>Does anybody know if there is a down side to calling an API declare statement more that once?
Caroline,
The consensus on this in terms of overhead is that it's so insignificant that it's not worth worrying about. Additionally, VFP 7.0 now has the ADLLS() function that allows you to check and well as the ability to CLEAR specified DLLS with the CLEAR DLLS command.
George
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