>>>>>I want to do some COPY/CUT/PASTE work. A while back, I load
>>>>>two copies of dbase III and had problems. Is it a good idea
>>>>>to load vfp50 one than once?
>>>>
>>>>Rob, what COPY/CUT do you mean. Right now, I cannot imagine the kind of job which would require two instances of VFP running.
>>>
>>>I would like to know if loading two sessions of vfp50 is OK to do....or
>>>is it a bad idea and why...
>>
>>That's not a good idea because:
>>1. It's not necessary.
>>2. It eats alot of memory.
>
>OK - thanks...

I work on an application that is actually two VFP applications working together. One App communicates with machines in a factory while the other allows data entry and reporting. While developing and trouble shooting I have opened three instances of VFP. I have never experienced any problems.