>I think it's in the run-time that you can't compile.

Not so in SP3.

>>echo COMPILE MyProg.prg > compiler.prg
>>rem Next line uses double ">" to concatenate
>>echo COMPILE MyOtherPrg.prg >> compiler.prg
>>vfp6.exe compiler.prg
>
>What does "echo" do?

It, err, echos things. For instance, the first line sticks the text "COMPILE MyProg.prg" into a file called compiler.prg. The second echo adds another line to the file.

>Anyway, George's WSH file does it great, so problem solved. :)

Ah, you young kids and all yer fancy-smancy COM objects, when a good old-fashioned command line will do the trick. Like using a bulldozer to plant a flower. :-)