>>Fact Pattern
>>
>>VFP app #1
>>written in VFP 5.0a
>>DLLs were installed in the executables folder.
>>
>>VFP app #2
>>written in VFP 5.0
>>DLLs were installed in the \Windows\System sub-directory
>>
>>My question is:
>>
>>Where does VFP look first for it's necessary DLLs?
>>
>>\Windows\System or the folder where the app is executing
>>
>>Regards,
>>Mike
>
>According to the docs, it looks in the current directory first then in the dos path.
>
>BOb

However, if there is already a running app, all other apps that use the same name DLL will use whatever DLL the first app loaded because it's already in memory, even if their versions are stored in their local app folder.