Allen,
on the DOS window while running thing. I don't mean in debug mode. I don't think you can do that anyway. I mean while running you can edit the code in the DOS window to adjust things such as misspelled words, meaningful messages or anything else you spot.

As far as debugging at a client site, it is impractical for us. We have two vertical market management systems running on hundreds of computers all over the country. Many are running on small, 2-5 station networks with questionable hardware. Our error trapping captures everything, even doing list status and list memory to files that are then stuffed into memo fields. That is why the line numbers are so important to us.

Thanks for your thoughts,
John.

>Hello John,
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>>As far as my comment about the VFP editor, I feel it is weak because it takes so long to get anything done when you have to use the mouse. When using an old DOS editor like Brief you can really fly when using just the keyboard.
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>I take your point. Old habits die hard, eh? ;-)
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>>...it is nice to have your prg code up in a DOS window while the program is running in another.
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>But wouldn't the execution speed be far too fast for a DOS window to be of any use? If debugging, I would rather have the code running in a trace window where I could SET STEP ON, breakpoints, throttle, etc.. If my client-site also had VFP development facilities, I would consider including all the code in the .exe a small price to pay should there arise a situation which could only be debugged 'on-site'.
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>Regards,
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>Alan