Bennett,

>The _startup system variable WAS INDEED set to my config.fpw file.
>Which as you said was runing it again as a program.

Great! Glad you found it.

>That was the problem, I have spent hours and hours trying every
> concieveable combination of commands and kept getting IN-CONSISTANT
>results. Talk about going crazy.

Whenever you get that in a debugging situation, it's time to break it down into as simple a test as you can do. That's the way we found your answer.