Randy,
some questions:
Are you returning to the 1st exe and then calling the 2nd again?
In which exe are you "sitting on the Read Events clause."

What is the reason for using 2 exe files?

We use 3 exe files simply to make distrubution easier. One has the main program, one is all the reports and the 3rd is a small data import program that may need to be changed on a moments notice if the other vendor changes their export format. We can modem or email any one of these sepratly this way. In reality they all could be in one 10 MB exe. Do you have a spicific reason for 2 exes?

John.

>John, thanks for your debug suggestion. From it, I discovered that when my .exe is called a second time, it is sitting on the Read Events clause. How do I make it "not do this"?
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>Thanks, Randy