>>> Is there any difference in compilation of the EXE and APP file? Am I doing anything wrong?
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>Yes. If you run an APP from the command window you inherit everyhing in your development environment. Also remember, if you run an APP a second time from the command window, you most likely inherit the environment leftovers from the first run.
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>Here are things that, in my experience, are likely to be different in your APP environment as it is in your EXE environment.
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>1. VFPStart.PRG
>3. SET PATH
>4. Local-directory files and files along SET PATH not linked into the APP that are not in the EXE's directory or along the EXE's SET PATH.
What happened to 2?
Craig Berntson
MCSD, Microsoft .Net MVP, Grape City Community Influencer