>so...
>
>app1.exe:
> main.prg:
> public fSomething
> ! App2.exe
> . . .
>
>app2.exe:
> main.prg:
> This could use fSomething?
>
>- if so, what if "public fSomeThingElse" was is App2.exe? could that var be seen by app1? AFTER app2 closes?
>
>- I'm assuming that unrelated appications ( even if written in fox ) cannot see these var ( may sound like a rather obvious thought, but then this behaviour is not exactly standard either ). i.e. app1.exe and app2.exe are started by click-click on the icons or through run...
>
>- jer

No, in this case since you used the RUN command (!), they are each running their own instance of VFP and APP2.EXE will not see the variable created by APP1.EXE. If you had used a DO APP2.EXE, then yes, APP2.EXE would be able to see the fSomething variable.