You mean some form with textboxes which gets values and then write these values to the dbc using setprop(). More wow, I guess DOS tedium does not wear off easily still I feel like writing longer processes\logics <g>. I was feeling great that VFP is easier to code then in FPD, such work can be ultimate.

Do I have to compile the dbc as previously suggested? I will be writng small lines of code like IIF() or call an external PRG maybe using one of the utils to run PRG without compiling.

>You can provide a UI for those fields of the DBC. You can use the DBCGet/SetProp functions to read/write the data.
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>>I have this app which I can sell to similar industries, but simple things like the no. of testing beds for engines, which will vary between the companies. I wanted this to be managed at the clients end, and which can be done by the support staff without my intervention nor a special distribution.