oVFP = CREATEOBJECT("VisualFoxpro.Application") >oVFP.DoCmd("BUILD EXE X:\MyMainDevDir\MyApplication\MyEXE.exe FROM X:\MyMainDevDir\MyApplication\MyProject") >oVFP = NullWell, that is certainly the best advice I have received since a while. :) I haven't had time to test it but as soon as I have, I'll let you know how it works.