>I have included foxtools.fll into the project as part of the executable but when I run the exe, it tells me api library not found. So I manually copied the file to the default dir where the executable is and it worked? Is this necessary?

Timothy,

If you look at how it is in the project you will see that the file is actually excluded and can't be included. Therefore although you have added it to the project it is like most tables and has to be copied separately on to the client machine.

HTH
Caroline