>I have an app that executes well in Foxpro 2.6/Windows
>but when the same code gets executed in Vis foxpro, a
>read statment acts as if it were bypassed. Is there
>something wrong with this scenario?

It's difficult to say. But anyway you should use VFP transporter to create new VFP-like app. Normally, resulting app should work somehow (if you use functional conversion).