>>However, since some searching is involved when you specify this and consequently some overhead, I would recommend specifying the exact DLL where possible.
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>But VFP is searching DLLs it has already loaded. Check out vfp8.exe in depends.exe, you'll see that we already depend on the dlls in question, and consequentially already have them in the process space.

I understand what you mean Mike, but indulge me for the sake of clarity. The list of DLLs shown in the dependency walker is much larger than the list shown in help. Further, those that are shown that aren't in the list, cannot be declared without referring to the specific DLL. For example, Shell32 is displayed, however, trying to declare ShellExecute using Win32API won't work.