>>Al... I don't know anything about frameworks. If somehow I'm using them all of a sudden, I'm not aware of it.
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>>Another difference I've noticed is that whenever I open up the project, I get a brief message that appears and then
>>disappears. I have no idea what it means.
>>"Apphook class loaded. Right click on project or press Alt-F11 to run application builder".
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>>I don't have any idea what it's even suggesting... or application builder for that matter.
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>You (or someone else) may have initially created the app with the Application Wizard and/or Application Builder. I've never used it but apparently it adds an AppHook reference. Check to see if it's there and remove if present: http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/f81e25f2-9327-4ca6-a156-5da58edf265e/vfp-9-compile-error-in-apphook-project-frmfoxrefresults?forum=visualfoxprogeneral

That's why I suggested him to start from a fresh new project.