>>>Hello,
>>>
>>>I'm trying to use a config file to change the default value of the system variable _ASCIICOLS in a shipping .exe file.
>>>I created a file with this in it:
>>>_ASCIICOLS = 200
>>>
>>>I invoke the app like this:
>>> myapp.exe -cmyconfigfile.txt
>>>
>>>The config file is in the same folder as the executable.
>>>There is no config.fpw file.
>>>Using Filemon, I see that myconfigfile.txt is being opened and read when I start my app.
>>>
>>>However, if look at the value of _ASCIICOLS in my app, the value is always the default value, which is 80.
>>>
>>>MESSAGEBOX("INTERNAL: " + SYS(2019, 1)) && This shows my file.
>>>MESSAGEBOX("EXTERNAL: " + SYS(2019, 2)) && This shows nothing.
>>>MESSAGEBOX("_ASCIICOLS = " + ALLTRIM(STR(_ASCIICOLS))) && This shows 80.
>>>
>>>
>>>Can I do this?
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>Howard
>>
>>From the Help on Configuration files
>>
>>A Visual FoxPro configuration file is a text file in which you can specify values for SET commands, set system variables, and execute commands or call functions.
>>
>>Can you change any other system variables?
>
>Doesn't look like it.
>I tried a couple of other system variables like_ASCIIROWS, _THROTTLE, AND _CLIPTEXT, as well as a SET command CLOCK=ON.

Complete SWAG - and I doubt it would help, but try to change the extension of the config file to fpw.