>>>oic ok thanks :)
>>>whats the dif between application and executable?
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>>Application has to be run from VFP while executable can be run by duble clicking it in explorer. IOW, the EXE has a loader in it that the APP does not.
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>Jim,
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>Just to confirm for myself as well as David, you can also run an application from a VFP EXE as well, or am I mistaken?
Yes you can. The only difference is that the loader is not in the app so it can't self start. It is fully compiled and can be run under the runtime libraries.