>>>>>>>>>I have a form with a listbox but when run from the exe on the network , >o you use the same data (dbc,dbfs) running locally and on network?
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>here's something interesting. The form has a dataenvironment and the cursorsource is set to the residence on the local drive. should this make a difference. The same bad results occurred when I copied the form to the r:drive and tried to execute it. So this seems to be more at where the problem lies, not the exe.

You hit the basic network DE issue. The idea is to reset Database/Cursorsource properties programmatically in DE.BeforeOpenTables event. However, don't try to copy separate forms to server, etc., it's better to move step by step, i.e. compile exe/app and run it, btw normal VFP installation assumes exe located locally and data on server.