Ed,
That clarifies issues regarding Foxuser,Config.fpw.
Thanks again for your help.

Gerard





>>Ed, Thanks for your reply.
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>>Lets see if I have this right :-
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>>One option is to have different Config.fpw files and use command line switch:
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>>So for my FPW app , I start as : MyFPW.exe -CMyFPW
>> For my VFP app , I start as : MyVFP.exe -cMyVFP ( Where MyFPW and MyVFP are copies of Config.Fpw)
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>>Then in MyFPW file I have a line with : Resource = 'MyFPW.Dbf'
>> in MyVFP file I have a line with : Resource = 'MyVFP.DBF'
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>Leave out the quotes.
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>>where MyFPW.dbf and MyVFP.dbf are copies of Foxuser.dbf
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>For the appropriate version of FP/VFP
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>>Just one other q. Is the Foxuser.dbf required and what does it hold ?
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>It is not rquired; it holds user-specific settings like expressions in the command window, browse preference settings, report preview settings and the like for interactive development primarily. Using RESOURCE=OFF is the typical setting, especially where you have multiple users, where having several people setting preferences in a single file may be problematic and may result in unexpected access denial errors.