FLLs are specific to FoxPro, as you probably know. I use multiple languages so try to apply some consistency in my approach when I can. Hence, the use of DLLs. By the way, TALK is off, as it would be for most applications.

I may try an FLL approach just to see what happens.

>You say "creating the Cryptor object" - I have been using Cryptor for quite awhile and I don't create an object. I just SET LIBRARY to it and then use the functions. Never had a problem like you mention. What's your SET TALK setting at the time you instantiate it?
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>>Using the DLL. If I omit the wait, just get a return code that the object failed to instantiate. I can put a wrapper around it to keep trying until successful, for a certain number of tries. Just wondering why the delay in the first place.
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>>>Hi,
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>>>>Wrote a Cryptor routine for a VFP 6 application, which runs great. However, when I used the exact same routine in VFP 8, I have to put in some sort of delay right before creating the Cryptor object, for example a wait window with a timeout of 5.
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>>>Are you using the FLL's or using the DLL directly? What actually happens if you omit the wait ?
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>>>Anybody else encounter this?
>>>
>>>FWIW, we don't.... :-|
>>>Regards,
>>>Viv