helpfile which got corrupted -
>either restore from some backup, or try some rebuilding technique
>(maybe just Use FoxHelp excl ... pack memo would suffice).
>
>If none of this works, get a helpfile for FPD2.5 or 2.6 - they are
>basically the same, just a few international issues (collating
>sequences and such) were added. The help file structure is the same.


Hi Dragan,
Thanks for the advice about my helpfile. There was nothing in my resourse file that needed cleaning up and pack memo of the help file didn't help either. I will try reloading it. I tried making an extended exe but it won't run on my pc. I get an incompatible memory manager error. I am going to put the overlay file on each workstation and try that. A couple of users are still getting the too many memory variables error occasionally. It seems odd because I have the mvcount at 3000. Memory problems are a pain! Thanks again for all your help.

Rhea