>>What is the difference between compiling an APP in Visual FoxPro and compiling and EXE? Is there an advantage if you use one over the other.
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>>Thanks
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>The biggest difference is you don't need the entire VFP development environment to run an EXE but you do for an APP. EXEs only require the VFP run-time libraries.

Larry

Nope! A VFP EXE can run a VFP APP without the development version. The only difference is that an APP file doesn't contain the necessary header information required to start the application. One advantage of launching an APP from an EXE is that the APP can dynamically link to form's, modules, etc. in the EXE. All you have to do is include them in the project, but mark them as excluded.