>Hi Mark,
>True enough.
>
>But the original message (and the subsequent replies) only talk about automating the ouptput filename (path+filename) parameter. Since cOuptputName is passed by reference to the event, he could prepend the directory to it everytime and simply return, letting VFP handle creating the EXE in the new directory.

That and some confusion as to the purpose of the BeforeBuild method of the project class from the original question.