>>>Another way is to "set procedure to contab.exe" from VFP IDE, but that gives you mostly the prg code and classes defined in it; if you know the names of the procedures, you may run some of them, assuming you have some idea what they are doing.
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>>I tried con do contab.exe from vfp ide and it's giving me error about program was compiled in different version of foxpro, I think it has some anti-decoding layer. The same as set procedure to. Thank you for your help. I'm doing some research between people inside the company to help me to find the code needed, not easy but trying...

>Launch the exe and use process monitor (from Russinovich, IIRC) to see which runtimes it uses. It may really be made in VFP8, 7 or even 6. Or, simpler, have a "wait window version()" in some of your custom code and you'll see.

>Then find that version of VFP and try from there...

>I first thought you're just stabbing in the dark here, then it looked like true speleology. Now I'm convinced you are the VFP archaeologist of the year :).

Dragan: thank you for your help :)

This is the version() that is returning from the exe "Visual FoxPro 09.00.0000.5815" the same vfp I have.
Don't understand why the message about different version of foxpro....