> But why won't a compiled form (.exe) run after you have
>built an app file using that form. And exactly what is the difference between
>an app and an exe. Finally how do you prepare to install an application
>whether app or exe with all necessary libraries so it will run on a different
>workstation that has never had a foxpro applicaiton installed before?

Derek,

In a nutshell, you need an installed vfp to run an .app, whereas .exe run on PC's where no VFP has been installed. Mind you, like most things under Windows .exe need to be installed on PC's where VFP was not installed to copy a few .DLls in the windows\system and do other things.

In development I simply compile toward an .app that resides in the main development directory, and when I am ready to deploy I generate an .exe in a subdirectory and copy from there.

HTH,

Marc