>I would like to run a second vfp5.0 exe from my main .exe -- i.e., RUN /N3 app2.exe.
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>I would like to think that, since the first .exe loaded the runtime library, it would share the library with the second .exe. That is, does VFP load a runtime library for EACH .exe, or can 1 runtime library run mutiple .exe s?
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>My concern is memory. I dont want to run the second .exe if it will eat up another 3.5 MB for the runtime library.
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>Does anyone know the answer? How can I confirm what goes on behing the scenes?
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>--Shawn


In FoxPro, the ESL was not shared between EXEs. One of the things that Microsoft touted in VFP was that the runtime support modules are re-entrant, meaning they are shared between EXEs.

Craig