>>>>>I did it in 5.0 because it was going to be a seperate program. Then I found out I had to integrate it into the 2.5 app. I don't know how to translate the code into 2.5 so I tried calling it externally. I guess I'll post the code and see if anyone can translate it.
>>>>>
>>>>>Thanks,
>>>>>
>>>>Hi Michelle,
>>>>
>>>>Which version of 2.5 is this FPW or FPD. In FPW you could use the API to run the other program.
>>>
>>>FPD. But I don't need to do that anymore since I can just run the code now.
>>>
>>>Thanks,
>>>
>>>Michelle
>>
>>What errors were you getting? You should be able to do what you want, but my guess is the problem is the 2 programs are trying to share the FOXUSER.DBF and that won't work.
>
>Something about not being able to access characters beyond the string and an invalid operation.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Michelle

In VFP5, if you try to access a SUBSTR of a character value beyond it's limits, you get that error. Just set TALK OFF, and it will go away. This doesn't seem to happen in VFP6.

VFP5/TALK ON
x = "ABC"
? SUBSTR(x,5,2) && Error

VFP5/TALK OFF
? SUBSTR(x,5,2) && No error