Thanks Hilmar,

It works well and I don't even have to do the compile.

Regards
Doug Johnston


>>My application has report forms for invoices which are not built into the exe but reside in the data folder so they can be easily modified for different company needs.
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>>I have added an email facility for invoices where I write to a .txt file using @ SAY and then email the text file as an attachment. By having the lowlevel (FWRITE etc) and @ SAY routine as a .prg file, also found in the data directory, it can be easily modified for customer requirements without having to make modifications to the exe.
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>OK. How about simply using the COMPILE command on the PRG? A button on a form could have some simple commands; the following is a very simplified version, to which you could add a few things:
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>if file("Report1.prg")
>  compile Report1
>  do Report1
>else
>  MessageBox("Report file Report1 is missing.")
>endif
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