>>I think it's in the run-time that you can't compile.
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>Not so in SP3.
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>>>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?
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>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.
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>>Anyway, George's WSH file does it great, so problem solved. :)
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>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. :-)

Yeah, I know. I started down that road when I saw the words "batch file". I tried to imply (but didn't do a very good job of it) that the solution was, indeed to write a prg and execute it from within VFP.

Mike, I am, however, gonna take that "young kids" remark as a compliment. I don't think my grandkids consider me one.:-)