>Hi Rich,
>
>Yes I am going through 2 free tables to pass variables (external1.dbf) and the displayed records in the grid (external2.dbf)
>the problem I have is to fill the grid data into (external2.dbf)
>let's say there are 15 records in the grid-table but only 8 are visible. I only want to pass over those 8
>
>as a matter of fact the first exe is a POS app and it shows the purchases. Usually there are only a few (it's for liqueur stores) so I pass them all, but in the rare case one byes many items for a big party I want to pass only the current visible record
>
>the second exe is running on the same machine but another monitor to show the customer what is purchased along wth the total, discount tax et. and some PR stuff to make him buy more :-)
>
>in the POS screen is a method calculating all this stuff and maintainng the cursor for the items sold
>this is tha place where I want to fill the external tables
>
>(had all this working using html and IE but that broke when switching to win7 and I could not find a real solution. So I went back to the dual exe (pure VFP) model

Another idea: since this is the same machine, why not run in the same exe? The form for the other monitor can be a desktop form and you can float it to the other monitor. Then within the same exe you can exchange messages between forms any way you like.