>>>cPrgFile = "c:\temp\common\sql.prg"
>>>do (cPrgFile)
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>>To explain the "why" of Al's answer, although it might be obvious, the FoxPro has to be installed to DO a prg. The runtime will just be able to do already compiled code. Hence the COMPILE command. Which I think was awfully nice of Microsoft to give us (that was VFP 6.0 SP 3, I believe).
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>I do understand this.

Right. Just giving a bit of explanation to the answer. Not just you, but any lurkers. Only mildly interesting, perhaps, I grant you.