>>>>Under 2.x when you compiled, all the menus and screens were included in the EXE. Doesnt that still happen? When I install the exe on its own subdir, I get error messages saying that it cant find this file and that file. Isnt the database, screens and menus, etc in the *.exe? Am I missing something?
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>>>Larry, try right-clicking on your project file and choosing Project Info...Now, make sure the items you described have been Included (using the checkbox provided in the list)
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>>>Good luck,
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>>>-RW-
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>>if it can see them, it will try to access them. don't know why, but makes testing a royal pain...
>I dont understand. If it can see what?. Isnt my problem the fact that it cant see or find the items?

if the app or exe can see the forms, libraries in the path, it will try to run them instead of the copies built into the exe.