>>>I noticed that when I change a header file the change is not noticed
>>>by vfp5 unless I save a form. I suppose vfp thinks it needs to
>>>recompile then. Is there some setting that I can make vfp
>>>recompile every time I run my project?
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>>Header files, as you've noticed, are only read at compile time. You could create a project hook that recompiles everything whenever you save a header file.
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>I'm not sure project hooks existed in vfp5; he can still compile form from the command window - even though it didn't have this syntax either, but it could compile as a class, i.e.
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>compile classlib myform.scx

VFP 5 had a COMPILE FORM command, too. Is there a reason you didn't specify that, or does COMPILE CLASSLIB treat an .SCX differently?