Hi Tommy _VFP.StartMode = 4 if this is the case then you a running an your application outside VFP if you rubn your exe inside vfp _VFP.StartMode will be 0.
Also VERSION(2) will only return 0 if you run your exe outside VFP.

>Is there a quick way to tell if the code that is executing is being run from within VFP. I need this to work with VFP 6 and 7.
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>I am looking for something to use within:
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>#If
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>#EndIf
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>I feel there is a system variable somewhere but don't seem to locate it.
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>Thanks...
>Tommy