>>Hi Hank,
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>>Yes, it does work running from a PRG...Hmmm...
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>>Two questions come to mind:
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>>1. How the heck can I find out where I am (what is the default directory?) when the COM object loads. I tried using cursors, messagebox and none of that works?
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>You can use STRTOFILE() to write to a file
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>>2. An older question that came to mind when I started testing this: Can VS 2008 load an "EXE" COM object or must it be a DLL?
>>Reason: I have only been able to get the COM object to load in VFP when it is an EXE. It won't load at all as a DLL.
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>Only COM EXE can have UI.

Since this is a process that runs unattended, I don't need any UI at all, But the question in my mind is this: can VS 2008 load a VFP EXE Com object (vs a VFP DLL Com object)?

Thanks Sergey!

Scott