>>Not to seem ignorant...foxtools? what's that? and where do I get it?
>>Thanks for your reply:)
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>Foxtools.fll is usually in the FoxPro directory. You can use it like any other DLL.

Not quite, Michael. With a DLL you have to declare the functions individually. With Foxtools (or any other FLL), simply issuing SET LIBRARY TO (filename) allows you to access any of the contained functions as if they were part of the language.