Fred/Jos,

>>Would you recommend the use of SYS(2450,1) as a default since if the file is not found within the exe the path will be searched anyway? iow, isnt it better/faster to first search the exe as a default?

>I would think so. Unless you have specific needs to let VFP do the searching, looking in the EXE first would seem to be the better way to go in all cases.

Thank you both for your input on this thread. I can't think of a specific scenario where any of my current applications would be affected by using the non-default value for sys(2450). While I haven't done exhaustive testing, I haven't run into any problems using sys(2450,1) with a new application I'm working on. I also haven't done any benchmarks to see if there's a measurable difference in performance. Subjectively speaking, I haven't noticed any difference in performance between the default and non-default settings for sys(2450).

Malcolm