>Thanks for the suggestion. I already tried the CONFIG file solution, to no avail. When the CGI sccript calls the FoxPro executable, there's still a flash, whether we run it from the HTML page or, as a test, from the DOS command line.
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>I also already got the suggestion to implement a COM server, but I've never done this and don't know how to proceed. All I know is the general advice to make my program into a method, and then to use the following sample:
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> oVFPObject = CREATEOBJECT("MyCOMLibrary".MyCOMCLass")
> oVFPObject.DoMyMEthod(< parameter list>)
> RELEASE oVFPObject
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>The problem is, I have neither a class or a library, so at this point I'm stuck. I'd be really grateful if you (or anyone else) could give me a push in the right direction. I appreciate the help.
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>
>Henry

I have no idea what your code should do. But basically you could do that in class, no matter Visual (stored in VCX library) or not (defined in some PRG).
So, if you want to open some table do something with it, you could do this:

*** VFP side:

DEFINE CLASS MyClass AS Session OLEPUBLIC
      
       PROCEDURE InsertRecord(lnFld1 as integer, lcFld2 as string) as void
            INSERT INTO MyTable VALUES (lnFld1, lcFld2)
       ENDPROC

       PROCEDURE DeleteRecord(lnPK as integer) as VOID
          DELETE FROM MyTable WHERE MyTable.PK = m.lnPK
       ENDPROC
ENDDEFINE

Keep in mind that here I didn't put any Error handling and testig.

*** External ASP/Other application
oVFP = CREATEOBJECT([YourVFPProjectName.MyClass) && Or the appropriate syntax
oVFP.InsertRecord(1,[asdasdasdas])
oVFP.DeleteRecord(1)

Then you should compile the project as desired COM server. If you want to have User Interface you must compile the project as EXE, if you don't have such interface you could build it as DLL.