>Hey thanks I will give your suggestions a go, they seem more easier than putting jet engines on :)
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>Maybe I expect too much with a Microsoft language to work correctly on a Microsoft operating system? Soon I will have even more fun trying FoxPro 2.6 for windows out on Windows XP...

Yep, I wouldn't expect MS to guarentee that an app that they discontinued support for over a year ago would run at all -it was sensitive to processor speed, and even though MS released a patch thatallowed it to run on most systems clocked above 333MHz when it was released, it failed to help with some chipsets, and since then a good deal has changed about how CPUs run and what functionality is still supported for legacy apps. Since XP (and even earlier releases)often traded off legacy support for greater stability, some older products can't run on new OS versions (not just the MS products - Mac stuffhas often refused to run after upgrades to the Mac OS - even interrim version releases.)

Maybe converting to some more current platform would fix the issues and even improve the product. If that's not an option, you are able to use older versions of hardware and software that do work; the rumors of kidnapping and torture of ignorant peasants running Win95 or Windows 3.1 are unsubstantiated stories, circulated by madmen opposed to the benevolent and enlightened policies of Comrade Bill...