Hi Ed

>>>As its in the exe its impossible to debug the damn thing!
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>Not true; you can run a compiled .EXE from within the VFP development environment, just like an .APP. Do the following: (etc)
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I read that and thought - 'neat - that should sort me out.'

sure enuff, I can indeed run the exe but when I do, the problem goes away!!

I only get the problem if I run the exe from outside the vfp development environment!

So now what do I do?

Harry