Is there any way to achieve this without using an external file?

>>I think you may have just answered the question. I thought the config file only needed to be in the project directory. Does it need to be in the exe (runtime) directory?
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>It has to be there or you can use -C command-line switch to point to the config.fpw file of your choice.
>See http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/fox7help/html/concommand_line_switches.asp