>That's not really necessary. You can put the runtime on the server in the app directory and it'll work from there.

I have done that for a few VFP apps. Works well. In the past this wasn't supported by the foxteam but with the Win2k style of DLL deployment (in the application directory) it would appear that it is supported now... though I have seen no confirmation of this.

>However, I do agree on the merits of having a small EXE file - I miss those days, but it's going to get worse before it gets better. If you build Delphi COM components you have to also distributed a (small) runtime at least you used to have to.

I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.