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>>See that SET EXCLUSIVE is off as default, or the project will not open twice.
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>>Lutz
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>Lutz,
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>I don't think VFP will open the project twice, regardless of the EXCLUSIVE setting. If it did, a new Build action could be hooked into the project and actually delegated to a different instance of the IDE.

Ok. I see.
Create a new menu "Compile active project external"
Determine Activeproject, close the project, call the external VFP, and reopen project afterwards.
;)